Limbaugh lawyer discussing plea bargain

CNN ^ | Dec 22, 2003

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Maybe 5 or so, and they usually involve additional more serious chrages.

Florida prosecutors are famous for their witch hunts.

[Stewart_B]

Say it aint so rush!

[bobo1]

All B.S.

If Rush was a liberal, this would not even be a question.

This is brought up by blatant hypocrical democrats that hold double standards.

Demo's are liars and hypocrites, period.

Blessings, bobo

[MotleyGirl70]

"Okay, I'm not looking my best today. Please forgive my hair, it just was being difficult!." "But thanks, I be over in a flash!"

[Walkin Man]

Bellows said Limbaugh, who recently completed treatment for addiction to prescription painkillers, recognizes that he may have purchased drugs illegally under Florida law and "certainly had more pills than he could ever use."

However, she said Limbaugh never intended to sell the drugs.

"He wants this thing to go away," she said. "He won't admit to anything he didn't do."

Doesn't matter if he intended to sell or not, does it?

I thought these WOD laws were based on the amount of drug seized. If its over a certain amount, you are automatically considered a dealer and dealt with much more harshly.

Of course Rush with his 24 million dollar mansion, 30(40..50??) million dollar contract and millions of adoring cult followers will escape any penalty of course.

[Orangedog]

Like I said earlier, I hope he has finally put this behind him. I've seen what addiction can do to people, and it ain't pretty. But you have to admit, there was more than a few people who jumped on anyone with both feet for believing that he was involved in this.

I'm willing to forgive as much as the next person. But you gotta admit that there is more than a little irony in the phrase "See, I told you so."

[LS]

First of all, I didn't "rant" about anything. I said there were logical alternative explanations for what might have happened. The fact that it turns out he did use these does not validate a "rush to judgment" (no pun intended) before the facts were out, anymore than it does with Kobe or (ugh) Michael Jackson.

Second, it is quite common for any user to try to acquire far more drugs than he can use and NOT sell them, precisely so as to have a "stash" if he can't get a prescription.

Third, I think the "doctor shopping" charge is ridiculous and is a bad law.

Fourth, I agree no one should see jail time for addiction to a pain med when there is a legitimate medical need. I do not equate this with use of horse or crack, however, and never will---or even X. Those offenses are worthy of jail time IMHO.

[2111USMC]

This is a strange move on his lawyer's part.

Usually, you don't start discussing a plea bargain until a charge has actually been filed.

[dread78645]

is more than a little irony in the phrase "See, I told you so."

Yeah, but Rush already did that book.

[Las Vegas Dave]

So, the maid was blackmailing him! ($4 million)

Will she get time in the slammer for this?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Orangedog]

LOL! and YIKES!

[joesbucks]

There's a reason he doesn't want those records public. More than just nobodies business.

[martin_fierro]

[joesbucks]

there's something in those medical records el Rushbo doens't want out.

[george wythe]

Bizarro wold of the War on Drugs in Florida:

July 17, 2003.

A six-month investigation has culminated in the arrests of four people on warrants for "doctor shopping" while trying to obtain prescription drugs, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

"In the investigation, drug detectives learned that the suspects went to various doctors seeking prescriptions for narcotics," said Capt. Rick Ryan of the sheriff's office.

Detectives developed profiles on the suspects, who visited two or more doctors within a 30-day period, Ryan said.

[snip]

- Tuesday, Janice Plant Vandiver, 44, of Georgetown, was arrested and charged with 20 counts of withholding information from a practitioner and 20 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Her bond was set at $43,028.

- Also arrested Tuesday was Deanna Haney, 41, of Satsuma, on three counts of withholding information from a practitioner and five counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Her bond was $12,512.

[jimbo123]

Black is trying to preempt an indictment. The blackmail plot by Rush's former housekeeper/supplier is important. She blackmailed Rush saying if she didn't pay her $4 million, she would go to the District Attorney. Rush didn't pay her, so she went to the District attorney. The district attorney's key witness is a blackmailer. And all evidence collected was based on the the tip from the blackmailer. Rush has a good shot of getting a plea bargain and avoiding indictment.

[CalKat]

I thought Rush is trying to keep his medical records out of the hands of prosecutors, not the public.

[headsonpikes]

What could have been an epiphany of conservative principle has devolved into an afflation of hypocrisy.

I feel bad for Rush, but he truly is the author of his own misfortune.

[ConservativeMan55]

She should be thrown in the slammer for it.