Posted on 10/16/2003 10:48:07 AM PDT by noprob
The entire nation owes radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh a debt of gratitude, Libertarians say, because his ordeal has exposed every drug warrior in America as a rank hypocrite.
"One thing we don't hear from American politicians very often is silence," said Joe Seehusen, Libertarian Party executive director. "By refusing to criticize Rush Limbaugh, every drug warrior has just been exposed as a shameless, despicable hypocrite.
"And that's good news, because the next time they do speak up, there'll be no reason for anyone to listen."
The revelation that Limbaugh had become addicted to painkillers -- drugs he is accused of procuring illegally from his Palm Beach housekeeper -- has caused a media sensation ever since the megastar's shocking, on-air confession last week.
As the Limbaugh saga continues, here's an important question for Americans to ask, Libertarians say: Why are all the drug warriors suddenly so silent?
"Republican and Democratic politicians have written laws that have condemned more than 400,000 Americans to prison for committing the same 'crime' as Rush Limbaugh," Seehusen pointed out. "If this pill-popping pontificator deserves a get-out-of-jail-free card, these drug warriors had better explain why."
Given their longstanding support for the Drug War, it's fair to ask:
Why haven't President George Bush or his tough-on-crime attorney general, John Ashcroft, uttered a word criticizing Limbaugh's law-breaking?
Why aren't drug czar John P. Walters or his predecessor, Barry McCaffrey, lambasting Limbaugh as a menace to society and a threat to "our children?"
Why aren't federal DEA agents storming Limbaugh's $30 million Florida mansion in a frantic search for criminal evidence?
Why haven't federal, state, and local police agencies seized the celebrity's homes and luxury cars under asset-forfeiture laws?
Finally, why aren't bloviating blabbermouths like William Bennett publicly explaining how America would be better off if Limbaugh were prosecuted, locked in a steel cage and forced to abandon his wife, his friends, and his career?
The answer is obvious, Seehusen said: "America's drug warriors are shameless hypocrites who believe in one standard of justice for ordinary Americans and another for themselves, their families and their political allies.
"That alone should completely discredit them."
But there's an even more disturbing possibility, Seehusen said: that the people who are prosecuting the Drug War don't even believe in its central premise -- which is that public safety requires that drug users be jailed.
"The Bushes and Ashcrofts and McCaffreys of the world may believe, correctly, that individuals fighting a drug addiction deserve medical, not criminal treatment," he said. "That would explain why they're not demanding that Limbaugh be jailed.
"But if that's the case, these politicians have spent decades tearing apart American families for their own political gain. And that's an unforgivable crime."
Nope, just cut if off before "of". And you might be able to call a home service technician to come by and make the time stop flashing on your VCR.
Forget? Not at all. I just don't accept you and yours interpretations of the Constitution. That's what the "against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC" part covers.
He is quite a joke.. I'm done with the idiot..
People who think human nature has changed are ... just gullible.
LOL! People who don't think it's changed are just plain stupid.
Especially as you turn on a button from a remote and a picture of talking person mysteriously(at least to the Founding Ftahers) appears on a 25" screen and is talking magically to them from what seems nowhere.
And then also they would be freaked out that you could take something out of the freezer(an already foreign concept to them) pop that pre-packaged dinner into a microwave and have a meal in 5 minutes.
JMO, but if the Founding fathers saw you doing that they would call you the spawn of satan.
I'd suggest that you try to get over it, but you really need to get over yourself first. Of course, this will never happen. Fortunately for our society, your hangups have no impact at all...only in perpetuating your own misery.
Uh dude, I didn't call you the "spawn of satan". My reply #674 was my opinion of what the Founding Fathers would call you if you showed them a TV and making dinner in 5 minutes from a microwave oven.
Yes the Founding Fathers opinions are very important, but to ignore modern contingcies is naive at best and disingenous at worst.
Just a question did Thomas Jefferson have to deal with a crack addict smoking it up on his street corner?
In Jeffersons day the economy wasn't trade internationally over the net, with billions moving around the world every second.
In Jeffersons day, one of the brightest minds of the world was flying a kite in a storm TRYING to get lightning to strike it.
Then again, in Jeffersons day he died pretty much penniless and living in a home that was being basically paid for by friends.
The founding fathers were brilliant for their day and age, more so then most of their modern day defenders give them credit for however. Which is why they recognized their words and documents would not, and could not, be the answer for everything. That is why they wisely established a government that could be changed, and evolve, as necessary.
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