DRUDGE:Limbaugh Case:Judge in Palm Beach hooked on Oxycontin

[underpants]

Now THIS is some creative "journalism" read the first half (can't post it all here) and then.........read the second half. Too funny. That headline is totally misrepresentative.



LIMBAUGH CASE: JUDGE IN PALM BEACH HOOKED ON OXYCONTIN, REHAB, REMOVED FROM BENCH; NO CRIMINAL PROBE

http://www.drudgereport.com/rush5.htm

A Palm Beach County Judge -- who operated in the same jurisdiction that is currently hearing the Rush Limbaugh pill case -- was hooked on OxyContin and forced from the bench, but was never fully investigated if he obtained the pills legally, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.

"He was severely addicted to prescription pain killers," an insider tells the DRUDGE REPORT. "He probably got them from a variety of sources. But unlike Rush Limbaugh, he was never prosecuted! His records do not appear to have been seized nor were his doctors’ offices raided. Talk about friend of the court!"




News of the Palm Beach judge's ordeal appears to give credence to Limbaugh's claim that he is being selectively targeted.

Judge Schwartz was hooked on OxyContin for eight years, says a source. He was removed from the bench in October 2002 only after he was unable to hold court, staying in his chambers for several hours a day!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. i say let the judge stay

he knows the horrors of addiction, so Rush can get a fair trial before he's sent to the pokey where he can discuss conservative socio-economics with the vast prison population of african-americans.

of course, on edit, i forgot to mention that to rely on Drudge for information is ridiculous. just wanted that down for the record.

[Bandit]

2. Judge Schwartz was hooked on OxyContin for eight years

Isn't that the same amount of time ol Rush was on the stuff. I suspect that if it is looked into deep enough we'll find out that Rush actually got the drugs for him. Remember Rush was getting over four thousand pills a month from his maid and also getting prescriptions filled from four different doctors at the same time. I doubt Rush was using all those pills himself and I know he is tight with many judges.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. the same thought occurred to me as well

and of course, we have to keep the end in mind. rush in prison. let that become part of the mantra of justice in this country. where the same justice can be visited upon him as is visited upon all those whom he disregarded at best, and preached against at worst, before.

[sadiesworld]

4. There's a (bad) joke in here somewhere...

about whether the judge is still able to HEAR the case.

[underpants]

5. OUCH!

:spank:

[salin]

6. I love the misleadng headline - reads as if its the SAME judge

who is sitting for the Limbaugh case. But it isn't.

[underpants]

7. Exactly the judge left the bench in 2002

Totally misrepresented.

ON EDIT-notice the linking of two completely different things into one sentence.

A Palm Beach County Judge -- who operated in the same jurisdiction that is currently hearing the Rush Limbaugh pill case