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". . . have filed "doctor shopping" charges against one other person in the past five years . . ."

This phrase is bordering on libel. It implies that charges HAVE been filed against Rush Limbaugh. That has not happened.

To properly report this, the phrase should read ". . . have filed "doctor shopping" charges against just one ~~other~~ person in the past five years . . .

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AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story (QUICK BEFORE IT CHANGES)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52369-2004Jan3.html ^ | January 3, 2003w

Make certain the story is not used.
AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story (AP, Jan. 3, 2004; 5:06 PM)

Snagged this from the Urinal & Constipation:

I've posted a .PDF of this here, for posterity.

Yikes, this has been sitting on the wires for 8 hours before it got caught.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/rushsearch1.html

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/rushsearch3.html

What I don't get, folks, is the bottom line here. Yes, the "killed" article states incorrectly that Rush was charged with doctor shopping, but other than that, it actually SUPPORTS Rush's contention that the prosecution is unusual. Could there perhaps be ANOTHER reason for the kill order?

The first sentence in the Palm Beach Post's version is completely different.

State Attorney Barry Krischer denied the accusation, saying, "Whether Mr. Limbaugh is subject to prosecution for any crimes is still under investigation."

Let's see..here. Now, they apparently don't have a strong enough case to bring criminal charges against Limbaugh, yet the "charges" they are considering indicting him on are already public???

Wouldn't that be a nice tool to intimidate your political enemies with, IF you were a politically minded prosecutor. Just release to the press "off the record" things like: "We're looking at Mr. Smith in the area of wife beating..", or "... record were seized at a children's day care related to the Mr. Smith investigation, though nothing is conclusive...", or "..confidential informants link Mr. Smith to a drug trafficing ring, and we're investigating.." Then just let the "non-charges" fester for a couple of years.

This is the definition of "prosecutorial misconduct" everywhere except, I suppose, Florida. If the DA's office had no charges to file, then there should be nothing in the press about Limbaugh. As far as seizing his medical records, usually there has to be "probably cause" to get a search warrant. The fact that he overmedicated himself is not necessarily probably cause of anything. I wonder what evidence they had .. HARD evidence, that Limbaugh evaded the law to get his drugs.

SFS

I said from day one that Rush would weather this, and make his enemies chew nails. The worm appears to be turning even in the press. Truth will out! :)

The Palm Beach Post review found only one case in which the county filed charges of illegally acquiring overlapping prescriptions, but the defendant died before trial.

This article edits out something critical the Palm Beach Post told in an earlier article. This person was prosecuted to try and intimidate him into testifying against his wife's doctor, so it was a not a prosecution for doctor shopping, but a prosecution to try and intimidate and harrass the guy into helping the prosecutors. See Charge in Limbaugh Drug Case Rarely Used paragraph 20.

If Clinton, the Adolescent Sociopath, had been in the precise position of Rush, folks on FR would correctly laff at the defenses now being made.

Ann Coulter is great .... Mark Steyn is great ... Powerline is great ... Goldberg is great ... Victor Hansen is great ... Andrew Sullivan is great ... etc etc etc

Rush is a nitwit and a piece of garbage, according to the PRINCIPLES of so many WOD warriors on FR.

The warriors say ... put people who get high in prison. Do you or do you not?

And now they say, except Rush or Jeb's daughter.

Why is this so difficult to grasp?

Rush has said, "Do not treat me as a victim in all this," and then he hires Roy Black to put up a victimhood defense.

Amazing. Astounding. Astonishing.

Rush should have quit and gone off to enjoy his money. That would have been the honorable thing.

But Rush is not honorable. Absurdly, he has the WOD warriors defending him. Wow. One contemplates the mutuality of reasoning.

Laws should not be on the books if they are going to be selectively enforced. Who here thinks this law should be repealed?