You could be correct -- but what I'm seeing is not germination of any enlightened views on the drug war, but rather a series of false claims that Rush is not a hypocrite because "he (a) hasn't said anything lately in support of the War on Drugs and/or (b) has only condemned users of recreational drugs (or recreational users of drugs) -- and even if he is a hypocrite, so what, he's a conservative hypocrite so he should be given a get out of jail free card."
You can try soft peddling the realities of the War on Drugs to Rush's apologists, but I prefer the direct approach. Right now people are sorting out their thoughts on Rush and the drug laws, and I prefer to directly confront those who may want to still support Rush and the War on Drugs with the blatant inconsistency of such a position.
Basically I agree with you, but your wording suggests a point I'd like to discuss.
There are many ways of "supporting" someone. There's nothing wrong with people having sympathy for Rush (though I can't say I have any myself). There's nothing wrong with people continuing to listen to his show, buy his books, or attend his speaking engagements. There's nothing wrong with people expressing their admiration for the admirable qualities that he does have. There's nothing wrong with conservatives continuing to look to him as one of the leaders of their movement.
What I take issue with, is not what I would call "supporting", but "defending", or even more precisely "making excuses for".
The attitude conservatives should take toward Rush, is the one so many of them _claim_ to have toward homosexuals - hate the sin, love the sinner.
I am genuinely surprised at how little "hate the sin" I have seen at FreeRepublic. Those conservatives who do criticize Rush, mostly fret about how the scandal may affect "conservatism". So far I haven't seen one full-throated roar against Rush for hurting _the society_, for endangering our families or our neighborhoods, our "standards of behavior", or "the survivability of the American way of life".
I know the conservatives think the charges of hypocrisy are themselves an insincere political tactic. But I am frankly surprised to find how hypocritical they really are, how little stock they themselve put in the cant of the drug war. That makes it all the more horrifying that they are nonetheless willing to lock people up in its name.