Comments on: Rush Limbaugh Will Not be Charged over Viagra

By: kent

kent — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:11:49 +0000

Lord knows rush has never dragged anybodies name thru the mudâ�¦turnabout is fair play!!!

To my knowledge, Rush has never forcibly detained anyone for three hours.

By: Media UnCut

Media UnCut — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:46:25 +0000

Rush Limbaugh gets off Viagra charge....

“the law in Florida says that a physician is able to prescribe medication in a third-party's name if all parties are aware and a doctor documents it”...

By: Not Dick but Richard

Not Dick but Richard — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:30:10 +0000

Rush was not targeted, he was trying to skirt customs and got caught. Please read the official statement and you will see that was engaging in activity that would get anyone searched. As for the length of time he was detained, that is because the found pills that appeared not to be prescribed to him.

To me this sounds like normal operating procedure.

Also this is not over because the case is being referred to Miami-Dade since that's where the script was from. This may not be an issue for Rush but it sounds like it could be one for his Doctor.

By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Vendetta

Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Vendetta — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:24:53 +0000

[...] UPDATE: Others: Sister Toldjah and Outside The Beltway. [...]

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:48:08 +0000

Lord knows rush has never dragged anybodies name thru the mudâ�¦turnabout is fair play!!!

This from the same man who also said:

Hey bitheadÃ¢?Â¦where did I suggest or wish violence on himÃ¢?Â¦I would much rather he was alive and being raped in prison for the next 7 yearsÃ¢?Â¦

Something of a rather disturbing pattern has started revealing itself, here...

By: Center for Sanity

Center for Sanity — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:30:55 +0000

Rush Limbaugh Detained But Not Charged...

How the media is reacting, I would have thought Customs made the biggest drug bust in history...Cocaine? Heroine? Meth?

Nope....Viagra, with ONE pill missing out of the bottle....

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:34:42 +0000

Limbaugh won’t be charged over possession of Viagra...

Liberals who laughed hysterically when Rush was detained at Palm Beach International Airport for having a prescription bottle of of Viagra written in his doctors’ name are not laughing today:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Rush Limbaugh will not face ch...

By: Michael Wayne

Michael Wayne — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:39:56 +0000

Legion: The obnoxious behavior of the customs official when Rush arrived is bizarre at a minimum. She was speaking in a loud voice about the 'illegal' drugs Rush had and went to get her supervisor. The supervisor decided that Rush should be detained because his 'name' was not on the bottle. 30 pills issued in Jan 2006, 29 pills left six months later. Palm Beach County got involved to get Rush released from this eternally pluperfect cluster clunk only for PBC officials to 'leak' this info to the press. Rush was not charged - there was no cause. End of story except now, Rush will not travel internationally because he knows the target on his back just got larger. Heh. He's got the libs number and they'll be sorry for irritating Rush. I would be willing to guarantee that.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:19:32 +0000

Limbaugh Won't Face Viagra Charges...

Prosecutors say conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh will not face criminal charges for the bottle ...

By: legion

legion — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:12:36 +0000

It's not about having a prescription bottle on you. It's about having a prescription bottle on you and no way to prove it's yours, and a prior controlled-substance record. I know, he wasn't convicted, but it's still public knowledge...

By: G A Phillips

G A Phillips — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:09:33 +0000

Seeing that stupidity gives you Libs a everlasting hard_on for good old Rush,we should extract it from you, and bottle it, gee with just an once from one Professor from say Pick any collage in California we could shoot up every dirty old man in this Goofy-ss world you have almost ruined for us.

By: randall

randall — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:57:05 +0000

I spent 20 years working as an aircraft fueler and I can tell you I never saw a citizen of this country detained for 3 hours. The process usually took about 20 minutes to process in an incoming flight. Rush needs to watch his back, the law dogs in Florida have a score to settle with him.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:38:14 +0000

Legion: Surely, not too many citizens are accosted for three hours by our own agents for carrying a single bottle of Viagra home from a trip. If he'd had a suitcase full of it, sure. But a single bottle?

I've taken many an overseas trip and seldom spent more than 5 minutes with the customs agent once I got to the front of the line.

By: legion

legion — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:27:37 +0000

Shorter DA: Limbaugh committed no crime. Yet, he was detained for three hours and his name dragged through the press for something that was perfectly legal.

Um, actually, no. Rush was scoped out after returning on a private plane from an international trip. Perfectly normal procedure. In the process, customs agents found a prescription bottle in Rush's possession, but without Rush's name on it. So he gets the full 3-hour runaround. There's nothing abnormal about that, either. Yes, it's apparently legal for Rush's doctors to do what they did, but even they admit it's pretty uncommon. I'm not surprised Rush wasn't charged, but neither Rush nor anyone else should be surprised at the fine-tooth comb treatment he got.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:42:14 +0000

That doesnâ??t seem to be working out as well as planned.

Right--the procedure could legitimately confuse the cops. But JJ is surely right that the press conference was unnecessary.