I heard the first hour of Rush today, and with all due respect, he is sounding like every criminal defendant that I've ever defended over the years and just about every druggie that I've ever known. One guy I know has had three DWI's over the years. All three were thrown out, not because he wasn't DWI, but because of so-called technicalities. He just received his forth DWI and he's blaming the prosecutor and police, claiming they're out to get him. If you know anything about drug and alcohol rehab, then you must know that one of the key elements is to take full responsibility for your behavior. If Rush can't take full, no excuses responsibility for his abuse, then I guarantee right now, he will flunk Rehab 101. Also, the prosecutor may very well have political motives. But the undisputed fact is that Rush possesssed and used prescription narcotics without a prescription, which is a felony under both Federal and State Law. The fact that other druggies havn't been prosecuted for the same crime is irrelevant. Indeed, the particular law at issue in Floriduh is the "doctor shopping law," which has only been on the books for less than a year, so of course very few people haven't been prosecuted -- to date. Lastly, the "no one else gets prosecuted defense" is stupid and makes Rush sound like the democraps we all despise. Case in point is the recent (or ongoing) prosecution agaist Greenpiece (of crap) under an obscure Federal Statute that has rarely been invoked if ever in the last 100 years. The scum from Greenpiece (of crap) are claiming the Fed prosecution is politically motivated because no one is ever prosecuted under the law. So what. The law is on the books. If Greenpiece (of crap) broke the law, then the Feds have the right to prosecute regardless of how many prosecutions have occurred in the past or their political motivations. And of course there is BillyBoyClinton, claiming that no one is ever prosecuted for lying about sex even if under oath. That's a pretty fair statement given the number of people who lie under oath or the penalties of perjury and the relatively few prosecutions that result. Nevertheless, Clinton lied under oath, the crime is perjury, and the Feds have the right to prosecute even the most people who lie under oath are never prosecuted.
What a crook. Full Responsility to you is to volunteer information to a prosecutor who is out for your throat. Puh_leeeez. The law should be applied to Rush as it is applied to any citizen. This law has rarely been applied and never in a situation where it is the only charge. It is usually a charge that tacked on just in case the other more serious charges don't hold. This charge only warrents a slap on the wrist. Rush deserves to do some public service, maybe subject himself to random drug testing, and probation. But until the prosecutor decides to cut him an appropriate deal, Rush would be stupid to testify against himself and be subjected to possible jail time. That's not taking 'responsibility, that is being stupid. In your weird assessment, you think Rush should just freely give up his 4th Amendment protections. Geeezzz.