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Rush Limbaugh Under New Investigation
NY Times ^ | 6/27/06 | wire report

Posted on 06/27/2006 10:41:35 AM PDT by gopwinsin04

Rush Limbaugh Under New Investigation Sign In to E-Mail This Print Save By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 27, 2006 Filed at 11:45 a.m. ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh could see a deal with prosecutors in a long-running prescription fraud case collapse after authorities found a bottle of Viagra in his bag at Palm Beach International Airport. The prescription was not in his name. Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at the airport after returning from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs officials found the Viagra in his luggage but his name was not on the prescription, said Paul Miller, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Miller said the alleged violation could be a second-degree misdemeanor. The sheriff's office was investigating and will soon turn the case over to the state attorney's office, which had no immediate comment Tuesday. Under the deal reached last month with prosecutors, Limbaugh was not to be arrested for any infraction for 18 months in exchange for authorities deferring a charge of ''doctor shopping.'' Prosecutors had alleged the conservative talk-show host illegally deceived multiple physicians to receive overlapping painkiller prescriptions. Limbaugh also must submit to random drug tests and continue treatment for his admitted addiction to painkillers. Limbaugh's doctor had prescribed the Viagra, but it was ''labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes,'' Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney, said in a statement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection examined the 55-year-old radio commentator's luggage after his private plane landed at the airport, Miller said. Investigators confiscated the drugs, which treat erectile dysfunction. Limbaugh was released without being charged.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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To: GinaLolaB
He knows the liberals are out to get him and lets himself get caught with a bottle of viagra. It is kind of sad.

Not as sad as being sad about BS.

21 posted on 06/27/2006 10:50:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: gopwinsin04

This was debunked last night right after it was first reported. He had no illegal prescriptions with him. NYT is taking another opportunity to smear a conservative talk show host, what jerks.


22 posted on 06/27/2006 10:51:18 AM PDT by calex59 (The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
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To: white trash redneck

That's what I was thinking. Doctors give out samples of these drugs like they used to give out lolly-pops!


23 posted on 06/27/2006 10:51:45 AM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Member & GUNSNET.NET Moderator)
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To: rovenstinez

"About as common to get this stuff now in MExico as it is to buy TUMS in Detroit. What's the big deal? Why don't they get real serious and go after the crack dealers in the streets of NYC and get REAL serious on the fight to stop drugs?"

Because crack dealers vote Democrat.


24 posted on 06/27/2006 10:52:26 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Democrats - The reason we need term limits)
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To: gopwinsin04

For real laughs some one ought to see what DUmmies are saying!


25 posted on 06/27/2006 10:52:29 AM PDT by the_daug
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To: ConservativeMind

Rush said this morning he picked it up at the Clinton Presidential Library gift shop!

Bwahahahah!

dung.


26 posted on 06/27/2006 10:54:03 AM PDT by Moose Dung (Perquacky is a fools game.)
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To: Bikers4Bush
How is this any different than doctors giving out samples of prescription medications without a prescription? If he was under a doctors care and the doctor gave him the meds whether it was in the doctors name or not what's the damn difference?

This point was discussed in an thread from earlier today.In short,there are a number of Federal laws (and,I suspect,state laws) that regulate the distribution of prescription medications...including ones that aren't addictive (that is,aren't "controlled substances").

27 posted on 06/27/2006 10:54:05 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: GinaLolaB

"He knows the liberals are out to get him and lets himself get caught with a bottle of viagra. It is kind of sad."

No it is hysterical. This is going to be on the radio and get a ton of air play. Not only is Rush going to make the Florida DA out to be a fool, he is going to attack the NT Times for making this front page news and burying Iraq.



28 posted on 06/27/2006 10:54:19 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Democrats - The reason we need term limits)
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To: ConservativeMind
"Don't they love pounding that one into the ground."

I'm sure there's a NYT subscriber somewhere whose dog does not know what viagra is for. The NYT is just making sure everybody understands.

29 posted on 06/27/2006 10:54:19 AM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: Coop
Why is the NY Times reporting about this? I don't see how it directly aids Al Qaeda terrorists.

Oh, but it does.

Remove Rush from the airwaves (NY Times' agenda), and you remove a powerful anti-Al-Qaeda voice.
30 posted on 06/27/2006 10:54:37 AM PDT by adorno
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To: gopwinsin04

Sorry in advance to RUSH fans, but after all the BS he went through on the other charges he should have known better. In this case he should have untied the other half of his brain.


31 posted on 06/27/2006 10:55:12 AM PDT by 12th_Monkey
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To: GinaLolaB

Just think, he could hav been caught with a bottle of fizzy water. Wow!


32 posted on 06/27/2006 10:55:25 AM PDT by ronnieb
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To: GinaLolaB

He wasn't caught with anything. He had viagra, it was prefectly legal and they let him go after questioning. This was all put to rest last night but NYT is using it to smear Rush for those people, apparently you are one of them, who wish to believe the worst of a conservative, especially Rush.


33 posted on 06/27/2006 10:55:25 AM PDT by calex59 (The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
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To: gopwinsin04

so what's the difference between this and getting free samples of the same stuff from an MD?(also without a name/prescription label on the bottle)


34 posted on 06/27/2006 10:55:32 AM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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To: gopwinsin04
Limbaugh was not to be arrested for any infraction for 18 months in exchange for authorities deferring a charge

Gee...the NYTimes really does know everything.....I dind't know Rush was arrested. Idiots.

35 posted on 06/27/2006 10:56:26 AM PDT by Fawn (BUILD A LONG TALL WALL)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The bottom line is Rush had a valid perscription.


36 posted on 06/27/2006 10:56:26 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: gopwinsin04

What a bunch of idiots!

I NEVER travel w my scips in the original container!
They're mixed in w my vitamins.

Who cares and why?


37 posted on 06/27/2006 10:56:44 AM PDT by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
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To: white trash redneck

The key to this whole thing is the leak to the press. Who did it? It wasn't wrong for them to hold him and resolve the prescription issue. But a phone call should have resolved it before anybody found out.


38 posted on 06/27/2006 10:56:50 AM PDT by AmishDude (I am the King Nut.)
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To: edpc

It's the Customs officials and/or the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office that ought to be in trouble here, for making this public. It's not clear that Rush committed any crime, nor has he been charged with committing any crime, and yet he's being put through public embarrassment with the story of what pills he's taking being broadcast around the globe.

Shouldn't both Customs officials and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office have more pressing matters to attend to these days???? And why does anybody need a prescription for this stuff anyway? It's not an addictive narcotic, and has nowhere near the potential for harm that acetaminophen (e.g. Tylenol) has -- the latter being the leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.


39 posted on 06/27/2006 10:57:33 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: calex59

The NY Slimes is getting the story wrong again! shocking...


40 posted on 06/27/2006 10:57:51 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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