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Limbaugh lawyer discussing plea bargain
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| Dec 22, 2003
Posted on 12/22/2003 1:25:19 PM PST by george wythe
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:37 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- As attorneys for Rush Limbaugh went to court Monday to try to keep his medical records out of the hands of Florida prosecutors, there have been negotiations on a possible plea bargain for the conservative talk show host, according to a spokeswoman for his radio network.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apologists; junkie; junkielovers; limbaugh; lovablefuzzball; rush; tastyrushkoolaid; wasted; zombie
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To: Always Right
Maybe 5 or so, and they usually involve additional more serious chrages. Florida prosecutors are famous for their witch hunts.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:39:44 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: george wythe
Say it aint so rush!
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:40:10 PM PST
by
Stewart_B
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.")
To: george wythe
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
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:40:52 PM PST
by
bobo1
To: Orangedog
"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!"
To: george wythe
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.
To: george wythe
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."
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:43:44 PM PST
by
Orangedog
(Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
To: Orangedog
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.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:44:27 PM PST
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrack of news.)
To: george wythe
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.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:44:31 PM PST
by
2111USMC
(the few, the proud, The Marines!)
To: Orangedog
is more than a little irony in the phrase "See, I told you so." Yeah, but Rush already did that book.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:46:17 PM PST
by
dread78645
(Sorry, Mr. Franklin. We couldn't keep it.)
To: ConservativeMan55
So, the maid was blackmailing him! ($4 million)
Will she get time in the slammer for this?
To: ConservativeMan55
BTTT!!!!!!
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:48:20 PM PST
by
E.G.C.
To: MotleyGirl70
LOL! and YIKES!
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:49:49 PM PST
by
Orangedog
(Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
To: george wythe
There's a reason he doesn't want those records public. More than just nobodies business.
To: Orangedog; MotleyGirl70
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:50:17 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Holder of an M.A. degree in The Obvious)
To: 2111USMC
there's something in those medical records el Rushbo doens't want out.
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.
To: 2111USMC
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.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:52:15 PM PST
by
jimbo123
To: Tacis
I thought Rush is trying to keep his medical records out of the hands of prosecutors, not the public.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:53:27 PM PST
by
CalKat
To: george wythe
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.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:54:29 PM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: Las Vegas Dave
She should be thrown in the slammer for it.
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posted on
12/22/2003 1:55:00 PM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
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