Rush Limbaugh in Rehab

[Q Classic]

true, that's one thing that rush has over clinton's weasling.

but the point remains. if you were a member of the group that so vociferously attacked clinton's use of marijuana, in regards to the left's attack on rush right now, you should sit down and shut the **** up because nobody likes a mother-****ing hypocrite.

boy, does that feel good to say.

of course, nobody in that crowd is going to do that, because rush has a valid excuse while clinton was a draft-dodging ninny.

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Q Cubed

of course, nobody in that crowd is going to do that, because rush has a valid excuse while clinton was a draft-dodging ninny.

Since when is a bump on the ass a valid excuse?

Edit: regarding Rush's draft-dodging, that it.

[MrFun]

Didn't Rush Limdumb say several times in the past that all drug-addicts ought to be locked up??

Well now, I'm sure he won't mine being locked up -- you know, just to be consistent with his "superior morality" bullsh*t??

[Q Classic]

i don't care what rush's excuse is. or what his rightist defenders excuse is. or his compatriot cheerleaders, for whom anybody on the right can do no wrong, because, surpise surprise, they're always right, unlike those slanderous liberals who never use logic and hate america. really, i don't give a damn.

he did drugs. those painkillers are prescription for a reason--they're highly addictive; some are actually synthetic opiates/opiate-derived--that's why they're so addictive. guess why oxycontin is called hillbilly heroin? because oxycontin contains opiates, much like heroin.
he got addicted. he wanted more. he broke the law to get more. it's that plain and simple.

now, he probably won't go to jail. why? one could argue it's because of the relaxed-penalty supporters, but if you want the plain and simple truth, it'll be because of who he is. he's rich. he's famous. he's got powerful friends. he can hire the best lawyers money can buy. politics will have very little to do with it, unless he decides to take the route so many other drug addicts are forced to take: i.e., the public defender. which, and i doubt you'll disagree, he won't do.

when he gets through this, and he gets back on the air, as he will, he just might have changed his mind about addicts. sad, isn't it, how a lot of rightist blowhards soften their stance only when it hits home: look at cheney and gay rights, much to the aggravation of the evangelical right.

i suppose it's pointless to tell the left to stfu and take the high road, and not attack rush during this time. i also suppose it's pointless to tell his sycophants and colleagues to stfu and take a good hard look at themselves: if they *****ed at all about clinton, or any other leftist about drug use, they have no ****ing right to complain about the left tearing rush apart here--they need to get off of their ****ing moral high-horse, because they are surely not holier-than-they.

i suppose it's too much to ask from anyone at all to just stfu, pray for that sorry-assed bastard, and hope that he gets off of that disgusting habit. taking joy in someone else's sickness...

[TCO]

I doubt that most people in this situation would go to jail. I'm no Rush fan (Today's Tom Sawyer) but I don't really care much about this deal. I think he's also had a live-in gf (he shared that on KFI once). I don't really care unless he says that its ok for him and not for others or the like.

[Jack_www]

I have heard that people addicted to the pain killers that Rush was addicted to have lost their hearing. I think that this was the real reasion behind Rush's hearing loss. But the few times I have heard him on the radio as of late he has not really been disscussing the drug issue, and focus more on politics. Yes he may be a hypocrite when it comes to drug issue, but does not mean what he has said is correct or not correct.

[Berzerker]

TCO -

I don't really care unless he says that its ok for him and not for others or the like.

He did exactly that in an interview for Playboy a few years back.

Static -

Since when is a bump on the ass a valid excuse?

Edit: regarding Rush's draft-dodging, that it.

That was a cyst which, coincidently, did not prevent him from playing high school football but did prevent him from "defending his country" from the N Vietnamese.

Ned -

I don't buy the hypocrisy argument until someone can get a verify quote from recent times.

You aren't reading the thread, at least one quote has already been given from a year ago. Back when I listened to Rush 4-5 years ago he expressed support for not only the drug war but "getting tough" on many occasions. You haven't been watching the media much these past few days either since a number of quotes have been offered to establish the fact that Rush is and has been a vocal proponent of the drug war.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Berzerker
TCO -

He did exactly that in an interview for Playboy a few years back.

quote it. Net, net. I haven't heard much from him on this issue. Nor have I ever heard him taut himself.

BTW, you are a doper.

[Berzerker]

Yes he may be a hypocrite when it comes to drug issue, but does not mean what he has said is correct or not correct.

He is a hypocrite, and that's what we're discussing, not if the drug war is correct. But this matter does expose more than Limbaugh's hypocrisy, it also exposes the hypocrisy of many who support the drug war. Now we hear 'tough on crime' conservatives expressing compassion for addicts because one of their own is an addict. And what happened to "drug users support terrorists"? Was Rush making this argument while he was using illegal drugs? hmm...the government and many of his friends and allies were making that argument...

[Berzerker]

TCO - I did quote him, stop doing one arm curls with Bud and read the thread.

[Jack_www]

Originally posted by Berzerker


He is a hypocrite, and that's what we're discussing, not if the drug war is correct. But this matter does expose more than Limbaugh's hypocrisy, it also exposes the hypocrisy of many who support the drug war. Now we hear 'tough on crime' conservatives expressing compassion for addicts because one of their own is an addict. And what happened to "drug users support terrorists"? Was Rush making this argument while he was using illegal drugs? hmm...the government and many of his friends and allies were making that argument...

I was just pointing that out because a lot of people like to attack people instead of the issues. As for Rush I dont know what should happen to him. I dont think he will have an easy time kicking his addiction to pain killers. I heard that he has tried to get off of them twice before and failed. I have heard a lot of radio talk show hosts hopping for the best for him, because they know him personaly and Rush helped them in the bussiness. Others that dont know him have been going over the issue a lot.

With the "drug users usport terrorist" this is mainly the case with cociane and other type drugs. And Rush is not addicted to cociane, he his addicted to precription drugs. I have also heard conservatives talk show host condeming Rush for what he has done.

[Berzerker]

Jack -

With the "drug users usport terrorist" this is mainly the case with cociane and other type drugs. And Rush is not addicted to cociane, he his addicted to precription drugs. I have also heard conservatives talk show host condeming Rush for what he has done.

He was buying black market prescription drugs, so who knows where they came from. You can buy oxycontin from Pakistan etc... and you can rest assured Rush wasn't trying to make sure the drugs he bought came straight from Pfizer. And we don't see terrorists from Colombia/Bolivia bombing us here so that was the government's attempt to link the situation in S America to Al Qaeda. And it is highly dis-ingenuous for US politicians to try and blame Americans who use cocaine for events in Colombia. The US has blackmailed Colombia into waging our drug war, so the results of that drug war lie at the doorstep of the politicians, not Americans who use cocaine.

[rah]

/threadjack/
Berz, up for a game later?
/end threadjack/

[Dis]

white people should go to jail for drugs, but minorities shouldn't.

Rush should be in jail.

He is a hypocrite.

Sure we are talking pain killers here. He's not a crackhead. But saying he's better because he doesn't take crack might be deemed racist. He is a junkie who just happens to use a higher class of drugs. He doesn't use white trash drugs.

[Q Classic]

well, i dunno. oxycontin abuse is high in rural areas of the south.

rednecks are often confused, and indeed, synonymous, with white trash.

thus, one could argue rush was using white trash drugs, but not inner city black drugs.