I used to like Limbaugh.
I used to like Bill Cosby, too.
I used to listen toLimbaugh, until I found his rants to be all opinion with no factual basis.
I am all about Facts.
Limbaugh used his radio pulpit to rant against others, such as Michael J Fox, accusing Fox of faking his disease.
He was no Gentleman.
He used the classic method "I am just asking a question" to put forth popular consipracy theories with no facts to back them.
That is the tactic of Yellow Journalists and Rabble Rousers - both Left and Right.
I also aggree that when you "mess up" you announce it and "own" it . . . he did and he did and he overcame it!! (Certain millions would laud that, had Rush been one of them) of course, it was prescription and was introduced by his Dr. and likewise, we've heard in the last couple of years how big of a problem that is . . . over prescribed opiates . . . still, arrows are going to be slung . . .
Limbaugh did "fess up and own it", but I believe it was only to put
his spin on what was already a public scandal.
The painkillers were introduced by his MD, but Limbaugh was not "overprescribed". The Fla DA had evidence that he was illegally "doctor shopping", getting multiple prescriptions for multiple sources (as many as 6 doctors were found) - this was before the far better tracking of opiate Rx's was in place.
He was also had several offshore Rx's confiscated at airports and was fined.
Instead of "going to jail and serving time" as Limbaugh demanded all addicts should endure, he was allowed a
sweet plea bargain and suspended sentence, and a stint in a luxury "rehab facility".
I won't even start on how many marriages the man went through.
I am all about facts and truth and fair justice.
Limbaugh's case was no different than that of a Preacher condemning out-of-wedlock sex from the pulpit,
then getting caught visiting the local brothel on a regular basis.
I do not believe in making a person into a lauded Saint at the time of their death.
I beleive a man is the sum of
all his actions and words, and should be remembered in that way,
both the good and the bad
For the record, I also rant about the Clintons and Whitewater, Hilary and the botched African embassy attacks,
Kennedy and Chappaquiddick .... and more.
I joke about Bush declaring "The war is Won from the deck of an aircraft carrier" (but thank gawd a Bush was in power on 9/11 )
and complain about Reagan emptying the mental hopsitals onto the streets ( but Reagan, with Lec V. and the then Pope, they Brought Down The Berlin Wall! )
and don't get me started on Saint Steve Jobs of Apple Computer - he got everybody else to do his work, and was
a great con man and snake oil salesman ( what others call "visionary" ) adn now all apple crap is made in Red China.
We are all humans with human failings , myself included.
But the sum of it all needs to be remembered
I sometimes pray ,
"please help me to be at least HALF as good the person my cats think I am."