Check out Drudge! Limbaugh charged with drug abuse

[Snellius]

BLITZ ON RUSH LIMBAUGH TO INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY WITH CHARGES OF DRUG ABUSE... WORLD EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPING...

http://www.drudgereport.com/

[frank frankly]

1. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

holy holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!

[trumad]

10. WOW... I know it's the National Enquirer but....

They better have their ducks in a row if they're going after a multi-millionaire...

[radwriter0555]

71. didn't happen. it's to make us look like idiots.

trust me.

[Catherine Vincent]

2. I sure hope this crap doesn't drain coverage from Traitorgate!

It's bad enough the California election is next week. Hopefully Drudge is wrong.

[LittleApple81]

26. With the American public, that is exactly what will happen. Sorry.

n/t

[ShaneGR]

3. Well, now we know how he got so skinny

lol.

[caledesi]

15. Exactly. I am not surprised in the least.

Remember that little "hearing loss" stunt? What was that all about?

I remember reading on BartCop about an employee of Fat Ass, who "dished." He said he was NOT a good person to work for. He talked about his walk-in humidor and how he was obsessed with his cigars (yes, mostly Cuban). He said how demeaning Fat Ass was to him.

[ShaneGR]

30. I did get a laugh out of this freeper:

Get ready.

Next, they will bring out....

Rush Nude Pix!

Arrrggggggg!!!!!

[Gman]

More blood in the water!

More, MORE!!!

[THUNDER HANDS]

4. what fucking drug was limbaugh using?

Did twinkies become illegal recently?

[Dean-my-man]

23. Vitamin F

F-A-T

[newyawker99]

80. Hi Dean-my-man!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[frank frankly]

5. kick pigboy

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[ShaneGR]

6. QUESTION: Does Limpballs have limpballs as a side-effect of drug use?

double lol

[diplomats]

I don't like to click on Drudge

but I'm almost tempted to now.

[jenk]

7. you mean NOW? or in his past?

because drunk driving didn't really hurt shrubby as much as it should.

this will be too much scandal and Rush will be forced to resign from ESPN, or they'll fire him

and he'll have lots of explaining to do on his show.

[diplomats]

12. And what does he mean by "Blitz on Limbaugh"

who's orchestrating this "blitz"???

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

37. drudge concveniently forgets

that it was rush himself who made the stupid comments that started this whole thing

[soupkitchen]

8. Why do you think they call him Rush?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

38. cuz he's always in a rush to eat

i know, that was way too easy

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Wow!

National Enquirer though. :( The repukes will easily shoot that down. I hope the housekeeper hits the airwaves! This could be good...if it goes beyond the Enquirer.

[diplomats]

17. The Enquirer runs a lot of garbage about the Clintons

I'm not going to start giving them credence because they're going after someone I despise.

[Dean-my-man]

25. Agreed

Agreed. People here seem to react too fast to tabloid droppings. Wait until there is hard evidence before celebrating -- that will keep you from getting let down (again, and again, and again).

I mean, this is Drudge.

Watch the Fat One get *free press* out of this one! It gives him access to the media he would otherwise not have.

This is dangerous.

[djg21]

24. The Enquirer is fairly reliable . . .

at least as tabloids go.

It's been sued enough to know that the facts here would need to be confirmed to avoid potential liability. Given the harm that a story such as this could do to Rush's career, and the extent of the damages that would be recoverable, the potential exposure is too large, and this story would have had to be thoroughly vetted.

[Stephanie]

46. Not just the Enquirer!

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS SET TO SPLASH PAGE ONE THURSDAY

NY Daily News is decent blue collar NY tabloid. Helen Thomas writes for them.

[Bertrand]

11. Media Assassination?

the irony of Drudge making that accusation is hilarious. If Rush was busted by cops for being involved in a drug ring, isnt that worthy news? I mean, come on.

[Caution]

13. He's saying the National Enquirer

and it looks like he is being facetious...ie the media smells blood and the liberal media will try to destroy limbaugh.

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. Ooooooooh!

NOT being a Drudge reader, I didn't catch the sarcasm. Is that really what he's doing?

[Junkdrawer]

14. You don't suppose the CIA is cleaning out it's files....

Ohh, this could get interesting.

[frank frankly]

16. that is what is happening

i don't really have words for all this
amazing
amazing
and connected!

pigboy, say goodbye to 40% of your audience. the remaining 60% are 100% KKK.

[hlthe2b]

18. Well, now... seems the RW dam has sprung a big leak....

and an even bigger question: WHO is AFTER Limpballs? BIg pile-on it would seem. Not that I'm shedding any tears, but it is curious....

[jenk]

21. somewhere, Donovan McNabb is laughing!

