Rep. Pallone slams Rush’s ‘phony soldiers’ comment.
Yesterday, right wing radio host Rush Limbaugh callously referred to American service members who favor withdrawing from Iraq as “phony soldiers.” Also yesterday, 341 members of the House voted to condemn MoveOn.org and any effort to attack the honor and integrity of all members of the United States Armed Forces. On the floor of the House today, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) asked whether those who condemned MoveOn would now “hold Rush Limbaugh to the same standard“:
Soldiers may question the war, but it does not mean that they’re any less committed to their mission, and now I wonder if Republicans who showed so much outrage towards MoveOn.org yesterday will hold Rush Limbaugh to the same standard — and I wouldn’t hold your breath.
Watch it:
UPDATE: Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA), an Iraq war veteran, released a statement slamming Limbaugh too:
Someone should tell chicken-hawk Rush Limbaugh that the only phonies are those who choose not to serve and then criticize those who do. I served proudly, so did two of my fellow paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne who spoke out and died just weeks ago. Generations of American veterans have worn the uniform with pride and we know it is no contradiction to serve your country and still disagree with the Bush-civilian leadership that mismanaged this war.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) forcefully responds here.
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Stand up and sing praises for Rep. Pallone.
Hella-freakin-lulah
September 27th, 2007 at 8:34 pmWe know the GOOPers won’t. But what about the spineless Dems?
September 27th, 2007 at 8:34 pmRepublicans (in the Congress/right-wing media) are hypocrites, cowards, liars and cheats.
I wouldn’t expect them to publicly diss their holier than thou false idol Rush.
Although it would sure be nice to see!
September 27th, 2007 at 8:37 pmThere is no strength in the Democratic Party. why did We give them the key’s to the building if all they were gonna do was keep holding the door open for the Repuppetcans?
RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
A TRUE SOLDIER!!
September 27th, 2007 at 8:37 pmHopefully this will make the republicans squirm a bit. I think the canard that they support the troops is getting a bit old and stale. I am not sure even Rush can get away with this. I wonder how many listeners went “wait a minute Rush”?
September 27th, 2007 at 8:39 pmMassive props to any Democrats who stand up for this. Yes, a lot of them have been a disappointment, but I’ll give credit where it is due.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:39 pmPallone needs a push. Thank him here:
is you need a zip:
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Long Branch, N.J. 07740
September 27th, 2007 at 8:45 pmor “if” you need a zip
September 27th, 2007 at 8:46 pmI love how the term “chickenhawk” has come into common usage, when we have elected officials freely using it to describe the miserable cretins who bluster and call for endless war, we know something is breaking loose.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:46 pm. I wonder how many listeners went “wait a minute Rush�
Comment by Krazny
My guess will be “zero”, if ann Coulter can get away saying that a member of the SCOTUS should be poisoned, then a guy who got out of going to Vietnam for a cyst on his behind (even though all he needed to day was lay in the prone to shoot) can too.
Theres a reason he has follower’s………….they’re all like him.
RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
A TRUE SOLDIER
September 27th, 2007 at 8:46 pmOh dear Lord. How pathetic this all is.
I don’t want the Democrats wasting time condemning the likes of Rush Limbaugh with pointless legislation.
I just want them to apologize for forgetting who their friends are.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:53 pmAn earlier comment from Bigfoot, refering to conservatives (like Rush) :
[. . .] “we give our military, from Generals to Privates, the support and thanks they deserve for a job well doneâ€
I’m guessing that’s why he hasn’t been around the Limbaugh threads. He doesn’t want to eat his words.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:55 pmFrom the sounds of it, maybe we owe fatboy a thank you note.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:05 pmMy take on El Bigpoot is that he’s representative of Limpwads core audience.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:06 pmBlustery, abusive, and nothing to back up his spewings.
Kinda just like Flush
Where are the trolls!?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cowards…
September 27th, 2007 at 9:16 pm#7. Zora–I thanked Congressman Pallone. It’s always good when our elected reps point out the hypocrisy.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:20 pmTo all Cali TP posters:
Feinstein voted for the MoveOn condemnation, so perhaps we can pressure her to start a similar resolution condemning Rush.
