Rush's (1995) finger pointing on drugs comes back to haunt him.

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"What this says to me," he told his listeners that day, "is that too many whites are getting away with drug use.

Rush Limbaugh was on his usual tear.




Limbaugh In The Shadow Of His Own Words

October 3, 2003, 12:31 AM EDT

Ellis Henican


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Rush Oct. 5, 1995,


"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."

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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."

Including zillionaire radio hosts? Well, maybe not.

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"'When you strip it all away," Rush had said of the Grateful Dead guitarist, "Jerry Garcia destroyed his life on drugs. And yet he's being honored, like some godlike figure. Our priorities are out of whack, folks."

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LOL! Godlike figure? Maybe. But at least it wasn't self-proclaimed "talent on loan from God" . :-)



more......

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[Champion Jack]

1. That's a keeper

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Somebody throw a bucket of water on me!

I'm about to pass out from shock!

[birdman]

3. If there's any justice

Rush will be rewarded with a large horny cellmate who's a member of one of those minority groups that he so casually sneers at.


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[MrBenchley]

6. And who's also a Philadelphia Eagles fan

hahahaha...

[ejectbush]

4. RUSH'S Adventures in Hillybilly Heroine

Play the new "Pacman" style game. Help Rush gobble up the "little blue ones" and avoid Donovan McNabb. Check it out at:

http://www.ejectbush.com/limbaugh.html

Also play the "Wiggum or Bush" game at:

http://www.ejectbush.com/wiggumorbush_page.html

[newyawker99]

7. Hi ejectbush!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Old and In the Way]

5. Jerry Garcia would probably answer Rush by playing this tune:

"The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall"