Rush Limbaugh is “The Passion”

Original | 1/26/04 | Chris Davis

[writer33]

The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative, and Rush is the epitome of that philosophy.

[cyborg]

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[jobim]

Beautiful, accurate description!

[laweeks]

Rush is an absolute disgrace. I've lost ALL respect for the junkie. He only got concerned when he got caught, and not a minute sooner. Too bad more conservatives don't feel the same way. There is absolutely no excuse for his getting involved with such unsavory people and with such disgusting behavior. What a horrible icon for the right! Now we get to say, "Yeah-but, the other guy did it worse." Or any other "Yeah-buts" that I've heard. Can't look at him or listen to him anymore with any respect.

I've turned to Hannity, Michael Medved, and Drudge for moral compassing.

[writer33]

Fair enough.

[VRW Conspirator]

Rush is an absolute disgrace. I've lost ALL respect for the junkie. He only got concerned when he got caught, and not a minute sooner. Too bad more conservatives don't feel the same way.

Spoken like a novice in life. If you could take a long time deacon of a church, who was an Eagle scout, with no driving citations, etc.-a pillar of society-and addict him to alcohol, heroin, pain-killers, whatever, you can turn him into a thieving, lying good-for-nothing in no time at all. This is the nature of substance addiction. You AND I are not immune from this trap either.

Rush took pain killers to the point of addiction. The addiction then took Rush. In time, the addiction would have taken his marriage, his relationships, livelihood and his life. My compassion is out for anyone addicted to drugs, regardless of their political stripe. Let us see what you have to say, when addiction takes someone close to you.

[laweeks]

The excuses for Rush's disgusting behavior sound so Clintonesque that I cringe when I hear them. Only a scoundrel should reap such a weak defense as "sympathy." In ALL the many years I heard Rush, not ONCE did I ever hear him mention back trouble . . . NEVER. And, knowing two people personally who've had serious back trouble all their lives(neither one of which is a junkie), I still find it hard to believe he'd play a back-twisting sport like golf. Sorry, but only the Clintons deserve the "yeah-but" defense that Rush has been getting. It's so sad to see conservatives collapse like this.

[I still care]

Junkies only do get concerned when they get caught, it is the nature of addiction. That is where the saying "bottoming out" came from.

I have known addicts to lose homes, families, fortunes and friendships. Many are very good people. People who have it all like Rush have a greater handicap because they can get by with it much, much longer than the average Joe because of their money. The drugs derange your mind - don't the first thing they always say goes is your judgement?

I know one man who had it all - a paid off house in a wealthy area, a business, two beautiful children and a lovely wife. By the time his addiction finished with him he was living out of a car with nothing. Only then did he go for help.

I live with chronic back pain, I know how easy it is to get addicted. I would never judge a person who was addicted to prescription pain killers harshly.

[witnesstothefall]

Comparing RL to Christ is extremely offensive. More proof that Limbaugh and his group are some sort of cult. It'll be a happy day when the likes of his mind-control crap leaves this board for good.

[ConservativeMan55]

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[ClintonBeGone]

Comparing RL to Christ is extremely offensive. More proof that Limbaugh and his group are some sort of cult. It'll be a happy day when the likes of his mind-control crap leaves this board for good.

I love Rush, but you're right, it is a cult, at least here. If the mind control crap has to go, I sure hope Rush's own Larry Klayman goes too.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Seconded. The author of this piece should wipe off his chin.

[unixfox]

Do you throw rocks in glass houses?

[E.G.C.]

Bump in support of Rush and against this ongoing mission of mailce against christians and conservatives by the Democrats.

[Born Conservative]

[OldFriend]

And to think some were offended by the mindless Lanny Davis type of adoration of a certain ex president!

[OldPossum]

You sound so intolerant of personal weaknesses. The fact that the man failed in one aspect of his life does not--repeat, does not--take away all the good he did, and continues to do.

[OldPossum]

Good point, unixfox. I was going to say something in the same vein (though not as well worded as you put it).

I see laweeks' type from time to time. They expect perfection, or something damn close to it, never looking inward to see whether they themselves are perfect.

[ClintonBeGone]

And to think some were offended by the mindless Lanny Davis type of adoration of a certain ex president!

I'm thinking its gone beyond the Lanny Davis type adoration. Soon we'll have to call him Monica. :)

[Ghengis]

And, knowing two people personally who've had serious back trouble all their lives(neither one of which is a junkie), I still find it hard to believe he'd play a back-twisting sport like golf.

I have two compressed discs in my neck. Two surgeons wanted to remove the discs and fuse three vertebra. I was prescribed vicodin, percodan and percocet for the pain. I can't use my arms, held aloft and forward, for long periods of time without intense pain and numbness in my arms (makes driving a lot of fun).

I regularly practice Ju-Jitsu, boxing, lift weights, ride bicycles, hunt, camp, golf, etc. I only took the precribed pain medication for a very short period of time because I didn't like the fuzzy feeling it gave me in dealing with reality. In dealing with the pain, I chose to deal with it.

That Rush regularly played golf does not mean a whole lot.