Politics > Politics-USA > Re: Only people who have never done drugs should sit in judgement of Rush Limbaugh.
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06 Oct 2003 10:06:37 AM |
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Re: Only people who have never done drugs should sit in judgement of Rush Limbaugh. |
"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him. Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
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06 Oct 2003 05:26:00 PM |
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Barbara Walker wrote:
"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him. Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
Oh, for chrissake. He was the President. He took painkillers to do his
job without being in agony, and *his* job was just a tad more
important's than Rush's. Apparently much of the time he was still in a
lot of pain, some of it from disease and some from his war injuries.
Please don't compare that scumbag Rush to JFK.
Rush is getting a lot of crap because he's said a lot of nasty things
about people and had a holier-than-thou attitude for years. People get
a chance to give him his come-uppance and their going to grab it. As
someone here said, if this had happened to Al Franken, Rush would be
jumping up and down with glee ostracizing him. Rush would want us to
bitchslap him--it's his way.
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| User: "Barbara Walker" |
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06 Oct 2003 05:42:04 PM |
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"Sara" <safranospam@rr.com> wrote in message news:3F81EC01.10602@rr.com...
Barbara Walker wrote:
"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:755eff52.0310051238.75aa888c@posting.google.com...
And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him.
Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so
that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
Oh, for chrissake. He was the President. He took painkillers to do his
job without being in agony, and *his* job was just a tad more
important's than Rush's.
Really? Rush Limbaugh has pointed out the laughable errors and sheer hatred
now running rampant through today's Democrat Party. How is that "less
important", in your humble opinion?
Apparently much of the time he was still in a
lot of pain, some of it from disease and some from his war injuries.
Please don't compare that scumbag Rush to JFK.
Why not? Rush isn't a scumbag. And JFK was a notorious womanizer, BTW.
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| User: "Vox Humana" |
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06 Oct 2003 06:27:15 PM |
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"Sara" <safranospam@rr.com> wrote in message news:3F81EC01.10602@rr.com...
Barbara Walker wrote:
"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:3F816006.5020009@netzero.net...
Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:755eff52.0310051238.75aa888c@posting.google.com...
And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him.
Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so
that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
Oh, for chrissake. He was the President. He took painkillers to do his
job without being in agony, and *his* job was just a tad more
important's than Rush's.
Really? Rush Limbaugh has pointed out the laughable errors and sheer
hatred
now running rampant through today's Democrat Party. How is that "less
important", in your humble opinion?
Apparently much of the time he was still in a
lot of pain, some of it from disease and some from his war injuries.
Please don't compare that scumbag Rush to JFK.
Why not? Rush isn't a scumbag. And JFK was a notorious womanizer, BTW.
Are there absolute morals or is morality relative to what JFK did? Was it
OK for JFK to have extramarital affairs since president Eisenhower also had
extramarital affairs or were they both immoral? Can Rush be a scumbag based
on what he says and does without regard to what (insert Democrat here) does?
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| User: "piddock" |
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07 Oct 2003 04:33:17 PM |
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<nTmgb.58225
Are there absolute morals or is morality relative to what JFK did? Was it
OK for JFK to have extramarital affairs since president Eisenhower also had
extramarital affairs or were they both immoral? Can Rush be a scumbag based
on what he says and does without regard to what (insert Democrat here) does?
You answered your own question: Rush Limbaugh is a subhuman piece of
excrement who deserves NO rights whatsoever,
in ANY part of the universe by ANY standard in history.
Medical doctors and nurses
should refuse to help him for ANY medical problem. Courts should refuse
to help him if his property is vandalized or he is physically assaulted.
The phone company, water company, and electric company should cease
all service to him: complete 100% ostracization is what he deserves.
He is an extremist who claims to believe in letting businesses do
whatever they want and associate with whomever they want. So all
businesses should do no business with him.
Of course, his claims of total freedom are a hypocritical lie,
as he opposes the right to drug and porn choice for everyone else.
I really hope he gets sent to prison for life. He has no right to
complain if he is convicted and sent to prison, since he has wished
this upon other drug users for years.
