Just heard on the news........

... but you obviously don't listen. This has nothing to do with being a darling of anyone. I think Rush is a little too full of himself for his own good, but he does bring valuable information to the public that heretofore went underreported or unreported entirely.

He admitted NOTHING. His plea was NOT GUILTY. This wasn't a plea bargain, it was an agreement with the prosecutor, nothing more, nothing less. Now that DA can go about prosecuting real criminals.

means prosecution is pending... and will continue to be pending as motion after motion drags the hearing out ad infinitum. A good defense lawyer is a wonder at tying up the system.

there will be no further prosecution.... IF....

Rush complete 18 more months of drug treatment successfully and contributes the $30,000.

Under this agreement he was ALLOWED to plead ''not guilty'' thus avoiding any conviction charge on his record thus saving face.

One bad pee test and the charges come back. In essence he was allowed to cut a deal with the prosecutors office. Essentially the same deal many celebs get on their first major run in with drug charges.

I saw this often in the juvenal system. A lot of kids I worked with were considered ''status'' offenders under the juvenal law code but had felony charges hanging over their head. They had to successfully complete the program at the minimum security facility I worked at to avoid the further prosecution of the adult charges.

Rush bought a good lawyer and cut a deal

This was a loser case for Palm Beach and rather than THEM lose face and end the persecution, they did the deal. It is almost impossible to prove Dr. shopping without the defendant incriminating themselves. The state has unlimited resources and can drag this out for a long time. Mr. Black most likely would have won an acquittal but the trial would have been very ugly for Rush. So both sides cut their loses.

Gee, I thought that the right to plead not guilty was a Constitutional right. I guess I missed that Constitutional amendment. I thought guilt still had to be proven in court.

What was 'ALLOWED' was a face saving gesture to the prosecutor.

please... if he's innocent he should fight it. Your making him out to be a big old woose.

other folks what THEY should do with their time, money, and lives. He didn't admit to anything. What is there to fight?

And he didn't deny anything.

How can he fight when Results 1 - 10 of about 454,000 for limbaugh admits. (0.13 seconds)

What part of NOT GUILTY do you not understand?

This gives them time to plea to a lesser charge.

Don't you know that prisons are full of not guilty people?

Diana

They plead GUILTY to a lesser charge and do so in front of a judge who accepts the plea. He plead NOT GUILTY.

Aah! I see it now! In the new speak, when one pleads not guilty that means one is really guilty. So, what does the innocent person plead these days? Guilty? That would seem to be your new paradyme. Or, is it 'Not Guilty, Not Guilty, Not Guilty' spoken in really rapid succession?

The actions taken today are as follows:

? The State Attorney has filed a single charge of doctor shopping with the Court. The charge is being held in abeyance under the terms of an agreement between the State and Mr. Limbaugh.

? Mr. Limbaugh has filed a plea of "Not Guilty" with the Court.

The formal agreement between Mr. Limbaugh and the State Attorney will be filed with the Court on Monday. The terms of the agreement are substantively as follows:

? Mr. Limbaugh will continue in treatment with the doctor he has seen for the past two and one half years.

? After Mr. Limbaugh completes an additional 18 months of treatment, the State Attorney has agreed to drop the charge.

? Mr. Limbaugh has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the State of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation.

Perhaps it has escaped your notice. Mr. Limbaugh does not reside in, nor has he been investigated in, Canada. It's US law that's at work, not Canadian. In the US, one is presumed innocent until proven guilty. A US citizen is not required to prove their innocence. I realize that this is a foreign notion to a Canadian, but do try to pay attention to the small details.

And when/if they have a trial, they are not found "innocent".

They are found "not guilty"

So, are they EVER "innocent"?

....unless their last name is Clinton, of course.

He plead not guilty, then he plea bargained.

And, since I believe/know I'm not guilty, I will

? Mr. Limbaugh will continue in treatment with the doctor he has seen for the past two and one half years.

? After Mr. Limbaugh completes an additional 18 months of treatment, the State Attorney has agreed to drop the charge.

? Mr. Limbaugh has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the State of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation.

Did he go before a judge?

Did he have a trial?

Was he found guilty/not guilty?

Was the prosecutor acting as investigator, judge and jury?

... that involves pleading guilty to a lesser charge. He reached an agreement with a prosecutor. AFAIK, the formal court papers are being filed today. I don't know if he will have to "appear" or not. All of which is so much ado about nothing. He plead not guilty to one charge that will be dropped if he stays clean. QED.

....but he still made a deal with the prosecution rather than go to trial.

I think what others are trying to say, Evie, is that Rush advocated jailtime rather than rehab for druggies (both for legal and illegal drugs) and it was a lack of character that got them there. Addiction was a lack of character rather than a disease.

Now that he was caught doing it, he believes that it's OK for him to get rehab and not jail.

I don't listen to him that much. Does he still rail about addicts and what they deserve to get?

Diana

we will see how that goes after he completes the remaining 18 months of rehab.

I have sympathy for the man on that issue and hope he makes it successfully through.

Same wishes for your boy.

grim

... of the thousands upon thousands of hours of broadcasts his critics found less than a handful of statements regarding drugs and jailtime. Can you support that he advocated jailtime for those that become addicted to drugs they BEGIN taking legally? I don't THINK so!

Addiction is not a disease, IMO. And even now, I don't think Rush has ever considered it so. He's not boo hooed about how he is "sick" or blaming anyone or expecting anyone to pay for his treatment, etc.

Who pays for the treatment was, BTW, most of what he had an issue with addicts to begin with. Along with repeat offenders. Most addicts that do jail time do it for something OTHER than the addiction itself -- e.g. stealing money for drugs, forging prescriptions, driving under the influence, etc. I don't think I've ever heard Rush "rail" that small time first offenders guilty of only use and possession of small amounts of drugs be sent up the river.

Exactly what did he get caught doing again?

he had a problem after he was outed by his house keeper.

Evie, your acting like Rush Limbaugh is some noble yet tragic figure here who did the right thing by voluntarily announcing on air that he had a drug problem. He was forced to admit he was in trouble to spin the situation.

It's called damage control. Did you see his bizarre performance on monday night football? It was bound to come out sooner than later that he was a druggie.

The one positive about this is it may have saved his life. Otherwise he may have been partying with Jim Belushi and Chris Farley by now.