What's going to happen to Rush?

[caledesi]

Poll question: What's going to happen to Rush?

Choose one of the scenarios as the outcome for Pigboy.

[zbdent]

1. My vote was a slap on Jeff Christie's wrist, but even that won't

cause too much harm. Too limp to be affected.

[NJCher]

2. never paid attention to Rush

So can someone tell me where to go to read up on the Jeff Christie stuff?


Cher

[Dr Fate]

19. A couple of revealing links on the Jeff Christie controversy:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Jeff+Christie%22&start=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=CDoFHp.4Et%40kaiwan.com&rnum=34


“Arkush was not entirely complimentary. He criticizes Rush for not
crediting Norm Woodruff for pulling the strings that got him into KFBK,
which was where he was working when he met Ed McLaughlin. Norm gave Rush
that last chance (he had been fired a number of times and fallen into
obscurity while working in baseball). Norm taught Rush how to dress for
success and presented him to KFBK at a key moment -- upon the firing of
Morton Downey. Arkush says Rush fails to give Woodruff his just credit
for his involvement in Rush's success, which if it ever does come will
have to come posthomolously. Woodruff died in the mid 1980's of AIDS. He
was gay.”

http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/christie.html

Jeff Christie was at KQV twice in the early seventies. Jeff originally came to Pittsburgh to work at WIXZ. He came to KQV to do nights in 1972. A number of the phrases we still hear on his Rush Limbaugh show today on more than 600 stations "all across the fruited plain" were heard when he was on KQV. You can hear a sample of Jeff's work during the 14K days at the Reel Top 40 Radio Archives. He returned for a short time during KQV's final days of top 40 filling in middays before moving on to Kansas City. Rush Limbaugh's EIB network came from a term he used here in Pittsburgh in the early seventies. EIB = Excellence In Broadcasting

[blitzen]

22. more on jeff christie/rush

http://www.bartcop.com/bs621.htm

can't find any links on the child prostitution arrest in Philly, though...

[liberalnurse]

25. This information is causing nausea.

I was in high school in 1972 in the Pittsburg area. KQV was our life line! Oh, how sickening to know I had listened to him during my formative years!!!!!!:puke:

[mermaid]

28. Oh, Well...

At least he doesn't seem to have had any deleterious effects on your final adult mindset...in spite of your exposure to him during your formative years...you're here, aren't you??

[Yupster]

11. He'll agree to do Community Service

which will be giving speeches about politics to junior high kids.

[MinnFats]

3. i voted 'OD,' but that may be wishful thinking...

i was thinking of a counterweight to those images of Lenny Bruce, John Belushi etc.
sorry to sound sooo mean...i take it back

[kevinam]

4. my vote, he is going to jail.

Or maybe it is more that the criminal justice system will actually work. If he is under investigation, and then enters re-hab, they HAVE to have a case against him. The other thing that is odd. Last I checked, pain pills are not grown from trees, and then dried in someones basement or something. I would think a good majority of those pills out there are stolen or robbed from drug stores. In my opinion, the circle of violence is as bad with pain drugs as any other illegal narcotic...Kevin.

[0rganism]

5. He'll do a 6-week vacation, then go right back on the air, using whatever

The FBI has no interest in pressing charges against Rush.

He'll say he's going to treatment, and maybe even check in to a facility for a few weeks.

His audience didn't give a shit if he uses oxycontin before, they won't give a shit now. Rush's only problem is going to be finding a clean source. There's a chance a potential dealer could make some good money by backstabbing him now, so look for Rush to cut a deal with the mafia to get his fix anonymously.

Rush will be back on the air by Christmas, talking about his miraculous recovery, and how all drug abusers who don't make millions of dollars from being racist celbrities should be put in jail for their own good.

[Junkdrawer]

6. This is Rush's first try at Rehab, and there's a good chance...

he's using rehab as a hideout from the law. That means his chances are less than average, and average is 1 in 10 to 1 in 20. It took me three tries over 10 years before it "took".

Best bet is that he comes back after a month spouting how wonderful his feels and then goes right back to using and lying. About a month or two after that, we'll hear some seriously slurred speech for a day or two, then he'll be off "sick" again. Most junkies would then spiral into oblivion with merciful death a few years later.

[Ediacara]

15. I thought this was his third try

[Junkdrawer]

16. 2 detoxes, 1st rehab

detox is medical and Rushie used the 24 hr "hollywood" detox. Rehab is something completely different.