She’s already in hot water for promoting Rush to speak before congressional interns; and Boxer voted against the MoveOn sillyness, so she needs to be reminded that she’s still a democrat, and her constituents don’t enjoy cowards like Rush smearing our troops.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:27 pmI wonder how many listeners went “wait a minute Rush�
Comment by Krazny — September 27, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
Very few, if any, and any of those that happen to call in to his show to condemn him will be cut off swiftly before they can do any “damage.”
September 27th, 2007 at 9:28 pmCowards…
Comment by Zooey — September 27, 2007 @ 9:16 pm
Waiting for their leaders to tell them how to respond. This one might take a little time.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:28 pmWhy does anyone care what a drug addict has to say?
September 27th, 2007 at 9:29 pmOn the floor of the House today, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) asked whether those who condemned MoveOn would now “hold Rush Limbaugh to the same standard“:
*****Are you kidding me.Repukes have no conscience nor shame.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:30 pmWill the Democrats get a SPINE with this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjE3CZvwIM4
We’re waiting.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:30 pmWaiting for their leaders to tell them how to respond. This one might take a little time.
Comment by Candyce — September 27, 2007 @ 9:28 pm
Let me preempt them:
Rush has the right to free speech!
September 27th, 2007 at 9:31 pmWhy do you lefties hate so?
Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think its time for another Civil War in the USA.
let’s get ready to rumble !!!
September 27th, 2007 at 9:33 pmoooOOOoooOOO !!
September 27th, 2007 at 9:37 pmCandyce are you having multiple O’s ???
September 27th, 2007 at 9:40 pmBush-Linbaugh doesn’t care about you!. Like someone said (km4): “I think its time for another Civil War in the USA”. Hopefully not but, just in case, let’s get ready to rumble!
September 27th, 2007 at 9:48 pmor where were your comments when Bill Maher said he wished Cheney would have been shot?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
I certainly don’t want him shot. Just indicted, and prosecuted as the criminal that he is!
September 27th, 2007 at 9:52 pmLimpballs would have served in the military don’t you know. He had a terrible medical condition that disqualified him. I think it was a pimple on his butt if I remember correctly.
But he would have served if he could. Of course, he’s such an obnoxious a**hole that he would have been fragged before getting out of basic training.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:53 pmron
Where were you when the Repuppetcan direspected and dishonored EVERY Purple Heart recipient (myself and seven of my Soldiers included) when they wore the Purple Heart band-aids at the convention. OOh i’m sorry you were probably in the front row.
Deal with the issue at hand, which is Rush Limbaugh, and stop cutting and running from the topic.
RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Bronze Star w V device and Purple Heart Recipient
A TRUE SOLDIER!!!
September 27th, 2007 at 9:56 pmLook up “Phony Soldiers” in the RushipediaA.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:01 pmYes, it was a pimple on his ass (big as it is) which prevented him from serving. No, he wouldn’t have served if he could. Chickenhawks never serve if they can help it. That’s why they’re called chickenhawks. Think of Bush, anyone?
September 27th, 2007 at 10:04 pmComment by Tired Of Fighting — September 27, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
We all know how the Repugs diss the troops whenever they get the chance; no equal time off at home between deployments, sub-standard VA care when they return, no additional family benefits while they are deployed, no respect for their position or their right to speak out. But Ron and his fellow Repugs finds that totally acceptable.
I am a Vietnam combat vet and was dissed, but NEVER as bad as this. A totally shameful time in our country’s history.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:06 pm28- shot in place of his old buddy, who was shot, but not badly (treated and released for a peppering of birshot). not the same - false comparison - you lose - again - have you not caught on to how the experience is going to go for you here, ron, or do you just like being mocked, made fun of, and proven to be sadly wrong again and again and again. This isn’t “Chavez’s Nicaragua” (y, I caught that one).
