Rush Admits State Attys Have Seized Medical Records

[Khephra]

Breaking now on MSNBC. They're playing Rush's comments now.

[NJCher]

1. I was just leaving for class

I'll be smiling all the way. You made my day.


Cher

[private_ryan]

4. and when they do it to you will be...

........? As much as I hate that pig, medical privacy is very sacred.

[Sideways]

13. I Will Be Doing A Jig ......Using "Sacred" When Talking About Rush

His sacred records can suck my toe. We are not talking about an ordinary citizen we are talking about Rush LimpBalls the pimp of HATE.

This fuckwittage is a MENACE to the civil world. A fucking plague on humanity. Please do not shoot your mouth off about privacy and anything sacred when you are spewing about Rush.

He has NO respect for you and thinks you are pond scum.

Defending him under any guise just makes you look realy stupid.

Got it?

[maxrandb]

20. I Agree 1000%

This effing blowhard would piss on your grave if he thought it would advance the Repuke agenda. I have no sympathy for him. I thought that maybe, just maybe, if he came back on the air and started making amends to the people he has hurt with his bombastic diarrhea of the mouth. Here are just some examples, and I don't even listen to him anymore:
Puff Daschle
Nikita Dean
Comparing Chelsea Clinton to a dog
Verbally pissing on the grave of Paul Wellstone
Comparing DEMS to Stalinist and Communist
Feminazis

I'm sorry, but if Rush Limpballs was on fire, I would not even piss on him. I hope he enjoys the Patriot Act and the War on Drugs and the Attack on Civil Liberties that he HELPED bring to this country.

You made your bed Rush, lay in it you fat f#$k

was I too harsh?

[Sideways]

23. Not Nearly Harsh Enough

This NO talent and bombastic simpleton is a FRAUD. Simply put he is a CON and a HACK. A fucking self aggrandized and media promoted living example of Foot in Mouth disease.

FUCK HIM. Gawd I loathe Rush. Can you tell?

[DarkPhenyx]

35. So why lower yourself to his level?

It really makes no sense to do so.

[Enraged_Ape]

42. It's not possible to lower one's self to Rush's level

Rush is lower than whale debris in the Marianas Trench.

Seriously, liberals and progressives in this country have taken a 24-hour-a-day hammering from neofascists for at least 20 years, with Rush Limbaugh and his ilk at the forefront of the attack. Rush deserves every bad thing that happens to him. I, for one, have not one iota of sympathy for this sick, sorry individual. And no one can make me.

[Tuttle]

46. I agree whole heartedly

n/t

Tut-tut

[private_ryan]

31. "Defending him under any guise just makes you look realy stupid."

and this comment makes you look really brilliant. You're so brilliant you can't see behind R and D.

[DarkPhenyx]

34. Unfortuantely believing and behaving as you are...

...Makes you no better than they are.

Sad really.

[Terran]

37. Everyone deserves the same level of privacy

but when a felony is reasonably suspected, law enforcement has the right to obtain his records. They probably could have asked for them first, but they're not required to do so, apparently.

I find it amusing that Rush's big defense here is that he had a medical problem for which he needed the drugs. All well and good, buttboy, but you didn't have prescriptions. That's the fly in the felony ointment, as it were.

[monobrau]

22. Where does that come from?

What legal or ethical code declares medical records "sacred"?
They are certainly private, and should not be unsealed by just anyone who wants to dig through them, but there are legitmate reasons for using them in the defense or prosecution of a crime.
What medical condition or procedure could be so shameful or embarrasing that it should help mask the commission of a crime or the innocence of the wrongly accused?

[SemperEadem]

26. in a police investigation, they're not. you need to do some reading.

[Zero Gravitas]

28. It's called a "warrant"

Presumably this is part of a CRIMINAL investigation into the King of Hate's illegal drug use and the records were obtained with a court order.

[NNN0LHI]

2. Says he had a legitimate reason for being addicted to prescription drugs

But I don't think he had a script for all of those drugs that he got from his housekeeper/drug dealer?

