[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>David Cline was arrested for cocaine trafficking in 1982 in Collier County. He posted bond to get out of jail and then skipped, living as a fugitive in New York and Fort Lauderdale under different names until surrendering in 1989. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison.

SO this is the person accusing Rush of pill popping.

>>>>>>>>>>>>In April 2000, while he and his wife were allegedly supplying Limbaugh with drugs, Cline was arrested in Palm Beach County and charged with identity theft, having a counterfeit or stolen driver license and a false vehicle registration, possessing marijuana and resisting arrest.

Where does the Enquirer find these people?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cline said he had made $40,000 to $50,000 a year and that he had not filed any income tax returns for the preceding five years. He also said he had used an alias to avoid paying child support for two children from a previous marriage.

All-in-all a total class act.

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[Blood of Tyrants]

There were two possible motives, 1, Rush's house keeper was attempting to blackmail him and was unsuccessful or 2, (more likely) this couple is in trouble with the law and copped a deal to help the police bust Rush Limbaugh (why else would she wear a wire in conversations with Rush?) in exchange for a reduction in or dropping of charges. She then decided that she could make a quick buck with the Enquirer.

[Dante3]

Were they also given immunity for tax evasion? I presume he could not get immunity for avoiding child support payments. Not exactly credible witnesses.

[AmericanInTokyo]

So THAT's what he meant by 'with half of my brain tied behind my back' to be fair.....

[irish_links]

When did the so-called legitimate press start printing verbatim quotes from a supermarket tabloid? Four years ago the name Juanita Brodderick could not be printed in a newspaper or uttered on TV. Now, one day after the NE publishes material on a conservative talk show host, much of which sounds exagerated and laughably dramatized, a newspaper prints all the gory detail.

You can be certain that if any of the "papers of record" had the least reticence of going with the story before the Palm Beach Post's report, this will relieve their sorry little conciences. Once the story breaks it becomes fair game for the pack, at least when it's a conservative's ox that is being gored.

This story is sad from a multitude of perspectives.

[lilylangtree]

Didn't this occur during the period of time he lost his hearing rather suddenly because of the quick onset of a genetic disease?

[RaceBannon]

The messages also mention "small blue babies," an apparent reference to the painkillers

I was taking hydrocodone for my shoulder, and they aint blue!!

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

A lot of this is probably true. I pray that Rush can get over the horrible addiction of drugs. Drug addiction does not discriminate. It is a horrible thing.

[monkeywrench]

"Palm Beach Linked to Stupidity"...sigh

I really wish someone would pull out whatever evidence against clinton was hidden away in the Ford building, so the left could 'have a bad week'.

[M Kehoe]

She started to keep a log of her purchases, she said, and within the first 47 days she delivered 4,350 pills to Limbaugh.

Rush should be dead if he ingested that many pills in 47 days.

5.56mm

[technomage]

They said they sold him 11,900 tablets over six months in 2001.

What? That is about 66 pills a day if Rush was using. Or, 33 a day if he and his wife were using. I believe they would not have survived that.

So, now the Rush haters will say he was selling??

I do not blame Rush for staying quiet (per his lawyers instruction no doubt). Something is not right with this scenario.

Let the news percolate for a few more days or weeks. Give the Rush hatersmore rope. Then hang um!!

Would it not be sweet if it is found these terrible excuses for humans were put up to this by the DNC (McAwful)??

[COUNTrecount]

"In 2002, Wilma Cline said, a Palm Beach attorney showed up on her doorstep, gave her a check for $100,000 and made her sign a promissory note, but said the "loan" would never be collected. Four months later, in November, the attorney gave her a check for $100,000 and told her not to give Limbaugh any more pills. "

So Ms. Cline photocopied the checks and gave them to the

Enquirer as part of her story,where they can be seen,

right? Show me the $$

[redbaiter]

Call me naive but I don't believe a word of it. Crooks in a jam trying to rat out a conservative doesn't 'rise to the level of' credible evidence.

[tbpiper]

They said they sold him 11,900 tablets over six months in 2001

That's about 65 pills per day for 6 months or 33.5 per day if he stretched the stash for a full year. The math on this doesn't seem plausible.

[Edit35]

"He tried to kick his habit again at a New York hospital to no avail, she said, and piled up drug bills of $80,000."

This whole thing supposedly started in May 2002, according to the housekeeper, when Limbaugh asked her for a few pills.

IT SHOULD be relatively easy to check her dates, since he is on the radio every day except vacations, on when Limbaugh supposedly went into a New York hospital.

From what I know, a hospital detox stay lasts three weeks, not just a day or two.

"In 2002, Wilma Cline said, a Palm Beach attorney showed up on her doorstep, gave her a check for $100,000 and made her sign a promissory note, but said the "loan" would never be collected. Four months later, in November, the attorney gave her a check for $100,000 and told her not to give Limbaugh any more pills."

Why would this attorney tell her not to give Limbaugh any more pills, if by this account, the attorney was allegedly representing Limbaugh.

[xkaydet65]

A question: Do these people. the Clines, comment on where they were able to obtain thousands of these pills? were I a prosecutor the answer to that qustion would be more meaningful than who bought the pills. It seems odd that what is said to have begun with "buddy can you spare a pill?" quickly morphs into a major drug trafficking operation. I have some extra vikes from a dental procedure. I might give a couple to a neighbor who needed a painkiller on the spot, but I doubt the neighbor would expect me to be able to keep up or increase the supply. Why would Limbaugh feel these people could supply him?

[Yo-Yo]

They said they sold him 11,900 tablets over six months in 2001. Many exchanges of drugs and money took place at a Denny's restaurant parking lot on Belvedere Road, they alleged.

Hmmm. Let's say that you were indeed Rush's housekeeper and you were indeed selling him almost 12,000 pills. You tell him "no, I won't bring them to your house the next time I'm over there to clean, instead you must meet me at a Denny's parking lot." Sounds a tad fishy to me.

I think that perhaps Rush was buying some drugs from them, but this Cline couple is trying to cover up just how large of an operation they actually ran.

[Merovingian]

OCTOBER 3--Meet Louis Beshara and his wife, Gloria Rodriguez. The Florida couple are at the heart of the drug scandal now enveloping radio superstar Rush Limbaugh. Investigators allege that the duo illegally sold hundreds of thousands of prescription painkillers from a Palm Beach-area pharmacy they owned. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's search warrant affidavit, Beshara provided Hydrocodone, the powerful and addictive painkiller, to middlemen drug dealers like Joseph Coppola who then resold the pills to users. It has been reported that Limbaugh scored some of the Beshara pills via Wilma Cline, a former maid at the radio star's West Palm Beach mansion. Beshara and Rodriguez, who each face two felony drug trafficking charges, are free on bail, though Beshara is under house arrest. (8 pages)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/beshara1.html

[theDentist]

"...she continued to supply Limbaugh illegally, hiding the pills under his mattress so his wife wouldn't find them."

Yeah, and my mom never found those Playboy mags under my mattress either.... sheesh!

[sjeann]

[Louis Beshara's attorney, James Eisenberg, told The Post he knew of no connection between the Clines and the Besharas.]

["Those names (the Clines) have never come up. Never," Eisenberg said. "There is nothing in the case about Limbaugh, about the Clines, about anything like that. There is no connection as far as I can tell." ]

[Court documents show as many as four confidential informants were involved in the Beshara case, but Eisenberg said he didn't believe they included Wilma or David Cline.]

I'm confused by what this means. Somehow, reading this story makes me more suspicious that this is a set-up. This article also does not state that the lawyer who paid her $100,00 was hired by Rush.