Pubdate: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 Source: Bradenton Herald (FL) Copyright: 2004 Bradenton Herald Contact: http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradentonherald/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/58 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/rush+limbaugh JUST A THOUGHT Rush Limbaugh and the ACLU - now that's a lineup no one could ever have imagined on the same side of anything. But there it is in West Palm Beach, where the outspoken talk show host is fighting to get his medical records back from the State Attorney's Office that is investigating trafficking in pain-killer drugs, to which Limbaugh has admitted being addicted. To the rescue comes the American Civil Liberties Union, ever the champion of the underdog, filing a court brief supporting Limbaugh's claim of invasion of privacy in seizure of his medical records. Most conservatives have nothing but contempt for the ACLU because it so often takes an extreme slant in standing up for dissenters' civil rights. Doubtless it has felt the sting of Limbaugh's diatribes often in the past. There's a delicious irony in having the organization defending his rights - without being asked. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin