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ACLU Offers Help to Limbaugh
News Max.com ^
Posted on 12/25/2003 8:15:38 PM PST by hope
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Thursday Dec. 25, 2003; 10:54 p.m. ESTACLU Offers Help to Limbaugh
The director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Florida says he wants to help number one talk radio host Rush Limbaugh keep his medical records away from the prying eyes of Democratic Party prosecutors.
''I don't know if Rush Limbaugh wants the help of the ACLU, but I intend to call his attorney on Friday,'' ACLU executive director Howard L. Simon told the Miami Herald on Thursday.
Simon said he was prompted to join the case based on what looks like a blatant invasion of privacy by prosecutors who are looking to substantiate claims that the top talker was "doctor shopping" to obtain prescription painkillers.
''Medical records are a lot different than looking at your office or searching your automobile,'' he told the Herald. "There is nothing that is more intrusive to your privacy.''
On Wednesday a Florida judge ordered the records resealed pending an appeal by Limbaugh's attorneys, after ruling two days earlier that State's Attorney Barry Krischer could review them.
Krischer is a Democrat who strongly backed former Attorney General Janet Reno when she was tapped by Hillary Clinton in 1993.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aclu; brassones; limbaugh; lovablefuzzball; medicalrecords; rush
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:15:38 PM PST
by
hope
To: hope
I even heard Democrat Rat extraordinnaire say the Palm Beach prosecutor was out of control
2
posted on
12/25/2003 8:18:01 PM PST
by
Guillermo
(Happy Ramahannakwaanzmas!)
To: hope
Didn't Lucifer offer to help Eve, by means of a piece of fruit?
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:18:07 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: hope
That would be what you call, making a deal with the Devel.
4
posted on
12/25/2003 8:18:20 PM PST
by
Husker24
To: Guillermo
Is there something in the water, in Palm Beach?
5
posted on
12/25/2003 8:19:03 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: hope
and Bill Clinton wants to help too...
6
posted on
12/25/2003 8:19:22 PM PST
by
Drango
(Democratic fundraising....If PBS won't do it, who will?)
To: hope
No doubt Bill and Hill are reading throught them on their laptops by now.
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:19:24 PM PST
by
AdA$tra
(Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of social intercourse....)
To: hope
Hahahahah... that's too funny.
If Rush was dumb enough to accept, I am absolutely sure that they would immediately implement a brilliant legal strategy... like the Chewbacca Defense. "If Chewie come from Endor, you must acquit!"
Qwinn
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:21:22 PM PST
by
Qwinn
To: hope
Same sort of show-case that made me belive the ACLU was neutral when they supported Oliver North. They look for these big conservative celebrity cases to support, in order to get non-leftwing folks to send them money. Don't be fooled.
To: hope
Bad link.
10
posted on
12/25/2003 8:22:06 PM PST
by
BCrago66
To: hope
If the ACLU did not pick up on this travesty abuse the civil rights, it would be criticized for hypocrisy in the first degree. Just because they exist to criticize politicians from the left, just like journalism does, is no sign that they are wrong in this case.
To: hope
The Devil Advocate...
12
posted on
12/25/2003 8:23:44 PM PST
by
Ex-Dem
(>>>--------------->)
To: Paul Atreides
Yeah, trash, needles, human bodily wastes...
13
posted on
12/25/2003 8:24:32 PM PST
by
Guillermo
(Happy Ramahannakwaanzmas!)
To: hope
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14
posted on
12/25/2003 8:24:45 PM PST
by
gitmo
(Who is John Galt?)
To: BCrago66
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:29:22 PM PST
by
hope
To: hope
Get out! Anyone want to put money on whether the big guy will take their help?
To: hope
in other news, fox offers to guard hen-house...
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:31:02 PM PST
by
isom35
To: AdA$tra
Hmmmm...Bill can stay home and read Rush's medical records or go chase poon? I think I know the answer.
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:34:53 PM PST
by
Oystir
To: radiohead
I think it's pretty cool. It would be great to use the machine's machinery against itself. Pit lib. against lib. The Party aparachnik gunning for him needs destroyin', so...let 'em eat eachother.
"That's America, baby!"
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:35:26 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
("Is whitefish supposed to make a noise?" - Felix Muttly)
To: radiohead
Actually, I hope he does. The ACLU doesn't usually stand up for civil rights unless it suits their political agenda.. They have had a lot of eyes on them lately. Be interesting to see how they handle this one.
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posted on
12/25/2003 8:36:46 PM PST
by
hope
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