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| User: "sayno2crackpls" |
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| Title: RUSH is a DISGUSTING scumbag JUNKIE and a DISGRACE to this nation |
12 Oct 2003 02:02:34 AM |
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<0dmgb.511224$cF.180928@rwcrnsc53>...
Why not? Rush isn't a scumbag. And JFK was a notorious womanizer, BTW.
LOL rush is a disgusting lowlife scumbag junkie and a disgrace to this nation
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| User: "puggie_the_porkrind" |
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12 Oct 2003 07:16:03 AM |
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"sayno2crackpls" <sayno2crackpls@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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LOL rush is a disgusting lowlife scumbag junkie and a disgrace to this
nation
Ditto
"Corporate Innovation": Enron
"Corporate talent": Ken Lay
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| User: "scott" |
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06 Oct 2003 11:07:25 AM |
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New findings by noted historian Robert Dallek dug up surprising dirt on JFK,
Newly disclosed medical files now show that JFK routinely popped pain
killers, anti-anxiety pills, stimulants and even hormones, up to eight
medications a day. IT'S PARTY TIME !!!
"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:755eff52.0310051238.75aa888c@posting.google.com...
And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him.
Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so
that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
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| User: "Ambrose" |
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06 Oct 2003 01:51:18 PM |
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"scott" <ezgoing@intertex.net> wrote in message
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New findings by noted historian Robert Dallek dug up surprising dirt on
JFK,
Newly disclosed medical files now show that JFK routinely popped pain
killers, anti-anxiety pills, stimulants and even hormones, up to eight
medications a day. IT'S PARTY TIME !!!
I suspect Dallek is one of those "historians" who are still seeking an
"eye for an eye" revenge against the memory of JFK for the supposed support
that his father gave to the NAZI's in the 1930's. Dallek's work as a
historial always seems to have cryptic motivations such as his feeble
excuses for the sell-out of Poland and the other East European Allies to
slavery under Stalin at the end of WWII and his denial of Roosevelt's faded
capacities and competency at the Yalta Conference, or his manipulation by
"proven" pro-Soviet traitors amongst Roosevelts advisors such as Alger Hiss.
Ambrose.
"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:755eff52.0310051238.75aa888c@posting.google.com...
And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him.
Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so
that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't
done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
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| User: "Smoot" |
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06 Oct 2003 11:54:12 AM |
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On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:06:37 GMT, "Barbara Walker"
<barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote:
"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:3F816006.5020009@netzero.net...
Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:755eff52.0310051238.75aa888c@posting.google.com...
And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him. Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and being
holier than thou. That's why Limbaugh is attracting so much scorn
now. Payback is a *****!
Rebecca
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| User: "Barbara Walker" |
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06 Oct 2003 02:43:17 PM |
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"Smoot" <SimplySmoot@nospam.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:06:37 GMT, "Barbara Walker"
<barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote:
"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:3F816006.5020009@netzero.net...
Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:755eff52.0310051238.75aa888c@posting.google.com...
And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him.
Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so
that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
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| User: "Disco Biscuit" |
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07 Oct 2003 01:26:27 PM |
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<pBjgb.231272$mp.142826@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his show?
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| User: "Barbara Walker" |
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07 Oct 2003 02:46:06 PM |
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"Disco Biscuit" <rorer714@usa.com> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers
is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his show?
I am being serious. And I listen to his show almost every day. While he
does indeed ridicule liberals (something they have rightly earned) he
doesn't express a "holier than thou" attitude. That's an attitude more
characteristic of the Left than of conservatives such as Rush.
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| User: "Vox Humana" |
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07 Oct 2003 03:01:57 PM |
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"Disco Biscuit" <rorer714@usa.com> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain
killers
is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C.
Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and
being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his show?
I am being serious. And I listen to his show almost every day. While
he
does indeed ridicule liberals (something they have rightly earned) he
doesn't express a "holier than thou" attitude. That's an attitude more
characteristic of the Left than of conservatives such as Rush.
