[billorites]

"At this point, it's not inconceivable that Limbaugh will take a plea and be required to participate in Florida's Drug Court program. On a positive note, the ongoing monitoring will actually facilitate Limbaugh's process of recovery."

The only way addicts get and stay clean is when they are subject to random pee tests and the threat of incarceration.

That's what "hitting bottom" means.

[Born Conservative]

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[Always Right]

When the State Attorney's Office failed to develop any traction on "money laundering" charges against Limbaugh, it then seized his medical files from four doctors and opened them up for review.

I know they had search warrents for four doctor offices, but I thought they only use two of the warrents, but then again I think the two other doctors share offices with the other two. Because these two doctors were dealing with two different ailments, it is not even clear whether doctor shopping laws applies.

[tornado100]

We'll know soon enough about the outcome of possible "doctor shopping" charges. The Court already signed off on the warrants (for medical records) and permitted the prosecutors a peek inside those files before re-sealing them.

[HarleyD]

How much print space has been given to this story verses a Hollywood celebrity under the same situation? How much print space has been given to the person who sold the drugs to Rush? Are they even planning on charging the housekeeper dealer? Rush is right on going on the offensive.

[doodad]

I posted on another thread as well, but did you all see that parody of Rush on the pregame for the Eagles-Packers that had him gazing longingly at a bag of pills? Sick.

[cricket]

"Ultimately, it was really Limbaugh's responsibility to have gone directly to law enforcement authorities if he was being blackmailed, but he chose not to do so. Clearly, he wanted to avoid scrutiny of his own drug involvement. "

Well yes, he should have. But aside from his medical predicament; he also knew he had a target on his back, and he would be submitting to those in his Florida jurisdiction, who have long held him in their sites.

A kind of no-win here for Rush. Maybe he just needed more time to figure it all out; and this story broke, before he was able to deal with this.

Bottom line; he knew he would be treated differently and he was right.

[veronica]

Now for some pertinent background information --The National Enquirer vets its front page exposés of celebrities with a phalanx of attorneys, certainly more thoroughly than anything that you would read on the front page of The New York Times.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

They savaged Elizabeth Smart's family unfairly, and had to settle a case with Gary Condit's wife.

[pointsal]

Blow hard, Rush