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Saturday, October 04, 2003
Okay, lock Rush up and throw
away the key. I now believe that the Limbaugh quote I cited on
Thursday may have been the only sane thing he ever said about the war
on drugs.
Here's a
1995 quote from Limbaugh
dug up by Newsday columnist Ellis Henican:
Let's all admit something.
There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys
individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies.
Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have
laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing
drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to
people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by
them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs,
they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they
ought to be sent up.
Henican's got lots of other good
stuff, too, so read the whole thing.
Here's a teaser
from the National Enquirer, which broke the story.
Unfortunately, you'll have to buy it to read the article. Just find a store where they don't know you.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
