Limbaugh gets his own 30 minute Fox monologue

[0marTheZealot]

Lemon, what matters more:

The fact that Radio host Rush Limbaugh was addicted to drugs or that President Obama was addicted to drugs?

Rush is a guy with a radio program, Obama is the most powerful man in the world.

Obama was never addicted to drugs. He merely used them. There's a difference. Addiction is a physical craving for drugs that impedes normal living.

GWB was addicted to drugs, namely alcohol. There is also evidence he battled cocaine addiction as well. If it wasn't for Daddy Bush, he probably would have landed his ass in jail.

Limbaugh was addicted to painkillers (and maybe still is). He was indicted for drug possession as well.

There is a world of difference between what happened to Limbaugh and what happened to Obama.

 

[JEDIYoda]

lol. "might have" you guys are crazy.

No ProfJohn is not crazy at all!! he is a moron in it`s most extreme meaning!!

 

[xj0hnx]

Obama was never addicted to drugs. He merely used them. There's a difference. Addiction is a physical craving for drugs that impedes normal living.

False, addiction doesn't mean it impedes normal living, there's hundreds of thousands of people that are addicted to medication that allows them to lead normal lives.

Limbaugh was addicted to painkillers (and maybe still is).

Anything to back that up, or is it just looney left hate accusations?

There is a world of difference between what happened to Limbaugh and what happened to Obama.

No, actually there isn't a world of difference. For one thing no one really knows the extent of Obamas drugs use, for all we know he might have been smoking crack in college. Regardless, there's a very blurry line between heavy recreational use, and addiction.

 

[ebaycj]

Both are opiates and that's about where the similarities end, fact remains one is legal, one is not, and he did start out with a valid prescription, and legit medical use.

Apologist FAIL.

 

[xj0hnx]

Apologist FAIL.

I know to the looney left the truth is fail, but try to keep up with those of us in the real world.

 

[Fear No Evil]

This is seriously going to impact Rush's re-election.

 

[JKing106]

Methamphetamine?
Perhaps el Rushbo went Doctor Shopping again and found one who believes in the Crank diet...

I think it's coke. He was geeked up out of his mind when he gave that speech at CPAC. Sweating, sniffing, jawing. It was blatantly obvious.

 

[MovingTarget]

I would expect nothing less from FOX considering the number of right-wing personalities they give air time to. However, to be fair, Rush is the type of personality that (no pun intended) loves to hear himself talk. He easily dominates any discussion/interview despite the subject at hand. What do people expect when they put Rush in front of a camera/microphone?

As far as Rush's drug use is concerned, many people see that as a shining example of his hypocracy. Any regular person caught "doctor shopping" or consuming prescriptions like that would have the book thrown at them in court. To top that off, the audience that Rush typically caters to often hold the harshest views regarding drug use - something that IIRC Rush expressed and/or agreed with on air multiple times. You can't really say that about Obama or Bush...

 

[OrByte]

I would love to see liberals / lefties answer this question.

That is an easy answer

NO.

 

[CallMeJoe]

I think it's coke. He was geeked up out of his mind when he gave that speech at CPAC. Sweating, sniffing, jawing. It was blatantly obvious.

Similar symptoms to chronic amphetamine abuse, if accompanied with drastic weight loss. Marginally comprehensible stream-of-consciousness vocalizations and increasing paranoia are other typical signs...

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Similar symptoms to chronic amphetamine abuse, if accompanied with drastic weight loss. Marginally comprehensible stream-of-consciousness vocalizations and increasing paranoia are other typical signs...

Maybe I should have said "for the stupid" instead of just lazy...

for the lazy...

I swear you rabid lefts have no grasp on reality...

 

[JKing106]

Maybe I should have said "for the stupid" instead of just lazy...


I swear you rabid lefts have no grasp on reality...

The man was high on stimulants while giving a speech at a televised political rally. Anyone who would get high under those circumstances in a full blown addict. Go to Youtube, watch the beginning of his CPAC speech, and if you can't see it, then you need to get out of the house more. Anyone who's ever been around, or known, a coke or meth addict can see it in 10 seconds flat. It's not speculation. It's fact.

You of all people don't need to be throwing "reality" rocks while living in that extremely flimsy glass house of yours. But seeing how you are defending Limbaugh, it's no surprise you take so easily to hypocrisy.

 

[nageov3t]

why does Rush's former drug addiction matter again?

I've never listened to the guy, but I don't see the relevance.

 

[JKing106]

why does Rush's former drug addiction matter again?

I've never listened to the guy, but I don't see the relevance.

It was brought up in the interview, and it also highlights what a hypocritical scumbag sack of shit Limbaugh is. Read the quote from his show posted earlier in this thread.

