[Recovering_Democrat]

WASN'T KITTY DUKAKIS ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION PILLS? AND SHE WASN'T RIPPED BY THE PRESS!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Kitty Dukakis didn't make a living by belittling the personal crises of others.

[RightFighter]

So was Bret Favre:

Quarterbacks receive hit after hit, week after week. While on the field and in the course of treating various injuries, Favre developed an addiction to painkillers. While recovery from ankle surgery in a Green Bay hospital, he suffered a seizure. "I quit cold turkey," Favre told Peter King in the May 27, 1996 issue of Sports Illustrated, "and I entered the NFL substance-abuse program voluntarily. I don't want a pill now, but I want to go into a rehab center because I want to make sure I'm totally clean. The counselors I've seen think it's best for me. The one thing they've taught me is that there will always be a spot in your brain that wants it."

In May of 1996, Favre went public with his addiction and gave a press conference about his situation regarding his addiction to painkillers. At 5 a.m. the next day, he entered the Menninger Clinic, a rehabilitation center in Topeka, Kansas, where he stayed for 46 days. "I'm 26 years old, I just threw 38 touchdown passes in one year, and I'm the NFL MVP," he says. "People look at me and say, 'I'd love to be that guy.' But if they knew what it took to be that guy, they wouldn't love to be him, I can guarantee you that. I'm entering a treatment center tomorrow. Would they love that?"

[GOPMark]

I have always been indifferent on Rush, but this statement was amazing. The whole part about not being a role model is a real class act, my prayers are with him and EVERY drug addict of all stripes.

[Jaded]

Yeah, but nobody really cared about Kitty. Least of all the press. It was her husband's run for pres that led her down that path.... blah, blah, blah.

I think the biggest question was could he take 93 pills (give or take) a day and why would Rush Limbaugh skulk to the local Amoco or Denny's to swap cigar boxes with a housekeeper.

If he is addicted to prescription pain killers who is giving him the prescriptions? If there is no 'scrip then he's just addicted and there are no more hairs to split.

Too bad the vices and addictions of those in the left-outer-limits don't get this kind of press.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Cindy McCain, too.

[Zevonismymuse]

WASN'T KITTY DUKAKIS ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION PILLS? AND SHE WASN'T RIPPED BY THE PRESS!

No, she was addicted to alcohol and drugs and had several relapses, including one where she was hospitalized after drinking aftershave.

[Lord_Baltar]

Well, Rush actually ran with that whole Kitty Dukakis thing quite a bit...

He made quite a point of commenting about it as often as he could

[mil-vet]

Point well taken! I saw a silly little "write-up" of a visit by the pope to Bush which kinda fits how liberal socialist pondscum (LSP), especially hollyweird and the press, are gonna try to spin this:

The Pope is visiting DC and President Bush takes him out for an afternoon on the Potomac...sailing on the presidential yacht, the Sequoia.

They're admiring the sights when, all of a sudden, the Pope's hat blows off his head and out into the water. Secret service guys start to launch a boat, but Bush waves them off, saying, "Wait, wait. I'll take care of this. Don't worry."

Bush then steps off the yacht onto the surface of the water and walks out to the Holy Father's little hat, bends over and picks it up, then walks back to the yacht and climbs aboard. He hands the hat to the Pope amid stunned silence.

The next morning the topic of conversation among Democrats on the Hill, the New York Times, Hollywood celebrities, and in France and Germany is:

"Bush Can't Swim"

LSP types are SO predictable!

[mrobison]

I think her drug of choice was rubbing alcohol.

[kdmhcdcfld]

Howie Carr...

I know you're reading these posts since you just read the Kitty Dukakis post on the air.

You are an ASS to even draw no distinction between Rush and Ted Kennedy (and a total ASS in general today). Was the Fatman drawn into alcoholism by being prescribed booze by his doctor?

[kdmhcdcfld]

Howie Carr...

I know you're reading these posts since you just read the Kitty Dukakis post on the air.

You are an ASS to even draw no distinction between Rush and Ted Kennedy (and a total ASS in general today). Was the Fatman drawn into alcoholism by being prescribed booze by his doctor?

[dr_who_2]

She supposedly once poisoned herself after drinking rubbing alcohol.

[Hildy]

Not a good analogy. But good try.