....except that ridicule in itself is an "holier than thou" activity. It is
malicious. Get it , pal? (that was a rhetorical question)
Main Entry: 2ridicule
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -culed; -cul·ing
Date: circa 1700
: to make fun of
- rid·i·cul·er noun
synonyms RIDICULE, DERIDE, MOCK, TAUNT mean to make an object of laughter
of. RIDICULE implies a deliberate often malicious belittling <consistently
ridiculed everything she said>. DERIDE suggests contemptuous and often
bitter ridicule <derided their efforts to start their own business>. MOCK
implies scorn often ironically expressed as by mimicry or sham deference
<youngsters began to mock the helpless wino>. TAUNT suggests jeeringly
provoking insult or challenge <hometown fans taunted the visiting team>.
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| User: "Barbara Walker" |
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07 Oct 2003 03:14:13 PM |
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain
killers
is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C.
Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and
being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his show?
I am being serious. And I listen to his show almost every day. While
he
does indeed ridicule liberals (something they have rightly earned) he
doesn't express a "holier than thou" attitude. That's an attitude more
characteristic of the Left than of conservatives such as Rush.
...except that ridicule in itself is an "holier than thou" activity.
No, it is not. For example, Al Franken can ridicule someone who has big
ears and who colors his hair purple. That hardly means that Al Franken is
expressing a "holier than thou" attitude and actually thinks that he himself
is "a handsome man".
But yes, Rush Limbaugh does indeed ridicule the Left and points out the
stupidity and childishness of the Left on an almost daily basis, something
which the Left has rightly earned for itself. In fact, it is that reason
(plus the fact that Rush is such a successful businessman, while many
liberals are dismal personal failures) that the Left attempts to destroy
Rush Limbaugh.
Which only serves to make the Left look even MORE childish and laughable,
needless to say.....
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| User: "Vox Humana" |
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07 Oct 2003 03:22:17 PM |
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain
killers
is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C.
Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and
being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his show?
I am being serious. And I listen to his show almost every day.
While
he
does indeed ridicule liberals (something they have rightly earned) he
doesn't express a "holier than thou" attitude. That's an attitude
more
characteristic of the Left than of conservatives such as Rush.
...except that ridicule in itself is an "holier than thou" activity.
No, it is not. For example, Al Franken can ridicule someone who has big
ears and who colors his hair purple. That hardly means that Al Franken
is
expressing a "holier than thou" attitude and actually thinks that he
himself
is "a handsome man".
But yes, Rush Limbaugh does indeed ridicule the Left and points out the
stupidity and childishness of the Left on an almost daily basis, something
which the Left has rightly earned for itself. In fact, it is that reason
(plus the fact that Rush is such a successful businessman, while many
liberals are dismal personal failures) that the Left attempts to destroy
Rush Limbaugh.
Which only serves to make the Left look even MORE childish and laughable,
needless to say.....
You clip better than you comprehend. How about this, rather than split
hairs over "holier than thou" I will just agree with you that Rush ridicules
people. Saying that he is a person who deliberately and maliciously
belittles people, is contemptuous, and mocks so as to scorn is sufficient
for me. Feel better now, pal?
Main Entry: 2ridicule
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -culed; -cul·ing
Date: circa 1700
: to make fun of
- rid·i·cul·er noun
synonyms RIDICULE, DERIDE, MOCK, TAUNT mean to make an object of laughter
of. RIDICULE implies a deliberate often malicious belittling <consistently
ridiculed everything she said>. DERIDE suggests contemptuous and often
bitter ridicule <derided their efforts to start their own business>. MOCK
implies scorn often ironically expressed as by mimicry or sham deference
<youngsters began to mock the helpless wino>. TAUNT suggests jeeringly
provoking insult or challenge <hometown fans taunted the visiting team>.
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07 Oct 2003 03:23:29 PM |
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain
killers
is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C.
Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people
and
being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his
show?
I am being serious. And I listen to his show almost every day.
While
he
does indeed ridicule liberals (something they have rightly earned)
he
doesn't express a "holier than thou" attitude. That's an attitude
more
characteristic of the Left than of conservatives such as Rush.