Don

[fishnfla]

6. They are gonna blame the Drs for his addiction

its the new "excuse" for oxy junkies

[LiberalFighter]

63. They probably will but doctor shopping shows intent

to commit a crime. And if he was doctor shopping then the doctors would not have the necessary info to refuse proper "treatment."

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. And I'm sure he had a good reason for multiple scripts from multiple

physicians.


FRY, RUSHBO!

[Cooley Hurd]

That's why they seized his medical records...

What will be interesting is whether he used his real name or not at each of the Dr's (They might want to look for any medical records for Jeff Christie, also).

[caledesi]

16. Jeff Christie. ROTFLMAO! nt

[SpiralHawk]

49. Jeff Christie has been totally rehabilitated (wink, wink)

And so has his Doppelganger, Rush (nudge, nudge)

So that's the end of this story (nudge, nudge -- wink, wink)

[xultar]

3. They better Throw his ass in Jail. I hope they do it while he's

on the air. That would be priceless! Rush is such an asshole. They should throw the book and a few bricks at him for this drug thing.

[Wapsie B]

5. This is in Florida, right?

Wonder if Jethro keeps his hands out of things. Any wagers?

[private_ryan]

8. isn't the county independent?

I might be wrong

[Sideways]

18. Who Cares About The County? This Is FED Country

No fucking state even Florida allows a person to write their own prescription and that is what fucking Rush did.

A prescription is a directive written by a doctor for the preparation and use of a medicine to treat a designated patient.

Rush isn't a fucking doctor.

He is a liar and a thief. And a junkie BTW. No fucking county is going to save him.

Just curious ryan why are you going to such lengths to support Rush?

[private_ryan]

32. what makes you think I'm defending him?

do you agree that neo-nazis have the right to march? Yes or No?
and I think you need to read the comment better, in context.

On edit: I know it's hard for you but take the blinders off and replace Rush's name with Clinton or you own. Is it still ok? Like the freepers cheering all these new laws because they think only muslims are affected, it's called ignorance.

[Melsky]

10. Didn't Jeb's own daughter go to jail for presecription drug abuse?

I think the repubs may be ready to cut limbaugh loose anyway. He's getting to be more and more of an embarassment to them.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

11. no jail for Noelle, only rehab n/t

[Skittles]

27. HEY

show some kitties back in your sig art show! Preferably a solid black one!

[Don_G]

9. Here's A Link To His Press Release

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031204/lath064_1.html

The Prosecutor's Office seized the medical records from FOUR of his doctors.

[MoonAndSun]

12. Are these 4 doctors regular MD's or are they specialists each prescribing

drugs for Rush for different reasons? This will be very interesting to see how it will all work out.

[Terran]

38. The big question there is:

Did any of the four doctors know any of the others were also prescribing the drugs to Rush? If not, that's a classic case of doctor shopping--he won't be able to blame his addiction on the doctors if he didn't inform them he was seeing multiple physicians. It's also a clear indication of an intent to deceive.

This is actually the first I've heard of multiple physicians for Rush--I thought he got all his drugs off the street, from the housekeeper. Defrauding your physician in this manner is just as serious a crime, however.

Mmmm, as a former drug inspector, I can hardly wait to see how this case pans out!

[Ilsa]

50. Thank you!

This is exactly what I was going to post. We've seen it in patients at the hospital: Rx's for the same drug from different Dr's and different pharmacies. Until they are so screwed up and start mixing up which dr. goes with which pharmacy, then people get suspicious and it starts to unravel.

[salin]

59. hmmmmmmmm if he was getting the scripts from four docs...

then why did the housekeeper get involved? This investigation got going because of her involvement - and had been under investigation for quite some time before the story broek. Hence, if she had been lying, there would have been no story. Even if there had been four doctors... starting some time by 1999 he seems to (though not absolutely proven) have started going outside of these docs to get the pills.

