Pubdate: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 Source: Springfield News-Leader (MO) Copyright: 2003 The Springfield News-Leader Contact: http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1129 Author: Bill Martin Focus Alert: http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0279.html LIMBAUGH FAN ARGUES BADLY Linda Stillings' defense of Rush Limbaugh and his drug habit has to top my hypocrisy chart (Oct. 14 letter, "Liberal hatchet job on Limbaugh.") Everything she says in defense of his admitted illegal drug habit should and can be turned around and bite him in the posterior. If he was taking the drugs for pain as she proselytizes, why didn't he just get a prescription from his doctor? I would think with the millions he earns every year he could afford medical insurance to cover the doctor's fees and pay for the prescriptions. So what Stillings surely meant to say was that Limbaugh should be behind bars like all the other "dope-smoking, maggot-infested, scumbag users." As for Betty Ford, I thought she was the wife of a Republican president treated for being an alcoholic, which is not a crime in this country, and also was not a brainless liberal, as Ms. Stillings suggested. And as for Liz Taylor, I don't recall hearing her on radio every day railing against everyone and everything that disagrees with her. When you throw mud at someone, a little always finds its way back to you. Bill Martin, Springfield - --- MAP posted-by: Josh