.

[LevChernyi]

20. honestly..

anything the Enquirer prints has been gone over with a zillion lawyers and they have their sources all in a row. They got sued so many times they are actually quite credible in what they report. The contents of the story may not have the zing of the headline and of course true or not true it's a bunch of pablum but if they say police think he's in a drug ring some police without a doubt do believe that.

[jenk]

29. it says he was busted by a housekeeper with a wire

.

[ShaneGR]

22. LOL, media assassination

The bastard committed suicide.

[THUNDER HANDS]

27. this is very odd

The Enquirer is owned by Rupert Murdoch. You'd think he and Rush would be best buddies.

:shrug:

[diplomats]

36. I didn't know the Enquirer was owned by Murdoch

if so, that might explain their obsession with the Clintons.

[djg21]

44. The Enquirer is NOT News Corp..

The NY Post is owned by New Corp., as is the Sun, Harper Collins, Fox, and numerous other media assets. The Enquirer is noit a News Corp publication. http://www.newscorp.com/operations/index.html

[Stephanie]

28. OMG it's a GREAT freaking WEEK!

Remember when he was "going deaf?" Speculation at the time was that it was due to Vicodin abuse.

Check out Drudge - he's got no other stories on the page. And what's with that title: "Media Assassination"???

[Dean-my-man]

59. Take off your rose colored glasses

Stop being such a Polyanna. Can't you see they're trying to catch us off-guard?

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[Dean-my-man]

69. Allow me to

... direct you to this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=451012

maybe you'll learn something.

[Stephanie]

74. Your hero is not taking one for the team, pal

He's a selfish, stupid, racist lout who would no more sacrifice his precious career in "entertainment" for the bush* machine than cut off his lips. This accusation could turn out to be something or turn out to be nothing, but Limbo would NEVER do this to take the heat off the WH. No honor among thieves, my man. Don't you know that?

[Dean-my-man]

75. Thank you for

your overly simplistic analysis. Maybe you should do research for Ann Coulter.

[Stephanie]

77. Since you offer no analysis yourself, only insults

I have no idea what you're complaining about.

Is "selfish, stupid, racist lout" not clear enough for you?

[Dean-my-man]

78. Clear enough

to call your intellect into question.

Those are broad generalizations that convey no useful information. People like you make us look bad. People like you make us fit the stereotype RL has cast us in.

This whole thread is pointless. Dwelling on controversey is a waste of time; we need to win in the arena of ideas, not the arena of smut.

This is shameful.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

31. media asassiantion, my ass!

the guy who accused clinton of rape, murder, and god knows what else,
called chelsea a dog,
started the 'gore is a liar' smear,
refers to mccain and clark as 'unstable'
racistly 'imitates' nelson mandela


is finally getting a bit of his own medicine. you though al franken smeared you, rush? al took the high road.

limbaugh is being thrown to the gutter, as he deserves
and now drudge wants our sympathy?
excuse me while i laugh my ass off

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

33. and let's give rush a big 'Ha-Ha!', while we're at it

[Dean-my-man]

66. Are you blind?

He's clearly "taking one for the team".

It will amount to nothing, shrub will get a UN resolution, the CA recall will draw press, and everything will get lost in white noise.

Calm yourself down and think rationally. The media (and the people) are very bad at multitasking, not to mention that they have short attention spans.

[caledesi]

81. I am laughing w/ you...ACISM!

[Postman]

32. THIS IS A DIVERSION AWAY FROM WILSON STORY.......

This is a story designed to take the heat off of the probe into the White House exposing a CIA agent.....

This is all the news is going to talk about now. You watch.

National security has been compromised and operatives in the White House have slipped in this story to divert attention....

[djg21]

34. This will pass quickly.

Traitorgate will stay for a while. Tenet, Wilson and the CIA will see to that. We just won't have Rush to kick around anymore.

Too bad. ;->

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

35. look for rush to play victim

and blame it on liberals and wonder why no one is calling for an independent counsel to investigate the smearing of his good name

could rush be trying to be the new Plame?
he did say he knew of a big surprise coming this week that he couldn't tell his audience about....

[diplomats]

40. Hmm...

You bring up a disturbing possibility.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

45. it just hit me

now they can wonder why noone cares who destroyed cystboy's life and use it to act like the wilson story is politics as usual.

have we entered a bizarre new era of negative attacks?

[Catherine Vincent]

39. Yep! This crapola makes me sick!

[Dean-my-man]

48. Rush will be a martyr - this will sink Traitorgate

All this will do is grow Lard-bo's audience and kill the traitorgate story.

[Stephanie]

50. Nothing can kill Traitorgate - it is unstoppable

Fear not.

