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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

So have I been listening to Rush since Day One and I can tell you and the people who posted the following the following:

1) Rush may have been practicing "benign neglet" by supposedly NOT making any references to legal/illegal drug use but suffice it to say -- as an experienced GOP operative -- Rush supported the Zero Tolerence/Get Tough On Drugs/War on Drugs conservative GOP philosophy no matter what was actually said by him on the air. NEVER did he once question the policies, rhetoric, or expense of the so-called War on Drugs, let alone any candidate or elected official who supported it. Period & you all know it: you were as shocked and ashamed as anyone to learn from Rush himself that he is a serious drug addict.

2) S-or get off the pot: make fun of FM dope smoking lunks all you or Rush want to but the thought of HIM driving on Florida or New York's roads on Oxy or other "prescription" drugs is just as bad/dangerous -- if not more -- than the thought of someone who has smoked marijuana. Perhaps even more dangerous than a drunk driver.

3) Last but not least: Rush IS playing the victim/race/twinkie defense, has a lawyer who defended someone on rape who used the same "I was drunk and out of it" defense and Rush knows he has done wrong...not just to himself but to all of those who support and rely on him for poise in the face of an increasingly shaky world. He also let conservatives and others down who supported, quoted and now, defended him.

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Posted by MamaK to Nick Thimmesch
On News/Activism 01/04/2004 9:40:24 AM PST #42 of 71

If you took the time to notice Rush stoped talking about druges before he started taking them for his pain.Might I guess that your have had some experence with the ole mary jane? If I am wrong please forgive.

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Posted by _Jim to Nick Thimmesch
On News/Activism 01/04/2004 6:08:59 AM PST #25 of 71

Rush's hypocracy on the War on Some Drugs
"There you go again" ... you can't cite ONE diatribe where Rush 'went off on drugs'. As a matter of fact, Rush stated he avoided such discussions, and you can't point to any.

Now, hang it up on this point ...

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Posted by veronica to Nick Thimmesch
On News/Activism 01/04/2004 6:08:54 AM PST #24 of 71

I don't recall Rush talking about drugs very often. And I don't think people should be jailed for having small amounts of weed either. I don't "feel sorry" for Rush and I don't he's a victim, and he does not think of himself as a victim. He's admitted he did something wrong, he has sought treatment, and he just does not want to be singled out for malicious prosecution because he's a Conservative icon. I support him 100% and I always will.