WTF?!!! Poor Rush my butt!

[Robin Hood]

This hypocrite racist SOB has been making fun of pot head liberal hippies for 15 years. And this whole time he has been a drug fiend him self. How many people have been sent to jail with his consent for doing the same thing that he has done all along?

If these accusations are true, then not only is he a racist but he is also a law breaking dope addict hypocrite. He needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the laws that he and his political base have installed and supported. His people have done nothing but make excuses for his racism and his law breaking.

But alas, he will not be facing justice with a court appointed attorney on his side. He just hired a high powered attorney Roy Black that works for MSRNC, surprise. Now we know the truth about that network as well.

I REFUSE!!! To softball Rush Limbaugh. He needs to face the same music that everyone of us faces. No more double standards for the right.

BTW, Mcnabb is not over rated. Rush Limbaugh is the one that is over rated.

[leftofthedial]

1. a month of rehab in Florida

where his housekeeper can still score for him


just like Nicole

[janekat]

48. WHAT!! He's f*cking here in Florida??? Where - I'll go picket the

place.

[Wapsie B]

2. Now if he would be found

laying in the gutter, destitute and having expired in a pool of his own vomit, that would be a fitting end.

[Robin Hood]

3. Yeah, he failed in life because of poor life choices.

He should have pulled him self up by his bot strap. blah, blah, blah..

[Speck Tater]

4. I'm realy, really sorry that Rush is a drug addict.

But I'm not sorry at all that he's been outed as an addict. Karmic payback is a bitch.

[Robin Hood]

5. I would feel sorry for him.

If he had shown the same compassion to those that suffer from the same problems as he reportedly does. But since he has been at the fore front in demonizing people with addiction problems, then I don't feel anything but just desserts.

[DarkPhenyx]

18. Simply becasue he has none of his own...

...does not mean we can't show our own compassion. It is supposed to be one of our stronger traits isn't it? I agree that Rush is a dispicable person, but what does it say of us to kick someone, even Rush, when he is down?

[Bake]

35. Oh for crying out fucking loud!!

I am fucking amazed at this outpouring of sympathy for poor little Rushie-Poo! I guarantee that if Limpnuts comes through this intact, he'll be right back twisting the knife in Dems every chance he gets. I hope the fucker rots in hell craving his fix of hillbilly heroin! Karma's a bitch. Limpnuts has all this and more coming to him.

When you find a snake in your house, you kill it. When you find a scorpion in your house, you smash it. When you find a cockroach in your house, you squash it. Same with Limpnuts.

Bake

[Bake]

36. I suspect that some of Limpnuts' defenders here

Have never really listened to the fucker on the radio. I have. He is a maggot. A hatemonger. The vilest, most contemptible piece of slime in the media today.

I have no sympathy for him. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

Bake

[Barad Simith]

53. you take that back!

Limbaugh is NOT "the vilest, most contemptible piece of slime in the media today"!

Hannity is. Then Coulter. Then Limbaugh.

[bleedingheart]

6. I hope they throw the book at him personally because

he is one of the people who loves throwing stones at others...even tbough he was living in a house of Oxycontin...

[loudnclear]

7. But then Jeb's daughter didn't face stiff penalties either...

the law and sentencing is there only for minorities and others the facist pigs don't like.

[amazona]

8. i agree, don't enable rush

It would be unfair to cheat him of the experience of so many other Americans of being jailed for a "victimless" crime -- although personally I don't see it as victimless to use your celebrity to force your employee to buy drugs and put her at risk of prison. In any case, he needs to go to prison. He obtained for whatever purpose a staggering quantity of drugs. He is either a distributor or a danger to himself. Either way, he should face the same consequences as a poor black man in Palm Beach County would face for the same crime. Until that happens, we won't see a clean-up of the terrible conditions in our jails and prisons. And we sure as hell won't see reform of the drug laws. If your goal is change, you should be crying for Rush's indictment, conviction, and prosecution. Forgiveness comes after justice, not before.


i'm amazed at the numbers of "oh woe, i feel sorry for rush" threads running around

[E_Zapata]

13. The drug laws are clear: Large quantities = trafficking

it's a legal assumption.

So there!

[Robin Hood]

39. Good point. I was thinking the same thing.

Those sort of numbers are used for distribution. And in fact the law treats over a certain amount as an intent to distribute. There may actually be jail time involved here, yeah right. Hahahaha, good one.

[frank frankly]

9. HE IS GOING TO JAIL

the same place his propaganda sent thousands of my brothers and sisters across the country in jail for doing drugs.

let him rot in jail. he can resurrect his career as a Prison Right's Advocate.

he is just beginning the first of several turns on the karmic wheel, which is infinite.

this man is their voice.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

50. Wow, if he goes to jail, those anal cysts could be a problem... (n/t)

[roguevalley]

10. McNabb was a gentleman. A class act.

Kudoes to him.

