Posted on 06/27/2006 11:35:46 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is joking about his police detainment at the airport yesterday for carrying Viagra in his luggage.
"I've been racking my brain. I'm trying to figure out how Bob Dole's luggage got on my airplane," Limbaugh clowned as he opened his national program today. "I told the doctor, I said, 'Look, I'm worried about the next election, not ... .' A misunderstanding. Now, things are what they are."
Former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas is well-known for his use and endorsement of Viagra, a male sexual-enhancement drug.
The host then changed subjects to discuss his visit Friday to the White House, but later opened his second hour with more jokes.
"The people at Customs were as nice as they could be. They just didn't believe me when I told them that I got those pills at the Clinton Library gift shop, and they told me at the Clinton Library gift shop that it was just blue M&Ms. ... I know a lot of people who don't even need Viagra. [They] just look at themselves in the mirror and the problem's taken -- many of them in Washington, many of them Republicans, too."
Limbaugh was held up for more than three hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities found a bottle of pills in his possession prescribed to someone else.
"The problem was that on the bottle itself was not his name, but the name of two Florida doctors," Palm Beach County Sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller told the Associated Press. "He said he had the Viagra in his possession for his use and that he did obtain it from his doctors."
Investigators confiscated the pills, and Limbaugh was released without being charged, though the sheriff's office plans to file a report with the state attorney's office.
"We believe there may be a second degree misdemeanor violation, which is possession of certain drugs without a prescription, because the bottle does not have his name on it," Miller, a former FBI agent, said.
Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney, issued a statement noting a doctor had prescribed the drug, but it was "labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes."
In April, Limbaugh and the Florida state attorney, Democrat Barry Krischer, reached a settlement in a long-running prescription-drug investigation of the conservative radio giant, who termed the matter a political witch hunt as well as a "fishing expedition" by prosecutors.
Under the agreement, a single charge of doctor shopping was to be dismissed in 18 months if Limbaugh continues to seek treatment from the doctor he has seen for the past two and a half years for back pain.
"Mr. Limbaugh and I have maintained from the start that there was no doctor shopping," said Black at the time, "and we continue to hold this position. Accordingly, we filed today with the Court a plea of 'Not Guilty' to the charge filed by the State.
"As part of this agreement, Mr. Limbaugh also has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the state of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation. The agreement also provides that he must refrain from violating the law during this 18 months, must pay $30 per month for the cost of 'supervision' and comply with other similar provisions of the agreement.
"Mr. Limbaugh had intended to remain in treatment. Thus, we believe the outcome for him personally will be much as if he had fought the charge and won."
It is because you don't realize that by judging Rush in the way you did, you go against the very tenants to which you proscribe?
It is not for us to determine the merits of another Christian. It is for us to do our best in our own struggle against sin. I am the worst sinner I know, but if you ever suggested I was not Conservative to my face, I might punch you in yours and THEN ask forgiveness. I am still growing in the faith, don't you know......
Nah - real men can admit it.
"Any ED drug that requires an injection 'there', is self-defeating as far as I'm concerned."
LMAO! Frightened turtle mode!!
Good point - maybe he was taking it for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Wonder how many he had? Usually it's three a day in the low dose for that. Then again, if that was the case, the MD could have just prescribed Revatio.
From the Customs Website:
Medication
Rule of thumb: When you go abroad, take the medicines you will need, no more, no less.
Narcotics and certain other drugs with a high potential for abuse—Rohypnol, GHB, and Fen-Phen, to name a few — may not be brought into the United States, and there are severe penalties for trying to do so. If you need medicines that contain potentially addictive drugs or narcotics (e.g., some cough medicines, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, antidepressants, or stimulants), do the following:
Declare all drugs, medicinals, and similar products to the appropriate CBP official.
Carry such substances in their original containers.
Carry only the quantity of such substances that a person with that condition (e.g., chronic pain) would normally carry for his/her personal use.
Carry a prescription or written statement from your physician that the substances are being used under a doctor's supervision and that they are necessary for your physical well being while traveling.
U.S. residents entering the United States at international land borders, who are carrying a validly obtained controlled substance (other than narcotics such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or LSD), are subject to certain additional requirements. If a U.S. resident wants to bring in a controlled substance (other than narcotics such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or LSD) but does not have a prescription for the substance issued by a U.S.-licensed practitioner (e.g., physician, dentist, etc.) who is registered with, and authorized by, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prescribe the medication, the individual may not import more than 50 dosage units of the medication into the United States. If the U.S. resident has a prescription for the controlled substance issued by a DEA registrant, more than 50 dosage units may be imported by that person, provided all other legal requirements are met.
Please note that only medications that can be legally prescribed in the United States may be imported for personal use. Be aware that possession of certain substances may also violate state laws. As a general rule, the FDA does not allow the importation of prescription drugs that were purchased outside the United States. Please see their Website for information about the enforcement policy for personal use quantities.
When people start laughing at liberals, their power is virtually done.
Well done. Vintage Rush, he did not disapoint.
Yes, Rush says he is a conservative, I didn't say he says he isn't. I said Rush doesn't try to play like he is the perfect example of morality and I've heard him say this myself. You must have misread what I said to you. Conservatism isn't all about being perfectly moral all the time. Heck, when I was in my early 20's I was out smoking, drinking, and doing all sorts of naughty things and my friends couldn't understand how I could call myself a Conservative Republican. There is a difference in Conservatism and a Religious Moral Conservatism.
"It is because you don't realize that by judging Rush in the way you did, you go against the very tenants to which you proscribe?"
Rush makes hundreds of millions judging people. The way I judged him was in a political context and not purely a religious one like you do. My religious beliefs are not the issue and it is not personal.
For you to make sense, then any creep or weirdo under the sun, you know the self admitted biggest known sinners, can claim to be conservative. Well the truth is they are free to make the claim but reasonable minded people will not agree with it, the reason being because it just doesn't make any common sense.
What I would like to see is people like Rush who claim to be conservative but are not, admit they are Republicans because I think "Republican" gets a bad rep and many more people from the center would be more inclined to join the right as Republican rather than "conservative".
So there is a social and political benefit in being intellectually honest about one's true place on the political spectrum. To me being dishonest about it intentionally or not is not a good thing.
Does it make you feel better to say that? El Rushbo should probably be smarter than to carry bottles without his name on it...if they were his, why didnt they give the pills back to him?
I thought there was some law about confidentiality and medical records(HIPPA?).
You earned it.
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