Mild Criticism for the guy who does Top 10 Cons. Idiots.

[bryant69]

On the subject of his hypocracy, I think Rush Limbaughs actual claim was that he didn't actually attack drug dealers that much. He claims he stayed off the topic of how addicts should be treated. "But this business about me being hard on addicts, may I be honest with you? I was a drug addict - well, I still am - was a drug addict from about 1996, 1995, whenever, to just five weeks ago. The truth of the matter is I avoided the subject of drugs on this program for the precise reason that I was keeping a secret."

I'm curious if anybody has countered this argument? I don't remember any specifics about him talking about addicts, but I remember him doing it. I mean this is a simple equation. If one can find him coming down on Addicts and saying they need to go to jail, than this is a straightforward lie.

Bryant
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[wryter2000]

1. To paraphrase Michael Kinsley

What Michael Kinsley said about Bill Bennett was something like, "the fact that he never came out much against gambling doesn't prove he isn't a hypocrite. It only shows he isn't totally stupid."

[Bluzmann57]

2. Limbaugh should be on the list in perpetuity

just because he's said too many stupid things to even keep track of.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. it depends on what you consider a comment about an addict

"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be
convicted and they ought to be sent up."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.


"What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity 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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html


"It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another crime, and what we ought to do is reduce the heavy sentence so it's more in line with the other. Wrong. In most cases we ought to increase the light sentence and make it compatible with the heavy sentence, and be serious about punishment because we are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html


all of these from http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/10/1652834.php

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. i have to respond to the last quote i posted

if that is not riduculous hipocrisy i dont know what is.

[bryant69]

5. Hmmm.

I'm not sure, but I'll bet the counter claim is that he made those claims before he became an addict. Of course it's still hypocritical. Once you are on the record, you are on the record, and he had five years to talk about being more merciful.

Bryant

[SlavesandBulldozers]

7. exactly right

and isn't that interesting. no quote after 95 has him touching the subject, meaning instead of getting all indignant about the cause of drugs - he goes silent on it beginning at that time. It's a real shame that he doesn't use this opportunity to evolve, but that would be expecting a little too much from this asshole.

[Cheswick2.0]

9. if he said he was an addict in 95/96 you can bet......

he actually started his illegal activity in 93/94. He is still in denial.

[Deaner1971]

10. Who cares when he said it

I don't care when he said it. The fact is he said it. I am sure that Newt Gingrich criticized adultery prior to committing it (then again, once a cheat always a cheat) but, he was still a hypocrite for attacking Clinton.

[rock]

6. Did Limpbag ever say rape was wrong?

Hmmmm. Makes one think.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

8. exactly

and what about all the other things he doesn't comment on? excellent point

[Terwilliger]

11. Does that mean Bill Bennet is worse for being a direct hypocrite?

No, it means Rush is desperate to play out the idea that he's forgiven because he stopped criticizing users.

I may remind people that Rush was addicted to food long before he found oxycontin. He's OK though because he doesn't make fun of fat people.

[Mixxster]

12. Let me get this straight

Limbaugh claims he's not a hypocrite because he stopped promoting harsh drug sentences, mocking drug users like Jerry Garcia, etc. after he started using?

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