I am late to this thread, but read through it. I can understand being disappointed in Rush, I was too. However, I don't see any good coming from making him out to be some horrible hypocrit.
Rush had a problem, a failure, if you will, he did not handle his problem admirably. But, having said that, he also took responsibility for it, went to rehab, and even said that his perspective changed after being in treatment. He also said that at the time he made the statements about drug dealers, etc, he meant it. It was not during the time that he himself had a problem. Things change in peoples lives. That does not make them hypocrits.
I would hope that we could give Rush the room to be human and make mistakes. It isn't about worship or idolizing him. It's about being grateful that he is well now and is still an unwavering voice for the conservative movement.
Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.
I think that is a good suggestion, perhaps we could all agree to stop the DEA from raiding medical marijuana dispenseries and charging citizens with crimes for drug posession in California, seeing as we have a law that allows it? Further, all of the GOP talking heads need to quit pontificating on morality and why it is important to maintain the WOD, whilst abusing drugs, gambling, taking bribes, drinking, carousing, partying, etc.
I for one, am sick of being told that drinking, gambling, and smoking pot are character flaws and should be eliminated, through incarcaration if necessary, while they are sauced, gaming, and passing the bong around.
Please realize that "Prosecutors seized Limbaugh's records after learning that he received about two thousand painkillers prescribed by four doctors in six months"
Do the math, it works out to about 11 pills a day. 2 pills every four hours would be 12 pills a day, which is normal prescribed usage.
Regardless of how many doctors were involved, he wasn't over standard usage (unless you believe the blackmailing maid's story).
The prosecutor has leaked bogus information repeatedly that is immediately mis-represented in the press. This is a non-story about a non-crime mercilessy prosecuted in the courts of public opinion by a leftist press.