[Matchett-PI]

I used to respect Ken Hamblin, but no more. I have not idea what prompts him to hold such bitterness against Rush, but I have my suspicions.

I remember him talking about stopping and seeing Rush's mother all the time in Rush's home town in Missouri.

Maye he thought it would get him some brownie points with Rush, and it would further his career.

Maybe he didn't get any brownie points. Maybe he's angry that Rush never asked him to sit in for him any of the times that he was on vacation, etc.

Maybe he's finally found a way to get even.

Anyhow --- that's what I suspect.

[Matchett-PI]

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[exit82]

Somehow, I have the notion that Ken is not on the short list of Rush stand-ins for the next thirty days.

Sounded like an obnoxious self-righteous egotist to me.

[Howlin]

Are you all going to trash anybody who thinks what Rush did was bad for conservatism?

[FReepaholic]

>>...Rush was given the keys to the kingdom and let us down...<<

The problem with us conservatives sometimes, is that we expect our leaders (and ourselves) to be perfect. All the time.

Yes, we should all strive to be perfect but there ain't a one of us ever gonna be. Only one man ever walked this earth in perfection.

We shouldn't throw our brethren to the wolves just because they make mistakes.

[WackyKat]

Or maybe he finds self-righteous hypocrites repulsive.

[ambrose]

Who is Ken Hamblin?

[GeronL]

gotta remember that a lot of these talk radio guys have let their 'fame' go to their heads. Even conservatives ones get the fame disease

[jammer]

Maybe he's just correct. Or not. How about discussing his arguments.

[prisoner6]

Posted this at the bottom of another thread but it applies here...

No matter how we paint it...spin it...this is a major hit. The ratz are dancing in the streets. Yes, there are several tacks to take...medical use...unbearable pain...etcetera. The problem is it isn't the use of the drug...it's Rush's response that will give validity to the housekeeper's claims that he threatened her... wanted her husband, an admitted or convicted drug dealer I believe, to help procure more than his allotment.

My prayers are with Rush and if anyone can fall into this cesspool and come out smelling like a rose it's him, BUT at the street level this creates LOADS of serious problems for people like me who argue the conservative cause.

My only comment (to them) at the momment is "Yup. Rush had been falling to the dark side of the left for years. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised to find he's been having illicit sex in a closet off the EIB air studio. If he has, he should become the darling of the ratz."

One of the reasons I work for the cause where I do - local watering holes and such - is because I have too much baggage to run for office. Not drugs nor booze nor things like that but mostly financial problems I've never been able to resolve. I finally decided to just put it all behind me and do what I could for folks I believe held views similar to mine. Lately that's becoming a difficult proposition, and the Rush problem isn't gonna help.

prisoner6

[Cicero]

I never heard of him. It depends partly what he said and how he said it.

If he said that Rush's problems are damaging the conservative cause, I suppose that's correct, but it's not a very helpful thing to say.

Frankly I think many Freepers just don't understand the difference between going out and taking illegal drugs like cocaine or heroin deliberately and getting hooked on a painkiller because a trusted doctor prescribed it for back pain.

It would be more helpful to tell his listeners that the liberals in the media are a bunch of slimy hypocrites for playing this story the way they have. They can't beat Rush by competing with him, so they'll try to do him in any way they can.

[Joe 6-pack]

11th COMMANDMENT ZOT!

[L.N. Smithee]

I used to respect Ken Hamblin, but no more. I have not idea what prompts him to hold such bitterness against Rush, but I have my suspicions.

He never missed a chance to trash Dr. Laura, either.

In the mid-nineties, when Marlyn Schwartz of the Dallas Morning News wrote a column describing Laura as a prima donna and telling a damning account of a contentious exchange after a lecture by Schlessinger, Hamblin interviewed Schwartz on his show. He smarmily suggested that if Dr. Laura wanted to tell the other side of the story, she could come on his show.

If Hamblin made note of the fact that Schwartz resigned from the Morning News in disgrace after sources turned out to be non-existent, I must have missed it -- after all, Dr. Laura did replace him at KSFO.

[katz]

Yes, I saw the Cosby show. Then Geraldo got his two cents worth in by suggesting thay Limbaugh go to jail like Tommy Chong!

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[Toespi]

I'll tell you what! When I hear that Rush was doing an intern, in his office, withs microphone on, while chatting to us dittoheads about the immorality of Bill Clinton then I will turn in my lifetime memebership to the RNC and become a radial leftwinger. Until then, I am in his camp.

[Jeff Chandler]

Ken Hamblin is overrated.

[Porterville]

The Black Avenger has a right to his opinion... we don't know what Rush did, if he really screwed up, well then we'll move on quite easily for we are not dependent on one man like the Dems (billary)

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Never liked the guy. He's got a snide streak that is unbecoming.

[stevem]

Ken is entitled to his opinion. I don't know if he is still on the air, but the times I have traveled through areas where I could get his show, I always liked him and think I would continue to listen if I given the chance.

I also hope Rush beats it this time.