...except that ridicule in itself is an "holier than thou" activity.
No, it is not. For example, Al Franken can ridicule someone who has
big
ears and who colors his hair purple. That hardly means that Al Franken
is
expressing a "holier than thou" attitude and actually thinks that he
himself
is "a handsome man".
But yes, Rush Limbaugh does indeed ridicule the Left and points out the
stupidity and childishness of the Left on an almost daily basis,
something
which the Left has rightly earned for itself. In fact, it is that
reason
(plus the fact that Rush is such a successful businessman, while many
liberals are dismal personal failures) that the Left attempts to destroy
Rush Limbaugh.
Which only serves to make the Left look even MORE childish and
laughable,
needless to say.....
How about this, rather than split
hairs over "holier than thou" I will just agree with you that Rush
ridicules
people.
No, Rush ridicules SOME people. Namely the foolish Leftists.
On THAT you and I can agree.
To know the Democrats.....watch how they do in the elections....not what
they say.
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon
pain
killers
is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas
C.
Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people
and
being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his
show?
I am being serious. And I listen to his show almost every day.
While
he
does indeed ridicule liberals (something they have rightly earned)
he
doesn't express a "holier than thou" attitude. That's an attitude
more
characteristic of the Left than of conservatives such as Rush.
...except that ridicule in itself is an "holier than thou" activity.
No, it is not. For example, Al Franken can ridicule someone who has
big
ears and who colors his hair purple. That hardly means that Al
Franken
is
expressing a "holier than thou" attitude and actually thinks that he
himself
is "a handsome man".
But yes, Rush Limbaugh does indeed ridicule the Left and points out
the
stupidity and childishness of the Left on an almost daily basis,
something
which the Left has rightly earned for itself. In fact, it is that
reason
(plus the fact that Rush is such a successful businessman, while many
liberals are dismal personal failures) that the Left attempts to
destroy
Rush Limbaugh.
Which only serves to make the Left look even MORE childish and
laughable,
needless to say.....
How about this, rather than split
hairs over "holier than thou" I will just agree with you that Rush
ridicules
people.
No, Rush ridicules SOME people. Namely the foolish Leftists.
On THAT you and I can agree.
To that you can add blacks, feminists, gays, Democrats, moderates, liberal
Republicans, poor people, the mentally ill, the homeless, and on and on.
Once you add all these groups you will undoubtedly cast a net wide enough to
include people who might be foolish for there are foolish leftists just as
there are foolish right-wingers. Rush is all about ridicule and the politics
of division.
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07 Oct 2003 03:43:19 PM |
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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But yes, Rush Limbaugh does indeed ridicule the Left and points out
the
stupidity and childishness of the Left on an almost daily basis,
something
which the Left has rightly earned for itself. In fact, it is that
reason
(plus the fact that Rush is such a successful businessman, while
many
liberals are dismal personal failures) that the Left attempts to
destroy
Rush Limbaugh.
Which only serves to make the Left look even MORE childish and
laughable,
needless to say.....
How about this, rather than split
hairs over "holier than thou" I will just agree with you that Rush
ridicules
people.
No, Rush ridicules SOME people. Namely the foolish Leftists.
On THAT you and I can agree.
To that you can add blacks,
Nope. Rush has never ridiculed blacks.
That's Lie Number One from you.
feminists,
Nope. Rush ridicules the NOW gang, but since those leftist loony tunes
don't have a monopoly on feminist theory, that's Lie Number Two from you.
gays,
Nope. That's Lie Number Three from you.
Democrats,
Yep, I'll give you that one. And they deserve it too.
moderates, liberal
Republicans,
Yep, I'll give you that one also. Both groups deserve it.
poor people,
Nope. That's Lie Number Four from you.
the mentally ill,
Nope. That's Lie Number Five from you.
the homeless,
Nope. That's Lie Number Six from you.
and on and on.
That's Lies Number Seven and Eight from you, once you get around to
specifying them for us.
