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Dec 27, 2003 I would make a comment about the pot calling the kettle black, but one card has already been played, hasn’t it? So, let me see if I can keep up... (Taking a huge, “Ace Ventura”-like inhalation) Rush Limbaugh, noted conservative talk show host, has alleged that Palm Beach County’s prosecuting attorney, Barry Krischer, forging ahead with an investigation into Limbaugh’s purported “doctor- shopping” that provided him with powerful prescription drugs he admitted to having an addiction to is an attempt to “damage Limbaugh’s credibility and go after him for political reasons,” Limbaugh’s attorney Roy Black said. Okay, so Krischer is a Democrat. Or, at least he endorsed Democrat mayoral candidate Lois Frankel when she ran this year. Hey, then doesn’t that make Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jeffrey A. Winikoff a Democrat, as well? So, if I’m following this correctly, from the Maha-Rush-i’s point of view, because Limbaugh’s a conservative talk show host, a left-leaning prosecuting attorney (aided and abetted, not by Wilma Cline, but by Winikoff) is making a mountain out of a molehill with this criminal investigation. According to Limbaugh, his privacy is being violated because these medical records, which will prove or disprove these allegations, have been confiscated by Palm Beach authorities. Attorney Black is alleging ‘doctor-client’ privilege, which is funny, because I took an ethics class in college and I recall that in the instances of knowledge of crime or abuse, the ‘doctor-client confidentiality’ clause is rendered void. So is the “priest-confessional” confidentiality, too. Oh, but let’s not bash Christianity here, now. That’s another column, right? Let’s not examine the fact that if Limbaugh is as innocent as he claims, and is being persecuted by liberal loonies simply doing their jobs, then wouldn’t you think those records would be paraded across America’s front pages and talking heads’ commentaries to prove his claims? IF they held nothing criminally damning in them, that is… Well, “you people” are quick to point out the race card, a la Jesse Jackson, but let me introduce you to something new in the conservative arsenal: the PARTISAN card. Yes, that’s right, the partisan card—the card you play when someone ideologically polar opposite of you is accusing you of breaking a law or committing some other transgression. This takes the (fill in the blank)-wing conspiracy theory thinking to a whole ‘nuther level, doesn’t it, sports fans? So, once again, the conservatives co-opt a tactic from the left; blaming something other than their own human frailty when facing allegations of criminal misconduct. I mean, how many times has Connecticut’s Governor John Rowland zigged when he should have zagged during an investigation into alleged corruption? Oh, wait, or was that former Governor George Ryan? Or did the left steal that strategy from the right? Inquiring minds want to know…or, should I say, “Enquirer”- ing minds want to know? The GOP doesn’t seem to be so vocal when it comes to their own iniquities, and it is up to the “fair and balanced” commentary by liberal voices that exposes conservative criminals, and we should do it just as stridently as the dulcet tones of El Rush-bo rant on about the liabilities of liberals in our political system. ------------ About the author: Chuck Tyler is a freelance writer and journalist based in South Bend, Indiana. His credits include coverage for the South Bend Tribune (www.SouthBendTribune.com) of a triple homicide trial and a town hall meeting of concerned citizens and local officials for the Herald-Palladium (www.HeraldPalladium.com) following 9/11. Email him at: tyler_1420@yahoo.com Comment on this column in the forum. ------------ |
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