 

[nageov3t]

It was brought up in the interview, and it also highlights what a hypocritical scumbag sack of shit Limbaugh is. Read the quote from his show posted earlier in this thread.

you realize that Rush the character and Rush the person are different, right?

 

[JKing106]

you realize that Rush the character and Rush the person are different, right?

Assuming what you say is true, how, in any way, does it excuse the hate, intolerance, hypocrisy, propaganda, and just outright lies Limbaugh spews on a daily basis?

 

[xj0hnx]

The man was high on stimulants while giving a speech at a televised political rally. Anyone who would get high under those circumstances in a full blown addict. Go to Youtube, watch the beginning of his CPAC speech, and if you can't see it, then you need to get out of the house more. Anyone who's ever been around, or known, a coke or meth addict can see it in 10 seconds flat. It's not speculation. It's fact.

You of all people don't need to be throwing "reality" rocks while living in that extremely flimsy glass house of yours. But seeing how you are defending Limbaugh, it's no surprise you take so easily to hypocrisy.

You see, what you are doing is the very definition of speculation. Being a spaz doesn't make someone a speedfreak, or a cokehead, and yes, I've been around both, and more.

 

[ProfJohn]

Assuming what you say is true, how, in any way, does it excuse the hate, intolerance, hypocrisy, propaganda, and just outright lies Limbaugh spews on a daily basis?

If you want to see hate, intolerance, hypocrisy, propaganda and lies go look in the mirror because that is all you have done so far when it comes to Rush.

 

[Corn]

Assuming what you say is true, how, in any way, does it excuse the hate, intolerance, hypocrisy, propaganda, and just outright lies Limbaugh spews on a daily basis?

Kinda like the hate, intolerance, hypocrisy, propaganda you spew on a daily basis?

 

[Corn]

The man was high on stimulants while giving a speech at a televised political rally. Anyone who would get high under those circumstances in a full blown addict. Go to Youtube, watch the beginning of his CPAC speech, and if you can't see it, then you need to get out of the house more. Anyone who's ever been around, or known, a coke or meth addict can see it in 10 seconds flat. It's not speculation. It's fact.

You of all people don't need to be throwing "reality" rocks while living in that extremely flimsy glass house of yours. But seeing how you are defending Limbaugh, it's no surprise you take so easily to hypocrisy.

The first thing that comes to mind whenever I read your posts is meth head. It's not speculation. It's fact.

 

[colonel]

I did not watch him but I saw the youtube in the office. nice to wear socks for the interview he is a pig.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Maybe I should have said "for the stupid" instead of just lazy...
I swear you rabid lefts have no grasp on reality...

I can see how you would find a bizarre and exotic diet that Mr. Limbaugh can neither understand nor explain far more credible than something as simple as a drug addict falling back into old habits.
Perhaps I should provide a "for the gullible apologist" link...

 

[Lemon law]

why does Rush's former drug addiction matter again?

I've never listened to the guy, but I don't see the relevance.

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As one of the three subjects of this thread, Rush is the only one who has actually run afoul of drug laws and actually plead guilty.

In terms of Rush's somewhat slap on the writs sentence, it was still nothing out of the norm for a first offender, and while Rush was on probation, any violation could have resulted in immediate jailing.

But the real point being, if Rush Limbaugh gets caught with drugs again, he will be a second offender and the charge as such will rise to a far more serious level.

 

[0marTheZealot]

False, addiction doesn't mean it impedes normal living, there's hundreds of thousands of people that are addicted to medication that allows them to lead normal lives.



Anything to back that up, or is it just looney left hate accusations?



No, actually there isn't a world of difference. For one thing no one really knows the extent of Obamas drugs use, for all we know he might have been smoking crack in college. Regardless, there's a very blurry line between heavy recreational use, and addiction.

Your definition of addiction is not accepted clinically. If you want to make shit up, sure, then anything flies. But when you use a technical word like addiction, it carries a definition agreed upon. Addiction is a physical need for a substance that interferes with daily life. Simple as that.

Obama was never dependent on drug use. He never entered rehab and he never needed counseling. All he did was take a few hits from a bong in his dorm room.

Bush and Limbaugh both needed counseling to overcome their drug addiction. Both demonstrated addicted behavior, such as DUI and doctor-shopping. Moreover, Limbaugh was indicted for drug possession. Finally, painkiller addiction is one of the toughest to beat. Relapse is among the highest of all the drugs. It would not surprise me if Limbaugh was caught again, or graduated to harder drugs to fulfill his need.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

It's not speculation. It's fact.

"fact"? lol, like I said - I swear you rabid leftists no grasp on reality.