Spokeswoman: Limbaugh lawyer discussing plea bargain (CNN)

[maxrandb]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/22/limbaugh.hearing/

Bellows said Limbaugh, who recently completed treatment for addiction to prescription painkillers, recognizes that he may have purchased drugs illegally under Florida law and "certainly had more pills than he could ever use."

My, my, my...the worm is turning. Whatever happened to that "rugged individualism" that Limpballs was always talking about.

Get some popcorn folks. Watching this evil man twist in the wind is going to be rather enjoyable.

[SharonAnn]

1. "He wants this thing to go away," she said.

"He wants this thing to go away," she said. "He won't admit to anything he didn't do."
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Well,yeah. Wouldn't anyone in this situation want "this thing to go away"?

[loudnclear]

40. Just like Michael Jackson wanted his problems to go away and settled.

Rush will "settle" with law enforcement and we will never hear any more about it until the next time he is caught.

[MoonAndSun]

2. But pigboy said he did nothing wrong, why would his lawyer

plea bargain?

This is one court case I will watch on cable. :evilgrin:

[kanrok]

7. Unfortunately, I predict

this will never see the light of day in a courtroom. At most he'll saunter in for a plea of guilty to some lesser-included offense and all he'll have to say is "guilty" when the judge asks him "how do you plead."

[Cannikin]

3. MAY have purchased drugs illegaly?

It aint like they just fell in his purse. Oops! Did I do that?


Did you hear him today? WAY off his game. He fumbled with his words all afternoon. I figured either he was using again or something wasnt going well for him in court. I dont think the judge bought the 'But, I'm better than they are' defense. He was probably watching the networks instead of paying attention to the callers (who were the intelligent ones today)...

[5thGenDemocrat]

25. "MAY have purchased drugs illegally"

"I swear to God, your honor -- I thought EVERYBODY sent their maid to the Denny's parking lot to buy Oxycontin."
John
Ignorance of the law, Rush, is still no excuse.

[AnnabelLee]

4. If he's allowed to plead out,

I would hope that the prosecutor refuses to reduce it to misdemeanor charges.

[Gman]

43. And Rush couldn't VOTE IN FLORIDA as a FELON!

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[colorado_ufo]

44. Gman! You made my day!

[kanrok]

5. Here we go

Limp-dick will get a pat on the wrist. He'll then crow about taking "responsibility for his actions" and remain a freaking hero of the Freeper douchebags.

[freethought23]

8. Maybe not...

I think these prosecutors want to nail him.

[mouse7]

12. But can the prosecutors deal with pressure from Jeb

Jeb could try to end the careers of the prosecutors. They will have to be wiley and possess stiff backbones to deal with all the pressure they will be under to give rush no more than community service.

[kanrok]

16. I hope you're right

He needs to be made an example of if we expect people to take the law seriously.

[dicknbush]

29. Yeah look at Tommy Chong...

If tommy gets 9 months for only letting his name be used for promotion why shouldn't this chicken hawk get at least one year for causing drug prices to sky rocket because of shortages in south florida!

[Fridays Child]

36. Yes. That about covers it.

Fr**per douchebags. I love it. :thumbsup:

[AlFrankenFan]

6. We've waited all too long for this to happen...

...and now it finally is. In all due respect, he deserves it.

[Cannikin]

9. I'd never wish addiction on anyone...having said that...

If anyone NEEDED to go through this it is him. I think its good for him.

[Faygo Kid]

10. He will do no time. He will make more millions.

Freepers will continue to worship his cyst ridden butt. He will continue to ridicule any human failing of any Dem while giving the GOP a free pass. With Bush in office, he is unassailable. He will be the worst he has been, surpassing all before, in 2004. He will continue to get away with it. He could commit cold-blooded murder and get away with it, and still be on the air. Forget it, people.

[PsN2Wind]

15. A rich Repub

in Jeb Bush's state. He could get anal rape plead down to following too close.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Plea bargain what?

Buying those pills is a class one felony, 30 in the slammer

Doctor shoping is a class II felony, five years in the slamer

What just have him serve five for the class II?

Truth be told teh book should be trown at him

[mouse7]

14. Not if they plea bargin to a non-felony crime

Prosecutor has discression to charge whatever he want to charge unfortunately.

I'd love to see his fat ass in prison. I just have a feeling it's not gonna happen.

The only guarantee here is that if they don't make Rush face real consequences of all this somehow, his addiction will continue and this will not be the end of this story.

If they let him off, we'll still have our day for justice. He'll then have a record, and they will have to give hime prison time.

Justice is coming. It just may not be right now.

[tinrobot]

38. Will Ashcroft allow that?

I thought he was reigning in all the plea-bargaining for drug offenders and terrorists...

Oh that's right -- Rush is special. He gets to sit on the short bus.

[aquart]

13. Let me guess:

Rush will make a series of Just Say No ads.

No jail time.

Small fine.

[Atman]

17. What's to bargain? Just do as he advocates

and lock him up! Nuthin to discuss. Bye bye, El Lardbo!

[Cannikin]

19. Will it be a felony? And will that nulify his right to vote? Classic.

[NashVegas]

10 to 1 Odds He Goes for a "No Contest"

bargain.

[SoCalDem]

18. I just love heaing those words together.."Limbaugh..Plea Bargain"..

Even if nothing comes of it, it was interesting to see the piggie oinking on about how unfair it was to accuse him..

Bottom line, Rush.. Even IF the "doctors" prescribed those oxys, I doubt that they expected you to fill them at the "Car Trunk in the supermarket parking lot pharmacy"..