Sorry bub, but with THAT track record of lies on your part, you're not worth
talking to much longer. I'll give you another chance or two to attempt to
redeem yourself, otherwise it's "Hasta La Vista, Baby!" for you.
I may have mistaken you for someone who isn't the Typical Hate-filled
Leftist Democrat Loser. Let's see if you can show us that you don't fall
into that category. It's beginning to look doubtful, based on that long
string of lies you just spouted......
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07 Oct 2003 04:30:56 PM |
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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But yes, Rush Limbaugh does indeed ridicule the Left and points
out
the
stupidity and childishness of the Left on an almost daily basis,
something
which the Left has rightly earned for itself. In fact, it is
that
reason
(plus the fact that Rush is such a successful businessman, while
many
liberals are dismal personal failures) that the Left attempts to
destroy
Rush Limbaugh.
Which only serves to make the Left look even MORE childish and
laughable,
needless to say.....
How about this, rather than split
hairs over "holier than thou" I will just agree with you that Rush
ridicules
people.
No, Rush ridicules SOME people. Namely the foolish Leftists.
On THAT you and I can agree.
To that you can add blacks,
Nope. Rush has never ridiculed blacks.
That's Lie Number One from you.
feminists,
Nope. Rush ridicules the NOW gang, but since those leftist loony tunes
don't have a monopoly on feminist theory, that's Lie Number Two from you.
gays,
Nope. That's Lie Number Three from you.
Democrats,
Yep, I'll give you that one. And they deserve it too.
moderates, liberal
Republicans,
Yep, I'll give you that one also. Both groups deserve it.
poor people,
Nope. That's Lie Number Four from you.
the mentally ill,
Nope. That's Lie Number Five from you.
the homeless,
Nope. That's Lie Number Six from you.
and on and on.
That's Lies Number Seven and Eight from you, once you get around to
specifying them for us.
Sorry bub, but with THAT track record of lies on your part, you're not
worth
talking to much longer. I'll give you another chance or two to attempt
to
redeem yourself, otherwise it's "Hasta La Vista, Baby!" for you.
I may have mistaken you for someone who isn't the Typical Hate-filled
Leftist Democrat Loser. Let's see if you can show us that you don't fall
into that category. It's beginning to look doubtful, based on that long
string of lies you just spouted......
Taking Rush seriously is your biggest mistake. You opinion of me is of no
consequence. I only reply to your messages to point out the failure of your
logic in case someone with the capacity to reason might happen to be
reading. If reading things that aren't complimentary of Rush is upsetting,
then you would do yourself a great service by putting me in your kill file.
I don't want to take time away from your pursuit of ridicule.
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07 Oct 2003 04:39:30 PM |
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Taking Rush seriously is your biggest mistake.
Not at all, because Rush backs up his claims quite nicely.
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11 Oct 2003 05:51:20 PM |
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I see, backs it up how exactly? How does being an avid golfer backup
his claim he need drugs for pain?
Any reason he didn't get treatment my a Dr. that specialized in pain
management? I supposed you would believe him if he said he couldn't
afford it because his taxes where too high would
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Taking Rush seriously is your biggest mistake.
Not at all, because Rush backs up his claims quite nicely.
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07 Oct 2003 04:44:28 PM |
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I may have mistaken you for someone who isn't the Typical Hate-filled
Leftist Democrat Loser. Let's see if you can show us that you don't
fall
into that category. It's beginning to look doubtful, based on that
long
string of lies you just spouted......
Taking Rush seriously is your biggest mistake. You opinion of me is of no
consequence. I only reply to your messages to point out the failure of
your
logic in case someone with the capacity to reason might happen to be
reading. If reading things that aren't complimentary of Rush is
upsetting,
then you would do yourself a great service by putting me in your kill
file.
I don't want to take time away from your pursuit of ridicule.
Vox, your best bet is to killfile Barb/Jan at your earliest convenience.
She is a troll so prolific that even the puppy wizard would look up to her.
She averages over 200 posts a day under just one of her multiple identities.
She uses all the typical troll techniques; her favorite is creative
snipping.
