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October 3, 2007 at 04:28:46

Right Wing Media Circles Wagons; Unprecedented!

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In an unprecedented display of fear, Republican Company spokespeople from across the country and multiple media outlets teamed up to blame Hillary Clinton and George Soros for Rush Limbaugh's defamation of the troops.

The intimidation seems to be working only on coward Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Mary).

Last Wednesday, Limbaugh labeled anti-war veterans "phony soldiers." Amazingly, while Congress set aside their priorities last week to condemn MoveOn.Org for merely begging the question: "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?", this week they're above trifling little condemnations for personal attacks against US soldiers.

The comment was typical. Rush, an orthodox McCarthyist, was incensed after bungling a call from a Republican war veteran who shattered the Republican stereotypes that Limbaugh so carefully promotes. Here is the incident:

LIMBAUGH: Mike in Chicago, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER 1: Hi Rush, how you doing today?

LIMBAUGH: I'm fine sir, thank you.

CALLER 1: Good. Why is it that you always just accuse the Democrats of being against the war and suggest that there are absolutely no Republicans that could possibly be against the war?

LIMBAUGH: Oh, come on!... I don't know a single Republican or conservative, Mike, who wants to pull out of Iraq in defeat.

CALLER 1: Well, I am a Republican, and I've listened to you for a long time, and you're right on a lot of things, but I do believe that we should pull out of Iraq. I don't think it's winnable. And I'm not a Democrat, but I just -- sometimes you've got to cut the losses.

"Whoa!" Rush is thinking. "Damage control! What would happen if my audience finds out that not every Republican is a slave to the dictates of the Republican Company spokespeople?"

After much hemming and hawing, Rush settled on a response: "Mike, you can't possibly be a Republican."

Here beginith the thinking process that landed Rush in hot water. "I'll call Republicans who disagree with me 'phonies.'" It was no great leap of logic for Rush to condemn all anti-war soldiers as phonies mere seconds later when he hosted the second caller--the one who made Rush more famous in the last few days than he's been in years.

CALLER 1: I am definitely a Republican.

LIMBAUGH: You can't be a Republican. You are --

CALLER 1: Oh, I am definitely a Republican. See, I -- I've used to be military, OK? And I am a Republican.

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Fr. JonI am a priest of a Russian Orthodox church. Unlike ministers of Roman Catholic and Protestant (and wealthy Orthodox) churches, I have a regular job - that of a technical writer. I am also a hospital chaplain. My passion has always been in the fight for social justice. I left the Catholic church when Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope. For most of my Catholic life (which is three quarters of my life), I bit my tongue and kept silent in public (though not in private) when the church made decision...

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The butt wart "patriot" and his brain dead listeners....

What nerve! For someone who shirked his military duty because of a butt wart to question the patriotism of soldiers who disagree with him just boggles the mind.... but with so many millions of brain dead Republicanzombies out there who follow him like the Pipe Piper and believe that everything he says is the Gospel truth, just continues to make this country the laughing stock of the world.

by Fr. Jon (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 8 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 5:04:13 AM

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Perhaps Rush has finally helped...

young men and women see through this unadulterated bullshit, and possibly encourged them to get a life, rather than join the military.

If not, what can one say? Except that they get what they deserve for being a uniformed, patriotic killer of fellow humans.

by Daniel Geery (26 articles, 58 quicklinks, 121 diaries, 690 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 7:23:46 AM

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John PerryJohn Perry is a morning radio personality in his home state of Connecticut. He started paying closer attention to life inside the Beltway several years ago, when it became obvious to him that his "representatives" were not interested in helping independent webcasters, who to this day remain under attack and faced with extinction, thanks to the nefarious efforts of the RIAA to maximize consolidation of Internet music distribution. He had been attempting to launch his own Internet radio ...

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"Phony soldiers" comment edited for AFN listeners

The original comment came during the second hour of his show, which is not heard by Armed Forces Network listeners. AFN only runs the first hour.

While subsequently recounting the incident for AFN listeners, the Limpster ran what he presented as an unedited clip. In actuality, 95 seconds had been edited out. Gee, I wonder which 95 seconds that might have been?

Read about it here:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020002?src=item200710020002

F**K YOU, Limbaugh. You're a goddamned Bush ass-sniffing fraud.

by John Perry (31 articles, 33 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 81 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 7:21:24 AM

Charlie Levenson is a writer and activist in Portland, Oregon. In addition to serving as the Manager of Electronic Communications for a social/athletic club in Portland, he instructs in Digital Media at Portland State University, consults on communications strategy, and occasionally writes/directs videos.
Charlie LCharlie Levenson is a writer and activist in Portland, Oregon. In addition to serving as the Manager of Electronic Communications for a social/athletic club in Portland, he instructs in Digital Media at Portland State University, consults on communications strategy, and occasionally writes/directs videos.

Please note...

The media controllers who manage AFN are the ones who ALLOWED this editing to occur and who haven't called Rush or his station to task for it.

by Charlie L (2 articles, 3 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 676 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 6:11:41 PM

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Tom MurphyJust a person that knows he matters and placing more on acceptance than expectation... And while this explanation is viewed apparently by some as limited, here's some more personal information that those same some believe I "need" to testify that I can post here at OpEdNews.com:
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Left Exploits Military; Unimaginable!

