LIMBAUGH RECORDS CASE JUST A POLITICAL CASE

Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer's wish to review Rush
Limbaugh's medical records to fish for possible corroborating support of
what at best is essentially a victimless crime is -- if not the
quintessential example of misapplication of a state attorney's office's
power -- a darn good one. Why should citizens have to concern themselves
with the party affiliations or political leanings of state's attorneys?
Because as Mr. Krischer demonstrates, they're capable of using their
elected offices for perceived political gain.

Mr. Limbaugh may have proven himself to be a hypocrite in the abuse of
prescription drugs, and caused himself obvious pain and embarrassment, but
the state attorney's actions here are far more dangerous to the public. The
ACLU, of all entities, recognizes it, having held its collective nose, and
filed a friend of the court brief in support of Mr. Limbaugh's objection to
having his medical records used for bait in a politically motivated,
election-year gambit to gain some political traction for the state
attorney's political party.

Alan R. Pavsner

Jupiter