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He doesn’t get to arbitrate which criminals get preferential treatment based on his own weaknesses, wouldn’t that be nice if we were all afforded that luxery. But it isn’t the real world.

LOL, you really think first time drug offenders get sent to prison. We don't even know if Rush was caught with anything. But say even if they did find some illegally obtain prescription drugs, it would be 'preferential treatment' if the did prosecute him. Usually in these type of cases, when there was a prosecution, the sentence would be rehab, which Rush already did voluntarily.

Fortunately I haven’t the faintest idea what happens to first time offenders, except that they are in trouble. If you think that Rush should avoid consequences for his crime because you like him and the RATS hate him, that’s fine. I think he can do way more if he takes a line from his friend the Reeeevvvverend Jaaackson and walk the walk.

Rush would shut them down if he acted in a way that showed he meant everything he said, took responsibility for himself and his own actions. Why is that thought lost in all the excuses for Rush here escapes me, Rush is a good man, we need to help him. It will be way easier for him to deny what he has done, but it will cost him his self-respect. What we can do is let him come clean; prove that he is what he says. No excuses.