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Posted on 06/28/2006 6:04:09 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Fox News host Bill O'Reilly is coming to the defense of his radio competitor Rush Limbaugh, claiming authorities in Palm Beach County, Fla., are "out to get" the conservative talk-show host, and are maliciously targeting him for prosecution.
"He is an American," O'Reilly said of Limbaugh last night on "The O'Reilly Factor," "and I believe powerful people in his home county are trying unjustly to harm him."
On Monday, Limbaugh was held up for more than three hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities found a bottle of Viagra pills in his possession prescribed to someone else.
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."
Though Limbaugh was not arrested, O'Reilly noted it was unusual authorities checked the shaving kits of people flying on private planes, and that the story was leaked to the press almost immediately.
"This is malicious, and this is unnecessary," said O'Reilly. "I only can conclude that in Palm Beach, where Mr. Limbaugh lives, they're out to get this guy."
O'Reilly said he had no vested interest in coming to Limbaugh's defense, having met the fellow broadcaster only "once for about 10 seconds," but he ripped local officials for trying to destroy the most listened to man in the history of radio.
"It was a malicious, cheap, cheap tactic by the Palm Beach authorities, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves," he said. "If I were Limbaugh, I'd move right on out of there. I'd get out of there. ... This is a political persecution. That's what this is."
As WND previously reported, the state attorney's office is reviewing the case after being supplied a report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff'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," sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller told the Associated Press.
On Limbaugh's radio broadcast yesterday, he made light of the whole affair.
"I've been racking my brain. I'm trying to figure out how Bob Dole's luggage got on my airplane," Limbaugh clowned. "I told the doctor, I said, 'Look, I'm worried about the next election, not ... .'"
Former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas is well-known for his use and endorsement of Viagra, a male sexual-enhancement drug.
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.
Yeah this is crazy. Rush should rise to the occasion and sue the pants off of these guys.
I disagree. I heard OR on the radio and on his show tonight and he is being very fair in his assessment of this. Considering they are rivals I'm stunned at OR coming to his defense. I can guarantee you Savage will not (come to his defense).
Since he is on probation, I wonder if Rush had to get permission from the DA's office to go the to the Dominican Republic?
Viagra is the #1 prescribed medication on EARTH!!!
It is NOT a narcotic, it does NOT violate the terms of his agreement with the corrupt dummiecrat machine in Palm Beach.
Too bad he chose to stay in that cesspool of Floriduh instead of moving to someplace like Idaho where I live and conservative sanity still runs the place (some of the time at least).
Time for him to relocate to another town. When the cops are trying this hard to get you, it's time to move on.
OK I'm in full agreement with you BUT my question is ----
"WHO'S THE CHICK!"
Better get a grand jury seated right away to look into this.
I don't think he's on any formal probation, is he? He was never tried and convicted of anything.
My doctor often gives me samples of prescription drugs that he wants me to try out before he prescribes them on a longer basis. So I can plan on being held at the airport and reported to the AP if I have some in my bag??? Jeesh.
He pled out on a count of doctor shopping last month and got 18 months probation in return.
Rush will have a lot of fun with this if it goes anywhere. Bring it on.
Those two women O'Reilly had on his show looked like they just had a big laugh in the prep room over the subject materiel.
He could do a commercial for Pfizer- "I have it for show prep!". LOL!
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Yes I saw Weasley Clark. Did he really say that "the Bush administration has never given the troops in Iraq their full attention". I swear I heard him say that. Among other things he was just disqusting. Why does Fox put this guy on, I could just as easily watch CNN. I turned the channel and took a break.
He takes random drug screenings. Maybe yhey should add Viagra to find out why he takes days off??
He brought on two people to "analyze" it and BOTH of them thought what happened to Rush was legitimate. Some debate.
If this same assessment of "being out to get......" were being applied to a mainstream media personality......................................
This forum would be posting the "tin-foil-hat" pics
Yes, if you had it. The statute covers the people with professional access to personal health information - doctors, nurses, other medical workers, insurance companies, etc. It doesn't cover law enforcement, nor anyone I tell the information to.
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