The hypocrisy and double standards of the Republican Party have reached an all-time low. I know, I know. How much lower could it get after Sen. Larry Craig (R-Minneapolis Airport)?
This week Republicans in the Congress, led by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), offered a resolution to honor conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, who on Tuesday compared an anti-war veteran, who served in Iraq, to a suicide bomber.
Jihadist terrorist cowards tried to kill Brian McGough in October 2003 in a gutless roadside bombing. Limbaugh spit on the war hero back here in America Tuesday because McGough made the mistake of using the freedom for which he fought, and nearly died, to voice his opposition to the war.
Brian McGough
McGough used the free speech he purchased with blood Wednesday in an ad criticizing Rush Limbaugh's comment that soldiers who oppose the war are "phonies."
Limbaugh responded by characterizing McGough condescendingly, as if the soldier was nothing more than a vegetable, which is how most Republican politicians treat veterans of foreign wars. Limbaugh called the ad "a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran, lying to him about what I said, then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media in a TV ad to walk into as many people as he can walk into."
It's bad enough that Limbaugh called McGough's opinions phony, but it is morally irreprehensible to compare any man or woman whose blood stained the color of the US flag on their uniform to the type of scumbag vermin that kill women and children in cowardly cold blood.
How dare Limbaugh cloak himself in flowery patriotic pretexts and pretend to support the troops, while in the fine print it says, "offer subject to terms and conditions; soldier must pledge allegiance to the flag of Rush Limbaugh, Enron and Halliburton or I will do everything in my power to tarnish his reputation and snatch away his credentials as a veteran."
Bloggers have not let up on Limbaugh since his original slandering last week of anti-war US vets as "phony soldiers," and the story continues to gain traction in the mainstream media. It doesn't matter that 300 Republican Company spokespeople in the blogosphere, print and cable media have rushed to revise Rush's comments to suggest he was referring to Jesse McBeth. This isn't about winning favor among Corrupublicans. This is about principle.
The Republicans in Congress worked themselves up into an Academy Award-worthy state of indignation two weeks ago when MoveOn.org begged the question, "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" BEGGED THE QUESTION! We're talking about a GENERAL, NOT A COMMON SOLDIER, A GENERAL HAND-PICKED BY BUSH FOR HIS SERVILITY.
The Republicans even stopped CONGRESS!!! After weeks of log-jamming, and derailing Democrats from accomplishing anything, they SHUT DOWN CONGRESS until they could stand in defense of the soldiers from Left Wing slander. What a bunch of hog wash!
Coward Steny Hoyer (D-UD), allowed Republicans to pass a resolution condemning MoveOn.Org for the Petraeus ad. Now, Hoyer thinks that a condemnation would be a trifling waste of time. Well thanks for reaching that conclusion a week late, you cowardly, pandering wimp. What a miserable excuse for a Democrat.
Gone is the chance to expose the blatant hypocrisy and double standards of the Republican Party. None of these self-righteous politicians who were supposedly outraged and incensed over the MoveOn.org ad would vote for such a resolution, because they carry out orders strictly for the Republican Company, of which Limbaugh is a chairman.
Once again, Republicans find themselves above and beyond the ethical rules to which they hold Democrats and the American people. The hypocrisy is already apparent in the Senate, where not a single Republican senator would sign a letter to Clear Channel drafted by Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that condemned Limbaugh for his comments! Not a single one of these Republicans who profess to be the military's most ardent supporters.
This is the Republican Party. The same party that couldn't even give soldiers Hummers with full armor. The same party that told soldiers, "You go to war with the army you have, not the army you want." The same party that filibustered an amendment, PURELY for POLITICAL REPRISAL and disregard for US soldiers, that would have given the troops more time at home with their families!!!
Oh, but Republicans love the troops. Yes. Never question that. They love the Brain McGough's of the world. Just so long as they keep their mouths shut and smile for the photo-ops on Memorial Day.
Dean Danger Powers is an international man of mystery.
We will not stop this Republican theft of our nation and our liberty until we throw them out of office. We will never throw them out if we don't hand count our ballots, because they will rig the machines in order to stay in power. In power all the way down to the county level, where they decide which voting machine will steal the next election.
If we can regain our government at the local level, then we can start building our state structures and then on to the Federal level. Then, we can take back our airwaves and educate the public as to the depravity of our current leadership.
But it starts in your home county, at the grassroots. Sucking up to Limbaugh is only a symptom of the greater cancer.
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GitarChris (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 112 comments)
on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 12:34:40 PM
Rush never served in the military and had a college deferment, then he flunked out of college and was classified 4F because of a pimple on his Fat A$$. Too stupid for college, unfit for military service, gee he sounds like he would be perfect for a cabinet position for Bush administration. I guess he makes more money on his comedy show.
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Michael Chavers (42 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 173 comments)
on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 1:05:13 PM
Nothing the Grotesque Old Party does anymore surprises me. They are definitely the worst of the worst. Lying, thieving, whoring, corrupt fools. By the way so are all their enablers.
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Archie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 974 comments)
on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 2:26:32 PM
I always enjoy your articles! Great writing and good points! This one is especially good... We need more fine Americans like yourself to help keep the heat on Limbaugh and the causes he champions! What a dick.
Nice one, man!
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C.Bid (0 articles, 7 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 647 comments)
on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 4:06:18 PM
Steve, I know it ticks you off... but I'll say it again -he deserves it! Let them use his own words against him... at this point, I don't even care if they are his words or not. Immature? Yeah. But the Left Wing weren't the ones to inject political discussion with so much venom that people's lives started becoming ruined because of it! That was the Right Wingers. The dirty, hateful, libelous, cut-throat, lying Right Wingers... We've seen their credibility go on the swirl as it drains to the sewer. The TRUTH is they CAN'T take it when they get a taste of their own medicine.
Revenge. It's what's for dinner...
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C.Bid (0 articles, 7 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 647 comments)
on Friday, October 5, 2007 at 7:23:39 AM
I'm just saying, and I am starting to believe that I don't have to say this, that it grates on me as it cheapens the discussion to say YEAH YEAH GO GET HIM! when the ammunition being used makes us look like morons!
Anyway, Dimbaugh is an efite snob who loves to tell the stories that makes him look great, and while he does not outright lie that often, he does tell the story, while remaining accurate, in a way that will make him/republicans look good...
dems do this on Air America and NPR... When I hear the colored/slanted telling of the news, I want to beat my head against the wall! It is the main reason why I stopped watching CNN, FOX, and some of the others.. I get more useful news when I watch John Stewart ! How sad is that? REAL News has to be found, because it sure as hell is not reported!
Steve
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steve scheetz (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 510 comments)
on Friday, October 12, 2007 at 1:22:32 PM
