Mark Levin: MSM double standard....

[Liberty]

I don't wish anyone ill, except our nation's enemies. It's a good thing that Patrick Kennedy is going back into rehab. But I am very angry.

For nearly three years we witnessed the persecution of Rush Limbaugh, who became addicted to painkillers resulting from back and neck problems. We witnessed leaks by prosecutors who spread lies about him being involved in money laundering, drug rings, and doctor shopping. But the media happily repeated them. Some mocked him.

Rush got help. He has been clean for years. And in most cases, when someone becomes addicted to prescription drugs for the first time, the matter is eventually dropped. Most jurisdictions have set up drug courts for this very purpose. But that didn't stop the state prosecutor in Palm Beach County from spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars pursuing Rush.

Early on, prosecutors claimed they had evidence of over ten felonies. They demanded that Rush plead guilty to some felony—any felony. He refused, always insisting on his innocence. So, they leaked more lies to the media, hoping to intimidate him. They seized his medical records. They gave his medical records to the media. The media took those records and turned them into graphics for television. Reporters and commentators were studying his prescriptions, discussing both the kinds and amount of medicine he had taken. They were beside themselves with glee. Newsweek, AP and the Palm Beach Post, Rush's local paper, were especially vicious, serving as lap-dogs for the prosecutors.

In court, Rush fought these people every step of the way—all the way to the Florida Supreme Court. He spent millions of dollars defending himself—despite the fact that he had been a first-time abuser, went to rehab, and was clean. And then last October, the lead prosecutor sauntered into court and in response to questioning told the judge—we have no evidence that Rush Limbaugh has committed any crime! None.
So, I am very angry. You will hear commentator after commentator speaking sympathetically about Patrick Kennedy and his addiction to painkillers. You will hear people say that he is addicted, he has a serious health problem, he deserves to be praised for his forthrightness today, and we should leave him alone. And many of these commentators will be the same people who were giddy in their ceaseless attacks on Rush.

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Hear, hear!

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[andophiroxia]

How about this, not serving in politics during the 20+ years he was addicted to something? Isn't his voting record really shoddy as well? As least Rush during that time was coherent, and even though he had deafness (due to the painkiller addiction), he still did a stellar job.

Patrick has been screwing up in a job that requires great gravity and forthrightness to attend. He took drugs recreationally. I understand Rush did it for pain.

[La Chevelure]

plus, Patrick Kennedy has been in and out of rehab multiple times. He's the Robert Downey, Jr. of Congress!

[andophiroxia]

Well what can I say, like father like son...

At least he hasn't graduated to drowning a woman to save his political behind...oh wait, there was that yacht incident....

[La Chevelure]

I was gonna say! he hasn't graduated to drowning a woman to save his political behind.....that we know of!...or Yet!