Pubdate: Tue, 02 May 2006
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen (IA)
Copyright: 2006 Iowa City Press-Citizen
Contact:  http://www.press-citizen.com
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Author: Herb Brant

WHAT RUSH SAYS; WHAT RUSH DOES

Rush Limbaugh has reached a pretty favorable plea bargain (his lawyer 
calls it an "agreement") regarding prescription abuses relating to 
his drug dependency.

He is paying a $30,000 fine (his lawyer calls it a payment to defray 
the public cost of the investigation) which represents something like 
two hours' income for the radio host.

What do you want to bet that if it had been a Democrat or liberal in 
exactly the same situation, Rush would be on the radio proclaiming 
that a bleeding-heart, weak-kneed prosecutor had given a dangerous, 
immoral criminal a slap on the wrist instead of throwing the slime in 
prison where he belongs?

I'm not saying that would have been the proper punishment for 
Limbaugh. But that's most likely what he would have said.

Herb Brant

Coralville
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