Rush: A Preemptive Strike on Prosecutors Via Michael Jackson?

Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | 11/21/03 | LS

[LS]

Rush's limited comments on the Michael Jackson case sounded to me like he was speaking to the Florida attorneys after him rather than the Santa Barbara DA.

He said, "I have only one question: What if he's [Jackson] innocent?" Well, what if he is? At the very least it is clear that MJ is a sick individual with a fixation on young boys. Most people call this pedophilia.

But Rush's tone concerned me, as it seemed as though he was addressing his comments to the Florida prosecutors who are investigating him for his alleged drug purchases. Was this a pre-emptive strike against the media and prosecutors, suggesting he is innocent?

The fact that he raised it in this way concerned me. Until now, I have been satisfied that anything "illegal" he did was in the context of some "sting" operation where he might have been helping the police.

Yes, we have a presumption of innocence. But the LEGAL presumption of innocence for Jackson does not erase the REALITY of the 1993 deposition and the continuing nature of his abnormal relations with young boys. It wouldn't surprise me at all if MJ moonwalks, but, as Rush would say, "a tiger is a tiger." And a pervert is a pervert.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

That's what I mean. They will smear the boy and mother, and could win on that, alone.

There is a question about the timing of the video tape, in that if it was made, AFTER the allegations surfaced, then you can bet it will be hard to prove that the boy was so victimized.

[Freemyland]

I don't know. It sounded to me that Rush was saying "Don't believe every accusation you hear against a famous person."

[Howlin]

Actually, Jerry Nachman on MSNBC last night said that the mother and the boy made the tape BEFORE the incident!

I can't decide who is worse: Jackson or those supporting him!

Before this is over, it's going to be "a black thing, baby!"

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Hard to believe that the race card could be paid.

I mean, does ANYONE think of Jackson as a black man? I think of him as a freak!

[Search4Truth]

Mark Geragos - Attoney at Law
"For when you are guilty as sin"

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

The media are akways talking about MJ's children.

I will eat my hat if any of the children they claim
he is the father of has his dna.

[Howlin]

Listen to the talk shows; his "friends" are saying it already; talking about this DA having a vendetta, etc.

Bet me, you're going to hear it before it's over!

[cyncooper]

Hard to believe that the race card could be paid.

It has already been played. His brother Jermaine was on CNN (flung out the f word, while he was at it) and called this a lynching.

Also said MJ is not eccentric.

As to Rush, I wasn't listening, but I'll not be chastised by him for thinking there's something to these charges about Michael Jackson. If they aren't proven, so be it, I'll continue to think him odd and wrong wrong wrong to sleep with boys in his bed. Something he has publicly admitted to.

[halfdome]

You think that Rush was illegally buying drugs from his housekeeper as part of a sting operation to help the police? Even he has admitted he was addicted to the drugs he was buying.

[Howlin]

Absolutely.

You watch; on December 3rd, Geragos is going to ask for a speedy trial for Scott Peterson; they are broke -- and he needs the $$$ and face time with Jackson.

[rellimpank]

---along this same line, I wouldn't recognize a Micheal Jackson recording and am certainly no fan of his but after the media coverage along with the innate distrust I have of any publicity-seeking prosecutor and the California "justice" system, I hope the outcome of this is acquittal for Jackson, the imprisonment of the parent or parents for extortion, and the placement of the "child" in a decent home---

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Then Jackson should have hired Cochran. If he can acquit OJ, he can acquit anybody!

[Howlin]

Cocharn said after that P. Diddy trial he wasn't doing criminal anymore!

[Search4Truth]

"Then Jackson should have hired Cochran. If he can acquit OJ, he can acquit anybody!"

He may yet. :(

[GYPSY286]

Howlin - I heard on tv last night that MJ hired Geragos last February - before he was hired to represent Peterson.

[GYPSY286]

What you said...

[LS]

No, I was suggesting that although he is/was addicted, that perhaps his "involvement" with the investigation is not what we think.

[Howlin]

I heard that, too, but I'm not sure when SP hired him. Do you know?

[VRWC_minion]

Was this a pre-emptive strike against the media and prosecutors, suggesting he is innocent?

Rush abused prescription drugs. Do you think he acquired them from legal sources ?

[WackyKat]

Until now, I have been satisfied that anything "illegal" he did was in the context of some "sting" operation where he might have been helping the police.

Yeah, sure.

It's amazing how similar MJ fans and Rush fans are- their "hero" can do no wrong