Rush: 'Trust me'

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/123523p-110915c.html

Purported pill-popping pundit Rush Limbaugh returned to the airwaves yesterday with a message for his loyal listeners: "Just trust me on this."

Limbaugh did not deny that Florida police were investigating whether he bought thousands of black-market painkillers.

"It really is an emerging situation," Limbaugh said on his syndicated radio talk show. "When I get all the facts, rest assured I will discuss it with you."

The roaring right-winger - who regularly ripped into former President Bill Clinton for parsing his words - took a Clintonesque approach to reports that he illegally bought massive amounts of OxyContin, Lorcet and hydrocodone tablets.

"I'm not even going to characterize this on how you should look at this in the press," said Limbaugh, who said he got more than 35,000 supportive E-mails. "I'm going to come clean when I get all the facts and details."

[slappypan]

1. he was on a secret undercover mission

Let me guess, he was on an undercover mission to fight drug trafficking, just like honorary DEA agent Elvis Presley.

[joshdawg]

2. "I'm going to come clean"

Suuuuuuuurrrrreeee he will.

[warrior1]

3. to

lie my ass off.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. When he gets all the facts?

Whatever that means. One would think he'll just clam up on his attorney's advice. After all, he is the subject of a criminal investigation.

Mr. Limbaugh, if you are reading this, please get help if you need it. Take time off if you need to. Get yourself straightened out, please.

[MrBenchley]

14. "I know I'm in here

Come out with my hands up...."

I suspect "when he gets all the facts" means when he finds out exactly what the cops have on him....

[NicoleM]

16. when he gets all the facts, meaning

when he finds out exactly how much trouble he's in, and what if anything he can deny.

[IggleDoer]

31. "When I get all the facts"????

You mean he doesn't know if he's been popping all those pills?

When did the facts ever get in Pigboy's way anyway?

[salin]

5. LOL... "when I get all the facts"

If the email and wire evidence are not false... then what 'facts' does he need? Whether or not he is going to get a pass for behavior he has said should get people sent up the river?

What does this mean "I'm gong to come clean...."???

[FlemingsGhost]

6. So... who here would trust a junkie?

"I'm gonna kick tomorrow, I swear. Just one more fix."

Rush will continue the lie until he hits rock bottom. Just like every addict in denial.

Rush should just come out of the closet already. I suspect if he looks deep down, that is the source of his anger, denial and self-destructive behavior. "Jeff Christie" is still there behind the mask.

(edited for clarity)

[MGKrebs]

19. Wow. What a concept.

Russ Limbo gets clean, sees the light, and becomes a liberal!

And as a bonus, we get to see monkeys flying out of our butts!

:-)

[meow2u3]

36. I wouldn't trust Rush if God Himself put the words in his mouth

Rush would find a way to twist even God's words to suit the agenda of a neocon druggie!!!!!

:nopity: :nuke:

[rppper]

37. just one fix.....ministry...hell yeah!!!!!

lyrics are kind of prophetic, dontcha' think, esp the 1st line and the last verse.....

ministry


never trust a junkie...

blood keeps drinking away
certain of its destination
driving through new orleans at night
gotta find a destination

just one fix...

life keeps slipping away
fighting in a war with damnation
poised, keep cutting away
i'm looking in through to salvation

just one fix...

like if I boarded a train
trying to take in another station
join us and the choice will be made
unless we kill the lie as a nation

just one fix...

[NNN0LHI]

7. Anyone else think the media has been sitting on this story for a while?

I just can't believe the major media outlets had no idea of Rush's little problem with all of their tentacles. None of them really acted surprised.

Don

[Junkdrawer]

13. Drudge reported that the Nat. Enquirer was sitting on the story for 2 yrs.

http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2003/10/03/20031003_165604_mattrn.htm

[NNN0LHI]

24. Thank you. I was thinking more about the networks who didn't report it

If the NE knew it for two years, I would think they all did too. But they all kept their mouths shut. The anthrax must have had its desired effect?

Don

[KittyWampus]

35. Don, Newpaper People Here On DU Have Said

That editors and writers often "sit" on stories until they'll get a good reception.

Sometimes it can take years before the time is ripe.

[Abe Linkman]

8. Rush shouldn't go to prison for drug use, sales, or possession

Even if they have him on video. What business is it of the Governments to say what a citizen can eat? For sustenance or for pleasure?

[AntiCoup2K4]

11. Except that Rush himself argued in favor of prison for others...

...and so should now accept the same fate that he wished on other drug addicts....

"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 by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."

And this includes zillionaire radio hosts? Hmmm ...

When you have a talk-radio show 15 hours a week, you have an awful lot of air to fill. On this particular day, which was Oct. 5, 1995, Rush was roaring about the scourge of illegal drug use. Even though blacks and whites break the drug laws in roughly equal percentages, he noted, black druggies go to prison far more often than white druggies do. But to the liberal-bashing host, this was no reason to ease up on blacks.

"What this says to me," he told his listeners that day, "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."

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/nyc-henn1003,0,5907810.column?coll=ny-ny-columnists

[NNN0LHI]

22. I don't think Rush was talking about fat, chickenhawk, wingnut,...

...radio hosts when he said that though. I think he was just talking about the other people. Us people.