Truly, all the articles focusing on this "bug dust" in the corner, while the roof has caved in and rubble occupies the center of the room, is in itself contemptible at this point. Just query Google at this point and you're assaulted by an enormous amount of (1) boring and whining repetition and (2) an absence of almost all reason in (about) 646,000 hits - http://www.google.com/search?q=rush+limbaugh+phony+soldiers.

"You go to a good deal of trouble to explain an inconsequential event." -- Commandante Xavier Escalante-Portero y Vega from "Tequila Sunrise"

Why all the symbolism for so little substance? Quid pro quo is the ONLY reason for the noise. The Democrats felt cornered into condemning the MoveOn.org ad; therefore, it's time for the Republicans to get their comeuppance – truth (and troops) be damned!

Meanwhile, the soldiers in question (once again) are the pawns that are being exploited in this quixotic quest for belly-button lint by the Left. Senator Harry Reid has displayed a constant low-level contempt for the troops. In April 2007, he declared that the Iraq war was lost and the surge (which wouldn't reach its full impact for another two months) had accomplished nothing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYZEGot-xU4. Amazingly, Senator Reid's predictive powers were proved true immediately following the Petraeus-Crocker progress report.

House Speaker Pelosi had "schedule conflicts" that prevented her attendance at the Congressionally-mandated progress report, but she could travel six thousand miles to consort with Syria's government and fabricate promises and commitments to Syria on behalf of Israel via the Unites States.

And these comments and actions aren't an, "...attack [upon] the courage and character of those fighting and dying... for all of us?" These are Senator Reid's own words of another – Rush Limbaugh.

Has either the House or Senate commissioned a poll or investigation that concerns those most impacted by a, "... comment [that] was so beyond the pale of decency that it cannot be left alone" – a poll that would determine whether or not Rush Limbaugh owes the troops an apology for his "attack on patriotism"? It's been a week since that day of infamy in which the utterance of "phony soldiers" was shouted loudly to those serving. The answer, though, is easy – no.

The reasons for the "no" are equally easy. Firstly, Senator Reid and the Fab 40 other senators who signed "the letter" don't REALLY believe the phrase "phony soldiers" was that bad (consider Senator Harkins subsequent drug addiction comment about Rush), but Lordy, it's happiness like that of "a tick on a fat dog's ass" to see Rush wriggle squirm! Secondly, Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi, having already displayed their dislike of the military, find the troops easily expendable for their political expediency – and doesn't this just completely tickle their fancies knowing that their contempt can be so easily used against the Republicans for such a noble ideal as patriotism! And finally and probably most importantly, the Democrats have a sneaking suspicion that the troops would overwhelmingly say that the Liberals and NOT Rush owe them the apology - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show#Armed_Forces_Radio_controversy.

"Patriotic soldiers, please discard that patently aggressive American "can do" attitude. I seem to recall that General Patton claimed all real American's love the sting of battle. Well, we know today that General Patton, although obviously passionate, was very much against political correctness and was at best a Neanderthal in his abasement of the oppressed peoples of the Soviet Union. Understandably, you've lost this war through your false belief in America's invincibility and commitment to victory. I realize, though, it's not your fault, knowing what sacrifices we've had to make in Congress and at home with the budget and inconvenience of visiting you in the field. But know that defeat with dignity is possible provided our military leaders recant your desecration of Islam's holiest places by your presence here. America, for those of you who serve, should not be the nadir of barbarism." -- Senator Harry Reid, D-NV

The dear senator should remove his head from his "fourth point of contact" and do the job he was elected to do, "...support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;... bear true faith and allegiance to the same;... take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and... well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office [which he entered]." Strong words for a man who's been as ineffective as he has since assuming the Majority Leader's position.

by Tom Murphy (3 articles, 4 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 1719 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 10:10:58 PM

digital programmer turned thought specialist, sorta: rocket surgeon.
meremarkdigital programmer turned thought specialist, sorta: rocket surgeon.

Tom Murphy = too much

... and your point is?

Look up 'inconsequential' in the dictionary; your comment's there.

by meremark (1 articles, 3 quicklinks, 25 diaries, 496 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 9:33:13 PM

i am retired military veteran. i served over 25 years in the Unites States Army. i retired in 1983. i served in the vietnam war. a total of 27 months in that war. i also retired from Boeing aircraft. i am 68 years old. i live in texas. iwork out on my treadmill each day. i am married. i like politics. but i dont like what is going on in our government. we need a better government with politicans that answer to the people of america. after all this is our government. ( we the people) according to...

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vincent passiatorei am retired military veteran. i served over 25 years in the Unites States Army. i retired in 1983. i served in the vietnam war. a total of 27 months in that war. i also retired from Boeing aircraft. i am 68 years old. i live in texas. iwork out on my treadmill each day. i am married. i like politics. but i dont like what is going on in our government. we need a better government with politicans that answer to the people of america. after all this is our government. ( we the people) according to...

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Right wing Media

Rush along with george bush and dich head cheney are yellow bellied cowards. all these imbeciles did not serve there country. they could not make a pimple on a combat soldiers ass hole. we military served this country with HONOR. i would not like to get into combat with any of these morons. they are the type who would cut and run from a fight. ALL THESE JACK ASSES TALK, AND LET THERE MOUTH OVER RIDE THERE BUTT HOLE. they talk the talk. but they can not do the walk. if i were president i would give them all a rifle and send them into combat alone to fight the enemy. LET THEM ALL CRAP IN THERE PANTS. REPUBLICANS ARE ALL SPINELESS MORONS.

by vincent passiatore (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 168 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 11:50:48 PM