[goldstategop]

No, Rush is being subjected to harsher treatment cause he IS a celebrity. And with a being a role model more ought to be expected of you and when you fall short, its no surprise your punishment should be more severe than if you are an ordinary person cause in your deportment, you set an example for others to follow.

[Keith]

Rush Limbaugh...Robert Downey, Jr....

Sure, it's not political.

\sarcasm.

[Helms]

Wrong, Rush has not courted celebrity status but has earned
a more powerful special status as a Majority Maker and the reason why liberal Democrats have targeted him.

His addiction oddly paralleled the ascendancy of the Republican party and when he in fact did his best work. I would even go so far as to say that his addiction and the opiates used enhanced and intensified his intellect.

[Matchett-PI]

"...[being a] celebrity...your punishment should be more severe than if you are an ordinary person .."

I'm glad you have outted yourself as an advocate of UNEQUAL treatment under the law.

Ahh the wisdom of having the impartial Rule of Law undergird our Constitution.

If followed, it GUARANTEES EQUAL TREATMENT under the law for ALL citizens.

The Framers separated the powers to even further protect our God-given (inalienable) rights because they knew that there would always be elitist, biased mentalities such as yourself, who would want to impose UNEQUAL treatment under the law on his fellow citizens if he was ever able to obtain the reins of absolute power.

[The Electrician]

And with a being a role model more ought to be expected of you and when you fall short, its no surprise your punishment should be more severe than if you are an ordinary person cause in your deportment, you set an example for others to follow.

I take it that you don't have much use for that pesky "equal protection of the law" portion of the Constitution, do you?

[CyberAnt]

Let's get this clearly and plainly .. Rush Limbaugh is being targeted by the Hillary goon squad. If people can't see that, they are either deaf, dumb, blind or just plain stooooopid.

Al Franken and Ed Asner have said so very plainly. To make the statement (while salivating) .. "now we've got him" .. tells me everything I need to know. This is a hit on Rush because of his politics .. not because he's a celebrity.

Hillary is probably planning on running in 2004 .. and she will not be able to pull her stealth stuff with Rush revealing everything over the airwaves. Hillary only believes in free speech when people say nice things about her.

[ladyinred]

No, Rush is being subjected to harsher treatment cause he IS a celebrity. And with a being a role model more ought to be expected of you and when you fall short, its no surprise your punishment should be more severe than if you are an ordinary person cause in your deportment, you set an example for others to follow.

You really think this?

[harpo11]

"And with a being a role model more ought to be expected of you and when you fall short, its no surprise your punishment should be more severe than if you are an ordinary person cause in your deportment, you set an example for others to follow."

I am interested in your comments about Rush Limbaugh being "a role model."

How do you view him as a role model?

I always felt that the person/people who serves/served as our President of the United States of America were supposed to be serious role models. But, since the Clinton Era, I'm not so sure we can honestly believe for such principled role models, after all weren't we constantly told by the media and liberal pundits that it's what the person does for the good of others, and as far as I can see Rush Limbaugh is very good for lots of important things that over 21 Million Listeners crave and demand, and not what he does in his private life.

It is too obvious to me that Rush is being vigorously and vehementally persecuted because what he believes has overwhelming dynamic impact on politics.

Someone, or perhaps many have lots to gain by silencing him and/or slashing the power of his impact.

I will not forget what Rush did to rip open the heavy dark curtain hiding Mrs. Bill Cllinton's Secret Health Care Task Force. Stopped it cold.

Now, I ask, who has the most to gain if Rush loses?

And, who gallantly stood up and announced on his popular and multi-million dollar revenue producing radio show using the Golden Microphone to proudly claim that he was Mr. Big of Mrs. Clinton's fantastical invention, the VRWC?

Well, that must have p#$$~d her heinous into a royal snit. How dare he? And, much like the Queen of Hearts, tells her minions "off with his..." microphone.

Hey, is this not absurd? The whole thing against Rush is absurd and the State of Florida IMHO is capriciously wasting the hard earned tax money of the citizens which better could be used to feed hungry children, or heal those suffering in pain, or for education and school lunch programs, and giving it to the Saving The Beach Turtle Task Force.

[CMAC51]

>> No, Rush is being subjected to harsher treatment cause he IS a celebrity. And with a being a role model more ought to be expected of you and when you fall short, its no surprise your punishment should be more severe than if you are an ordinary person cause in your deportment, you set an example for others to follow. <<

Ya, right, the papers are just full of celebrities subjected to harsher treatment. If Rush is guilty of a crime I expect him to pay the same penalty as anyone else. To this point, there is no evidence put forth that he is guilty of a crime. The Prosecutors are on a fishing expedition hoping to score. This is inapproriate treatment for Rush or anyone else. The more I learn about this case, the more it stinks.

They have siezed the records of four doctors; the doctor treating Rush for his back disorder, the doctor in the same office complex who subbed for the back doctor when he was not available; the doctor who was treating him during his hearing loss phase and the doctor who did the cochlear inplant. Rush ahd a valid reason for seeing each. It is an amazing stretch to classify it as doctor shopping.