Don

[kayell]

40. Maybe the prosecuting attorney could just play that tape

as his/her closing argument.

[loudnclear]

38. Ask the minorities imprisoned for minor drug charges...

If the charges are true and Rush doesn't go to jail, they should empty the jails of people who have been imprisoned for "using."

But since Jebs daughter didn't go to jail for her "three strikes" I guess Rush won't go either. The laws are only meant for the poor and blacks ...they don't apply to the wealthy whites in this country.

[Rose Siding]

9. Snake oil salesmen for 200, Alex

He's obviously being framed by the VLWC

Never underestimate the willingness of the previously-take to believe his lies. Anything else would mean they were STOOPID to suck it up in the first place.

[w13rd0]

10. "Make no mistake"

..."trust me on this"...

..."face it guys"...

Words commonly used to preface a lie or something offensive and false...

[Junkdrawer]

12. "I'll tell you everything you want to know, probably MORE than you want..

to know"...

Sounds to me like Rush knows they have the goods on him.

[UpInArms]

15. the check is in the mail

and ....

yeah right-o rush-bo - no problem

sorry buddy, where I come from, when you say "trust me" I know you actually mean "screw you"

:puke:

[truthseeker1]

17. Rush Irony

Limbaugh paused from his rant to do a commercial for TheraGesic ointment, "the first name in pain therapy."

I laughed my ass off yesterday when I heard this. Yes, I was torturing myself by tuning into his show, but I wanted to hear how he was going to spin his drug use and his firing (I mean - resignation) from ESPN. When I heard the TheraGesic commercial, I thought, well now are we supposed to believe TheraGesic is really effective, if you're popping 100+ OxyContin pills a day?????

[annagull]

18. Shouldn't he be checking into Betty Ford right now?

Isn't that what celebs to when they get busted, then they can come back and say "I'm clean, I'm all better now"? I guess if he did that he would have to admit he's been high all those times he was spewing his hate over the airwaves.

[Cooley Hurd]

20. Personally, I hope Rush doesn't go to jail for this...

...and I hope he gets the help he needs for his addiction.

However, I hope he is judged by the same narrow-minded standards that he has used to judge others in similar cirumstances. Those doing such judging will no doubt be that same people whom he has cultivated for 15 years... his listeners. And I hope he's put out of the radio business for good when they stop listening to him.

[caledesi]

26. He's already been in rehab twice, obviously to no avail.

I look at this as a medical problem, but in light of Rush, the hypocrite pontificating about how all druggies should be sent to jail and it doesn't make one bit of difference whether they are disproportionally black. That makes me sick :puke:

I have trolled FR and these people are like the OJ jury. You could show them a video of Rush dealing and they wouldn't believe it. Or, there are many "poor Rush and his drug dependency...hope he gets treatment and then comes back on the air bec he's such a great guy!

Let him do the perp walk.

[Junkdrawer]

34. Detox and Rehab are two vastly different things...

Detox is a medical procedure. Rush went twice to a celebrity 24 hr. detox that uses anesthesia to "painlessly" detox opium addicts.

Rehabs are intensive counseling retreats that last from one to nine months. They attempt to get you to examine and change your life. Rush has never done a rehab. If the courts were merciful, they would mandate a rehab for El Rushbo. However, it looks like he will use his money and power to elude rehab. Oh well, as someone once said to me when I refused treatment: "Suffer, you bastard".

[Darranar]

21. Trust YOU, Rush?

Never, foul racist and neconservative uncompassionate hawk!

[Zhade]

23. Rush, you have to BE clean before you can COME clean.

NT!

[rocktivity]

25. When HE gets the facts? He already KNOWS them!

And that "trust me" bit sounds familar. Weren't we supposed to trust that the Pretzel-Dunce had evidence of WMDs though he coudn't show it to us for security reasons?


rocknation

[JackDragna]

27. I love it.."I'll release something when I get all the facts."

He should know all the facts. He's the central figure in all of this. Translation: I'll only admit to that which people can prove. Screw that so-called conservative "integrity."

[burythehatchet]

28. his talent is on loan from God

can't the big guy clue him in to the facts?

:nopity:

[Gman]

29. A drug addict that says, "trust me".

Yeah, right.

[JackSwift]

30. When he checks all his facts on everything

he has been spewing about. That should take a few lifetimes. Limbaugh, you better check yourself into serious rehab now! If you do, you may avoid doing jail time, and only have to pee in the cup during your parole.

[idadem]

33. October surprise

There should be no doubt that all the facts will come out regarding this matter this month.
His faithful listeners as well as his faithful detractors will not accept any delay over 3 weeks.

[alfredo]

32. Then the cartoonist take their shots

[truthisfreedom]

39. trust him? can't throw him very far...

[kskiska]

41. Here's one person who trusts him

Reply 34 - Posted by: lionesse, 10/4/2003 9:14:26 AM

I trust Rush...I trust that he will tell me what he wants me to know, when it is the appropriate time. I trust him to tell me only what I need to know, not the sordid details.
And I really don't care whether he was or was not addicted to painkillers....It doesn't negate at all his fine mind and character.
I would trust my daughter in a Motel 6 with Rush....and I don't and wouldn't trust slick Willy and his gang in the same situtation.
Nuff said.

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