[Califcon]

I agree he is a popular entertainer and a hypoctite..

"There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.

"What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with drug sales. Too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."
-- Rush Limbaugh show, Oct. 5, 1995

[ChadsDad]

Where's the hypocritical part?

[concerned about politics]

Rush Limbaugh show, Oct. 5, 1995

He wasn't proscribed the drug back then. His surgery was @5 years ago. After he was hooked on what the doctor was giving him, the FDA made the drug an emergency drug only. The doctor had to stop giving it to him. The stuff is 5x worse than heroin.
He didn't chose this like a liberal. The circumstances chose him, then it was too late.
He's been working on fixing it since then. He's been in rehab twice so far - on his own!
He's not a hypocrit. He's doing the best he can, and working to be the man he should be.
I admire his drive to be pure. God bless his heart. It must be so hard for him.

[_Jim]

There's nothing good about drug use. ...

Of course, if you go in to have your Wisdom teeth extracted or any other dental surgery -

- you're doing it *dry*, right?

The next motorcycle accident/car accident you *might* have - you're going to 'tough out' the pain of your injuries right?

Riiiiiiiiiiight ...

[truthandjustice1]

"Rush Limbaugh show, Oct. 5, 1995"

Looks like the anti Rush folks are lining up to slam Rush, the most important conservative of our time.

[Ol' Sparky]

His statement, made before he was hooked on painkillers, is true and drug use has damaged his life. He should recover from this and continue to warn of the dangers of using drugs.