[Dean-my-man]

58. Don't be so sure

Do you forget who we're dealing with? They WANT to be underestimated.

[piece sine]

70. If the right wingers attack us when they are waaaay ahead...

what are they going to be liked when backed into a corner? And how will the Pollyannas around here friggin' cope?!

[Dean-my-man]

73. Finally, someone who gets it

Thanks for the back-up!

[Rooktoven]

76. misunderestimated ;-) -nt

[caledesi]

83. I caught that too RT. hmmmmm.

[caledesi]

82. Agree Steph...the CIA will not let this one die!

[0007]

64. No way!

*

[Dr Fate]

53. Good call- my money is on your take...

good call...

[Norbert]

41. I'd be the last person to defend Rush Limpballs but....

this is the National Enquirer that's breaking this story.

[Dean-my-man]

47. Big letdown here

Yup, I agree. Don't get your hopes up.

a) This will make Traitorgate go away

b) It will give Rush a national megaphone

c) It will probably have no legs

Another raincloud descends on us...

[areschild]

54. Traitorgate won't go away

just because the media might not have it on the front page. The CIA will still be working in the background, and will still be pissed. I don't think they're just going to roll over and give up.

[Dean-my-man]

60. Please -- without the front page

this (Traitorgate) will just become one of the other *50* of these investigations they do a year.

[Oilwellian]

42. The laws of the universe

have never let me down. :D

[TreasonousBastard]

43. The Daily News still has Tuesday's paper up on the site.

Will see soon enough if Drudge's "newsroom sources" are correct.

The News used to be NYC's rightwing tabloid until the Post became Murdochized. It's now almost left-wing compared to the Post. (but only compared to the Post)

[DemCam]

49. Ick! Can't believe I'm so happy

that slimeball Drudge dumped on PottyMouth.

Karma is a powerful thing. Makes me just a bit squeamish...to be sure.

[Dean-my-man]

51. Don't get your hopes up

Read my prior posts.

This will sink traitorgate, give Rush a national platform, build his audience, etc.

This is bad.

[Dookus]

55. no, this will NOT sink traitorgate...

Not even in the slightest. One story has nothing to do with the other. It's part of the big press pig-pile on the right, and it's long overdue.

I'm not a tin-hatter, but I might even be persuaded to consider that the CIA had some info on Rush that they let out... he WAS attacking their people, after all.

[Dean-my-man]

61. Don't be so naive

What you're suggesting is so complicated and far-fetched that it's absurd.

We are being duped.

[Dookus]

68. hence...

my wording of "might" "persuaded" "consider".

*snarf*

[WoodrowFan]

86. PIG PILE!!

And I agree with you, the other scandals will last longer than "Rush gets stoned."

[jumptheshadow]

52. So girls and guys, when do we get Ann Coulter's head on a platter?

You just know that gal is just one beeitchy remark away from going way over the top and vaporizing her career. Who can we send in to provoke her?

[in_cog_ni_to]

57. Ya, and Coulter has been awfully quiet

lately. What's up with that? It's SOOOOOOO unlike the witch! I have high hopes that she's next on the agenda!

[DrWeird]

56. Who's got the quotes...

of what Rush has to say about drug users?

[in_cog_ni_to]

67. Here's a transcript of one of his radio programs.

It's not about "users" but, it is about drugs.
<snip
*** It seems to me that what is missing in the drug fight is legalization. If we want to go after drugs with the same fervor and intensity with which we go after cigarettes let's legalize drugs. Legalize the manufacture of drugs. Licence the Calli Cartel make them tax payers and then sue them. Sue them left and right and then get control of the price and generate tax revenue from it. Raise the price sky high and fund all sorts of other wonderful social programs.

**** Because it seems to me, flippant as though it may sound to you, that what gives us the power to do what we're doing, what gives the government the _power_ to do what it is doing, state and federal, in cigarettes is that it's a legal substance regulated by uh the federal government. And they don't have any such power and control over drugs because it's illegal.

**** So let's legalize them and then go after them the same way.<snip>

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n186.a08.html

Sounds like he has his drug cartel all planned out.

[0rganism]

62. oooh, I love it when they eat their own

It's so cute and cuddly!

[Junkdrawer]

65. Here's the freerepublic thread...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/993336/posts

[Iris]

72. I predicted he would put his foot in his mouth on ESPN

but this shit just keeps getting better and better!

Could the whole right-machine just fall down like a house of cards?

[RummyTheDummy]

79. Rush has admitted taking Oxycontin on the air....

for pain, or at least someone posted that on this site this past summer. If that's true, this could have more tread than we think. That's some powerful, addictive shit -- so im told.

[johnfunk]

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[prolesunited]

85. Too funny!

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