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"I have heard people who called up on the RL show and talk about legalizing pot especially when it came to tobacco legislation. RL's comment was that pot smokers are just selfish and that there is nothing wrong with tobacco because it's legal. His argument was completely circular. My drug is good because it's legal and yours is bad because it's illegal. Those who want to make my drug illegal are idiots and busybodies. And BTW you are selfish for wanting your drug to be legal."

I see you didn't provide the exact quotes, with the dates and times, that would prove your whiney, defensive accusation.

Without that, your personal perceptions about what you think you heard, are dubious, and your opinion on the matter carries no weight in the eyes of those capable of critical thought. How can we know for sure that you weren't spaced out on pot, having an LSD flashback, or high on crack or something, when you thought you heard that stuff?

To show good faith, and to demonstrate that the virtue of honesty, to which you are trying to get us to believe you adhere, you will need to put up or shut up.

Of course you know that to feign to be what you aren't, in this case; "honest", is to expose yourself as being exactly what you're accusing Rush of being, ie: 'a hypocrite'.

So,in order for you to have any credibility at all, you will need to provide the exact quote(s) and exact date(s).

Otherwise, you will need to publically retract what thoughtful people can only conclude is malicious gossip and innuendo, put forth by you in a "pile on with his other enemies" attempt to damage and smear Rush's character and reputation.

I am willing to help you save face if you can't provide the exact quote(s). Just give me the dates and the times that you are claiming he said those things, and I will transcribe his EXACT words for the record, since I have his radio programs on tape.

BTW, I have listened to his program daily, virtually from the beginning, and I have heard him talking to the callers to which you refer, but I NEVER heard him say any of the things as you claim he said.

So this statement will stand as a false, malicious, misleading statement, made by a dishonest, biased hypocrite, with a not-so-hidden agenda, until it is backed up with facts:

"RL's comment was that pot smokers are just selfish and that there is nothing wrong with tobacco because it's legal. His argument was completely circular. My drug is good because it's legal and yours is bad because it's illegal. Those who want to make my drug illegal are idiots and busybodies. And BTW you are selfish for wanting your drug to be legal"

I've been listening to Rush regularly since the moment his show came on the air in Florida....12-15 years ago?

Rush-bashers like to think no one is paying attention when they casually or recklessly throw out falsehoods and innuendos in public. Some freepers do pay attention, obviously.

Not only his producers, but enemies as well as fans tape all Rush shows. You can bet negative quotes by Rush on this subject would have been publicly aired by his detractors when the medication problem became known.

Leni

Maybe someone who is a dittohead subscriber can do a search through the transcripts on his web site. I believe they have transcripts there and hopefully have not purged them to make him look less hypocritical. However we do have this quote from Oct 10, 1995:

There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up

Now, quite frankly you have to admit that you have never heard Limbaugh champion those who want to legalize drugs. I have heard him say several times that people who want to legalize pot are "selfish". Can't quote the time or the day because I have better things to do than document every stupid thing RL says. If you disagree, so be it. But you might want to listen to a few of those old programs before you go on defending the guy.

Two more things:

Of course you know that to feign to be what you aren't, in this case; "honest", is to expose yourself as being exactly what you're accusing Rush of being, ie: 'a hypocrite'.

Better check your dictionary. It's one thing to be a lier or slanderous, it's quite another to be a hypocrite. I am giving you my honest recollection of the couple of times it has come up. Perhaps I was mistaken but I don't think so.

Otherwise, you will need to publically retract what thoughtful people can only conclude is malicious gossip and innuendo, put forth by you in a "pile on with his other enemies" attempt to damage and smear Rush's character and reputation....So this statement will stand as a false, malicious, misleading statement, made by a dishonest, biased hypocrite, with a not-so-hidden agenda, until it is backed up with facts:

Are you late for your medication? Because you are sounding a little worked up here.

I see you didn't provide the exact quotes, with the dates and times, that would prove your whiney, defensive accusation.

In all fairness, unless there exists somewhere on the net a freely accessible archive of Rush transcripts from the first days of his show until late 2003, providing exact quotes is going to be impossible.

Back in the early 90s there was a gent who kept a daily synopsis of Rush's show. It was a handy reference, though even that wasn't a word-by-word transcript. Does anyone remember who kept the archive and what ever became of him?

Also, for any 24/7 Rush subscribers: does the online archive have any of the great old parody songs from the early 90s such as "The Philanderer", the caller abortion bits, Mick from the High Mountains of New Mexico, or Rita X's ravings?