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Just when I thought the whole Rush McNabb flap was getting to be boring Fox Sports had to go and open its mouth. If they had any decency, integrity and intellectual honesty they would have just let it go and not bothered to comment. But this is Terry Bradshaw, James Brown and Howie and Jimmy Johnson…not exactly the world elite in brains. I mean I used to enjoy their silly antics and found them amusing...but rocket scientists they were not. Note I said used to. This Sunday I turned them off. For good. The first glaringly annoying aspect of there...

One example, equating Rush to a Klansman:

In his opening remarks on his broadcast of October 3, 2003 – the first after the drug bomb dropped -- he mentioned the ESPN business and continued to discuss it throughout the show. However, he declined to discuss on the drug allegations. He simply stated that “The story in Florida is - it really is an emerging situation. I watch what's being reported on television and it changes from morning to morning, hour to hour, day to day. I don't know yet what I'm dealing with there, folks.” Mr. Limbaugh needs to answer one very basic question. Are the Florida...

"It's easy for people to say that if they shoot up on heroin the only people they're hurting are themselves. But that's not true. ... Drug abusers destroy their families ... If we legalize these vices, we erode the societal support for prohibitions against crimes such as murder. The erosion of the moral fabric of society is a gradual, insidious process." -- Rush Limbaugh, The Way Things Ought to Be, pp 53-54. As I sifted through hundreds of comments from Rush Limbaugh fans over the last week, some interesting trends emerged. About 50 percent just wanted to call me names....

Once again, the left's knives are out for Rush Limbaugh. The National Enquirer, that paragon of journalistic integrity, reported that Rush has been taking large quantities of unprescribed painkilling drugs. Now what matters is not whether Rush is or was addicted to a prescription drug but how the liberal media are treating the issue. And true to form, these political inquisitors, political assassins and carriers of the flame for the Dems are using it to try and destroy him. Of course, the National Enquirer will argue otherwise. But these are the same political bigots who gave unstinting support to Bill...

<p>Count us among those who hope Rush Limbaugh licks his demons. We're not talking about the patently fake outrage over his ESPN remarks about Donovan McNabb, even if we happen to think Mr. Limbaugh was off-base on that one. We're talking about the allegations about drug abuse. All the facts are not yet in, but it strikes us that what people are really waiting to see is whether he will take the consequences of his actions like a man.</p>

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Here's something you probably never expected from Rush Limbaugh: No comment. The nation's talk radio king, opiner on everything from Bill Clinton's misdeeds to feminazis, repeatedly declined Friday to discuss accusations that he illegally bought prescription drugs. "I haven't yet gotten to the bottom of what all this is about," Limbaugh said during his three-hour broadcast, which reaches an estimated 20 million listeners. But when he knows more, he promised, "I'm going to come clean, as I always have." Instead, Limbaugh used his electronic bully pulpit to defend -- and refuse to apologize for --...

Saturday, October 4Limbaugh won't be prosecuted, attorneys wager By John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 4, 2003 WEST PALM BEACH -- Rush Limbaugh's alleged addiction to painkillers may be documented in e-mails. His reported drug deals may have been taped by his former housekeeper. And the talkative maid and her handyman husband could even be willing to testify against the conservative talk-show host. They sure were willing to spill everything to a supermarket tabloid. But the chance of criminal charges ever being filed against Limbaugh is next to nil, say criminal defense attorneys who have handled numerous...

Conservative-baiting comedian Al Franken says he hopes the drug allegation against Rush Limbaugh isn't true, "but if it is, I'm looking forward to the perp walk." The author of "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" said that should the talk-show host be arrested, he'll make sure to watch the spectacle on TV. "I'll be switching channels to get it from every angle," he said. "My favorite part is when they push their heads to get them down into the [police] car." Franken, who is on a book tour touting his latest conservative-blasting tome, "Lies and the Lying Liars who...

Limbaugh In The Shadow Of His Own Words Ellis Henican October 3, 2003, 12:31 AM EDT "Let's all admit something." Rush Limbaugh was on his usual tear. "There's nothing good about drug use," he was saying. "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...

Donovan McNabb seemed more saddened than angry as he talked with great dignity and poise about the latest in a career's worth of stupid comments from Rush Limbaugh, who this week ended his blessedly brief stint as part of ESPN's "NFL Sunday Countdown." "It's not something I can sit here and say won't bother me," McNabb said at a news conference this week. As he often does, Limbaugh inserted race into an argument where race wasn't the topic. In a discussion about the early-season troubles of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback McNabb with panel members Steve Young, Michael Irvin and Tom Jackson,...

Fox News reporting that "sources" say Mr. Limbaugh had several suppliers. Made note of a couple who were arrested for selling prescription drugs not far from his house. Also found out that his former maid got paid in the six-figures for her story.

If some House and Senate Republicans have their way, the voices of top conservative talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Reagan will be muzzled. That's the warning from the Wall Street Journal, which explains that the attempt to block the Federal Communications Commission's new rules, which would permit TV station owners to add a few more stations to their networks, is gaining strength in the House and Senate thanks largely to the aid of Republicans. Leftist elitists claim the new rules threaten "diversity" and our republican system of government (or, as they incorrectly call it,...

Wolff's misleading Limbaugh story (4/22) By Brendan Nyhan [Donation drive: After two years of hard work to widespread media acclaim, we're asking for your support for one week -- please help make what we do possible! Amazon and Paypal links are available on the right sidebar for donations. Thanks!] Since he asked a critical question at a CENTCOM briefing on March 27, Michael Wolff has been peddling a tale of woe. In numerous articles and media appearances, the New York Magazine media critic has blamed a flood of hate mail on Rush Limbaugh, who Wolff claims denounced his question, accused...