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RUSH LIMBAUGH LIVE THREAD PREGAME SHOW

Posted on 10/03/2003 6:27:10 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine

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To: PJ-Comix
Assuming that Rush was using those pills (I don't believe it was 100 per day) is there a chance it all started with taking some sort of prescribed weight loss drugs and then went on from there? Remember, Rush did lose over 100 pounds. It might have been because of better diet but perhaps weight loss drugs were also used.

The problem is that weight-loss drugs are the "opposite" of the kind he's being accused of being addicted to. In short, weight-loss drugs are "uppers", pain-killers are "downers".

If he were accused of being addicted to *amphetamines* or some related drug, then the weight-loss connection could make sense. But painkillers, if anything, will make you *gain* wait because you'll be loafing around a lot.

1,041 posted on 10/03/2003 5:24:51 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: jjbrouwer
Newsflash: You can't "slander" fake names on the Internet.

That's news to McScamartist, he yells 'slander' every damn day....

1,042 posted on 10/03/2003 5:30:50 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser (Crummy Buttons? Bleah!)
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To: lelio
Oh come on. I like Rush, but its silly to say that he doesn't know what rumors are circulating.

"What he's dealing with" involves more than just the rumors. He's probably most concerned about what *legal* issues may be involved, and since the investigators haven't contacted him, he has no way of knowing what they might charge him with, if anything, and what evidence (circumstantial or otherwise) they may have.

For example, a seemingly unimportant piece of evidence or testimony from the maid might suddenly look incriminating if Rush says something that makes it *seem* to have significance, even if it's meaningless.

You just never know what piece of information from you or offhand comment might give your opponents ammunition against you.

Every legal advice book I've ever read says the same thing: If you are ever charged with a crime, or think you might be, SHUT UP. Any small thing you say might end up being the key thing that makes you *look* guilty, even if you aren't.

Consider, for example, any of the strident political attacks on conservatives. More often than not, they're based on some ridiculously trivial item or quote that can be spun into an overblown case that *sounds* plausible to the sheep. Who ever thought that Bush's minor comment about the British believing that Saddam was looking for uranium could be blown into a massive "Bush lied, the whole Iraq case was a sham" scandal?

You never know what might be used against you in court, so SHUT UP until you know everything you possibly can about what they think their case against you is, and what charges you're going to have to defend against.

1,043 posted on 10/03/2003 5:33:27 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: jjbrouwer
" It might make more sense if you took the trouble to read today's Enquirer article."

I read the Enquirer today and the assumption that the whole thing is fabricated,does not appear as clear cut as many would like to believe. The emails were addressed to "private@ eibnet.com". If not Rush,than who else had access to this email account? The e mails were damning BTW. Who was the lawyer who arranged the "loan"/hush money to the housekeeper? Did the lawyer know the purpose of the "loan" ? The chef at the house was supposedly a witness to the pills being everywhere-what is his version? Rush said his pills fell out of his golf bag on the golf course and that's why he needed more-were there eyewitnesses to this? The NE queried an MD who specializes in addiction. He said that the amounts alleged to have been required by Limbaugh are not unheard of-he has had patients who developed huge tolerances and needed massive amounts of hydrocodone and Oxycontin,just to function daily. Much higher amounts than RL is alleged to have taken. I expect the other tabloids and the DNC to be scouring every nook and cranny to be the next to have more info.
1,044 posted on 10/03/2003 6:25:09 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: jjbrouwer
She has the email evidence on her computer - which will give an ISP match to Limbaugh.

That means nothing. Send me an email describing your dog, and I'll post an "email" from you asking me to find you a brothel that specializes in small children -- and it'll match your ISP perfectly.

Forging emails is trivial, especially if you've received any kind of actual emails from the person you want to frame.

1,045 posted on 10/03/2003 6:50:00 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
I think the allegations against Rush are likely way overblown, but may contain at least some grain of truth.

Check out this Free Republic thead from 9/2/99: WHO ELSE IS CONCERNED ABOUT RUSH SLURRING WORDS?

And that wasn't the only such discussion; I remember several from back then, and it wasn't a one-day occurrence. Plus I heard it myself and noticed that his voice wasn't normal -- it definitely had a "slurred" quality to it, like he was half asleep. It was different from his speech problems later, which were caused by his deafness, they had a very different quality to them. I work with a deaf person, and my wife has often taken painkillers due to chronic health problems, so I'm familiar with the difference between the type of speech modifications that occur because you can't "monitor" your own voice, and the kind that arise because you're sleepy or medicated/sedated.

