Rush Limbaugh in pill probe

New York Daily News ^ | 10/02/03 | TRACY CONNOR

[faithincowboys]

Me thinks, the 1000 illegal files on prominent Democrats contained Limbaugh's name. I think they set him up, perhaps they knew he had such an issue and planted an operative in his home to destroy him--which is very chilling. Chill wind alert, where in the Hell is Tim Robbins? And the fact that she is represented by a snake who represented an illegal campaign contributer to the DNC is telling. And the Palm Beach county Democrats (who are still smarting from the election) authorized this spying--shameful!! By the way, the fact that foreign money was used to influence national elections is far more serious.

And the e-mail could be faked, if he has one that stores his password she could have used it and sent her self e-mail. if they have voice recordings, that's bad news. I think he might have had her get him some pills, but I think the numbers she is giving is wildly exxageratted. Also, i wonder when in the Hell he could have went to detox, he works constantly.

[ChadsDad]

sethhenschon
Since Oct 1, 2003

Welcome to FR.

[SpinyNorman]

Cline said she continued to make deliveries to Limbaugh even after she quit as his housekeeper in July 2001 - but he became increasingly paranoid, even patting her down for recording devices, she said.

As Groucho once said, "just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!" Clearly, she says she did in fact wear a wire on her last two alleged "meets." Okay, now exactly how does a "maid" get the wherewithall to purchase a wire that can resist a "patdown?" The only way it could be legitimate is if the cops supplied it, but they are usually not at the top of the spook technology curve. If supplied by the DNC or other non-police types, then the tapes are immediately suspect. Why would Rush, knowing the depths to which a sexual harrassment accusation can go, even consider doing a patdown? (there are much more effective electronic methods of detecting wires, and anyone that even watches TV would know it).

In June 2002, Limbaugh told her he was going to New York for detox a second time.

Wouldn't it be simple to match the times of any of Rush's vacations and see if indeed he was registered at a detox clinic? I seem to recall that he was playing golf, publicly, on most of his vacations.

After he returned, "I went to talk to him, and he cried a little bit," she said. "He told me that if it ever got out, he would be ruined."

She obviously "felt his pain" right down to Enquirer headquarters.

She claimed that a lawyer for Limbaugh gave her a payoff - $80,000 he owed her, plus another $120,000 - and asked her to destroy the computer that contained the E-mail records.

So there should be a record of the deposits of that sort of cash, no? This is not conclusive though, since the DNC could have "lent" her the money to make the story look real.

Bottom line: the story has a definite reek to it, and I for one (unlike Mike Barnicle the plaigerizer, and Imus the "former" druggie and alcoholic, and the other clowns on the Imus show this morning) will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he is innocent until proven guilty. Even if he were found to be guilty of the misuse of painkillers, would he be the first? Has he criticized others for their abuse of painkillers? Think about an earache you might have had, even as a child, and then think about what Rush had done to him with the cochlear implant.

[WillowyDame]

"Rush is rich enough that he could buy his own doctor. He wouldn't need a housekeeper to arrange drug buys in a Denny's parking lot. "

no, babe!! it does not work that way.

the extremely rich drug users always use anyone at their convinience. i live among the richest people in the world and i have seen it 1st hand.

but still what is the point of the house keeper?? who is behind her going to cops and all!!

[backhoe]

The stuff makes me feel really stupid- although my higher cognitive functions ( higher math, recall ) seem to remain intact, I don't feel like exercising them.

I just don't see how Rush could have had such a heavy habit and remained functional in the real world. And to be blunt, at his level of income and fame, why would he need a houseservant as a supplier? He could buy a Doc easily enough.

I saw elsewhere that the alleged email evidence has convieniently vanished, so what we are left with is merely a slanderous tale.

How utterly Clintonian.

See my tagline...

[mewzilla]

Hey, guess what? According to this link, Wilma's lawyer served as co-counsel for drug dealer Carlos Lehder. No wonder Shohat knows so much about drugs.

[windchime]

Yep.

[WillowyDame]

YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

smart fool you are, my new FRiend!!

[jackbill]

And how can you verify an e-mail came from the person you said it did?

Here's a little point that makes me suspicious. The article quotes an e-mail:

"But I will try and cut down to help out."

The correct grammar is "try TO cut down". This missuse (most common among younger people) grates on me more than fingernails on a blackboard. Every time I hear it I cringe. I have listened to Limbaugh faithfully for over 12 years and I have NEVER heard him make this error.

Small thing, but it makes me suspicious.

[#3Fan]

Very suspicious. I'd say this woman is protecting her major customers and making Rush the scapegoat for all of them. If he aquired any pills, it was probably just 1 or 2 here or there in passing. I've seen that done a lot and it didn't mean the person receiving them was a drug fiend.

[Jaded]

Was it dumb and untrue or just dumb to say even though it's true?

Perhaps Rush is not totally enamored of this particular quarterback like the rest of the media is? That makes him wrong how? ESPN hired him knowing what kind of public figure he is. What did they expect, for him to completely change his stripes because ESPN issued the check?

[WillowyDame]

"how could Rush Limbaugh possibly have done a show while hopped up on pills? these people are nutz"

amazing things are done by people on drugs everyday! you might be shocked to know that some people can't funtion well if they are not on it.

drug addiction is a problem in america that see no the color creed or class!!

it is the dirt secret of many big kahunas!! those you least expect will be doped up!

[bmwcyle]

I attended College from 1972 to 1976. I know when a person get hooked on drugs. I have seen and heard the changes. I have not seen these signs in Rush.

[johnny7]

Damn good digging! Shohat is right down in Florida too. Ol' Wilma is either a DNC sleeper mole or a “here's 50 large” stooge.

Man... all I know is I feel like sh_t today. Darker days loom for us on the horizon.

[Snidely Whiplash]

So much for accuracy in media. I took Hydrocodone for 6 months for pain after two surgeries. It is commonly known as "Percocet".

Nope. Percocet is oxycodone, a similar but different drug. Hydrocodone is the generic for Vicodin. Having had Vicodin before for pain, I can see where it might be addictive...the stuff screws you up pretty good, and like all opiate derivatives, it is pretty addictive.

Snidely

[StriperSniper]

"All these pills are enough to kill an elephant - never mind a man."

Elephant, Hmmmmm.

[Beck_isright]

Hell, now you're going to make me look. Brb...

[Beck_isright]

You are correct. I took the high powered Lortab which is the hydrocodone and the oxycodone which is the Percocets and I took Oxy Contin also. May, until you corrected me and made me look, I didn't realize how many different prescriptions those docs gave me!

[MrsEmmaPeel]

The stuff makes me feel really stupid- although my higher cognitive functions ( higher math, recall ) seem to remain intact, I don't feel like exercising them.

When I was on the stuff, I slept 12-15 hours a day. When I was awake, I watched replays of the B&W Zorro.

[jimt]

If he's opposed or neutral to the War On Some Drugs, then so nothing. But it appears (although I can find no direct quotations) that he favors the War On Some Drugs, making him a rank hypocrite.

Bingo ! I haven't forgotten all the comments about "dope smokin', maggot infested..."