Rush Limbaugh arrested

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:30pm

I can't find a Web link, but I just heard on Fox's news broadcast (Fox 5, not Fox News) that the blowhard was just arrested for prescription fraud in Florida (guessing the investigation is finally wrapping up). Let's all point and laugh.

eta: Here's a link Updated On: 4/28/06 at 06:30 PM

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:33pm

cnn.com has a breaking news banner across the top with it.


EDIT Heres a link to a story
Big Fat Idiot Arrested

Updated On: 4/28/06 at 06:33 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:47pm

Am I a bad person because I literally just laughed at loud at this news?

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:48pm

Margo, I think you'd be a bad person if you didn't.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:48pm

if it makes you a bad person, do you really want to be any other kind of person?

[Kringas]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:49pm

I didn't laugh, but I smirked ruefully.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:51pm

What a great way to start the weekend!

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 6:56pm

quick, someone find PJ so he can enjoy the good news.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 7:00pm

Maybe Rush should rush to Mexico....

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 9:04pm

Book 'im!



Bwahahahahahaha!

Updated On: 4/28/06 at 09:04 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 9:06pm

Ooooooooooooooh! FATBOY's got a RECORD now!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 9:09pm

This is biting his fat ass now hard, REALLY HARD:

Rush Limbaugh show, Oct. 5, 1995:

"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."

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 9:13pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going dancing.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/28/06 at 10:05pm

Looks like he took a few classes at the Tom DeLay School of Asinine Mug Shot Smiles.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 2:23am

DAMN. DAMN. DAMN !!!!!

"Limbaugh cuts deal in drug probe

Rush Limbaugh was charged with prescription drug fraud in Florida on Friday as part of a deal ending a criminal probe of the conservative radio commentator that began more than two years ago, his lawyer and authorities said.

Under the deal the 55-year-old Limbaugh, best known as a brash and often moralistic talk show host, will see the case against him dropped in 18 months, his attorney said.

Limbaugh admitted an addiction to prescription painkillers in October 2003 after reports he was facing an investigation for allegedly using a housekeeper at his Palm Beach mansion to illegally obtain prescription drugs.

He was booked on Friday on a single count of concealing information to fraudulently obtain a prescription drug after turning up with his lawyer, Roy Black, at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

He was released after less than an hour on $3,000 bail, Black told Reuters.

He said Limbaugh filed a written plea of not guilty, and would persist in denying that he committed the crime of so-called "doctor shopping."

The charge will be dropped in 18 months provided Limbaugh continues to seek drug therapy treatment from the doctor who has been treating him for the past 2 1/2 years, Black said.

"The prosecutors and I agree that there shouldn't be a criminal prosecution, and we agree there shouldn't be any court proceedings," said Black.

As part of the deal, Limbaugh also agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the state of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation.

"This guy has been undergoing investigation for two-and-a-half years. You can imagine what that does to somebody," Black said in a telephone interview.

"He's just happy that it's finally ended and he can go back to his normal life," he said."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060429/en_nm/crime_limbaugh_dc_7

Updated On: 4/29/06 at 02:23 AM

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 2:49am

Wait, he's only 55?! I thought he had to be in his late-sixties at least. He looks awful!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 8:56am

It's okay, Margo. He was arrested and fined. The point was made and his hypocrisy laid bare.

How much more can we have expected. Let's hope Karl Rove--whose crimes were greater--gets worse.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 10:02am

The point is, he will eventually be found not guilty and the charges will be dropped. He's getting away with criminal activity because of his celebrity status. This is Florida. If he were a black manager of a video store, the outcome would be entirely different.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:02am

Now we know why he was smiling.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:22am

that worthless, caniving twat.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:44am

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:17pm

He is a hypocrite and I hope that he share a cell with Karl!!!

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:22pm

How does this man still have an audience? Not only does he spew the same ideas over and over again, but he's proven himself to be quite the antithesis to the supposed family values he preaches, be it this drug problem or his numerous divorces.

Are people really that stupid?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:24pm

Calvin, 2000 and 2004 - enough said.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 4:43pm

Double .
(eta -- although 2000 remains a matter of debate) Updated On: 4/29/06 at 04:43 PM