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Oct18 Attempt to vilify Rush Limbaugh backfires gloriously

Earlier this month there was a big controversy over conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Anyone who’s ever listened to Rush knows that he is very supportive of the military. In fact, he’s been criticized about being ‘blindly’ supportive in the past. But the morons in congress decided to have a field day with a comment he made and attempted to lambaste him, claiming he is unsupportive of the military. Unfortunately, their plan backfired. Big time.

The comment that started it all

On September 26th, 2007, Rush was talking to a caller about people who lie about their military service to give them credibility and then denounce military efforts in Iraq. He was referring to the case of Jesse MacBeth, the man who claimed to be a veteran of the Iraq war and lied to reporters about fictional war crimes his unit had supposedly committed. MacBeth had actually only been in the army for forty-four days before he’d been deemed unfit and subsequently kicked out. Rush referred to such soldiers as “phony soldiers” in this call:

CALLER: No, it’s not. And what’s really funny is they never talk to real soldiers. They pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and spout to the media.
RUSH: The phony soldiers.
CALLER: Phony soldiers. If you talk to any real soldier and they’re proud to serve, they want to be over in Iraq, they understand their sacrifice and they’re willing to sacrifice for the country.

Congress throws a hissy fit

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his buddies in congress took this phrase and ran with it, attempting to vilify Rush. Representative Mark Udall introduced a Resolution in the House of Representatives lying about Rush’s comment and condemning him for something he did not say. Here is a quote from the resolution:

Whereas on September 26, 2007, the broadcaster Rush Limbaugh told a nationwide radio audience that members of the Armed Forces who have expressed disagreement with current policies of the United States regarding military activities in Iraq are ”phony soldiers’‘…

Meanwhile, in the Senate, Reid and forty other Democratic senators, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Kerry, wrote and signed a letter to the president of Clear Channel, Rush’s syndication partner. Reid apparently lacks the I.Q. to comprehend what Rush was saying as well, judging by this quote from the letter:

Although Americans of goodwill debate the merits of this war, we can all agree that those who serve with such great courage deserve our deepest respect and gratitude. That is why Rush Limbaugh’s recent characterization of troops who oppose the war as “phony soldiers” is such an outrage.

Forty-one senators total signed this letter and sent it Mark Mays, the CEO of Clear Channel, apparently unaware that Mays is a personal friend of Rush. Mays laughed it off and gave the letter to Rush, who then hatched an ingenious plot to totally pwn the lot of them.

Rush pwns all

Rush announced on October 12th that he would be auctioning off the letter on eBay. The auction includes the original smear letter in a Halliburton briefcase, a personal thank you letter from Rush and a photograph of Rush displaying the letter in Philadelphia on October 11th. The entire winning bid of the auction is to be donated to The Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation. Furthermore, Rush is going to personally match the winning bid dollar for dollar in his own contribution to the charity.

Reid and his goons accused Rush of being unsupportive of the military. It’s no surprise to me that this accusation came in the wake of MoveOn.org’s General ‘Betray Us’ ad and Hillary’s claim that to believe General Petraeus’ report on Iraq would require the “willing suspension of disbelief.” The Democrats attacked Rush in order to say: “ZOMG! RUSH DOESN’T SUPPORT THE MILITARY, WE DO!” Rush called their bluff. No, wait, Rush didn’t just call their bluff—Rush delivered them a roundhouse kick to the face, Chuck Norris style. And Rush has called upon those senators to match the bid in their own contribution to the charity as well:

And I would like to issue this challenge to Senator Reid and the 41 senators who signed his letter. You say you support the military. You say you’re big, and you think it’s patriotic, and that I was unpatriotic. Well, I would like for each of you, Senator Reid, and the 40 Senators who signed, to match whatever the winning bid is. Show us your support for the US military by all 41 of you pro-military people, Democrats in the Senate, match whatever the winning bid is and send that amount to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation.

Will any of the Democratic Senators take up this challenge? We shall see. But I’m doubtful they would want to acknowledge the auction at all, which, by the way, just jumped up to more than $500,000.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 1:20 pm in Current Issues, Humorous. You can subscribe to the comment feed to follow replies or leave a trackback from your own site. Tags: Clear Channel, eBay auction, Harry Reid, Jesse MacBeth, Mark Mays, Mark Udall, phony soldier, Rush Limbaugh, smear letter, The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation