[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I see your point, and I agree. My point is primarily that the fuss is precisely because he is not an ordinary man to many -- he is Rush, the Conservative icon. This means that he is beloved by many and despised by many. After you have entered "the arena", you are no longer "ordinary". I hope this makes sense to you.

[over3Owithabrain]

Does anyone remember if Rush ever mentioned back trouble and surgery? If not, that would be puzzling. That in itself would not be a thing to hide. It surely would have come up during his show at least in passing.

[Rudder]

Bingo!

I think making a BIG TODOO over this overstates the "peril" Rush is in and it caters to conservatives' enemies.

BTW, thanks.

[LloydofDSS]

The one thing I have always tried to teach my children is to respect and obey the law. Even if a law is "wrong" and "immoral" you still have to respect and obey it. Working hard for years and years to try and change the law does not mean you don't respect the law. In fact, working within the law to change it is a very high form of respect.

I have always admired Rush as a great spokesman for conservative values. When it is clear to everyone that he has routinely violated the law for years, while never lifting a finger to help change the law, it makes it hard for me to hold him up as a role model.

He said today he is not a good role model. I agree.

I have fought long and hard to end the war on drugs and try to restore freedom to our country. My biggest foes have been men like Rush and Bill Bennet. Men who claim to have a high regard for the law while they trample it into the ground. While I argue for freedom, I am called a "druggie" , yet I do not use any drugs. My foes fight to keep drugs illegal while they buy them on the black market.

It is a strange world.