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...daily—operating under the pretense of being a virtuous moral compass, it’s healthy to expose hypocrisy that has been denied for all too long. Now, in the wake of two consecutive—and very public—transgressions, even the most intractable of Rush Limbaugh fans has to do at least a little second guessing...

Author: By Morgan Grice, | Title: Rushing Into Rehab | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...epitome of morality of virtue,” recently resigned from his spot on ESPN after claiming that a football player’s success stemmed from his race rather than his talent. But the more condemning crime wouldn’t surface until a few days later, when Rush acknowledged an addiction to painkillers and lent credence to the claim that he’d illegally purchased some 30,000 pills from his maid—which involved covert operations featuring parking lots and cigar boxes full of cash...

Author: By Morgan Grice, | Title: Rushing Into Rehab | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...popping pills. But there seems to be a trend among those who tout themselves as the personification of virtue—as we’ve seen with fallen televangelists who bamboozle millions into believing in their integrity only to suffer a tragic downfall when their indiscretions are exposed. Rush, like innumerable smooth-talking right wingers before him, is full...

Author: By Morgan Grice, | Title: Rushing Into Rehab | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...course, Rush apologists have already mobilized to defend the quick-to-condemn mogul who once ironically, or perhaps prophetically, charged: “Too many whites are getting away with drug use,” society should “send them up the river.” Even our own Harvard Salient—yet another bastion of morality—published an article in which the author cried that “enough is enough,” and invoked the generic plea that “because of his unwavering conservative stances, it seems the media cannot...

Author: By Morgan Grice, | Title: Rushing Into Rehab | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...idea that the “liberal media” is antagonizing Rush Limbaugh is of course the classic, cop-out response. You’d think that the media has run rampant with ad hominem attacks against Rush—and yes, one Al Franken and miscellaneous others prove exceptions as they relish his hypocrisy—but the character assassination territory is generally left to Limbaugh...

Author: By Morgan Grice, | Title: Rushing Into Rehab | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

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