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Limbaugh Ends One Public Problem and Faces Another
Posted by CN Staff on October 04, 2003 at 11:37:17 PT
By ABCNews
Source: ABCNews.com
Just after he resigned his ESPN gig because of comments he made about a black quarterback's performance, Rush Limbaugh could be facing the heat again. ABCNEWS has learned new details about his alleged ties to a black-market drug ring.  A high-ranking official in Florida has told ABCNEWS some surprising details about the state's investigation of Rush Limbaugh.
ABCNEWS has confirmed that radio mega-star Rush Limbaugh is being investigated for allegedly buying illegal prescription drugs near his Palm Beach, Fla., home. Palm Beach authorities had no official comment. "We don't comment on investigations," said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office. But a source close to the investigation told ABCNEWS that Limbaugh's former housekeeper claims she helped Limbaugh purchase thousands of prescription painkillers over a four-year period — at times in the parking lot of a local Denny's restaurant. Among the drugs she says she purchased: the powerful painkiller OxyContin. The source also says investigators have audiotapes of at least two drug transactions — allegedly with Limbaugh's voice — but these were recorded secretly by the former housekeeper, not by police. Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates the politically focused Rush Limbaugh Show to more than 650 markets, issued a statement from Limbaugh on Thursday saying: "I am unaware of any investigation by any authority involving me. No government representative has contacted me directly or indirectly. If my assistance is required, I will, of course, cooperate fully." If the allegations prove true, the talk show host will undoubtedly need to address some of his past comments about drug abuse. Back in 1995, Limbaugh told his audience on the syndicated Rush Limbaugh, The Television Show that people who are obtaining drugs illegally should be held responsible. "Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. 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," he said to his audience during the broadcast. Media Columnist Michael Wolff says Limbaugh's career might not be able to survive a drug charge. "It would be labeled as an instance of incredible hypocrisy … Mr. Family values, Mr. Tough on Crime," Wolff said. At risk for Limbaugh, not just his credibility, but a media empire that has earned his networks and stations more than a billion dollars since 1988. "If this is a felony we're talking about here, than this is the end of Rush Limbaugh. That's it," Wolff said. Limbaugh gave up his job as an ESPN sports analyst late Wednesday, three days after saying on the sports network's Sunday NFL Countdown that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed. ABCNEWS' Bob Woodruff contributed to this report. Complete Title: Tough Times: Rush Limbaugh Ends One Public Problem and Faces Another Source: ABCNews.com (U.S. Web)Published: October 3, 2003Copyright: 2003 ABC News Internet VenturesWebsite: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Contact: http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/email.htmlRelated Articles:Limbaugh Won't Be Prosecuted, Attorneys Wager http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17469.shtmlLimbaugh Linked To Painkillershttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17458.shtmlLimbaugh In The Shadow Of His Own Words http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17457.shtml
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on October 05, 2003 at 14:45:32 PT
Article from WND by Steve Kubby
This is a political article and I didn't want to post it but here it is for everyone to read that is into Politics!http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34920A Rush Limbaugh Message Forumhttp://forums.wnd.com/cgi-bin/colloquius/colloquius.pl?active_user=&active_id=&active_session=&sa_01=opt_104&sub_thread=10652303620960&sub_mesg=0&sub_fid=co_010&sub_mesg_list_view=S
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on October 05, 2003 at 07:08:34 PT
Jose
We saw it too. Thanks for telling us what was said. I watched (don't laugh) Conan O'Brien on Friday night and they did a skit that was really funny where the persons pictures has talking lips. While Rush L. was talking pills were falling out of his mouth and his eyes were like pin wheels.
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Comment #6 posted by goneposthole on October 05, 2003 at 06:31:04 PT
He is in violation of the Patriot Act
Or, will the Patriot Act be a bunch of toothless laws in Rush's pending case? If by any chance they aren't toothless at all, Rush had better get that disguise on right now.There is a 25 million dollar bounty on Saddam Hussein. Bruce Willis offered an additional million. Rush had better run for his life if he disgiuses himself as Saddam Hussein. They might finally discover the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein. There he was, gone.
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Comment #5 posted by Jose Melendez on October 05, 2003 at 06:11:38 PT
SNL SMOKED THE OPPOSITION
They practically said, "It's hypocrisy, stupid," with the news segment describing the longest living 114 year old Chinese man who died, "doing what he loved - heroin."Also, they suggested at least one politician was a drunk, and interviewed "Rush Limbaugh" who claimed that you can't hurt him, because of all the drugs coursing through his veins. Really a great segment on SNL last night...
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Comment #4 posted by goneposthole on October 05, 2003 at 05:42:28 PT
The End of Rush the terrorist
"If this is a felony we're talking about here, than this is the end of Rush Limbaugh. That's it," Wolff said.450 thousand pills illegaly obtained makes him a terrorist, according to the Gospel of John Ashcroft. Anyone attempting to cover up his crimes makes them an accomplice and also a terrorist. I haven't seen the DEA or any branch of the military storm the EIB offices or his palatial mansion. Where are they now? He can't be that hard to find, unless he dons a Saddam Hussein diguise. Rush will never be found then.Maybe George Bush will give him 48 hours to 'get out of town' or else. Yeah, I think that is what will happen. Wait until Marshal Bush rides into town, then Rush is in for big trouble. 
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Comment #3 posted by Virgil on October 04, 2003 at 18:52:18 PT
Pill people protecting precious profits
This is a story for people keeping up with the drug importation battle- http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-blago03.html
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Comment #2 posted by Virgil on October 04, 2003 at 17:46:01 PT
Does SNL have any edge left.?
The biggest thing the Rush Limbaugh story does is break the silence in the discussion of real substance abuse. It is worthy of subject on Saturday Night Live and in about three hours we will see if SNL has any edge left. If it cannot cut this wart that is so apparent, then it isn;t going to cut much of anything anymore.
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Comment #1 posted by Jose Melendez on October 04, 2003 at 14:15:10 PT
from another Donovan - not McNabb
from:http://www.sabotage.demon.co.uk/donovan/poems.htm#I've_never_seen_a_jerking_man_touch_a_flowerI've seen bewildered rambling streams of blood on black skinI've seen V-Bombers growing in a field of insulated grassdaring their mastersI've seen the advertisement"IT'S A GOOD LIFE IN TODAYS' MODERN ARMY"beside photographs of mutilated Vietnamese childrenI've seen the has-been, the could have beenan' the should have been in the glazed gaze of "passers-by"I've seen the "LITTLE PRINCE" in many people an' felt happyI've seen people scorn me an' warn me it's never torn meI've seen the dream of Freedom .........a sometimes fading image.                     Donovan -- Summer 1965
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