Rush's Statement on Ongoing Florida Fishing Expedition

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_122303/content/statement.guest.html

All right, ladies and gentlemen. You know, it's been real frustrating here for the past - what has this been? - past three months. It has been very frustrating to sit here and see what gets released and then reported in the media and to have to remain silent about it for a number of reasons. The occasion for silence is now ended because of the medical records hearing that occurred yesterday here in Palm Beach County Circuit Court. Now, the judge ruled against me on the privacy of my medical records despite the fact that we claim that the prosecution in this case did not follow the law as written by the Florida legislature in securing those medical records.

Where have we heard this before? "That authorities in Florida did not follow the law as established by the Florida legislature." We've heard this in the Gore-Bush recount, when the Florida Supreme Court decided to change election law in the middle of the process, in order to keep counting counties that had been counted over and over again. All these chads, all these magnifying glasses. So what has happened now, we've issued a press release, a statement, if you will, that just went out, and it's already been reported by some places. I want to read this to you and then have just a few comments about this, and then we will move on.

<snip>

I'll tell you why, because the state has been leaking information to the press throughout this investigation. They have been planting information that is not established, throughout this investigation. Of course you've got an eager media lapping it all up. More on that in just a moment. "The judge's order directs Mr. Limbaugh's attorneys to file any motions or pleadings he deems appropriate." So we did; we filed for a stay today. We want to appeal this. If we have to go to a Circuit Court of Appeals, a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, we will do so. This doesn't stop the state from opening the records. They can do it. But we'll just see how much the state respects our desire to follow the legal process all the way out on this.

Now, let me take you back to the beginning of this. Do you recall how you first heard of this story, ladies and gentlemen? It was in a tabloid newspaper. Nothing from law enforcement. You first heard about this in a tabloid newspaper, and everything in that tabloid newspaper article was accepted as gospel. The media ran with it. It was The Truth. Then, we heard stories that I was involved in a drug ring investigation. This was leaked by "anonymous sources," "high-placed government sources close to the investigation." Next, we heard that I was being investigated for drug trafficking - again leaked by anonymous sources, high-place government sources, close to the investigation.

[THX1138]

1. Yawn

When is he going to jail?

[BadGimp]

2. I can see the PigBoy walkin around with his finger is some guys belt loop

I can see the PigBoy walkin around with his finger is some guys belt loop.

Being punked daily for cigs.

[Cannikin]

3. Where do we even begin? Oh...here's a good start.

"Now, this is odd for me because it's got my name in it and I don't like reading about myself, but there's some quotes in here. So even though I never talk in this third-person business, please permit me in this case because it's a written statement that I'm going to read."

Dear lord, has his name ever been mentioned on any other show EVER, and him not put the quote on the air? He lives for his own name and ego.

Guess what Rush, all the OJ trial leaks the enquirer published were pretty much all proven true. Sure it may be a tabloid, but it shouldnt automatically be discounted because of it.

Face the music.

[Bluzmann57]

4. Whoa limbaugh!

How dare he try and equate his situation with that of the 2000 presidential election fiasco. This is a criminal investigation with law enforcement people doing the jobs they are paid to do, where the election fiasco was for high stakes; just leadership of the entire free world, more or less. And, as we here at DU know, there has been evidence uncovered that proves the 2000 thing was fixed, where this investigation against limbaugh has proven nothing except he is apparently a criminal. And as far as a tabloid paper first breaking the story, NOT ONE "legitimate" news source has uncovered any evidence to refute it. So take your punishment like a man limbaugh, and leave all the rest of us alone.

[MurrayDelph]

8. If he is trying he equate himself with the 2000 elections

does that mean that he thinks we got the wrong guy?

[truthisfreedom]

5. playing the victim, when he's the lawbreaker. vicdemised by his own acts.

poor deluded schmuck. desperately clinging to his hogwash. his listeners must have their hearts in their throats. i wonder how many of them have nagging feelings that they're forgetting something? just a little something about illegally obtained drug abuse by a hillbilly heroin needle junky?

he's as shrill as a little street urchin with his hand caught in the pharmacy jar. how high can you squeal, piggyboy? notice how he keeps quoting his lawyer whenever he has to lie. that way he can't be accused of lying later... "it's what my lawyer said. I didn't say that."

[zbdent]

6. Hmm, a tabloid newspaper story causing a major league, unnecessary

scandal which partisans used to spend millions of dollars of taxpayer money . . .

Where have I heard this before? Hmm, and why does the name Monica ring a bell?

[tlpal]

19. Gennifer Flowers...*

*

[truthisfreedom]

7. Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy, Rush? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOHOHOHOHO

The Democrats in this country still cannot defeat me in the arena of political ideas, and so now they are trying to do so in the court of public opinion and the legal system. I guess it's payback time. And since I'm not running for office, can't get to me that way. They're going to seek the occasion of this event in my life to see, to find out if they can do any damage. And that's as much as I want to say... No, that's not as much as I want to say; that's as much as I'm going to say about it at the memo.

payback time, rush? heehee. why on earth would anyone be upset with lil' piggyboy? could it be that you were a conscienceless junkie spewing junkie-talk for the last 6 years, with your sense of decency muddled, befuddled, and numbed dead by hillbilly heroin? naww, that couldn't be it, could it, el Rx-ushhbo?

jonesin' right about now, buddy? is that why you're suddenly as shrill as a shrieking schoolgirl in a ponytail-pulling contest?

nobody forced you to stay a junkie, rush. you could have sought help long ago, and i don't mean 24 hour blood-transfusion clinics like you went to so you could detox to enjoy the drugs again. you were HIGH, rush, high, high, high. and you liked it. and now you feel bad, bad, bad. poor baby.

[lancdem]

16. This is so ironic it's beyond words

"The Democrats in this country still cannot defeat me in the arena of political ideas, and so now they are trying to do so in the court of public opinion and the legal system." Just substitute Republicans for Democrats in this sentence, and you have what Starr et al did to Clinton. But in this case, the Dems don't control anything, so Rush's plea is absurd. He's no victim.

Hey, what goes around comes around. :evilgrin:

[pa28]

34. I listened during Monica

The key words were: "accountability", "nobody above the law", "blaming others for his troubles", respect for "the rule of law". What a flaming hypocrite.

[0007]

9. Listening to Rush on this is a real treat - Haven't listened in a long tim

...and nothing has changed much with his tactlessness. Bringing up Bill Clinton and Howard Dean on the medical record thingy is over the top on logic.

[earthside]

10. Clinton-Haters Worst Nightmare

:puke:
From Limbaugh's legal statement today:

"He should not have to sacrifice his privacy to prove his innocence."

Did Rush's lawyers lift this from Clinton legal documents?

How can any good Clinton-hater henceforth defend Limbaugh? He's squealing like a stuck pig now that prosecutors are doing the same thing to him that Rush praised Ken Starr for doing.

Rush has become the Clinton-Haters worst nightmare ... They have met the enemy and it is Rush, too.

Clearly, Limbaugh has not confronted his drug addiction and is probably still a user. It is pathetic ... yet just.


www.earthside.com

[lancdem]

13. Excellent post, earthside

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Tuttle]

30. Spot on!

n/t

Tut-tut

[Ganja Ninja]

11. Sounds pretty desperate to me

I’d say Rush is back on the stuff and running out of stash. I’ll bet he’s back in re-hab before the end of January.

[madrchsod]

12. why doesn`t black tell rush to shut up???

the more rush talks the more he taints the pool of jurors. this forces the state into plea-bargaining without going to a jury trial. if the judge was smart he`d tell all sides to shut up,but that won`t happen and if it did black would use third parties. this will be plea bargained - community service and a fine. hey it`s palm beach,how hard is community service?

[wabeewoman]

14. Talked to my ditto head brother

and he is still defending Rush. He said if you aren't caught then a crime hasn't been committed!? And Rush was in such pain! I think the lack of logic rubs off and the ditto heads are having to become contortionists to justify and defend this loser! Just handcuff him and take him away...

[WildlyInappropriate]

15. Anybody Know about Rush's statements about Roy Black and Kennedy Smith?

There's a rumor going around that Limbaugh said something disparaging about Roy Black, who is now defending him on the drug charges, back when Roy was defending Kennedy Smith on rape charges. Something to the effect that "If Roy Black is defending you, you know your guilty." Does anyone know if this is just a rumor, or if it is true and he said it? Anybody know how to search this out to figure out its validity? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[lancdem]

17. I never heard that

but it would be great to hammer Rush over the head with if it were!

[WildlyInappropriate]

24. If it's true...

It should be played over and voer and over on the news and in the media until Fox News executives cry in the fetal position of their Key West condos.

It would make sense that Rush said something like that during Kennedy Smith's rape trial, seeing as he's rabidly anti-anyone with the last name 'Kennedy', and has to fill up hours each day talking about such nonsense. I wonder if there is a database or watchdog group that has transcripts that could be searched.

Either way, I want to find out if it's true, or debunk the sucker.

[mac56]

35. This is the quote the way it was told to me.

Back when the Kennedys hired Roy Black to defend their nephew, here's what Rush Limbaugh had to say:

"You know how you can tell when someone is guilty of a crime? When they hire Roy Black as their attorney..."

[MikeG]

18. How serious this is

I come from Pennsylvania where in the mid-90's we impeached and removed a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice named Rolf Larsen for sending his secretary to the drugstore to pick up bogus prescriptions. It seemed serious enough then to remove a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. Ruined his career.