Ever hear of Rite Aid, or Walgreens??

[warrior1]

20. Ha

What sort of "deal" should they consider?

How high to hang his ass?

[Cannikin]

21. Rush: The Original Oxy (Contin) Moron

Rush was faced with a big choice....surgery that could have taken him out of his position of power or purchase more medications illegally for the pain....Hmm. He chose vanity over the morality that he preaches. Behold: The REAL Rush Limbaugh -


All seeing, all knowing, all loving. HA!

[Devils Advocate NZ]

28. Could there be ANOTHER reason why Rush is trying to hide his records?

For example, just how sure are we that Rush has a back injury (or whatever he says it was)? Because he says so? Is there any independant source of information that shows that Rush became addicted as a result of an injury?

[MGKrebs]

22. More to that story:

the cnn story also says that Limbo says he was being extorted, but couldn't do anything becuase he would be targeted himself.

jeez, he's got a mess on his hands. Hee Hee.

"...attorney Roy Black said Limbaugh paid "extreme amounts of money" to Wilma Cline, his former housekeeper, and her husband, first for pills and then for extortion. Black alleged that the Clines had threatened to go public with information about Limbaugh's drug use unless they received $4 million. "

"Black said Limbaugh wanted to contact the FBI, but was told by an unidentified friend that if he went to the authorities, they would target him, and his political enemies would use the information against him. "

[Cannikin]

23. Oh please. Only the sickest of ditto heads

would believe that sad attempt at an excuse. Limbaugh afraid of his political enemies? Since when? Can they use things he's said on the air as evidence? There should be hours of Rush going on about how superior he feels to his enemies. In any case, the extortion wouldnt have happened if he didnt have something he needed to hide. He really should put his money where his mouth is and face up to it.

[Thor_MN]

24. Dont' you see, your honor, it wasn't his fault - he was being blackmailed!

If this a-hole doesn't serve time....

[Tansy_Gold]

27. "extorted"?? But if he hadn't done anything wrong. . . . . .

. . . . .how could Ms. Cline have backmailed him? I mean, if he was INNOCENT. . . . . .

Hoist with his own petard.

what a bucket of pig snot.

[drscm]

34. It was a Vast Anti-Drug Conspiracy... eom

eom

[area51]

42. Poor baby Pigboy (sarcasm).

"Black alleged that the Clines had threatened to go public with information about Limbaugh's drug use unless they received $4 million. ... {Pigboy} paid `extreme amounts of money´".

Give me a break (even if true); $4 mil is nothing but chump change to him!

[Sandpiper]

26. Jail Rush!!!

That's what I say. And I'm sure Rush would want nothing less than incarceration for an evil drug user like himself, based on his previous comments about what should be done to drug users.

Not to mention, Rush says no to affirmative action, so I'm certain that he will want to be treated no differently than a no-name black man would be in a similar situation.

[PsN2Wind]

31. Wouldn't you love it

if it goes to trial, to hear the prosecuting attorney tell the judge, "we'd like the jury to hear the defendants OWN WORDS, on tape, on just how drug users, such as he, should be dealt with in the courts of law.

[htuttle]

30. Hmm..."certainly had more pills than he could ever use."

You know, where I'm from, that will get you charged with TRAFFICKING, not possession.

They don't need to actually catch you selling it to charge you with selling it. Hell, I've known of cases where people were caught with a bunch of empty baggies, a scale, and very little actual pot and were still charged with trafficking, even though there was no 'sting' involving a sale.

[rocktivity]

37. Who blackmailed him into buying those extra pills?

Where are they? Why haven't they been accounted for? Was he hoarding them, or was he engaged in ANOTHER kind of money laundering?


rocknation

[htuttle]

39. Well, that's sort of my point

If you are caught with 'more drugs than you can possibly consume', then they automatically charge you with trafficking in them everywhere I've seen.

If he wasn't taking them, I'm sure he was selling them.

[readmylips]

32. You can sure that NO Doctor will take the rap for limballs....

Doctors gave the pig legal prescriptions. The pig decided to get as many pills as he wanted, by Denny's parking lot, just like any other druggie. Hope Dennys sues the pig.

[beanball]

33. OK Mr.Limbaugh

Judge Clarence Thomason sez if you just confess that you have been lying like a cheap rug all your worthless life he will set your sorry ass free.

[Cannikin]

35. I'm re-posting this link as a service

http://www.fair.org/extra/0311/limbaugh-drugs.html

I wouldnt want anyone to forget!:evilgrin:

[Booberdawg]

41. I hope they don't let him cop a plea. He should do jail time

But rich people don't ever do jail time.:eyes:

[BiggJawn]

45. "Hey, Tiny! Lookit! The new guy's got TWO buttholes!"

"You want the top one or the bottom one?"

[Bombero1956]

46. I don't know about Jeb

but if he wasn't able to get special treatment for his daughter then how could he get it for the Ditto King. Maybe I'm wrong regarding his daughter and any special handling she got.

[Kenneth]

47. Jeb did get special treatment for his daughter,

I beleive she was sent to a home for pregnant women.

[SoCalDem]

48. He has his very own "feminazi" speaking for him??

Boy howdy.. Rush IS a changed man :eyes:

[Voltaire99]

49. Limbaugh's way out: a Bush pardon

If American law spins so improbably out of control as to convict a white right wing millionaire hero of the NASCAR unwashed, then we can be sure that Bush, who has God's ear, will wave his magic pardon wand and make the conviction go away.

And there will be much rejoicing in Wal-Martland.