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It's difficult to tell if this is a violation of "doctor shopping" or a case of innocent activity. Rush has long proudly said he does not carry any health insurance. He pays out of pocket and goes to whichever doctor is best suited for his condition and presumably doesn't think twice of getting alternative opinions. At times this has required flights to meet his treating doctors including one, I think, during 9/11.

If indeed his medical records bare out what his lawyer claims regarding a legitimate need for the controlled medications for various conditions, this will be a massive slap in the face of a nanny-state government and case of over-zealous prosecution perhaps at the cost of one prominent host's reputation.

Will they be able to prove he wasn't simply behaving like a man of extraordinary means who isn't bound by an HMO's control unlike so many of us? They had better tread carefully and have a solid case.

Here are my observations on this matter.

This appears to me to be a fishing expedition. The attorney persecuting Rush is a Democrat.It seems like he is singling out Rush because Rush has for over 15 years called Democrats to the carpet on their policy and their social and political agenda. Something that people like myself do everyday here on FR.

And it isn't just Rush they'll be going after either. They'll be coming for those who excersize their first amendment rights to call them to the carpet on their policy and agenda. They did that to someone who blew the whistle on a count clerk who was a Democrat here in Oklahoma and trumped up charges against them.

These people clearly have very malicious and enormously harmful intentions towards us christians and conservatives and are spareing no effort to try to punish usand single us out just for the simple reason of our blowing the whistle on them and calling them to the carpet. I think it may time for us to buid fortresses and dig some bunkers around our places for these very reasons.

Regards.

Yeah, and Bill Clinton and wife violated the letter and spirit of the law early and often and are still thinking of ways to continue to do so, but that was his personal life....so in liberal land, Ken Starr was just an "out-of-control prosecutor", yeah right.

I swear that if this persecution of Rush were happening to all citizens who suffer from prescribed painkiller drug addiction perhaps the DA can safely say he is not embarking on a full frontal attack on Rush, but because this is not happening, then I agree with Rush's attorney, it is political payback and witch hunt. I sure Bill and Mrs. Clinton are very happy to see this knee padded DA do their venomous bidding.