Rush Limbaugh back at it! Take that Liberals!

Rush Limbaugh ^ | The Maha Rushie

[Luis Gonzalez]

Is that dittohead.org site your site?

[RS]

"Personally, despite Rush's difficulties, I do not see him as 'truth'-challenged; nor character flawed in any way that would lead me not to be able to appreciate the many gifts of political insights; humor and commonsense wisdom that he offers. If I knew him personally; I would want him as a friend."

Is it that you still believe that he has not enganged in any criminal activity, or that the particular types of activities that he is alleged to have engaged in are those that you would accept in not only the general public, but even those that you would consider "friends" ?

One can appreciate his on-mike persona, but much of it appeared to have been generated from the person himself -

Years ago many left-wingers attacked him when he was quoted as calling himself an "entertainer"
It appears in that case he was making more of an admission then people realized.

On screen I can appreciate a performance and not worry about the political views of the performer, altough many would like to tie them together - I never expected to have to do that listening to Rush.

His (lawyers) claims of the investigation being politically motivated seems a little lame after his trumpeting of political investigations that have taken place in the past...

[cricket]

“Is it that you still believe that he has not enganged in any criminal activity, or that the particular types of activities that he is alleged to have engaged in are those that you would accept in not only the general public, but even those that you would consider “friends” ?

Well, I see very different ‘starting points’ here.

Rush did not set foot on the slippery slope of drugs because he was choosing a personal indulgence. It was not a character flaw or amoral motivation that led him to pain-killing medication. We do know, however, that his medication is highly addictive and can easily absorb someone in a downward spiral of addiction.

Perhaps at the time Rush felt he could not allow himself the luxury of time to deal with his pain or what became his ‘pain problem’; and instead allowed himself an imagined ‘luxury’ of the promise that he could/would deal with this - later.

But whatever happened, whatever the case, sooner, may have already been too late for Rush as he began to numb his pain with this highly addictive drug.

Suffice to say we view this through a different prism. I go back to my explanation for my believing that Rush is worth defending and worth supporting; adding that I do believe that the very reason this became a problem for Rush begs the obvious distinctions of circumstance and character as well.

I believe that Rush is a genuinely good person who with the best of intentions, became stuck in a very bad circumstance. A circumstance that went wildly wrong and out of control.

A dependence on pain medication surely affects more than the level of pain experienced. It appears that will and good judgment are susceptible as well, to a kind of numbing.

In any event, Rush is doing everything possible to ‘right the wrong’; and sharing his journey as much as possible or necessary.

With all he dealing with, I remain most appreciative that we are still able to listen to Rush’s great humor and satire and most importantly we can still be informed by the best political commentary, ever.