How are your peis?
Robin
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07 Oct 2003 05:02:58 PM |
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"Robin" <robinandtami@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:kgGgb.23687$cK5.4070@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
I may have mistaken you for someone who isn't the Typical Hate-filled
Leftist Democrat Loser. Let's see if you can show us that you don't
fall
into that category. It's beginning to look doubtful, based on that
long
string of lies you just spouted......
Taking Rush seriously is your biggest mistake. You opinion of me is of
no
consequence. I only reply to your messages to point out the failure of
your
logic in case someone with the capacity to reason might happen to be
reading. If reading things that aren't complimentary of Rush is
upsetting,
then you would do yourself a great service by putting me in your kill
file.
I don't want to take time away from your pursuit of ridicule.
Vox, your best bet is to killfile Barb/Jan at your earliest convenience.
She is a troll so prolific that even the puppy wizard would look up to
her.
She averages over 200 posts a day under just one of her multiple
identities.
She uses all the typical troll techniques; her favorite is creative
snipping.
How are your peis?
Robin
Thanks Robin. I will take your advice. My peis are doing quite well. I
think that I have finally completely resolve their ear problems. It only
took removing all the carpeting!
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07 Oct 2003 05:13:57 PM |
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"Robin" <robinandtami@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0tGgb.59328$%h1.43417@sccrnsc02...
Vox, your best bet is to killfile Barb/Jan at your earliest convenience.
She is a troll so prolific that even the puppy wizard would look up to
her.
She averages over 200 posts a day under just one of her multiple
identities.
She uses all the typical troll techniques; her favorite is creative
snipping.
I think she is alohacyberian in drag.
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"Barbara Walker" <barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote in message
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JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain
killers
is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C.
Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and
being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
You can't possibly be serious. Have you ever listened to his show?
I am being serious. And I listen to his show almost every day. While
he
does indeed ridicule liberals (something they have rightly earned) he
doesn't express a "holier than thou" attitude. That's an attitude more
characteristic of the Left than of conservatives such as Rush.
...except that ridicule in itself is an "holier than thou" activity.
No, it is not. For example, Al Franken can ridicule someone who has big
ears and who colors his hair purple. That hardly means that Al Franken is
expressing a "holier than thou" attitude and actually thinks that he himself
is "a handsome man".
But yes, Rush Limbaugh does indeed ridicule the Left and points out the
stupidity and childishness of the Left on an almost daily basis, something
which the Left has rightly earned for itself. In fact, it is that reason
(plus the fact that Rush is such a successful businessman, while many
liberals are dismal personal failures) that the Left attempts to destroy
Rush Limbaugh.
Which only serves to make the Left look even MORE childish and laughable,
needless to say.....
Appears ole Rush has climbed on the snowball to hell, plenty or room
RUSH - none of the reich-wing whinners will help you out of this
one...
We'll put out a hand and save your ***** though - it's the RIGHT thing
to do, btw, you're still a *****!
--gd
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11 Oct 2003 07:03:25 AM |
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"GordonD" <gordondavid481@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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btw, you're still a *****!
--gd
Sorry to burst your hate-filled bubble, Mr. Democrat, but Rush Limbaugh
going into drug rehab isn't going to save your ailing Democrat Party,
despite your imagining that it somehow will.
The Democrat Party Death Spiral continues, totally unabated.....
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06 Oct 2003 05:41:10 PM |
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Barbara Walker wrote:
"Smoot" <SimplySmoot@nospam.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:06:37 GMT, "Barbara Walker"
<barbara.walker4@verizon.net> wrote:
"mc" <mcsquared65@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Full Metal Icebreaker wrote:
"The Smiths" <ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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And that presumes that he did it, but I just wanted to let you know
that there are a lot of people offbase on this.
I've never done drugs, so i'll be happy to sit in judgement of him.
Here
goes:
I'd forgive the addiction, but he hasn't asked.
I'd forgive the felonious attempt to obtain prescription drugs, but
again,
he hasn't asked.