1,046 posted on 10/03/2003 7:00:49 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: Mo1
The Limbaugh story dates back about two years, Perel said. It was the Enquirer's network of sources and informants that first tipped off the tabloid about the radio personality's alleged drug dependency.

The network contains more than 10,000 tipsters, he said. Enquirer publisher American Media Inc. does not reveal how much it pays.

Still, "the trail went cold for a while" for lack of new Limbaugh leads, Perel said. Then several weeks ago the network came through again, he said.

The Enquirer promises there's more to come on Limbaugh.

 Palm Beach Post
 

1,047 posted on 10/03/2003 7:35:23 PM PDT by unsycophant
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To: Mrs Zip
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1,048 posted on 10/03/2003 7:41:32 PM PDT by zip
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To: Dianna
<< People who have been given immunity and then run to the tabloids and sell their story? >>

If the Enquirer has been "sitting" on this story since 2001, then it looks like they had already bought the story.

Maybe the couple went to the authorities for immunity so that they could enjoy the six-figure income they received for selling the story. According to the couple--they took $200,000 last fall in payment from someone representing RL. If they'd gotten busted, couldn't it have all been confiscated? Along with anything they bought with the money? I think so.

Now they are free to enjoy several hundred thousand dollars that's come to them in the past twelve months----some of which was earned from selling drugs, according to them.

1,049 posted on 10/03/2003 7:59:34 PM PDT by unsycophant
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To: Timesink
Excellent point that is never mentioned by most docs! You are absolutely right...It's the basal body temperature.
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I found out about that here:
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and here
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1,050 posted on 10/03/2003 10:24:33 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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To: jjbrouwer
<< And, I believe there is also audio-taped conversations between her and Limbaugh which the Enquirer is threatening to put up on its website >>

Apparently there is some confusion about the taped conversations. If the police wired her, then what is she doing with a copy of the tapes in the first place? Will they appreciate the Enquirer releasing their evidence in an ongoing investigation? If they did NOT wire her---then did she illegally tape someone she claimed was Rush? Isn't it illegal to tape convos in Florida without consent? Or to publish them?

1,051 posted on 10/04/2003 12:35:22 AM PDT by unsycophant
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To: unsycophant
Ummm, telling. She illegally taped someone. It's a bit like being back at school...
1,052 posted on 10/04/2003 12:55:29 AM PDT by jjbrouwer (Free Ouzo! Greek booze is great when it's free...)
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
Addicts have no problem with denying their drug use or drug problem. They are practiced, skillful and professional performers that can lie very convincingly. They are also skilled and practiced victims that have no problem portraying their victimology for the maxim effect. Rush may well be caught up in a drug investigation and might have obtained some drugs from these people in some misguided fashion that was illegal, but Rush does not portray any signs of a "drug problem" or drug abuse.

Put your money on Rush as having the last word on this subject. I hope the Democratic/Clinton smear machine gets what it has coming to it.
1,053 posted on 10/04/2003 6:31:27 AM PDT by Reagan Renaissance
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To: Spunky
I remember him talking about it being a genetic condition his father also had or something... A long time ago, something he's had since young adulthood, so it probably isn't something that comes up often. Wish I could remember.
1,054 posted on 10/04/2003 9:03:06 AM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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To: Spunky
Cyrano is verifying it - it was a medical problem that had to do with why he wasn't drafted. I dunno if it causes pain or not but I thought it did.
1,055 posted on 10/04/2003 9:04:06 AM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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To: Spunky
Ah here we go-- Claim: Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was disqualified from the Vietnam-era draft due to a pilonidal cyst.

Status: True.

1,056 posted on 10/04/2003 9:05:42 AM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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To: Spunky
Well looks like it's something that isn't likely to be continuing today. Hm...so that pretty much shoots that theory.

I wish we would get some updates. *sigh* I dunno what to think.
1,057 posted on 10/04/2003 9:09:46 AM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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To: unsycophant
Isn't it illegal to tape convos in Florida without consent? Or to publish them?

Only if your a member of the GOP...otherwise, its not...if your are a 'RAT, you can break the the law, Anytime...the DA in that part of the state is a flaming Liberal 'RAT, goin' for the higher office...nothing more.

1,058 posted on 10/04/2003 9:17:30 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
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To: Warren_Piece
I'm sure you do, ma'am. ;-)
1,059 posted on 10/04/2003 9:38:17 AM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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To: Warren_Piece
Er... i'm sure wizzler does...


[Warren _piece, Wizzler, they're ALMOST the same... I can see how someone might get confused...;-)]
1,060 posted on 10/04/2003 9:39:34 AM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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