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Posted on entry Limbaugh busted on drug charges (again!) ::: June 27, 2006, 10:03 AM:
J Thomas, you must have me confused with someone else. I'm not the one drawing attention to a misdemeanor while ignoring the greater scandal.
Posted on entry Limbaugh busted on drug charges (again!) ::: June 27, 2006, 06:36 AM:
Bruce: It's not about the pills, it's about falsifying the prescription label.

Uh, no, it's about blowing something out of proportion and ignoring the more serious implications.
Posted on entry Limbaugh busted on drug charges (again!) ::: June 27, 2006, 01:14 AM:
I know that mocking blowhard conservatives is a favorite pasttime on this site, but there's no need to twist this into something it wasn't.
They didn't find Viagra AMONG other drugs, they found Viagra. Sure, you can nitpick and say "it's a drug, he broke the law!" and call him a hypocrit, but what level of lawbreaking was it? Was it trafficking in narcotics? Was he going to be selling it in schoolyards? No, it was a misdemeanor, and a BS one at that. Wanting to pillory him over this is like the Republicans wanting to impeach Clinton over a BJ.

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