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Rekna · 01-13-2004, 11:19 AM

This is a transcript from countdown last night

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3947807/

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Sample items taken from Mr. Limbaugh‘s own Web site.

September 12, 2003: “If this guy had burned that flag,” Limbaugh said, “the ACLU and countless other groups would be down there supporting this guy‘s right to desecrate Old Glory. But because he‘s flying the American flag respectfully, none of the so-called civil libertarians makes a peep.”

September 23, 2003: “The ACLU has decided they‘re not going to appeal the 9th Circuit‘s decision to reinstate the California recall election. They must not really care all that must about you stupid—their term, not mine—minorities and poor people.”

December 23, 2003: “Where have all these so-called civil libertarians gone, the ACLU and the rest of them, claiming our government is overreaching?”

Maybe I am overreaching, but I do not think Mr. Limbaugh likes the ACLU. And something else he has shown an antipathy to, the right to privacy.

Again, from his own Web site. August 22, 2003: “I warned you about this ever-broadening interpretation of the so-called right to privacy. It‘s not a right specifically enumerated in the Constitution or Bill of Rights,” a quote that made an odd preface to this next one from December 23, 2003: “Now they need my medical records, my private medical records, to find out if I‘ve committed a crime called doctor shopping? They now have to invade my privacy to learn whether I have broken the law?”

Today, the ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Mr. Limbaugh‘s argument that the seizure of his private medical records was illegal. And Limbaugh gratefully accepted the ACLU‘s help.

His attorney, Roy Black, said he and Limbaugh—quote—“are pleased

that the ACLU has filed a motion” and added that the seizure was—quote -

· “also a threat to everyone‘s fundamental right to privacy”—unquote.

To say nothing of, as Mr. Limbaugh and Mr. Clemens might tell you, if they were talking about somebody besides themselves, everyone‘s fundamental right to change their opinions on a dime and contradict months and even years of their own conduct and beliefs, everyone‘s fundamental right, the ungenerous among us might call it, to hypocrisy. Check, please.

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Anyone else see the hypocracy and irony?

01-13-2004, 11:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	Rush Limbaugh and the ACLU This is a transcript from countdown last night http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3947807/ [/QUOTE] Sample items taken from Mr. Limbaugh‘s own Web site. September 12, 2003: “If this guy had burned that flag,” Limbaugh said, “the ACLU and countless other groups would be down there supporting this guy‘s right to desecrate Old Glory. But because he‘s flying the American flag respectfully, none of the so-called civil libertarians makes a peep.” September 23, 2003: “The ACLU has decided they‘re not going to appeal the 9th Circuit‘s decision to reinstate the California recall election. They must not really care all that must about you stupid—their term, not mine—minorities and poor people.” December 23, 2003: “Where have all these so-called civil libertarians gone, the ACLU and the rest of them, claiming our government is overreaching?” Maybe I am overreaching, but I do not think Mr. Limbaugh likes the ACLU. And something else he has shown an antipathy to, the right to privacy. Again, from his own Web site. August 22, 2003: “I warned you about this ever-broadening interpretation of the so-called right to privacy. It‘s not a right specifically enumerated in the Constitution or Bill of Rights,” a quote that made an odd preface to this next one from December 23, 2003: “Now they need my medical records, my private medical records, to find out if I‘ve committed a crime called doctor shopping? They now have to invade my privacy to learn whether I have broken the law?” Today, the ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Mr. Limbaugh‘s argument that the seizure of his private medical records was illegal. And Limbaugh gratefully accepted the ACLU‘s help. His attorney, Roy Black, said he and Limbaugh—quote—“are pleased that the ACLU has filed a motion” and added that the seizure was—quote - · “also a threat to everyone‘s fundamental right to privacy”—unquote. To say nothing of, as Mr. Limbaugh and Mr. Clemens might tell you, if they were talking about somebody besides themselves, everyone‘s fundamental right to change their opinions on a dime and contradict months and even years of their own conduct and beliefs, everyone‘s fundamental right, the ungenerous among us might call it, to hypocrisy. Check, please. [/QUOTE] Anyone else see the hypocracy and irony?