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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 12:36 PM
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A big change in the Limbaugh story: from "the drugs" ---> just viagra
Edited on Wed Jun-28-06 12:44 PM by KurtNYC
Yesterday, when this story broke it countained this key sentence:

Limbaugh was returning on a flight from the Dominican Republic when officials found the drugs, among them Viagra.

The story linked from the top of this thread has now been changed when you click through:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2357568

And every version of the story I can find now mentions only viagra!? Assuming the initial report was not wrong, what were the other drugs? Everyone knows how any sexual element of a news story can eclipse the other facts so perhaps Rush's pseudo embarrassment and joking over the viagra is a red herring designed to make the more potentially damaging part of this story go away. When the Oxycontin story broke, it ALSO mentioned "other painkilling drugs" but the oxycontin became the focus of that charge.

It is possible that the initial report was wrong but news entities are fairly careful and often err on the side of under-alleging when reporting on crimes committed by celebs who keep lawyers on retainer for these situations.

Edit to add:
In the prior arrest (2003), Limbaugh had "an inordinate abundance of painkillers, OxyContin, Lorcet, Norco, Hydrocodone and Kadian, the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, the cholesterol-lowering drug Niacin, and Clonodine" . Many of which were multiple prescriptions from multiple doctors. The full list is here:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/rushsearch1.html

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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 01:07 PM
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1. I pointed that out yesterday several times
with links to the story until it was whitewashed.

There are two big stories: What were the other pills? Who was he using that Viagra on in country famous for it's pedophile sex tourism?

I keep hoping a reporter with a few extra bucks, a knowledge of Spanish, and the gift of allowing people to open up goes there and finds out the truth.

I have a feeling the whole truth would blast that fat slug off the airwaves overnight.
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 01:39 PM
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3. Now that would be nice.....
But I don't really want that "fat slug" blasted of the airwaves. I would rather the truth come out and have in his weakened form over the airwaves. Cause you know Rove would have to replace him with someone else, and the alternatives are far worse....
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 01:08 PM
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2. Where would you hide blue pills? With other blue pills?


One would think a big time user like Rush had graduated to the big size dose. And we know he arranged the purchase of THOUSANDS of illegal pills before he was busted the first time. So, the question is, has all of his OxiContin stash been accounted for, or might he have a cache hidden in an apple tree or box of Capt Crunch?

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