[frank frankly]

12. McNabb was smarter and more eloquent than anybody else

he's been listening to our candidates and authors and other patriots.

he didn't take shit and called people for being cupable WITH THEIR SILENCE

this is the youth of our country speaking. he spoke for me.

[DarkPhenyx]

17. Better to speak for yourself...

...unless you are comfortable giving away control like that.

[DemCam]

11. Je refuse!

Love your way with words, LG. I totally agree about "No Poor Rush". I would have never thought he would come to this...but I did know that that one day his popularity would end.

Let's hope this will drive a stake in the heart of it...or is that a bad metaphor?

[shepard]

14. Hypocrite

Do we still live in the United States of America.Where has the compassion gone?As a native American let me tell you I have heard my share of harsh word like the ones I have heard here.When did we start convicting people before they were given their due process.I am a Democrat,but what I am seeing my party become is not very heartning.Do we remember our own John Kennedy was addicted to pain killers,did we tear him apart like a pack of coyotes?No we did not.I know I will probably have my post deleted and not be able to post on here anymore,but my people have had a lot more taken away and I will stand by my heart and conscience.Ahe'ee Nehemah!

[frank frankly]

15. puh-lease

kick for limbaugh

he will enjoy prison--He's THE ONE WHO SAYS PRISON IS TOO LUXURIOUS!

[DarkPhenyx]

16. Thank you.

I find it amazing how quickly we loose any semblance of comapssion. Though, if it were one of our own, we'd be furious with the Right for tearing them up like we seem to be doing to Rush.

Talk about hypocrasy.

[REP]

54. Never Claimed Any

In fact, I was thinking it was a shame he wasn't doing a drug that had serious long-term health consequences, like heroin.

Also, if anyone remembers, Kennedy was actually very ill, and more likely than not was not addicted to painkillers, but had developed a tolerance. This happens in people with degenerative diseases (and you don't know how much it hurts me to defend Kennedy).

[kentuck]

19. Just how did you feel when Rush was tearing down the Democrats..?

Everyday for 3 hours for the last 15 years? Remember when he talked about what an ugly kid Chelsea was? Remember how Clinton killed Vince Foster? The list is too long. We are a compassionate Party but these are not people that you can compromise with...they will cram their boots down your throat. We have no choice but to fight them on their own terms. Remember how Bush was going to be a "uniter - not a divider"? He lied, didn't he?

[shepard]

20. What about our terms

Where is the high ground?Isnt that what we want?I will not drag myself down to the level that is beneath myself.We should always try to raise ourselves up.We will never get anywhere without wisdom.Stooping to the level of someone we dislike does ourselves not one bit of good, it just puts us on the same level as them.Then where is the difference?There is none.What we want to do is distance ourselves from their way so that what we want put forth stands above everything.If you sleep with a dog the fleas will eventually get on you.Ahe'ee Nehemah!

[NicoleM]

21. I guess you're better than me.

I can live with that. Limbaugh's getting no more than he deserves, and maybe a lot less.

[BeachBuckeye]

23. So how are you related to Rush?

Just wondered.

[shepard]

28. Related?

I am not related to Rush Limbaugh by blood, radio dial or idealism.What I do have though is a lifetime of stories told by elders that have given me a keen insight into the human nature.We all walk a different path in life hoping to get to the same place.When I get to where I am going I want to be wearing clean shoes that is all.Ahe'ee Nehemah!

[Bake]

40. The war isn't happening on the high ground

We occupy the high ground ALONE. The war is taking place in the sewer, and if we are going to have a hoot in hell's chance of winning, we'd better go where the battle is. You stay there and occupy the high ground. The rest of us need to fight where the enemy IS.

Bake

[Robin Hood]

43. Okay there Shepard Smith, Your making me want to hurl.

That is a load of crap. All we are doing is applying the same standards that the right has applied to us and everyone else that has no voice in the media to defend themselves with. Shouldn't Rush be held to the same level of ethics, morals and ridicule that he has imposed everyone else that he has targeted?

This is no different than the hypocrisy of the religious institutions of the 1980's, Like Jim and Tammy baker and the other preacher who enjoyed having prostitutes defecte on him. Hypocrisy is what it is, and you will be held to the standards that you impose on others.

[joycep]

31. You know--we are referred to rather comtemptously as

"bleeding heart liberals" in certain quarters. We are known as very compassionate people generally. I know I have a lot of compassion for my fellow humans generally. But I have no compassion for Rush Limbaugh. Do you remember him holding up the picture of Clinton's dog? The dog in question was young Chelsea Clinton. He has mistreated people, lied, judged other people with less evidence than there is about his drug abuse. No compassion for him from me. Not unless he changes.