[Ediacara]

17. ok

I misunderstood

[fedupwithbush]

7. Cynically he'll stay free.

He's got money, got the lawyers, so he'll clean up, come out smelling like a rose. I have no faith in our legal system anymore. You got money? That's a get-out-of-jail free card. I can always hope he'll screw up again. It doesn't always work the second time.

[DoggDude]

12. why should he be treated any differently than....

any dem dopehead?

[tridim]

8. We don't have enough information yet

in the criminal investigation, so I can't yet predict what will happen to El Gasbag.

Best guess is that he was hoarding for himself, his wife and some other very powerfull people that we'll never hear about. He'll get off without jail time because he'll cooperate in the investigation. He will probably be fired from Clear Channel, but find another gig in about 10 minutes, possibly at Faux.

Does anyone know if they could raid his walk-in humidor during the warrant and submit his stash of Cuban cigars? Technically, Cuban tobacco is an illegal drug, just like Oxycontin. Are there real penalties for buying and dealing in Cubans?

[caledesi]

9. Good point on the Cuban cigars.

BTW, Rush has already been in rehab twice.

[7th_Sephiroth]

10. it will never happen

rich white republicans are all friends, they make sure to get eachother into political and judicial office just so they never have to get in trouble

[Dr Fate]

21. He has a wife, but no kids...

...in fact, he was enjoyed 4 childless(sexless?) marriges...

Is it over the top to infer that his drug use has caused his "performance" to diminish, OR that his wives are merely beards?

Dr. Fate reports, you decide!

[dorktv]

23. I thought he has only been married three times?

According to Rush Limbaugh is a Big FAT Idiot...

[Dr Fate]

27. 3 childless(sexless?) marriges none the less...

...

[SharonAnn]

13. He'll become a Liberal. Tonight on Prairie Home Companion,

Garrison Keillor talked a little bit about Rush and how he's always said the drug addicts should be jailed, punished, etc.

Then Garrison said somethinglike this "What Rush doesn't know is that Liberals are really Conservatives who went through rehab."

LOL

[DS1]

14. let's just say I hope he's put in a cell with a strong roof

I'll even buy one of his ties to mail him

:nuke:

[Dr Fate]

18. Nothing.

.

[VOX]

20. He's rich and (in)famous.

Even the worst case scenario -- prison -- is quite different for the wealthy and the well-known. They're not exactly thrown into the general prison population, or held in dank cells where they're shuffled out for a few hours to stamp license plates.

In the end, whatever happens to him will be quite different that what would happen to, say, a low-income African American male, or a poor latino or caucasian male.

[Mike Niendorff]

24. He'll retire a very rich, very free man ...

... just like every other Republican criminal.


MDN

[TomNickell]

26. Bill Bennett

Nowhere near an exact analogy, but Bill Bennett's gambling problem may be instructive.

There was never any chance of Bennett's going to jail--he'd done nothing illegal. But, it looks like his stature and income have been significantly damaged.

Limbaugh is unlikely to go to jail, but he -could- wind up with a much-diminished influence and audience.

(I've been surprised his popularity survived the deafness--cochlear implants don't restore anything like normal hearing. But, of course, he never actually listened to anybody when he -could- hear.)

[Virginian]

29. He isn't going to jail, he isn't retiring, he isn't quitting his drugs.

He will tell everyone he is clean but continue using.

He will never serve any time for his illegal activities. The rules that apply to the general population don't apply to anyone with a fan base. He is only going into rehab because his lawyer advised him to. It is a way to work the system. It gives the judge the excuse he needs to give an easy sentance.

He will never refer to his habit as a problem with "drugs", it will always be a problem with "prescription pain medication."

Because he didn't have a "drug" problem, he will continue to bash those who do.

His fans will believe he didn't have a "drug" problem. Some are already trying to define the difference between "illegal drugs" and "prescription pain medication." They don't seem to get it that if you don't have a prescription and you do have the medication, it is illegal.

If the fan base is there, and it will be, he will stay on the air. He will take a six week vacation and then everything will be the same as before.

[xray s]

30. The fate of Elvis awaits

His destiny is on a porcelain throne, his career in the dumper, his mind gone, his drug addicted body getting one big last hit of instant karma.

Payback's a bitch.

[bring_em_home_bush]

31. ~

Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.
Gordon, 1st Baron Of Bury Hewart

[agincourt]

32. He'll slither back,

on to his radio show. He'll continue to spew the same disinformation bile that he always has. Conservatives will praise him for his "inspiring recovery". Bush might give him a medal as a role model for licking his drug problem. It'll be another chapter in American shame as real addicts rot in jail as pigboy gets his salutations.