Pester some R’s for a change - get them to clean up their act before you come around shooting you mouth off about anyone here, or any D’s. Maybe then you righties can have a political party you won’t have to be ashamed of daily.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:06 pmor where were your comments when Bill Maher said he wished Cheney would have been shot?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
Nothing to comment on since he didn’t say that.
Where were your comment when Rosie calls our troops terrorists?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
Nothing to comment on since she never said our troops are terrorists.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:07 pmron —
September 27th, 2007 at 10:08 pmdo you suppose the troops are catching on to the fact they are not in Iraq to keep America safe, but to secure the oil? Aren’t they allowed to complain a bit as their life is at sake OVER LIES? And who is Limbaugh to even judge the troops when he is such a chickenhearted bastard coward pig? What Rush has said goes beyond comprehension… There is absolutely no comparison to the folks you mentioned or Moveon.org. For you to think so also undermines the troops.
ron
September 27th, 2007 at 10:13 pmWhy aren’t you over in Iraq fighting? Get your butt over there so the MIC and big oil can continue to profit. And don’t you dare complain as it is for the good of the corporations.
Comment by upside99 — September 27, 2007 @ 10:06 pm
True
Know this: I totally respect your honorable service during Vietnam. My Dad, Mom, and her two Sisters all served in Vietnam. My family lost three relatives in that war, and many of their friends who were there with them were just heartbroken because of the way they were disrespected when they came home by those who choose to run and hide who just so now happen to run the airwaves and the government.
RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
A TRUE SOLDIER
September 27th, 2007 at 10:15 pmDue to a chronic illness, I would not be allowed in the service. AND yes rosie said the US is terrorist state
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
That’s not what you said she said, is it?
September 27th, 2007 at 10:29 pmDue to a chronic illness, I would not be allowed in the service.
Comment by ron
Yellow fever can be cured.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:30 pmTry another excuse.
” — fine by me, since she left her job over it ”
Comment by Jake D.
Jake’s next post should also call for Rush’s ouster, if he thinks Rosie’s offense was so bad…
September 27th, 2007 at 10:32 pmThe chickenhawk lament:
“Well , it is true that I am chronically ill and have been for 35 yrs. When they tried to recruit me in HS, I told them about my illness and they said they cant take me.”
September 27th, 2007 at 10:34 pmLimbaugh attacks fine men and women who show love of country enough to don the uniform and go to where they’re called to go. Limbaugh never offered his homeland the same! Where’s the outrage from our friends on the right?
I say damn the war profiteers - bring our troops home! -Kevo
September 27th, 2007 at 10:34 pmWhen they tried to recruit me in HS, I told them about my illness and they said they cant take me.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:32 pm
Congenital idiocy?
September 27th, 2007 at 10:34 pmHomosexuality?
September 27th, 2007 at 10:35 pmor do you just like being mocked, made fun of, and proven to be sadly wrong again and again and again. This isn’t “Chavez’s Nicaragua†(y, I caught that one).
Comment by tombaker — September 27, 2007 @ 10:06 pm
Well, if you did, you know that Nicaragua was the subject of Ronnie Reagan’s Contra adventure. How sad that I can point out to an American president’s misfortune in foreign policy instead of his successs. Bush 43 is a failure.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:36 pm“Chronic disease” — herpes?
September 27th, 2007 at 10:36 pmAND yes rosie said the US is terrorist state
Comment by ron
September 27th, 2007 at 10:38 pmYou tell me what is the difference between a terrorist attack and a preemptive strike. What does that make US with Bush’s preemptive strike doctrine? We are the terrorists of the world in the eyes of many around the world.
And whose asses are really on the line? The phony soldiers or the partisan general? Matter of fact have any generals been shot lately.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:42 pmI have not let my illness affect my life.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
**sniff… sniff** That’s so… touching… and inspirational…
September 27th, 2007 at 10:43 pmthe US does more than anyone else to protect the innocent.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
Damn, I’d bet good money the multiple hundreds of THOUSANDS of dead Iraqis Bush has gotten killed would stand and applaud that statement, if they could… like, if they weren’t DEAD.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:45 pmI have not let my illness affect my life.
