[theDentist]

"...they think two conservatives suffered damage to their credibility."

Straight out wrong in regards to President Bush. No credibility loss there.

As to rush, yes, there is a hit against his credibility, but it is not permanent, even if it is shown he developed an addiction. As long as he follows his own advice, admit it, explain it, get help and ask forgiveness of your family (and fans), he'll only lose a few, and they'll mostly return to his frequency on the dial.

[basil]

Personally, I think Rush has been a master at handling this. By saying absolutely nothing in reply to the accusations, the story has moved off the front page. Anything he might have said would have been talked about, analyzed, gone over, spun, etc for days on end.

For the record, when the time is right, Rush will "tell all"--and I'm convinced that there will be nothing of substance to this story reported in a tabloid. If there were anything to it, there are major newspapers and tv stations all over the place who would have run over each other to get the story out.

[CyberAnt]

"As to rush, yes, there is a hit against his credibility"

I don't agree! Unlike you .. I have not convicted and sentenced him as a drug addict.

Consider this: What if Rush caught his maid using his computer to do her drug business ..?? Geeee .. that would put HER emails on HIS computer. Hmmmm? Does that make him guilty ..?? I don't think so.

To take for granted Rush is using drugs is very unfair.