Ruling vs. Rush is a bitter pill

[hadrons]

I'll highlight the good parts, they're a lot of them:


Radio personality Rush Limbaugh ripped ruling that says prosecutors can pore over his medical records.

Rush Limbaugh went on a radio rant yesterday after a judge ruled that Florida prosecutors can examine his medical records for evidence of pill-popping.

In a 20-minute diatribe on his talk show, the conservative icon bellyached that he's the target of a vast, left-wing conspiracy. :boring:

"The Democrats in this country still cannot defeat me in the arena of political ideas, and so now they are trying to do so in the court of public opinion and the legal system," he fumed. :nopity:

"I guess it's payback time."

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"I could give you the names of actors and actresses and sports figures and not one of them have been pursued in this circumstance," he contended, though he did not actually name names.

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Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jeffrey Winikoff ruled that prosecutors can review the medical files, but must keep the details under wraps.

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Limbaugh painted the dispute in political terms.

"We still haven't seen Bill Clinton's medical records, have we? Has anybody?" he asked. "We haven't seen Howard Dean's records as governor for 11 years in Vermont." :crazy:

Limbaugh seemed particularly worried that details of his medical history might be leaked, but prosecutors said it won't happen. :cry:

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http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/148913p-131327c.html

[RBHam]

1. poor rushie

dick cheney refuses to give his medical records, rush. too bad ol' dickie boy won't be on the show any more, praising and thanking you for all your fine work. Nope, I'm guessin' that if you keep imploding this way, draggin' down the party with that hillbilly heroin scandal and all, the best you can hope for is a Cliff Baxter moment. You know way too much, you do know that - don't you rush?

[GCP]

2. Suck it up, Limpballs

Clinton managed to survive all the lies you spewed about him, including the "murder" of Vince Foster, without all this bitching and whining.

He's making himself look more and more ridiculous, even his ditto-heads must be getting sick of this.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Surely even his listeners

must see the hypocrosy in what he's saying. Wouldn't Rush be the first to suggest that if someone is innocent, they have nothing to fear if their records are checked?

[dbt]

4. Eat it, Ru$h!

Crush it up like a handful of Oxys, mix it with a little water. Cook it feverishly in a spoon over a candle flame and shoot it up your anal cyst!

Excrement In Broadcasting,
:hurts:
dbt

[Mikimouse]

5. Oh Ruuuuush! dear boy, have you forgotten that

smirk's records as gov. of Texas have been hidden away in College Station for the past three years? I'm sure that you would squawk just as loudly about that as you would Howard Dean's records, no?

[xchrom]

6. paybacks a bitch

and if you were a person -- i'd feel sorry for you.

[caledesi]

7. The hypocrisy is just amazing. Since when did Rush ever care

about privacy rights? And as far as Clinton and Dean go, hello???? They haven't committed crimes Rushie. Go ahead read this on the air.

Ain't Karma a bitch?

[Q]

8. Rushie narrows everything down to politics...

...but sometimes it's just about HIM taking responsibility for his actions. What is it with these conservonazis that they want everyone else to be held accountable for their mistakes but not for their own?

[Gman]

9. The old "blame Clinton's penis" attack

tried and true.

But excuse me... Rush compares his self with a president and candidates for the presidency? He sure elevates his own self worth in this. Complete apples and oranges.

[KharmaTrain]

10. Rush's Real Fear...Losing Affiliates

More than his heath or living in a world of reality, Rush lives for his EIB...his empire in the air. Without it he doesn't exist...and where he lives and breathes. This is no exageration...those who know Rush know of his complete obsession with his show and the power it has over dittoheads and his affiliates...and that's a factor no one's put into play here as to why Rush is playing martyr.

While in most markets Rush is in (on radio station with the power of your blowdryer) his ratings mean little...but the overall number of stations that carry his show are used in setting national advertising rates. The markets where Rush's ratings are important are primarily the Top 10...mostly in Democratic cities surrounded by Repugnican burbs (New York, Chicago, LA)...the stations he is on in those market rely on the suburban numbers (the city belongs to them there minorities and their rap music)and his show needs to finish in the Top 5 of Men 25-54 (that's dittoead land) so the show can bring in the cash that feeds Rush's huge salary, ego and drug habit.

The fear by Rush's EIB distributor is that stations were going to start dumping his show or moving it to other dayparts. This happened in the wake of the Dr. Laura photo/TV fiasco (notice how she's not on prime time, if she's on in your market)...and this is what the EIB folks didn't want to happen. Thus they've made a strong effort to generate "noise" (Rush's specialty) and use his show as the forum to respond to the drug charges.

Notice how this worked the other day...the verdict to release his records came out while he was on the air...and he was able to hide in his EIB fishbowl (he hasn't been seen in public since a staged NAB appearance a couple days following his last ESPN appearance) and attracts an audience who wants to hear his responses to the latest revelations. Take a look at the many strings here following his show. Since most stations that carry Rush claim to be News/Talk, and he's making News...so much the better for affiliates, who have the "exclusives" to airing the excerpts or get their call-letters plastered on the local news when they play it. As the adage goes...say good, say bad. Either way, Rush's adversity is also turning into his short-term gain.

The ultimate time bomb is when the full extend of Rush's drug use/habit is put on display in open court. This is inevitable, as are some type of charges...and Rush is playing the political card since that will attract that short-term "fix" (just like a junkie needs) while he hopes Roy Black saves his radio empire. Yep, it's delusional, but it's supported by his program supplier, affiliates and listeners. Eventurally there will be a revelation that Rush can't refute as political...his habit and denial will be so obvious that his house of cards will finally fall in. The tip off will be when your local Rush station moves him into evenings or late nights...when Rush's habit finally bites the corporate bottom line that'll be the end of EIB. Stay tuned.

[AlinPA]

14. I won't stay tuned to KDKA , biggest station in Pitt

where they broadcast his vomit.

[LunaC]

11. Nor have we seen Smirk's military records.....

or his driving/DUI records, or the notes of the Security Briefings prior to 911, or details of Smirk's Harken business dealings, or Cheney's energy meetings or who leaked Valerie Plame's name, or......well, the list goes on and on. Rush is just pissed that he's on the Receiving End for a change. Tsk, tsk, tsk.....karma's a bitch!

[Beaker]

12. actually, it WILL happen-

this morning on ABC news they said that under the way that Florida law works, if the records are part of the court case, eventually they will be made public.

[AlinPA]

13. Just heard on CNN? that a judge issued a "stay" on access

to his records, pending an appeal. Now is the time for all "good republican judges to come to the aid of your party". Bastards will probably win the appeal with Bush as gov. in FL.

[elmariachi]

15. he's afraid

that prosecuters will leak that he never had an ear virus that caused him not to be able to hear and that he took his first break because he was in rehab already.