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Posted on 10/13/2003 7:30:17 AM PDT by NH Liberty
Isn’t it despicable that the self-described “compassionate” Leftists are treating Limbaugh’s use of prescription pain-killers to that of recreational users?
News reports from every medium are barely mentioning the pesky little fact that Rush Limbaugh was taking pain-killers because -- shock, horror! -- he was in pain! And Limbaugh continues to suffer with spinal pain as a result of disc injuries and an unsuccessful operation performed on his back that left him in agonizing pain, which is now extending up to his neck.
According to Rush Limbaugh, himself, after his initial, unsuccessful operation and a discussion with his doctor, he decided that another operation was too risky, and opted to treat his pain with medication.
Although addictions are debilitating to all sufferers, no matter how they begin, any reasonable person would deduce that the circumstances of Limbaugh's situation is an entirely different one than that of those who use drugs for recreational purposes.
In the media world, however, there has been deliberately no distinction by the gleeful Left. Rather than recognizing Limbaugh as, predminately, an advocate of our founding principles of limited governnment, they describe Limbaugh as a “moralist” who is now a “hypocrite” because of his addiction. But even using their own “moralist/hypocrite” logic, how does one in pain becoming addicted to prescription pain-relief, fall into the “immoral” category?
Has anyone ever heard Rush Limbaugh condemn people in pain who have become addicted to prescription pain medication?
Instead of expressing concern about how Limbaugh will cope with his intense spinal pain after he stops taking pain-killers, Leftists everywhere are yahoo!-ing and popping champagne corks in their optimistic belief that they will once again gain monopolistic control over public discourse in the United States. The issue of Limbaugh’s spinal pain is almost never mentioned as either a cause or a concern. And on those rare occasions that it is mentioned, it is only done peripherally, as in “anoperationonhisspinethathehadfiveorsixyearsago.” Never do they mention what Limbaugh described himself just last Friday: that he still suffers in pain, and that it has recently extended into his neck.
Over the past fifteen years, it has become obvious to even the most casual observers of news programs that the Leftist loathing of Limbaugh stems from his “daring” to challenge their then steadily-worsening control over views held by the alphabet networks and CNN, which had been developing for decades. Since Limbaugh burst onto the scene in 1988 to challenge their stranglehold and socialistic “uniview,” his patriotism and common-sense Conservatism reinforced the beliefs of patriotic, common-sense Americans, and reminded them that they were not going insane.
Eventually, the rage of the Mediafolk became intensified as this same common-sense Conservatism, delivered with confidence by a man who gratefully claims to have "Talent on Loan from God..." led Limbaugh to the extraordinary success of attracting between 20 and 30 million listeners to his program at the distinctly unlikely successful time slot of weekdays at Noon to 3.00pm.
Mediafolk were livid and remained so for fifteen years. Despite their attempts to belittle and dismiss Limbaugh, his success has only become more widespread.
But now that they view Limbaugh as "down," the media have stooped to their most recent lowest low. In spinning the news about his prescription drug use (and in some cases joking and gloating about it), they deliberately avoid emphasizing that the root of the problem is ongoing, intense spinal pain. In the meantime, they continue to party like it’s 1969 because the matter of spinal pain doesn’t matter to them.
What really matters to them at the moment is muzzling Rush Limbaugh. Whatever it takes to silence the man who exposes them so artfully and so efficiently. What these folks are so hopeful about is that their near monopoly over media, however temporarily, will return to help them propagate the perception that Limbaugh is to be dismissed as a common recreational drug user -- a "fallen," "moralist hypocrite," who is not to be taken seriously and, therefore, is certainly not worth a serious listen.
Combine this with the fact that their spin will go almost completely unchallenged by anyone with national ratings in the millions (with the exception of, perhaps, Sean Hannity) for at least the thirty days it takes Limbaugh to rehabilitate, and -- voila! -- the carnival atmosphere continues.
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This may also be of interest (from the interview):
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Question: What was the big bother, was it the number of people watching you?
RUSH LIMBAUGH: You know, I've played the Bob Hope three times and the AT&T twice. It wasn't bad. It's just the game is mental. Once you've mastered the physical aspect, not mastered, but 90 percent of the game, all of the other things being equal is mental, and for some reason, I just was not able to execute my swing today.
And I think it had nothing to do with physical characteristics. There's nothing wrong with me. I think it's just for whatever reason, maybe I was tired, I have no idea what it was. And that's the thing that frustrates me about the game, I'll go play well two rounds, come out and do today and not really know why I did poorly. But that's what makes me an amateur.
Ummm. No. IMO, that's a huge problem, and why this is falling so heavily on his head. HE chose not to make the distinction.
Gee, maybe because oxycottin is the most dangerlously addictive prescription drug that is being widely used. It is probably the most effective pain killer available, but is enormously dangerous to take too much.
The leftists are engaging in selective criticism. If this had happened to one of the Hollywood crowd, there would be no criticism. Instead there would be much sympathy and the leftist sob sisters would be wailing and weeping.
Never fear though, NH Liberty. Rush will be back stronger than ever. He is a very determined and strong man and I have absolute faith that he will beat this problem.
I don't always agree with him, but I respect him, especially for what he has done for the Conservative cause.
Those who condemn him for this........on the left OR the right......should be ashamed of themselves.
The principles of American Socialism require absolute submission by anyone who has offended the Established Pharisees' sense of propriety.
It is required that the transgressor, Rush in this case, publicly weep and otherwise humiliate himself to satisfy the Official Whited Sepulchers of the Republic.
And they are everywhere - there's no escape!
Good luck, Rush; I'm praying for you to stand up like a man and denounce the insane drug regulatory system.
Is this a trick question???
I presume that he realizes that he is filling his body with chemicals on a daily basis, and doesn't want to compound his problems by jeopardizing his overall health.
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