Comment by ron
Other than keeping you from serving your country, in which case you might not have had such a “long” life.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:47 pmWhen they tried to recruit me in HS, I told them about my illness and they said they cant take me.
Comment by ron
September 27th, 2007 at 10:48 pmGood News…the military will take just about anyone now..they do not care. I’m sure you are well aware of that. How can anyone be for this illegal invasion/massacre now occupation, knowing it is over LIES and think it is fine to send other peoples kids over there to fight and die AND THEN defend Rush when he, on his show, puts them down for stating the truth?
“Terrorists purposely attack innocents to achieve a political goal. the US does more than anyone else to protect the innocent.”
Comment by ron
Shock and Awe was a political calculation; they knew hundreds of innocents would die, yet Bush launched the invasion anyway. Your assertion doesn’t hold water.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:49 pmI am only 40- I hope thats not old yet
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:49 pm
Cue up music… violins swelling… close-up of a puppy, then flowers…
September 27th, 2007 at 10:52 pmthey knew hundreds of innocents would die, yet Bush launched the invasion anyway. Your assertion doesn’t hold water.
Comment by barfly — September 27, 2007 @ 10:49 pm
Hundreds? Try thousands… or even tens of thousands…
Shit, our military didn’t even bother to count the number of Iraqis they killed w/ that insanity. But it sure played well on Fox, didn’t it?
September 27th, 2007 at 10:53 pmLet’s all give ron a break. Illness or no, would you want such a person in combat? He can’t even mount a passable online defense of Limbaugh; he’d probably get someone killed in a real free-fire zone.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:55 pmhe’d probably get someone killed in a real free-fire zone.
Comment by barfly — September 27, 2007 @ 10:55 pm
The Killing Joke???
September 27th, 2007 at 10:55 pmTerrorists purposely attack innocents to achieve a political goal. the US does more than anyone else to protect the innocent.
Comment by ron —
What was Shock and Awe… 4000 bombs dropped on Baghdad a population half of which were children under the age of 16… and the giggling Bush crime family put this on TV for all to see knowing it was over one big LIE.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:56 pmWhat do you call that?
“it was done at nite and was luanced at the buildings by someone one the ground who thought Saddam was in a certain location.”
Who? Curveball? Chalabi? I saw it on TV, and it was all of Baghdad, not just a few buildings. Your assertion is still crap.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pmor where were your comments when Bill Maher said he wished Cheney would have been shot?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
To be honest with you, I don’t give a s*t what Bill Maher says. Spare me the Bill Maher Zionist crap. Anyone who thinks Zionist Ileana Rosss Lehtinen is a good guest on his program, ought to be shot! Period.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pmWell ron, do you agree with Rush’s sentiments? Are the troops who don’t agree “phony soldiers?”
September 27th, 2007 at 11:01 pm“Terrorism is still gonna exist even when Bush leaves. Even if we bring the troops home now, terrorism will still go on.”
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:56 pm
Of course. Terrorism is still going to exist, as it has always existed. Which is why a “Global War on Terror” is ridiculous and impossible, particularly when our military is used to wage it. Terrorism cannot be defeated using military tactics, something that Bush still doesn’t understand.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:02 pmI have not let my illness affect my life.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
Give it a rest, idiot in denial. If you weren’t allowing to affect your life, you wouldn’t have mentioned it.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:03 pmStill waiting for ron to condemn Rush’s words…
September 27th, 2007 at 11:03 pmIf MoveOn’s ad was so bad, ron, why aren’t you condemning Rush’s cowardly spew?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:06 pmron
September 27th, 2007 at 11:07 pmto the rest of the world, terrorist does not have a double meaning as it does to some like you. We are no longer trusted and probably one of the most hated countries because of our actions.
