[HitmanLV]

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.

I am a 'drug warrior.' How does this development necessarily make me a 'rank hypocrite?'

[Protagoras]

Unless you have never used an illegal drug and unless you call for a vigorous investigation and prosecution if warranted of ALL drug addicts including RUSH, you are a rank hypocrite.

[noprob]

I am a 'drug warrior.' How does this development necessarily make me a 'rank hypocrite?'


What good have you done, are drugs any less used today than 30 years ago?

How much of our money have you spent fighting a losing battle? Spend the money on treatment and education, not housing...

[Petronski]

If that question is not rhetorical, you should pose it to the Libertarian Party, not me. If I would answer it, I would say "it does not."

[BlazingArizona]

I am a 'drug warrior.' How does this development necessarily make me a 'rank hypocrite?'

Because if you're a real drug warrior, a McCaffreyite, then you support giving law enforcement the right to steal private property on suspicion without due process, and to suspend any part of the Constitution that inconveniences a drug investigation. If you fit this definition and don't support treating Rush in the same way as the WOD has treated all those other drug suspects, then I call you a hypocrite.

And yes, I do mean 'suspects', not 'convicts'. It has been rightly pointed out in this thread that Rush has not been convicted, nor even charged, with a drug offense. The beauty of the WOD is that actual charges are not necessary. If the Florida cops want to summarily convert Rush's $300 million into SUV's and military toys for their own amusement, they are free to do so under the drug exception to the Constitution.