Politics Rush to Judgment
Rush Limbaugh was arrested today on prescription drug charges, with his lawyer saying he has reached a deal with prosecutors that will eventually see the charges dismissed if he continues treatment for drug addiction.The subject of a three-year investigation by prosecutors, Mr. Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant charging him with fraud to conceal information to obtain prescriptions, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Jail.
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Before his own problems became public, Mr. Limbaugh had decried drug use and abuse and had mocked President Bill Clinton for saying he had not inhaled when he tried marijuana. He often made the case that drug crimes deserve punishment.
“Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country,” Mr. Limbaugh said on his short-lived television program on Oct. 5, 1995. “And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs.”
He added, “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.”
On the same show, he commented that the statistics that show blacks go to prison more often than whites for the same drug offenses only illustrated that “too many whites are getting away with drug use.”
Full Story. (hat tip - Nat)
La la la…
And yes, yes, drug use is a stupid crime, but Rush Limbaugh is a stupid man, and besides, fuck him.
Actually his show is funny, entertaining, and pretty darn insightful.
So you say "Fuck Him" and go pout that he has such a large audience, and then demonize him - but do you ever listen to his show?