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[Palladin]

Rush is toast.

I don't know which will be harder for him--the drug rehab, or rehabilitating his reputation and career.

[basil]

I say this as someone who also cares. Rush is probably taking the advice of his lawyers---what a concept!

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Disagree.

Deny deny deny...

And this will pass, assuming no charges.

[Cicero]

Rush simply cannot speak out until the situation has clarified. That is true even if he is completely innocent of any involvement in any kind of subscriptiondrugs at all. You can't speak out until the legal situation is clear, until the DA has made clear where he stands, and until you have a firm grasp of what kind of dirty tricks the opposition is planning.

I think probably the best response is a little patience, a little sympathy for Rush, and a lot of anger at the sleazejobs who are behind this--namely the Democrat dirty tricks team.

[SoCal Pubbie]

If the pain killers caused his deafness, what caused his need for pain killers in the first place?

[ambrose]

Did anyone hear him today? I heard that he didn't sound too good.

[Paul Atreides]

I think he will come clean, in time. However, I'm sure he is being advised, legally, against making any statements.

[Cicero]

Rush simply cannot speak out until the situation has clarified. That is true even if he is completely innocent of any involvement in any kind of subscriptiondrugs at all. You can't speak out until the legal situation is clear, until the DA has made clear where he stands, and until you have a firm grasp of what kind of dirty tricks the opposition is planning.

I think probably the best response is a little patience, a little sympathy for Rush, and a lot of anger at the sleazejobs who are behind this--namely the Democrat dirty tricks team.

[ozzymandus]

So you assume he's guilty on the basis of a tabloid paper? I would wait for the facts before I got too excited.

[mhking]

if this story was erroneous, Rush could sue them out of business.

I don't think anyone would shed any tears if the Enquirer were sued into oblivion...

[Fred Mertz]

I heard Rush today give advice to Arnold via the airwaves. He told Schwarzenegger that he should deal with his groping problem swiftly and up front or the detractors will continue to peck at him. I was thinking that Rush should listen to his own advice more often.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I agree. If Rush has an addiction he should come clean. He isn't the first good man who has had to deal with addiction.

[halley]

With everything Rush has done for all of us, I don't understand why there's all this talk about this drug issue. Other than President Bush and a handful of folks in public life, to me, there's no one that has more credability than Rush. Can't we just stifle the speculation until the facts become clear?

My faith in Rush in unshaken, and you'll have to admit the Enquirer is shaky at best. If there's any truth to this, Rush will come clean at the appropriate time.

Have a little faith!

[Pubbie]

"but the housekeeper and her husband received immunity with their statements to the police."

That doesn't mean they got immunity for giving info on Rush to the Police - it could just mean that they got it for giving info on the dealers.

"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."

Isn't 30 oxycontin pills MORE than enough to kill a grown man? - It CERTAINLY would make him incapable of doing his radio show at a MINIMUM.

I listen to Rush at my office for years, and he is ALWAYS lucid and sharp, if he were EVER taking 30 oxycontin pills a day it would be VERY obvious that he was mentally incapacitated.

[aruanan]

My wish is that Rush gets on the radio, comes clean about his addiction, and gets the help he needs.

My wish is that you wouldn't be so gullible.

[massadvj]

I must say that I am willing to fight the good fight for Rush, having been a listener since the very first day he came on the air in Sacramento some 20 years ago. But I am uncomfortable with his stonewalling on this subject. His silence is so deafening, I may need an implant myself before it's over.

If he is in denial about his addiction, and plans to just carry on and hope it all blows over, that's not something I personally can in good conscience endorse and support. If he is willing to embrace the truth, acknowledge the truth and pursue the truth, then that is something I will go to the ends of the earth to pursue with him.

At this point, I don't know what he is doing. He and his lawyers have chosen to crawl under a rock and hide. Maybe that's the best strategy, I don't know. I don't have the facts.

Until I do know what's going on, I've decided that for me personally the best thing to do is to purge myself of my Rush Limbaugh addiction. So as of Monday, I haven't listened to his show. Instead, I've been listening to CD's of Dolly Parton singing blue grass and Linda Ronstadt singing old swing standards. It hasn't been a bad methadone treatment.

I don't expect Rush to do a Jimmy Swaggart. But I do expect him to advance the truth, which is precisely what got him to where he is today.

Rush talks inceesantly about personal responsibility and enligtenment. We can see that there is a man behind the curtain. We can take it. Please tell us what the man behind the curtain is doing.

[Katya]

I only want to know whether he will be charged with a crime...personally, I'm tired of people "sharing" their personal demons with me, the public etc.

Someone tell them to go see a Priest if they need a confessional.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Disagree. I know that you wish him the best.

Deny deny deny...

And this will pass, assuming no charges.

To confess like at some AA meeting is a terrible idea.

I listen to Rush for pol commentary. I will not advise him about what he should do legally and personally (rhetorically or otherwise). It is not my place. We all have to choose our own path.

'If only he would immediately come forward and confess everything, he would be OK' is a seriously flawed argument. This is the last alternative only.


I want him to do whatever he has to do in order to stay on the air.

Making his show an AA meeting is not the answer.

[GeronL]

I hope Rush does end up owning them. A city in Florida could end up getting a good conservative newspaper.