Well, go listen ron, and the next post you type should be a condemnation if you think calling the soldiers “phony” went too far.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:08 pmit was done at nite and was luanced at the buildings by someone one the ground who thought Saddam was in a certain location.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — U.S. forces plan to drop more than 1,500 bombs and missiles across Iraq in the first 24 hours of its “shock and awe” campaign that began Friday, Pentagon officials said.
So, Saddma had potentially 1,500 hididng places…
but its tooo late to play monday morning QB…
Yeaaaah… I’m sure the multiple hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis Bush has gotten killed would certainly agree w/ ya on that, Soldier Boy, that is, if they weren’t dead.
Terrorism is still gonna exist even when Bush leaves.
Ya mean, we’re NOT safer?
I want to hear how the Dem candidates are planning on dealing with this. Obama said he would go into Pakistan (our ally) which drew a lot of heat. I not sure what the others plan on this is.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:56 pm
Could involve paying attention to memos from yer own security advisor when they have titles like “Bin Laden Determined To Strike Inside US”… but that’s just a guess on my part.
(CBS) The U.S. military delivered Friday on its promise of “shock and awe” by launching a major air campaign against Iraq, an attack heralded by the sound of air raid sirens and explosions in the center of the Iraqi capital.
Huge explosions rocked Baghdad as a barrage of mighty bombs crashed down on the city of 5 million, sending up huge clouds of smoke and flame.
Yep, no “innocent bystanders” in that mess….
September 27th, 2007 at 11:08 pmbarfly
September 27th, 2007 at 11:10 pmIt seems a little progressive truth gets out there and the walls come tumbling down. What double standards we have.
#78 “Before I comment on what he said, I will need to go listen online”
Comment by ron
You’ve gone this far (78 posts), and haven’t yet bothered to look at the evidence?
Hoo boy!
September 27th, 2007 at 11:10 pmwith the polical speak of Dennis Prager.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
Hmmm… what’s “polical speak”? Someone get Orwell on the line. Mebbe he can answer this one.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:10 pmBefore I comment on what he said, I will need to go listen online
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:06 pm
That would have been a good starting point, eh?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:12 pmSweet Jesus Christmas! I got this one figured out.
The GOOPers are even outsourcing their trolls now. “Ron” is actually somewhere in India, working off a script. What else would account for the atrocious spelling and grammar?
LMAO!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… whew… that is funny…
September 27th, 2007 at 11:12 pmThat will be always true regarding terrorism and has been true for the past 6 yrs, I think something has to be said that we havent been hit again.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
If BushCo didn’t have its head up its butt, we might not have gotten hit 6 yrs ago, either.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:14 pmI form my own ideas and would say I am more in line with the polical speak of Dennis Prager.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
Wow, Dennis Prager, who’s he?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:15 pmi have no problem condemming him. let it go
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:14 pm
It’d be nice if ya had some idea what this is actually about… I suggest ya go back to the disability thing… it was kinda workin’ fer ya.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:17 pmComment by had enough
“Progressive truths” are the shards of failed republicanism.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:17 pmbut I figured most of you git the jist of what I am saying
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:17 pm
Right you are… we understand yer a total F-in’ fraud.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:19 pmNot a victim
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:19 pm
Uh… yes you are, in ways you will never understand.
BTW, “bleeding heart lib” is a stereotype and a cliche. Did I ever say I was a lib?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:21 pm“well, if what he said is sooo bad then i have no problem if congress condems him.”
Witness the double standard: ron’s furious that MoveOn called a general “Betrayus,” and at Rosie’s words, but when a conservative smears active duty soldiers as “phony,” it’s no big deal to him.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:22 pmWow, nice to see it come around and bite them on the butt.
Buck Fush
September 27th, 2007 at 11:23 pmHey Ron, have you listened to Rush yet? Cuz otherwise, you’re just wasting everyone’s time.
Not that you won’t continue doing that, of course.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:27 pmAll I see from a lot of you guys is that you feel the need to use profanity or try to ‘keep me down’. why is that?
