Rush, To Judgment: It's been a bad year for bully-boy conservatives. Time for them to taste their own bitter medicine.

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 20-OCT-03

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Byline: Jonathan Alter

If you listen hard, you can hear the booming voice: Look, the Clinton liberals and feminazis won't tell you, but here's the problem with this big talk-show host who turns out to be a prescription- drug junkie. You have a guy who finally stops spinning and fesses up for his actions. Fine. He says he won't play the victim. Good. He's off to rehab. God bless. But what he and his apologists want you to forget is that he broke the law--yes, the L-A-W. Some of us around here still have respect for it.

Folks, this guy didn't just use drugs, he put another person in harm's way to feed his own habit. He repeatedly sent his maid out into a parking lot to score...

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