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The Blog for Saturday, January 29, 2005

Fighting for the Wingnut Vote

    Charlie Crist needs and wants the votes of the wingnuts that listen to Limbaugh. But he has a problem - Limbaugh is challenging the seizure, pursuant to a judicially approved search warrant, of his medical records. These records (apparently) demonstrate that Limbaugh "doctor shopped" to feed his addiction to "Hillbilly Heroin", conduct that is sorta inconsistent with his hard line anti-drug, law and order posturing.

    Of course, our attorney general is supposed to defend State laws. Crist, however, is making an exception for Limbaugh: rather than defend the law that authorized the issuance of the subpoena, Crist is proposing a "compromise". That doesn't sound like something "Chain Gang Charlie" would do in your "typical" drug case, now does it?

    The Palm Beach Post notes that Limbaugh is arguing that the courts ruling against him thus far have
    "misconstrued" the law in allowing the search warrant, contending that the state requires a subpoena. Actually, the search warrant requires a higher threshold than a subpoena, as the appeals court noted. Two judges had to approve it.
    But here's the bottom line:
    The case is very simple: Privacy rules do not allow patients to hide possible evidence. You would think the attorney general would back up prosecutors on that point.
    "Crist on the sidelines". And to no one's surprise, the Tampa Tribune editorial board is with, well, the wingnuts (who are fine with hiding evidence of Limbaugh's crime): "Crist's Compromise In Limbaugh Case".

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