[not systems]

34. As long a the drug war damages...

the lives of the poor and minority with its
insanity. The rich powerful and republican must not
be let off for special treatment.

Rush is hater raging against the rights of the
poor and accused. He deserves no better than
he gives. He should call on his "followers" to
end the drug war then I will wish him better.

[Robin Hood]

37. Speaking of guilty before proven innocent.

Two words, Gary Condit. Non stop vilification, and no apologies for ruining a man and his families life.

Let's not forget that examples like Condit and Clinton prove that we can not let the right get away with one thing. If you ruin people's lives based on some false morality, than that morality applies to you as well.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

[Terwilliger]

38. I am disgusted by the bi-partisan unity in accepting the drug war

but Rush is a broadcaster of the right-wing ideology that perpetuates the drug war hysteria...his hypocrisy should be slammed entirely

[Robin Hood]

44. Totally agree Terwilliger.

I was really disapointed with Clinton for not only continuing the drug war madness but also escalating it. I did not inhale, yeah blow me.

[oldcoot]

51. Speaking of Due Process

How do you know that John Kennedy was an addict? Was he ever arrested or tried for using pain killers? Shouldn't the same "innocent until proven guilty" argument apply to Kennedy?

I do not really care if "poor" Rush is an addict or not. However, if he committed a crime, he deserves the same "compassion" that other defendants accused of drug-related crimes receive.

[OldSoldier]

57. Shepard, let's follow the Golden Rule on this one

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

I think that's a fine rule. Now let's look at Rush Limbaugh.

Supports extremely harsh penalties for drug users, but deals in kingpin-level quantities of OxyContin--enough to take 100 tablets a day. The guy's either bulletproof or trafficking.

Supports the Cuban embargo but purchases Cuban cigars in the United States.

Supports the snubbing of the French but drinks $2000 bottles of Bordeaux.

He's done unto others. Now it's time to do unto him. Payback is a bitch.

This shredding of a conservative blowhard, however, must stop as it is detracting from our mission of deposing the Bush junta.

John F. Kennedy was addicted to painkillers, but he didn't get on the radio three hours a day demanding the heads of drug abusers.

[David Zephyr]

22. Preach It to the Rafters, Liberal_Guerilla!

I don't have any pity for this hatemonger. None.

[BeachBuckeye]

24. You wanna hear it preached?

Just wait till our show on Saturday. We're going to tell the whole sordid story and show NO mercy to Mr. Limbaugh. I've been waiting for this. I KNEW the day would come and its here!

[David Zephyr]

32. Damn! I Will Be Listening, BeachBuckeye!

And please, show no mercy. Who knows how many kids are locked up today for a single joint because of his radiomongering for stiff drug laws and penalties.

[Robin Hood]

46. I'm looking forward to that.

Post it in GD when it's on.

[ignatius]

25. The harder this bastard falls, the wider I will smile. His vile comments

about Chelsea and the hate he spewed against Gore in 2000 causing some of his ditto head morons to issue death warrants against Gore and his family and for all the other downtrodden people of the world that this fat bastard has kicked and stomped on Ii say...FRY HIS ASS!!!

And remember in Jeb Bush's Florida, first time drug offenders are thrown in jail. Unless, of course your name is Noelle Bush.

OOOHH, look at that pretty little mouth will be his beddy bye tale.

[Individualist]

33. CNN said

earlier tonight "Rush Limbaugh is in free fall." I want to hear a loud splat!!

[knight_of_the_star]

26. Sing it brother!

I will show him compassion, as soon as he is willing to apologize for his behavior for the last several years. I'm waiting for the slander lawsuits to roll in once this investigation is over.

[cliss]

27. Liberal, I'm with you.

How can the man keep blabbering away, now that he's deaf? Maybe he doesn't hear himself, and his lips keep flapping on their own?

And for that he makes, what $23 million per year?

If you want to read all about Ream-publican hypocrisy, pick up the book 'Blinded by the Right'. Interesting reading.

[mitchum]

29. I'm sorry that the sonofabitch didn't overdose and die

no pity or sympathy from me

[Bake]

41. Right on! Right fucking on!

Hell yes!

Bake

[not systems]

30. give him the maximum

Then he can ask his followers to abolish the
stupid drug laws.

If more rich whites with power and money got
buried under the jail then things might change.

As long as they push drug wars no quarter should
be give to the republicans. Like Jebs daughter
who should be doing 25 to life for crack dealing.

[Robin Hood]

42. What about Tommy Chong?! He went to jail for selling bongs on line.

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/9/11/203112/968
Chong, 65, had asked for leniency from the judge, saying he's been working with youth groups, teaching filmmaking and speaking out against drug use.
In addition to prison time, Chong must pay a fine of $20,000 and forfeit more than $103,000 from his business selling "drug paraphernalia" such as his own line of artistic water pipes.

Chong was nabbed in February 2003 during a series of DEA raids on internet head shops, retailers who sold smoking-related products. The raids resulted in 55 arrests.

One might question the usefulness of prosecuting retailers in the never-ending War on Some Drugs. Also note that thousands of mainstream retail stores in the US sell similar products. At what point should these items cross the line from art or legal tobacco-smoking items to illegal drug accessories? Should online stores be raided for selling glowsticks, pacifiers, and fuzzy backpacks? Is it possible or reasonable for the DEA to attempt to make a real dent in this large market?


He is in Jail with heavy fines for selling water pipes on line. Will Rush get wrost?

[not systems]

45. It is a damn shame.

Ashcroft is a SOB for what he did to honest hardworking artists.

I'm sure Rush would have taken great joy in what happened to
Tommy Chong.

People who advocate love for the other side are unaware how
despicable these people are.

[undergroundpanther]

47. Love?

When does ones morality become a handicap?

I dunno about you,but some people are socialized sociopaths,they want to make everyone obey them,they are elitists,they are bullies.It's a conduct disorder or something.They cause pain in every social situation they can't dominate or control.
In my experince if you try to show a bully compassion and tolerance he punches you and makes fun of your kindness.He is asking you what is right or wrong.And you got to show him.If you whap a bully right back and tell him why you will not accept that sort of abuse,out of anyone..Amazingly he leaves you the fuck alone,because he knows you will defend your own integrity and you won't submit yourself to domination, control or intimidation.You have enough self respect to not be treated or talked to as if you are scum.If you defend other people who don't have enough self-love to stand up by themselves,then there is a chilling effect on bullying in general.

When someone belittles someone,and encourages others to to hate them, and lie to them,exploit them,hurt them,to bully them it is ALWAYS a choice .Bullying is a choice a person makes.Self defense in the face of a bully is not a choice really.If you respect yourself you won't tolerate abuse.But to be silent in the face of abuse is a choice too,a choice to sell out,to be a coward and lose self respect.
If your Utopian morals handicap and dillute your real morality into a toothless sham ,until it renders self defense impotent..Is it because we are afraid of impurity .For the sake of this purity fantasy game Too many of us have sold our own dignity out to an ideal that isn't even realistic.And the bullies call us on any infraction of impurity when we step out of the moral purity role we let them re-define us into. It's time to take back our sense of ethics and make them mean something better.Sometimes doing the moral thing looks immoral on the surface.Even Ghandi said violence was perferable to cowardice.Why would he say that? Because he wasen't a utopian about morality.
Pretensions of moral highgrounds is just too often cowardice dressed up as compassion,in the name of tolerance..This kind of crap enables ,it helps bullies hurt people.

We must risk to judge others in our own way, on our own two feet, by ourselves,from our own inner authority,and experinces ,speaking from our hearts based in our own understanding of what is right and wrong and stand by our own hearts,with humility without losing our teeth. It's not easy to do this and mistakes will be made,but at least you can say you truly stood up for yourself and did the right thing even if it bloodied your hands or made you look like a fool or hypocrite.Why do we let the hateful things go on around us unchallenged? Is it because we never hated the hatefulness around us enough to judge it and call it what it is when we see it,whether in our own hearts or another person's actions or words because we got scared of our own power to do the right thing?How much does self-hatred control us as a society through our tolerance of controlling ,abusive politics,economics,pundits or people?

All I can figure is we must have been traumatized,somehow.,by our culture? Our way of life,Our beliefs? Hurt until we got some weird form of species-wide stockholm syndrome. I say this because I can't help but notice how much as a society we identify with abusive words,people,politics,beliefs.We embrace it as 'normal' too much to outright judge it as wrong.Is it because we are taught by a sick culture from childhood up to not judge the abuses we get from each other ,ones we face everday,and supress the pain for whatever reasons..So Now we find we don't have the emotional,psychological or ethical tools to recognize and remove socialized sociopaths and abusers from positions of power anymore?
We as a species need to get in touch with our own moral backbones and stand up for the inherent dignity and respect of the human spirit, in way that works,and changes things.Even if it makes a bully uncomfortable or scared of thier mistakes.
We need solidarity and vision and courage.Real life compassion can be very intolerant sometimes even painful,like humility is.But for me risking appearances for my own dignity,morality and love for all the things that matter it is worth it.

[not systems]

52. species-wide stockholm syndrome

Great line.

Boy that sums it up.

[janekat]

49. I used to be a social worker and I don't even feel sorry for him

n/t

[Zorra]

55. Oh, come on, give him a break.....

One third off his sentence, for good time, plus time served in county.

[IggleDoer]

56. January 19, 2005

Rush will receive a pardon!