[HawkerHurricane]

21. Was the PN SC justice a Democrat appointee?

We all know that Democrats are held to the letter of the law (and beyond) while Republicans are allowed to slide.

[dicknbush]

20. I listened a bit this morning

He was ranting about " PRIVACY" ....and all I could do was laugh. Gee you had no problem with Clinton's privacy when you were teraing him apart did you dickwad. He really sounded pathetic. This guy is toast. He will of course have his staunch defenders but he has had his day and he will end up a poor pathetic ranter blaming the government for ruining his carrer. I wonder when Marta is going to dump him?

[phaseolus]

28. wild guess...

...not knowing either of them personally, but -- if, let's say, he's really not recovered from his addiction & she knows it, or if he's got one of those fat overfed middle-aged guy medical conditions that shorten one's lifespan & she knows about that, the best strategy would be to hang on until he kicks the bucket, thereby inheriting a bundle for herself and her kids.

Chances are pretty good that there's a pre-nup in place which would prevent her from getting much if they divorced.

Disclaimer -- all speculation. Something Rush does all the time, too... only he pretends his speculations are incontrovertible facts,

[DoYouEverWonder]

22. Spoken like a true junkie

Blame everyone else, lash out at anyone you think is out to get you, paranoid delusions. This guy hasn't even begun to kick his addiction.

[OilemFirchen]

23. Petard Hoisting 101

"But the larger issue is that the seizure of Mr. Limbaugh's private medical records without going through the process outlined by the state legislature is clearly an invasion of Mr. Limbaugh's constitutional right to privacy."

- from Rush's Statement on Ongoing Florida Fishing Expedition

December 23, 2003


"There is no right to privacy specifically enumerated in the Constitution."

- Rush Limbaugh, June 27, 2003

[WildlyInappropriate]

26. What he meant was..

"There is no right to privacy specifically enumerated in the Constitution for LIBERALS."

However, there's plenty of privacy in the Constitution to go around for conservative hacks!

[OilemFirchen]

27. Petard Hoisting 101, Midterm

"Roe v. Wade is bad constitutional law. It’s going to be replaced, and there will be a lot of confusion as a result. Rather than having abortion declared legal by the decision of nine guys in black robes back in 1973, I think it should be a moral choice, decided by the people in a democratic fashion. I’ve suggested this to countless feminists and they all recoil in shock. I agree with the view, best articulated by Judge Robert Bork, that there is no basis in the Constitution for the privacy right which was announced as the foundational basis for the constitutional right to abortion.

The framers were very specific as to the amendment process and there is definitely no provision for amendment by judicial fiat. Bork advocates judicial silence on the issue and says that the matter should be decided democratically, by the state legislatures. Liberals fear the democratic process because they don’t think the people will agree with their agenda."

Source: The Way Things Ought To Be, p. 56 Jul 2, 1992

[Bush_Unemployed_04]

36. SWEET.....

[tabasco]

38. Great catch!

Apparently the great Constitutional scholar has changed his tune.

[OilemFirchen]

25. Petard Hoisting 102

"A truism I’ve often proclaimed is: 'Liberalism poisons the soul.' Originally, it may have sounded harsh to some, trite to others; scintillating to the politically astute. Today, I am convinced it is more on the mark than ever. Here’s what it really means to me: Modern-day liberalism is like a disease or an addiction that literally has the power to destroy the character of the person who falls under its spell.

Liberalism is seductive and insidious. It can take hold of you before you realize it, Do you know why? Because it doesn’t take any guts to become a liberal."

Source: See, I Told You So, p. 87-89 Jul 2, 1993

Emphasis added with glee.

[Jinx]

29. Rush's statement

"Waah... I'm a victim!"

"Waah... There's a vast left-wing conspiracy out to get me!"

[DrWeird]

31. You lost- get over it.

nt

[RamboLiberal]

32. I enjoy the sound of the pigman squealing

Karma's a bitch isn't it Rushbo! Didn't Bill, Hillary, Chelsea and all the Dems you take so much delight in railing against to make your blood money deserve the same privacy you now want?

How do you feel pigman without your hillbilly heroin?

Poor baby now the feds are investigating your pitiful life. Whine that there's some leftwing conspiracy against you. It ain't nuthin' compared to what you and your pigman friends have done to us and this country!

[snippy]

33. The shittoheads will continue to give oxydittos to the the oxymoron.

[louis-t]

37. I'm probably showing my age but....

this reminds me soooo much of Lenny Bruce. When he was on trial for obscenity, his stand-up act revolved around him reading trial transcripts and such. People started booing him and would walk out. It was the beginning of the end of his career. Hmmmmm.

[Moderator]

39. Rush isn't LBN

Never has been, never will be. Feel free to repost in a different forum.