# How does Limbaugh justify himself? (Rush's arrest thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746 "2006-04-29T16:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/81 "2006-06-27T17:43:29Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Probably the worst thing that can come of this is that Rush’s fans will now know that he _has sex_. Arch-Conservatives aren’t allowed to do that, are they? [/QUOTE] We lack evidence that he _had_ sex, and can I just say how grateful I am for lacking that? But presuming he had purchansed the Viagra With Intent… If adultery = sex outside marriage, we’re looking at a Commandment violation here, so sexual conservatives will probably tsk tsk him. More importantly to the flaccid one, are we looking at a probation violation? Had the goober been man enough to obtain a legal Rx and present it to a druggist for dispensing, instead of sneaking around like a schoolboy hiding a rubber purchase, he wouldn’t be in this fix now. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/82 "2006-06-27T18:58:16Z")
People of every ideology are guilty of inconsistencies. But I can’t think of a bigger divide than the one between the sexual mores espoused by social conservatism and the and the behavior of a lot self-described conservatives. There seems to be a very uneasy alliance between social conservatives who actually practice the stated morality, and a large number who may agree on other issues but can’t bring themselves to say how they feel about sex. You know the definition of a libertarian? A Republican involved a sex scandal. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/83 "2006-06-27T19:45:37Z")
[QUOTE=F. U. Shakespeare] You know the definition of a libertarian? A Republican involved a sex scandal. [/QUOTE] Or a drug arrest. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/84 "2006-06-27T21:32:30Z")
[QUOTE=Rush Himself] Too many whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with drug sales. … The answer is not to start letting people out of jail because we’re not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too. [/QUOTE] He should get exactly what he has “prescribed” for other people. Judge not, lest ye be judged according to thime own standard. There once was a junkie named Rush Who had trouble exploring the bush So he smuggled some pills That would jack up his thrills And wound up with a glove up his tush ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/85 "2006-06-27T22:46:00Z")
What the hell was Rush doing in the Dominican Republic? What could he possibly have been doing there? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/86 "2006-06-27T23:15:37Z")
He’s got Jun-gle Fee-vah, she’s got Jun-Gle Fee-vah… ---
**Author:** ![Chotii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/87 "2006-06-28T00:18:43Z")
If anybody listened to Rush today, you’d know that he was in the Dominican Republic to listen to Karl Rove talk at length about past American Presidents. Actually I’m sure he also played golf, but I didn’t have time to listen to the whole show today (maybe my husband will get the podcast and we’ll listen tonight). I found this in an [article on the subject on msnbc](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13577227) : \*"It is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe medication in a third party’s name if all parties are aware and the doctor documents it correctly, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County. \<…\> This latest case may simply be dismissed if prosecutors can confirm with Limbaugh’s doctor that the prescription was indeed for Limbaugh, said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney in Florida. “It’s perhaps a little embarrassing but not highly incriminating,” Coffey said. In addition, possession of Viagra is in a “completely different universe than a matter that would involve Schedule Two (controlled) substances such as OxyContin” Coffey added."\* Geez, to watch some folks in this thread, the ideal outcome is for him to get busted for something, anything, even if it isn’t actually illegal. If erectile dysfunction is involved, so much the better. Because we all know how much fun it is to jeer men who can’t get it up. Right? As for the people talking about unmarried sex, if you’re talking about the “Christian Right”, of course they’re going to say it’s wrong and bad because they’re coming from a Fundamentalist perspective. But _most_ non-Fundamentalist conservatives I know (and yes they do exist) frown on broken marriage vows; in the absence of any vows, and assuming nobody gets hurt, they believe people should mind their own business. The problem is that a lot of right-wing Christians forget that Jesus said “My kingdom is not of this world” and think to implement it through the legal system somehow (hat tip to a recent last-page editorial in TIME magazine). I do care whether he broke the law. I recently smacked a friend down on Livejournal for crowing over Ann Coulter’s illegal voting thing. Because after all, she’s a conservative, and only conservatives ever pull that crap. Right? I told him about the fiasco that was the last Gubernatorial race in Washington - the break-in at the Republican headquarters, the dead people who voted in King County, the people who double-voted, the ballots that showed up in previously-certified-as-empty voting machines, the ballots to (largely conservative) overseas military personnel that were mailed too late for them to even receive by the cutoff date, let alone return, the ballots that were being “fixed” by Democrat-side ballot-counters using White-Out, the ballots that kept turning up here and there by dribs and drabs for weeks after the certified end-date for all ballots…all of which HAD to be counted despite being late because “Every vote counts!”