[wimpycat]

I never took him to be particularly harsh on people with "troubles" and I don't see his drug addiction or his statement this afternoon as inconsistent with his previously stated views.

Just because he's a addicted to painkillers doesn't mean he's not against drugs. I'm sure lots of people do things that they are ordinarily against, and would advise their children and other people against doing. I believe you can be against something and still do it anyway. Nobody likes being addicted--to anything.

He says he's taking full responsibility for his addiction and is nobody's victim. That sounds like Rush to me.

[hchutch]

There is a difference between Rush's criticism of Marion Berry and his current situation. Marion Berry was busted for cocaine, IIRC. Cocaine's been illegal for decades, and everyon knows it's easy to get hooked. Marion Berry was also in public office when he got busted.

Rush's drugs were prescribed by a doctor, and as such, they were legal. The doctor has some responsibility in all this as well - when prescribing the painkillers, he ought to do his darndest to make sure that the patient does not get hooked on `em. In Rush's case, there was a failure on that part.

[Jonathon Spectre]

I believe you can be against something and still do it anyway.

Very Clintonesque.