Pubdate: Fri, 07 Jul 2006
Source: Palm Beach Post, The (FL)
Copyright: 2006 The Palm Beach Post
Contact:  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/333

LIMBAUGH'S DISFUNCTION

The criminal justice system continues to treat Rush Limbaugh with the 
fairness that he claims the system denies him.

Last week, the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office correctly 
concluded that Mr. Limbaugh broke no law by having 29 Viagra pills 
that were for him but had been prescribed in someone else's name. 
That decision spares the talk-show host any problems related to his 
earlier deal with the state attorney's office on a doctor-shopping 
charge for prescription pain relievers. In both cases, prosecutors 
stuck to the law and acted professionally.

Mr. Limbaugh, though, remains a serial offender when it comes to 
hypocrisy. On his show, he will embellish or invent any presumed 
weakness that might embarrass someone he dislikes. But he didn't want 
it on the record that he needs an erectile-dysfunction drug. 
Similarly, when he entered treatment for drug addiction in October 
2003, he told his audience that he had tried to "always be honest 
with you and open about my life." Yet, he had gone through rehab 
twice before that without being "open about my life." Finally, the 
Palm Beach resident filed his December 2004 divorce in Key West, 220 
miles from the Palm Beach County Courthouse, because it was "more 
convenient" and tried to keep the case sealed.

On Wednesday, the self-absorbed Mr. Limbaugh was blaming the federal 
agents for confiscating the Viagra as part of some vast left-wing 
conspiracy tied to the 2006 and 2008 elections. The self-proclaimed 
"truth detector" would rather tell a good story than "be honest."
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