Entry Word:
hypocriteFunction: noun
Text:
one who affects virtues, qualities, or attitudes he does not have
Synonyms: dissembler, dissimulator, lip server, pharisee, Tartuffe, whited sepulcher Related Words: pietist; actor, attitudinizer, bluffer, charlatan, faker, four-flusher, fraud, humbug, impostor, masquerader, phony, poser, poseur, pretender, quack, sham
Stewart, thanks for taking time to post definition. I don't think Rush has commented that harshly on other drug addicts. I think the non-listening left has construed what Rush stands for by assumption rather than actually listening to the man.
Rush himself said he avoided the subject to hide the fact of his own addiction. It amazes me how the left (admittedly I am stereotyping for shorthand purposes- guess I'm a hypocrite shoot me now) will encourage sympathy for every criminal type except for a Republican.
I don't think avoiding the subject makes Rush a hypocrite. He obviously has to back down from his entertaining boast of being right 95% of the time. Still he is innocent until proven guilty.
If it is shown he committed a crime, give him the same punishment as others. If this is a first time offense then I imagine treatment and probation are in order.
The real hypocrites are the leftist proponents of treatment for drug users rather than jail who now want Rush to be handcuffed. Kind of like those who attacked Clarence Thomas over at best ill chosen, sexually suggestive words (and the evidence wasn't all that credible) who then turn a blind eye to the raping and pillaging carried out by Clinton. Who criticize W's attacks on Iraq but whole heartedly endorse the "wag the dog" attacks on Iraq, Sudan, and Bosnia by Clinton.
The left (read that as Democrats or Rush haters) simply affects virtues of being against sexual harrassers and for peace when in fact they have no principles but only care about who says what.