Generally there's a confession and an attempt at real repentance so
that
your new attitude is manifest to all around. So far, Rush hasn't done
that.
Excellent point. I think that's why I can't forgive Robert Downey Jr.
JFK's, the Democrat Party's hero, heavy dependence upon pain killers is
well-known, and is documented by historians such as Thomas C. Reeves.
So what? JFK hardly made a career out of ridiculing people and being
holier than thou.
Nor has Rush, so what's your point Mr. Liberal Democrat??
Sure he has. He told a caller to "take the bone out of his nose, and
call him back".
He said the winner of a NY marathon who was Mexican won because he was
being chased by immigration officials.
He said composite pictures of criminals all looked like Jesse Jackson.
He called Chelsea Clinton the Whitehouse dog.
He said the NAACP, a group with a ninety-year commitment to nonviolence
should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice
robberies.
He said of Madonna's first child, a Cuban-American was "a gang-member
type guy" -- although he had no gang background from a wealthy, educated
family.
In response to a caller arguing that black people need to be heard he
said "They are 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
Nah--he doesn't ridicule people--he's a real charmer.
But I suppose to his "fans" his third grade humor passes as entertainment.
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06 Oct 2003 11:47:31 PM |
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Sara <safranospam@rr.com> wrote in message news:<3F81EF90.1050702@rr.com>...
Barbara Walker wrote:
Sure he has. He told a caller to "take the bone out of his nose, and
call him back".
He said the winner of a NY marathon who was Mexican won because he was
being chased by immigration officials.
He said composite pictures of criminals all looked like Jesse Jackson.
He called Chelsea Clinton the Whitehouse dog.
He said the NAACP, a group with a ninety-year commitment to nonviolence
should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice
robberies.
He said of Madonna's first child, a Cuban-American was "a gang-member
type guy" -- although he had no gang background from a wealthy, educated
family.
In response to a caller arguing that black people need to be heard he
said "They are 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
Nah--he doesn't ridicule people--he's a real charmer.
But I suppose to his "fans" his third grade humor passes as entertainment.
But that's recycled stuff. You picked it up online, and your source
picked it up from another source, and so on. No context, so we can't
be confident that the hostile interpretation is accurate. Probably
garbled beyond all recognition. It's not just hearsay - it's hearsay
to the nth degree, something you read somewhere else, something that
writer picked up from somewhere else, and so on, and so on. Context
completely obliterated, only some short quotes, isolated, of
questionable authenticity and accuracy. It says a lot that from a
decade of broadcasting, the same dozen or half dozen things are
mentioned over and over, with the usual variations that accompany
unreliable hearsay (the Chelsea thing seems to be different every time
it's mentioned). Surely you'd be able to pick up a dozen juicy
comments from a single broadcast - if he really had the kind of mouth
you say he has. Surely you'd be able to bring to the table some fresh
dirt that he provided you in the latest broadcast. Or if not you, then
somebody. He's on national radio. All you have to turn it on and get
some fresh material - if you can. But you don't, and neither does
anyone else. Obviously you can't, and neither can anyone else.
Moreover it's evident you don't even know what you're talking about.
I'd be surprised if you listened to a single broadcast. If you did,
and you still feel this way based on what he said in that broadcast
you heard, where are the quotes from the broadcast you heard? My guess
is that you don't know what you're talking about, that you have never
listened to Rush Limbaugh, because what you present here as evidence
isn't something taken from your own experience, but a set of quotes
you ripped off from someone, who ripped it off from someone else, and
so on. Your quotes from Limbaugh aren't even secondhand, aren't even
third hand. Maybe hundredth hand. You went to some anti-Limbaugh web
page, read the quotes which were at some distant point in the past
compiled by a rabid Limbaugh hater (probably already sans context, and
loaded up with skewed, hostile interpretation and possibly even
falsification) and have been copied and copied and restated and copied
and restated and reinterpreted and copied again and again and again,
and satisfied yourself that this is as good as listening to a single
Limbaugh broadcast. Such a conclusion can only be drawn in a state of
ignorance and isolation approaching that of Helen Keller before her
teacher Anne Sullivan introduced her to language. But I can't help you
- I'm no Anne Sullivan.