[Wapsie B]

17. Now only if

there was a prosecutor named Jack McKoy down there, we'd be all set. I can't help but hear the theme song from Law & Order in my head right now.

[Skidmore]

14. Well, Rush, ain't the Patriot Act just wonderful? Aren't you

a patriotic citizen like the rest of us? Quit whining. Party like it's 1984.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

15. HOLY SHIT! Now he's bitching about the Rowanda Hate Crime

sentencing...

Damn, no wonder, the SOB could get popped on that himself.

(Of course, he's trying to pin the charge on Dems too).

This man is off his rocker big time.

[Sideways]

21. He Isn't A Man He Is A Reptile With Downs Syndrome

Combined with a snotty and very ignorant mouth and an urge to kill.

Fucking FUCKWITTAGE.

[Divernan]

58. People with Downs Syndrome are typically very sweet natured.

Which is to say, the exact opposite of Rush. I have worked with many parents of children with Downs Syndrome and on behalf of each and every one of them, I tell you that when it comes to having a snotty and ignorant mouth, your insulting turn of phrase holds its own with Rush. I expect I'll get a defensive response from you to my post , and also from that small crew of DUers who defend to the death their right to use any form of mental retardation as appropriate insults to those with whom they disagree - all under that tattered banner of attacking the concept of Political Correctness. And I give an anticipatory response that it's NOT about political correctness or lack thereof; it's about common human decency and empathy for those innocents who through no fault of their own are mentally retarded.

[NoKingGeorge]

19. This may be a very big case.

The AG's want to have thier ducks in order before bringing charges. The banking records from NY showing money laundering,the tapes made by his 'maid', the 'trafficking' type quantities, all point to big time sentences. Possible he have provided scripts from four doctor's to the 'maid' who would go to different places to get them filled. That is conspiracy and would fit the R.I.C.O. guidelines.
bye bye hatemonger.





edited to remove, America-hating, Rwandan-possible, J.Christie.

[freethought23]

25. Just getting an Rx for a controlled substance from more than one doc...

is a crime.

[Terran]

39. Not exactly true

It's possible to be seeing more than one pysician for different conditions and receiving controlled drugs Rx's from both, and still be acting in good faith. The crux is, did he tell all these doctors about each others' existence? If he lied to his doctors about what drugs he was getting, in order to obtain more drugs, that's a felony.

[LiberalFighter]

64. You mean they want to make sure there isn't any loopholes...

that will let him skip free?

[mumon]

24. Heh heh heh...now he can learn the wisdom of Angela Davis!

"A fair trial is no trial at all."

Limbaugh, at the very least, is going to get reamed by his lawyer just defending this case.

And yeah, it sounds like they've got the goods on him.

To the Tower with him!

[Bandit]

51. I hope he does get reamed good for all the hate talk about trial lawyers

He hates trial lawyers and lets everyone know about it. I suspect there will be a pardon for him either by Jebbie or the big fellow himself. Sometimes it does pay to have friends in high places. The more into this we get the more his story is going to change. LIARS just can't keep it straight forever. If you never tell a lie you never have to remember anything. ~Mark Twain

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

61. Roy Black.

Lol.

[joycep]

29. I love it

I just hope he gets a little of the pain that he's laid on other people.

[jeanmarc]

30. From 'fully cooperating' to a 'fishing expedition'!!!

"We won't speculate on why the State Attorney's Office is handling Mr. Limbaugh's case the way it is. But what should be a responsible investigation is looking more and more like a fishing expedition" says Roy Black.

Hey Roy, does this mean Rush is 'fully cooperating' or does it mean they are coming after his ass?

[DS1]

53. what do you want him to say? "we hope they don't find anything"

He's a lawyer, it's his job.

Just like "The Americans are at the border of Bagdahd and slitting their own throats" Ali.

[Ganja Ninja]

33. After reading the statement from Rush’s attorney

I notice it says they seized the “medical records from four doctors.” Does that mean just Rush’s records all the records they had? If they have seized all the records it would mean the doctors themselves are being investigated. From the sound of Roy Blacks whimpering it looks like Rush is the primary target.

