You Ask - We Respond - A Cap Hill staffer who shall remain nameless wanted some B-haus analysis of the Rush Limbaugh drugs affair. It all kinda reminds me of the brief hoo-hah about professional nag William Bennett when it was revealed he had a gambling problem. Conservatives are people with problems too? Who knew? Of course, the reason we don't cut guys like these any slack when they reveal their failings is because they don't do anyone else the favor. It's the counter-golden rule: Do unto others as they've been doing unto you for years. I really should ask my mom what she thinks, since she gets most of her political analysis from the big fat idiot.

Oh, and leave it to Drew to argue that Rush was better at what he did because he was high all the time. Shyah, dude. Of course, if I had to make any serious comment about this inherently comedic subject, I'd say that painkillers seem to be a real danger out there. Some of them get damn close to heroin in physiological effect, and they are "almost" street legal. We all know people who've been on them and at least joke about wanting to get more after the medical need is gone. I think it's worth it to learn a lesson from the fall of Rush, even if you can't bear to offer him any wishes for a prompt recovery.