LIMBAUGH'S DISFUNCTION

The criminal justice system continues to treat Rush Limbaugh with the
fairness that he claims the system denies him.

Last week, the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office correctly
concluded that Mr. Limbaugh broke no law by having 29 Viagra pills
that were for him but had been prescribed in someone else's name.
That decision spares the talk-show host any problems related to his
earlier deal with the state attorney's office on a doctor-shopping
charge for prescription pain relievers. In both cases, prosecutors
stuck to the law and acted professionally.

Mr. Limbaugh, though, remains a serial offender when it comes to
hypocrisy. On his show, he will embellish or invent any presumed
weakness that might embarrass someone he dislikes. But he didn't want
it on the record that he needs an erectile-dysfunction drug.
Similarly, when he entered treatment for drug addiction in October
2003, he told his audience that he had tried to "always be honest
with you and open about my life." Yet, he had gone through rehab
twice before that without being "open about my life." Finally, the
Palm Beach resident filed his December 2004 divorce in Key West, 220
miles from the Palm Beach County Courthouse, because it was "more
convenient" and tried to keep the case sealed.

On Wednesday, the self-absorbed Mr. Limbaugh was blaming the federal
agents for confiscating the Viagra as part of some vast left-wing
conspiracy tied to the 2006 and 2008 elections. The self-proclaimed
"truth detector" would rather tell a good story than "be honest."