Mike Walker on the Al Rantel Show: "If We're Wrong, Rush Could Own Us"

790am KABC Radio

[Cinnamon Girl]

Mike Walker of the National Enquirer has been on the Al Rantel show for the past two hours discussing the story which his paper broke about Rush Limbaugh's dependence on prescription drugs, obtained illegally through his housekeeper. As Mike said, if this story was erroneous, Rush could sue them out of business. The National Enquirer did all kinds of checking before going with this story. He said they only paid for the story from the housekeeper after she had already gone to the police with her story and evidence.

But the most upsetting thing Mike Walker and Al discussed is the possibility that oxicontin (?) causes deafness and that Rush may have caused his own deafness by taking up to 30 or so pills a day. That is a horrible thought.

My wish is that Rush gets on the radio, comes clean about his addiction, and gets the help he needs. The longer he waits to do this, the worse it will be for him, in all sorts of ways. The police are apparently more interested in busting dealers than users in this sort of situation, but the housekeeper and her husband received immunity with their statements to the police. The claim is that Rush also was receiving UPS deliveries of pills from another source. Whatever the case, he should come clean.

[Palladin]

wardaddy, my friend, I should be gloating today, but I am trying not to.

So, Rush is an addict. He is going into rehab, once again.

I hope he succeeds this time.

He has a hard road ahead.

[A CA Guy]

He has an addiction due to a health condition, but he did mention the issues are not all as they seem.

The enquirer does often get the poop and scoop, guess in this case they bought good info to some extent.

[wardaddy]

Yea....nothing much to be happy bout with any of this.

[CyberAnt]

I thought it was Vicadin which causes deafness ..?? Anybody know ..??

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Oh. Well if that's whay you were saying, I agree with you.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I've made it very clear that Rush is not the first or last good man who has had to deal with an addiction. He is human after all.

[Milligan]

I just looked up OxyContin's fact sheet. It's highly addictive and dangerous. You can develop tinnitus-ring in the ears.
Hydrocodone is highly addictive and dangerous. You can develop impared hearing. And HEI said Hydrocodone cause rapid hearing loss.
Remember HEI's press conference back in Oct 11, 2001. They said Rush hearing loss was not drug induced or occupational. Would HEI lie and to cover up Rush's addiction to painkillers?

[Ready4Freddy]

"..when the criminals are obviously the pharmacists and the "maid" who was selling him the drugs...

Not according to FL law (ask Jeb's daughter). Sounds like Rush had distro weight on him.