Prosecutors Can Examine Limbaugh Records

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You added a lot to the thread. Thanks. Oh, BTW:

subsume

\Sub*sume"\, v. t. [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.] To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else.

To subsume one proposition under another. --De Quincey.

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Rush Limbaugh case a real waste of time

Letter to Editor - Dec. 26, 2003 12:00 AM

Does anybody except the Palm Beach County prosecutor give a rat's patoot whether Rush Limbaugh went "doctor hunting" for drugs? I can't figure out how society is better served or protected by looking into this matter.

I could understand the prosecutor's zeal if some person or persons were harmed by Rush's action. However, as near as I can tell, Rush hurt only himself, has taken the necessary steps to ameliorate his addiction problem and there appear to be no victims.

Yes, yes . . . I know. "Broke the law." "Nation of laws." All that grand stuff.

So what? Surely there are more important things for the prosecutor to do than drag a loudmouth, middle-aged radio personality to court. (As a matter of fact, I'm already more than a bit concerned because last week I spit on the sidewalk, and I'm afraid of that knock at my door).

Perhaps it is time for the taxpayers of Palm Beach County to tell their prosecutor to stop wasting their money and his time. - William P. Stollar, Surprise

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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/12/25/145745.shtml

Thursday Dec. 25, 2003; 2:23 p.m. EST

Dem Probers Eye Rush's Medical File Despite Agreement

A Democratic Party prosecutor ordered the review of confidential medical records seized from doctors treating number one talk radio host Rush Limbaugh - despite an agreement by his deputy not to do so at a Florida court hearing Monday.

The brazen legal move has Limbaugh's supporters worrying that his medical secrets may now be in the hands of senior Democratic Party operatives working for New York Senator Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats.

During Monday's hearing, Limbaugh's attorney Roy Black asked the court to stay an expected decision granting permission to review the medical data until an appeal could be filed.

During the following exchange among Black, Assistant State's Attorney James Martz and Judge Jeffrey A. Winkoff, Martz indicated that he didn't object to the bid to keep the records under seal pending the judge's ruling.

"I honestly think it's in the purview of the Court to make that decision," replied the Florida prosecutor. "I don't think I have an argument on that."

Despite Martz's apparent agreement that the records would stay sealed until Judge Winkoff ruled, Limbaugh's records were allegedly opened and reviewed on orders from Martz's boss, State's Attorney Barry Krischer, the top talk host charged on Wednesday.

"The state advised my lawyer later in the day, [Monday] that, Barry Krischer, who is the elected state attorney down here, told his investigators to go ahead and open my medical records, despite the requests from my lawyers and the consideration of a stay by the judge. . .

"They couldn't wait; they had to open them," Limbaugh complained. "The state's attorney, Barry Krischer, personally ordered it from what we're told and his investigators began rifling through my medical records."

Contacted by the Palm Beach Post on Wednesday, State Attorney Krischer refused to deny the allegation.

The move shocked the top talk host's fans. Writing on the conservative Web site FreeRepublic.com, one listener worried: "The contents of Limbaugh's medical records are undoubtedly already in Hillary's database."

Kischer is a Democrat who strongly backed Attorney General Janet Reno after she was selected for the job by Mrs. Clinton.

Krischer's decision to press the case against Limbaugh so aggressively drew criticism from one particularly unlikely source.

"There is something odd about the way this case is playing out, the kind of crimes that are being investigated," complained former White House counsel Lanny Davis to MSNBC on Monday. "And it does really look like his celebrityhood . . . has attracted unfair attention."

While Davis disagreed with the notion that Limbaugh was the victim of a Democratic Party witch-hunt, he observed, "It doesn't look like, at the moment, they have a real serious case that smacks of criminal conduct."

"This is about prosecutors leaking to the press. That's wrong. And I agree with Limbaugh on that," he said.

Find out the real story about Rush in NewsMax's special report, "Rush Is Back" –

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The move shocked the top talk host's fans. Writing on the conservative Web site FreeRepublic.com, one listener worried: "The contents of Limbaugh's medical records are undoubtedly already in Hillary's database."

In a low voice, Hillary asks, "Who said that?"

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" Witchhunt? Rush had his maid commit illegal acts for him - where's the witchhunt?"

Yea, and whom do they go after? Not the seller, but the user or the buyer. Anyone can look at this and see this whole affair is not right.

Can you name one time that the police went after the buyer of drugs and let the seller off. This is what makes it a witchhunt.

[Wolfie]

Wiilliam P. Stolar sounds like a Libertarian.

[Looking for Diogenes]

By the way, I was able to access that L.A. Times story you cited with no problem.

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-091001vicodin.story

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That's wierd. Must be my ZoneAlarm acting up again.

But what's really wierd is that the Slimes left it on their website without charge for so long. Normally, one has to pay after two weeks.

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Who said that?

Nobody on this thread. I searched a few others for good measure and couldn't find that particular phrase there either.

(I believe it, though.)

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[ Nobody in the history of the world has ever been prosecuted for "doctor shopping", although it happens all the time. The DA is just trying to make make a name for himself down there in hanging-chad-land. ]

Wonder how many "prisoners" have been incarerated by DA's or other "court officers" looking to make a name for themselves........ at the expense of the freedom of some of the great unwashed masses or the washed ones.. A DA proven to be guilty should be given far more than disbarrment say, 20 years incareration NO GET OUT options..(AND disbarrment) AFTER all property owned by the offender ceded to his/her VICTIM... only the honest would even want to BE a DA then... but then we could'nt find a lawyer to fill the post..