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| User: "Predatory Rock Chick" |
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07 Oct 2003 12:35:53 AM |
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Limbaugh In The Shadow Of His Own Words
Ellis Henican
October 3, 2003, 12:31 AM EDT
"Let's all admit something."
Rush Limbaugh was on his usual tear.
"There's nothing good about drug use," he was saying. "We know it. It
destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies.
Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws
against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the
laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and
neighborhoods which become consumed by them. 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."
And this includes zillionaire radio hosts? Hmmm ...
When you have a talk-radio show 15 hours a week, you have an awful lot of
air to fill. On this particular day, which was Oct. 5, 1995, Rush was
roaring about the scourge of illegal drug use.
Even though blacks and whites break the drug laws in roughly equal
percentages, he noted, black druggies go to prison far more often than white
druggies do. But to the liberal-bashing host, this was no reason to ease up
on blacks.
"What this says to me," he told his listeners that day, "is that too many
whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with
drug sales. Too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff.
The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail
because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The
answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict
them and send them up the river, too."
Including zillionaire radio hosts? Well, maybe not.
What a week it's been for Rush! First, he gets chased out of ESPN in a
racial furor. Then, he is accused in Florida of buying thousands of powerful
painkillers from an illegal drug-selling ring.
OxyContin. Hydrocodone. Highly addictive opiates. A gargantuan number of
pills over several years ‹ almost 100 a day on one 47-day binge. His
42-year-old housekeeper, Wilma Cline, says she dealt the closely controlled
pills to America's top-rated syndicated radio host. Some were hidden under
his mattress so his wife wouldn't find them. Others were passed in a Denny's
parking lot.
The story was broken by the National Enquirer, but it's already burst into
the mainstream press. Secret tapes. Incriminating e-mails. Twice, Limbaugh
reportedly checked himself into rehab ‹ and later relapsed.
What will the conservative listeners think?
What pain, what disappointment, what insecurity could explain something like
this? The talker wasn't talking about that yesterday.
Understandably so.
Another public moralist had been caught in a personal jam. And Rush's words
were coming back to haunt him.
The constant digs at Bill Clinton not inhaling.
The heartless shrug when Jerry Garcia died.
"'When you strip it all away," Rush had said of the Grateful Dead guitarist,
"Jerry Garcia destroyed his life on drugs. And yet he's being honored, like
some godlike figure. Our priorities are out of whack, folks."
Rush Limbaugh isn't the first prominent finger-pointer to eat his own words.
It wasn't so long ago that Bill Bennett was explaining how an anti-vice
crusader could also be a degenerate gambler.
And Jeb Bush, the president's brother and Rush's governor, was pleading for
leniency and privacy when his daughter got arrested for drugs. Yet he'd been
happily sending other Florida youngsters to long prison terms for similar
crimes.
Typical.
But there in the dusty Limbaugh archives one glimmer of sanity did appear
yesterday.
It came from 1998, just about the time Wilma Cline's black-market drug ring
was revving up. Rush was on the radio. He was talking about America's
"half-baked" war on drugs. We might all be better off, he said quite
plainly, if drugs were legalized ‹ and then regulated like cigarettes.
"What is missing in the drug fight," he said, "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. License
the Cali cartel. Make them taxpayers 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."
Was he serious? I'm not sure.
But the timing is interesting, you'd have to say. And I'll bet he quotes
those words again.
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Predatory Rock Chick <StrokerChic@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<BBA7BAFE.9BF44%StrokerChic@earthlink.net>...
Limbaugh In The Shadow Of His Own Words
Ellis Henican
October 3, 2003, 12:31 AM EDT
"Let's all admit something."
Rush Limbaugh was on his usual tear.
"There's nothing good about drug use,"
He's wrong about the goodness of the drug war. But his pro-drug-war
stance is hardly an unpopular stance, even among the "Monica move
aside and hand me those knee pads" crowd.
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