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Let's see if he practices what he preaches...
Limbaugh Arrested in Fla. on Drug Charges
Let's assume for a moment that this ends with Rush being guilty.. he either pleads or is found guilty at trial. Care for his opinion on what should happen to drug abusers?
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
"What this says to me 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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
"It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another crime, and what we ought to do is reduce the heavy sentence so it's more in line with the other. Wrong. In most cases we ought to increase the light sentence and make it compatible with the heavy sentence, and be serious about punishment because we are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
I am waiting with eager, nay, feral glee for this to play out.
Rush Limbaugh was arrested Friday on prescription drug charges, law enforcement officials said.
Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant issued by the state attorney's office, said agency spokeswoman Teri Barbera.
The conservative radio commentator came into the jail at about 4 p.m. with his attorney Roy Black and was released an hour later on $3,000 bail, Barbera said.
The warrant was for fraud to conceal information to obtain prescription, Barbera said.
Let's assume for a moment that this ends with Rush being guilty.. he either pleads or is found guilty at trial. Care for his opinion on what should happen to drug abusers?
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
"What this says to me 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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
"It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another crime, and what we ought to do is reduce the heavy sentence so it's more in line with the other. Wrong. In most cases we ought to increase the light sentence and make it compatible with the heavy sentence, and be serious about punishment because we are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
I am waiting with eager, nay, feral glee for this to play out.
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Savor the irony.
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People won't suddenly acquire a moral compass just because the guy they follow has been shown to lack one. They'll just slather on another layer of rationalization for the ethically vacuous positions they already hold. Which is why the hunt for hypocrisy is not terribly productive.
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Never mind that he thought the law was being too gentle on the Movie Stars caught on drugs, that they should go to jail. His Lawyers will demand the same treatment. Witness that he is out on $3000 bail. According to him, Druggies shouldn't even be allowed out on bail. But there he is and on a real low one at that!
The Double Standard Reigns Supreme!
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The Florida chapter of the ACLU is on his side.
Imagine how it must gall him to count them among his defenders.
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Source of the above is The Corner (http://corner.nationalreview.com/06_04_23_corner-archive.asp#096240).
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Note that Mr. Limbaugh has maintained that he is not guilty of doctor shopping or any other crime.
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