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Limbaugh Takes Off Gloves: Blasts Coverage, Investigation of Drugs
The Rush Limbaugh Show via The Drudge Report ^ | December 23, 2003 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 12/24/2003 12:47:51 AM PST by thegreatbeast

Ladies and gentlemen, you know, it's been real frustrating here for the past - what has this been? - past three months. It has been very frustrating to sit here and see what gets released and then reported in the media and to have to remain silent about it for a number of reasons. The occasion for silence is now ended because of the medical records hearing that occurred yesterday here in Palm Beach County Circuit Court. Now, the judge ruled against me on the privacy of my medical records despite the fact that we claim that the prosecution in this case did not follow the law as written by the Florida legislature in securing those medical records.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dopedupfuzzball; drugs; flada; freetedmaher; junkie; limbaugh; lovablefuzzball; medicalrecords; privacy; rush
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Limbaugh better learn to accept the situation because it's going to be with him like Tyson's facial tattoo. Seriously, did he expect anything different?
1 posted on 12/24/2003 12:47:52 AM PST by thegreatbeast
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To: thegreatbeast
No, it's not a matter of accepting the situation. This is a gross abuse of power by the prosecutor's office, who is a Clinton appointee. The leaks by the prosecutor's office are a blatant violation of privacy. The charges are trumped up- it's a ridiculous political witch-hunt. Conservatives should get organized and put pressure on these jackals to drop this charade.
2 posted on 12/24/2003 12:50:25 AM PST by jagrmeister (I'm not a conservative. I don't seek to conserve, I seek to reform.)
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To: thegreatbeast
The vast majority of first time non-violent non-trafficker(seller) offenders in Florida, IIRC, usually get probation if they go through treatment. Rush fits all those criteria. This is a witch hunt by the Palm Beach county prosecutor.
3 posted on 12/24/2003 12:55:34 AM PST by Dane
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To: jagrmeister
The prosecutor is an elected State's Attorney, not a Clinton appointee. He ran unopposed in 2000.
4 posted on 12/24/2003 1:06:50 AM PST by Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
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To: jagrmeister

5 posted on 12/24/2003 1:07:47 AM PST by Prime Choice (Americans are a spiritual people. We're happy to help members of al Qaeda meet God.)
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To: thegreatbeast
His enemies have been after him for years. It's unfortunate that he has given them an opening to try and go in for a kill. I'll be interested to see what the whole truth of the situation turns out to be. I hope Daniel can survive the lions.
6 posted on 12/24/2003 1:07:55 AM PST by Chani (when in public, if I close my eyes, it sounds like I'm in Mexico)
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To: Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
The prosecutor is an elected State's Attorney, not a Clinton appointee. He ran unopposed in 2000

Elected in Palm Beach County and he is a demo and is part of the demo machine down there.

7 posted on 12/24/2003 1:11:21 AM PST by Dane
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To: Dane
Is the judge (who found the charges to be "good faith") a Demo as well? Just wondering. I agree this is a witch hunt.
8 posted on 12/24/2003 1:32:42 AM PST by Clock King
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To: thegreatbeast
in Palm Beach County Circuit Court Ringling, Barnum, and Bailey 3-Ring Media Circus tent
9 posted on 12/24/2003 1:37:38 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: jagrmeister
This is a gross abuse of power by the prosecutor's office, who is a Clinton appointee.
The leaks by the prosecutor's office are a blatant violation of privacy.
The charges are trumped up- it's a ridiculous political witch-hunt.

How do you know all this?

Conservatives should get organized and put pressure on these jackals to drop this charade.

Conservatives (and everyone) should wait to see what happens. Rush has a lawyer and his microphone. We have the judicial system.

10 posted on 12/24/2003 1:39:06 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: Clock King
If they've tromped on Rush's Federal civil rights there will eventually be hell to pay by PBC. If it's only state civil rights he's at the mercy of the SCOFLAws.
11 posted on 12/24/2003 1:39:30 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
The prosecutor is an elected State's Attorney, not a Clinton appointee. He ran unopposed in 2000.

Ran unopposed in Palm Beach County. Home of the 2000 butterfly ballot. You do remember that little demo setup don't you. And the prosecuter is, at this moment, still a member of the New York bar. And we all know there is no one in New York that has it 'in' for Rush.

12 posted on 12/24/2003 1:40:50 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: leadpenny
We have the judicial system.

Who is [We] ?

13 posted on 12/24/2003 1:42:54 AM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: jagrmeister
The charges are trumped up.

I disagree. First of all, he still has not officially been charged with anything. Secondly, he's already admitted to culpability in a crime, if not the actual commision of it.

I didn't like the "raid" on the doctors offices, nor the seizure of records (did they think the doctors would not cooperate voluntarily?), nor some of the misrepresentations I've seen in the media.

But if you clean that all away, there still seems to be some fire behind the smoke. I guess the maid doesn't come across as a credible enough witness so they're looking for something more to back their case.

Disagree with the law if you will and lament that Rush fell into the trap of addiction and the purchase of black-market drugs if you wish, but a crime is still a crime. Even in Palm Beach County, they still have to have a trial before a conviction. Only then, will the air be cleared and everyone can make up their own minds.

14 posted on 12/24/2003 1:44:25 AM PST by Tall_Texan ("Is Rush a Hypocrite?" http://righteverytime2.blogspot.com)
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To: Clock King
Don't know, but he was unopposed too. He was a securities lawyer.
15 posted on 12/24/2003 1:46:15 AM PST by Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
We! Americans! US Citizens!
16 posted on 12/24/2003 1:46:44 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: Tall_Texan
To believe Rush got the sheer QUANTITY of pills he got by "shopping doctors" (what I think they mean behind all the obfuscation is getting overlapping prescriptions, which is the only actual no-no in the law; Rush is NOT at fault if an individual doctor chooses to overprescribe) would be even more zany than to believe he got it through his maid.
17 posted on 12/24/2003 1:49:35 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Dane
That may be, but he still isn't a Clinton appointee and people ought not to say that about him when it isn't true. Looks like crybaby stuff to me.

Krischer is also the guy who decided to try Nathaniel Brazill as an adult.
18 posted on 12/24/2003 1:51:17 AM PST by Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
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To: leadpenny
Conservatives (and everyone) should wait to see what happens. Rush has a lawyer and his microphone. We have the judicial system.

The judicial system sure was lame in "conversative" Idaho when I got my medical records misused by the state. No one (Board of Medicine, ACLU, EEOC, etc.) cared about a peon citizen's right to privacy. The abusers just pointed to a paragraph in the laws stating your privacy with regards to medical records goes out the window if it's "a public safety matter".

19 posted on 12/24/2003 1:55:25 AM PST by Victoria_R
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To: tbpiper
LOL! He's also a member of the Colorado Bar. So what? Lots of lawyers are members of multiple state Bars.

He's still not a Clinton appointee and it's silly to go around saying he is.

What someone ought to be doing is researching the public records to determine just exactly how many previous times Krischer investigated and prosecuted anyone for doctor-shopping. Convictions are public record. If the defendant went into a pre-trial program and completed it successfully, it might not be in the public record, but otherwise it's public record.
20 posted on 12/24/2003 1:55:47 AM PST by Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
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