[maxrandb]

36. Wait A Minute!!

It just occured to me. Isn't Roy Black the same guy that defended Marv "dress me like a woman and beat me, Yessss!" Albert?

Those Damn Trial Lawyers!! (sarcasm off)

Seriously, I thought that according to Rush, trial lawyers were the "red, pinko, communist, anti-american" scum of the earth, and that this country would be so much better off without the ambulance chasing, self-serving heathen lawyers. WTFO?

Man, the irony and hypocracy running through this whole story is so "F"-ing unbelievable. It is almost too much for me to handle.

[Tuttle]

47. Didn't Roy Black win an acquittal for...

William Kennedy Smith for the rape charge??? I wonder what Pigboy had to squeal about Roy Black at that time?

Tut-tut

[Terran]

40. It's probably both

Although they likely only seized Rush's medical records, not those of all the patients of all four doctors. They'll be looking at the records to see if Rush had a documented need for Class 2 pain medication. This cuts two ways: If this condition isn't documented, it's very bad news for Rush (although even if it is, that doesn't get rid of the fact that he was obtaining controlled drusg without a prescription). They'll also be looking to see if the doctors who did prescribe the drugs to Rush properly documented the need for the drugs. Failure to do that is crime, and also seriously impairs one's professional licensure as well. The doctors are reasonably suspect as complicit here, so all facets of the care they provided him will be examined.

I'm betting at least one of them knew full well he was an addict and did nothing about it. Or worse.

[catmandu57]

44. You know, I believe some is out to get the boy

and it couldn't happen to a nastier person. Damn Mary T I love reading you on this subject, I couldn't say it better.

[HootieMcBoob]

41. He says it's an invasion of privacy

aren't the dittoheads notorious for saying there's not such thing as a "right to privacy" in the constitution? The hipocracy is really building up around this jackass.

[Enraged_Ape]

43. If he has nothing to hide, than why should he worry?

Isn't that what Anne Coulter always tells us?

[0007]

45. Does anyone think, that this may be a set-up by Roy Black?

[The Sushi Bandit]

48. Screw the Slimy Basterd!

[Rex]

52. I hope they arrest him while he is in the middle of a show.

Of course that would be bad, his dittomonkey minions would rise up and try to free their lard-enhanced master.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer asshole!

[MaineDem]

54. I thought it said "Bush"

But this is almost as good!

[meti57b]

55. I'm compassionate.... I'll bake him a cake with a file in it ....

after they throw his ass in the state pen.

[EFF BrandyWine]

56. The old saying...

..."what goeth around, cometh around."

[private_ryan]

57. now that I've read more on the wires

I think it was warranted to get his medical records. Why? because he's suspected of going to a lot of doctors to get painkillers without telling them of the other prescriptions and that's illegal in Florida.

[sexysenior]

60. Poor baby!

Blames the fact that he is "famous", and that if he were not, this wouldn't be happening to him. Right! If he were from a minority group, he would be in jail by now! And without a "famous" lawyer!

[Coventina]

62. Wow! I wonder what will happen to his anal cysts

while he's in prison???

:evilgrin:

I am so bad!

:spank:

[LiberalFighter]

66. Just to make sure something does happen

Make sure the inmates get word about it.

Maybe they will use the space for their secret deposit of drugs.

[Dr Fate]

65. The needle and the damage done...

...indeed...

[Norbert]

67. What will Rush say next about this.

my feeling is he will say something like, "Why don't law enforcement arrest murderers and rapists instead of picking on me." Isn't that what the guilty ones say on the old Adam 12 TV shows.

They're closing in on you, Rushie baby.

[bvar22]

68. Laugh at Rush's expense here:

http://www.politicalpulpit.com/Music.htm

click on "Oxycontin Eater"

Hilarious....Absolutely Hilarious. I heard it last Sunday night on Peter Werbe's show. Looks like its spreading across the Net!