Gary said:
I never even hinted that Rush was a victim, and he certainly hasn't. I was only trying to understand if addiction is only acceptable and worthy of sympathy for those on the left. I believe everyone who has an addiction makes a choice, but it's easier for some to break than it is for others.
The addiction was in reference to his hypocracy, dude. What I think about addicts doesn't make them quit. Doesn't make them better than me or worse then me. Like Popeye, they are what they are. Whether you believe they have a chemical imbalance, a psychological wrinkle, or simply make a self-indulgent choice, makes no odds either. But if someone set themself up as the voice of all that is decent and righteous, they better damn well be above reproach themself.
Gary said:
As for the Viagra, it was in his doctor's name. What do you think the local drug store pharmacist would have done if he had the information that Rush Limbaugh suffered from ED?
Laughed? Been professional? Not had a clue who this fatmouth was standing across the counter? Wondered why this hispanic maid was called Rush? I don't know. Neither do you. Neither did he.
And if you or I went to the doctor and said, "Hey, Doc. The old schmeckle ain't poppin' up to attention like it used to, can you give me the magic pill? Oh, and it's staggeringly embarrassing, so can you put it in YOUR name instead of mine, and then call the pharmacy so they know it's for you and not me, but it really is for me." Y' know what the doctor would say? Second word would be "off." I've been fishing and it bores the hell outta me, but it doesn't bore me so much that I'd need to take meds to go have a hand-shandy on the bank.
I am of course being generous and assuming it was just a quick hand-shandy (though frankly if you need viagra for that, you are sad strange little man) and not some liason with a hooker, or maybe he wanted to compare domestic inflation with a fishing buddy.
Gary said:
Al Gore was brought up in response to the charge that conservatives were not compassionate. As I said, politics should not get into the business of fund raising for disease. It only hurts the cause, and shame on those who attempt to further their political agenda by using sick people to support one candidate or another with the idea that electing that candidate will make them well.
Who ran on a platform of "
Compassionate Conservatism"? then screwed the nation and poor? Started a war? Bilked tax payers? Lined the pockets of oil companies and war profiteers? Compassionate?
Gary said:
Thanks for the beer offer, but I'll have to pass. I quit that addictive habit over 30 years ago.
Dude, the offer was a friendly gesture. If you have an issue, you could just say no and leave it at that. Or was I supposed to feel guilty for making that insensatively nice gesture? I insulted your hero? Too bad. If I insulted you by association, I'm sorry, but you pick your heroes, if they stand for filth, lies and deciet, not my fault.
Maybe I missed something. Maybe this is all about the first and last paragraph and you think I'm in someway slamming you if you had addiction issues with alcohol in the past. Who knows? Not I. But I do know I'm done here, ditto.