…the two recounts, as these ballots continued to show up mysteriously, after the last of which the Democratic candidate FINALLY pulled ahead by less than 200 votes, and won the state… It’s not just the Republicans. My friend at least had the good grace to admit that illegal activity is illegal activity, and should be smushed wherever found. If it’s Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh, hey, smush 'em good. If it’s the head of voting records in Washington State for violating god knows how many laws, hey, smush 'em good. I listen to Rush. If he’s guilty under Florida law, then he should pay the penalty. But if he’s not, then I hope somebody here will eat a few words. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/88 "2006-06-28T01:30:20Z")
This is all just a big mistake. He told the doctor he was worried about the next **election**. I still don’t know how he ended up with Bob Dole’s luggage. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/89 "2006-06-28T02:00:30Z")
[QUOTE=Chotii] I’m not clear on this: is it illegal for a celebrity who really would have rather it not be known that he needs or wishes to use Viagra, to have one physician prescribe something for him, but to write it to another physician? Is it illegal to possess a bottle with pills in it, which does not have your name on it? (I know it is illegal to _take_ somebody else’s medications, but possessing a bottle is not the same as taking.) Assuming the two physicians in question were asked, and both of them were in agreement that yes, the prescription WAS for Limbaugh, but they didn’t want somebody at Pharmacy X giong to the National Enquirer with the hot news that Limbaugh needs Viagra, could they write it one physician to another, and get it for him that way? Or would that be illegal? [/QUOTE] No, it’s certainly not legal and completely unnecessary for privacy concerns, because anyone who leaked the information would be violating HIPAA and probably have their ass fired. And any moronic pharmacist who would do so DESERVES to be fired. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/90 "2006-06-28T02:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] No, it’s certainly not legal and completely unnecessary for privacy concerns, because anyone who leaked the information would be violating HIPAA and probably have their ass fired. And any moronic pharmacist who would do so DESERVES to be fired. [/QUOTE] And lose their license and get fined several thousand dollars. That goes for any pharmacy employee. as well. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/91 "2006-06-28T03:12:41Z")
[QUOTE=Scylla] The CNN transcript is again apparently referring to the National Enquirer story. It would be pretty serious, as I’m sure was the case of George Bush’s transvestitism that was doubtless also covered in the Enquirer that day. [/QUOTE] Dubya is a transvestite?? :eek: I KNEW IT!!! …doesn’t surprise me a bit… ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/92 "2006-06-28T11:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=Scylla] This is all just a big mistake. He told the doctor he was worried about the next **election**. I still don’t know how he ended up with Bob Dole’s luggage. [/QUOTE] [Thought bubble]Steve, don’t do it. Steve, don’t say it[/Thought bubble] ROFL ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/93 "2006-06-28T21:41:59Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] While it’s true that Rush has been married and divorced three times, do you have a cite for your “mistresses” allegation? [/QUOTE] [Rush Limbaugh’s self-described mistress.](http://mediamatters.org/items/200510060007) 🙂 The man himself said it in public, on the record. More than once. Cartoonivese ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746/94 "2006-06-28T23:32:42Z")
[QUOTE=rjung] [Limbaugh read note from his “mistress in Georgia” (aka CNN’s Daryn Kagan?)](http://mediamatters.org/items/200510060007) …though I’m open to the possibility that he may have been joking. I admit, after a while all these hypocritical adultering conservatives blur into each other in my mental Filoflex. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure if that’s a retraction/backpedal, but he wasn’t even married in October of 2005. [http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/limbaugh/c1a\_rush\_0612.html](http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/limbaugh/c1a_rush_0612.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-limbaugh-justify-himself-rushs-arrest-thread/354746.md?page=4)