Rush Lawyer Roy Black on Today Show: Elected Official Singling Rush out, Seeks to Ruin Radio Show

The Today Show

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I don't know about the relationship between Rush and Holt. And in fact Holt has struck me as one of the more professional, fair-minded TV journalists.

However, Black specifically singled out Holt's MSNBC for very publicly going through Rush's medical records or reports, with people calling out the name of drugs and doctors.

If you have a chance to see the interview, I think you'll see that there was a negative edge to the tenor of Holt's comments. I was actually surprised by it. Perhaps it was his presence as a fill-in on The Today Show, knowing Katie Couric was looking over his shoulder.

[ClintonBeGone]

Perhaps it was his presence as a fill-in on The Today Show, knowing Katie Couric was looking over his shoulder.

It could be that very thing. Lester's a great guy on MSNBC. He's much easier to handle than that human zit Keith Oberman.

[ClintonBeGone]

Funny how they didn't have Matt (Snort Snort) Lauer do the interview.

[faithincowboys]

I agree-- they want to take Rush out as a factor in the upcoming election. The Democrat operatives who tried to steal the 2000 election are at it again.

Disgraceful.

[Greg Weston]

I wonder when he's going to get the ACLU on his side...Victimized by the MAN!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

What did poor mister victim think was going to happen?

On a certain level I agree with you. And it's obvious that when a celebrity gets into trouble, it's going to attract more attention than when it's an average citizen.

However, I have no reason to doubt Black's assertion that with millions of prescription pain medication users out there, it is virtually unprecedented to have such a big investigation into their records.

Throw in an apparently ambitious elected Democrat prosecutor, and it's hard not to conclude that Rush is being unfairly singled out for political purposes.

[Greg Weston]

Yeah sure. Cops are all in on this thing too. LOL

[Greg Weston]

>>Throw in an apparently ambitious elected prosecutor, and it's hard not to conclude that Mike is being unfairly singled out for political purposes.<<

Isn't that the same thing Michael Jackson's lawyers are saying?

[blackdog]

Asset Forfeiture is where this is headed.

[PJ-Comix]

Funny how they didn't have Matt (Snort Snort) Lauer do the interview.

Yeah, that was just TOO FUNNY. Imagine the uproar on the Today show if Matt was being investigated for his alleged coke use.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Didn't Janet Reno get her big start prosecuting day-care child abuse, with child testimony that was later found to be almost certainly memories "created" by the way the prosecutors' experts manipulated the children?

Exactly. Here's the URL of an article with a lot of good information on the subject:

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/28/news_pf/Perspective/Reno_owes_the_public_.shtml

[OwenKellogg]

Here's another list for the prosecutor to go fishing on:

http://www.rehabdiary.com/links.aspx

But since they're adored celebs, maybe they get a pass.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I think that prosecutorial ambition and unfairness can often be a factor. That might even be true in the Michael Jackson case.

However, I'd say the difference is that the sexual molestation of children is a very serious crime that is and should be prosecuted in every instance. The improper use of prescription painkillers is rarely if ever prosecuted.

[PJ-Comix]

Didn't Janet Reno get her big start prosecuting day-care child abuse, with child testimony that was later found to be almost certainly memories "created" by the way the prosecutors' experts manipulated the children?

There was a documentary about this Reno witchhunt on TV. One falsely accused kids life was ruined as a result of the Reno witchhunt. Reno turned the act of innocent wrestling by a boy at a church school into some sort of child molesting charge.

[FreedomPoster]

I wonder why that didn't turn into a link? Did you use the new spell-check feature on that?

Let's try again.

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/28/news_pf/Perspective/Reno_owes_the_public_.shtml

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Great list. Let's see, if Robert Downey, Jr. married Paula Poundstone, would Katie televise their wedding out on Rockefeller Center Plaza?

[PJ-Comix]

Throw in an apparently ambitious elected Democrat prosecutor, and it's hard not to conclude that Rush is being unfairly singled out for political purposes.

It would be interesting to see the stats of how many other people are being prosecuted in Florida on this same charge.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks for creating the link. I believe the reason it didn't turn into a link in my post was that I used HTML formatting to put a part of your message into italics. Once you do that, I think you have to use HTML formatting throughout, including the creation of links.

[ChuckShick]

MSNBC, in a 5:30am teaser, claimed that Rush also was being investigated by a federal prosecutor. In the intro to the story about 10 minutes later, the announcer (Bianca Solorzano, I believe) again claimed that it was a federal probe. The story aired and it was the same state prosecutor story they've been airing since last night. She did not correct the claim that the feds were conducting an investigation. Idiots.

[steve50]

Asset Forfeiture is where this is headed.

If it was joe average they'd have done a controlled delivery and he would already be in jail and broke.

I never noticed much support for medical privacy or even lawyer client privilege when they were raiding the doctors/lawyers offices in Calif. over the medical cannabis issue. Now everything involved in this case is supposed to be off limits.

Some people need to take a real close look at their principles, or lack thereof.