Comment by ron
We don’t suffer fools willingly. Try saying something original, and we might have more respect for you - but trying to downplay a cowardly smear, and dismissing the people killed during Shock and Awe, brands you as an administration tool, no matter how little you think Bush is “really” conservative.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:28 pmAll I see from a lot of you guys is that you feel the need to use profanity or try to ‘keep me down’. why is that?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:21 pm
First of all, there’s next to no profanity in this thread, and…
… “Keep you down”??? WTF??? (Ooops! a profanity!) What the “H E double hockey sticks” does that mean? How are we “keeping you down”?
**sniff… sniff** ya gotta feel sorry fer tha li’l feller…
September 27th, 2007 at 11:29 pmIt’d be nice if ya had some idea what this is actually about… I suggest ya go back to the disability thing… it was kinda workin’ fer ya.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 27, 2007 @ 11:17 pm
Republic, I need some explanation. I like and enjoy your comments but I don’t understand this one.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:29 pmIts just talk and we still live in a free country.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:29 pm
Then why does what we say bother you?
How are we “keeping you down”?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:30 pm” I doesnt bother me what they print, as much as it doesnt bother me whatever Rush said. Its just talk and we still live in a free country.”
Comment by ron
Yet it bothered you that Rosie said something offensive.
Double standard.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:31 pmsmart guys like you diagnosed me as needing government help.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
How did we diagnose you as needing govt elp? Please explain… I’m dyin’ to hear this, but not in the “Got My Butt Blown Off By Bush-Iraqi Kind of Way”. Jes’ the regular “Dyin’ ta hear this” way.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:32 pmI like and enjoy your comments but I don’t understand this one.
Comment by foreyes — September 27, 2007 @ 11:29 pm
Awww… he was trying to sell this story earlier in the thread that he wasn’t able to serve in the military because he had had a serious illness for 35 yrs…
“Well , it is true that I am chronically ill and have been for 35 yrs. When they tried to recruit me in HS, I told them about my illness and they said they cant take me.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 10:32 pm”
Sorry, don’t believe it.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:37 pmThat’s odd… Ron disappears over here, and Jerk D just reappears over on the Bunning thread…
September 27th, 2007 at 11:41 pmIf what Rush says bothers you, does it bother you with what moveone said?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:41 pm
What is it w/ you and grammar? Where are you posting from? Bangladesh? Calcutta? Albania? Alabama?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:43 pmJes’ the regular “Dyin’ ta hear this†way.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 27, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
You’re never going to hear it. If he/she did it, he/she would be admitting to more than he/she is willing to admitt to.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:45 pmI could tell you, but even if I do, you still wont believe me
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:43 pm
Damned right, ’cause yer… a… phony!
September 27th, 2007 at 11:45 pmIf he/she did it, he/she would be admitting to more than he/she is willing to admitt to.
Comment by foreyes — September 27, 2007 @ 11:45 pm
Yeah, I know…
September 27th, 2007 at 11:46 pmso I cant type -big deal.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:45 pm
Bad typing is the least of yer problems…
September 27th, 2007 at 11:47 pmIf I said Arkansas, would you deride me?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
Don’t know… go ahead and try.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:48 pmDo you guys really think that MOVEON really cares what congress says about them- I doubt it. they probably made more in donations by what they did.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:49 pmcomment by ron
From what I understand, they had record donations… including mine. So refreshing to see someone or an organization that is not afraid to speak the truth. Apparently the majority feels the same way.
So to get off this subject, who do any of you want for Pres and why?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:48 pm
Sorry, no dice.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:50 pmI’m guessing that’s why he hasn’t been around the Limbaugh threads. He doesn’t want to eat his words.
Comment by barfly
Isn’t it funny how the right wing loons simply don’t come to the party when they may have to diss one of their own. What chickenshits they are.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:52 pmFeinstein voted for the MoveOn condemnation, so perhaps we can pressure her to start a similar resolution condemning Rush.
She’s already in hot water for promoting Rush to speak before congressional interns; and Boxer voted against the MoveOn sillyness, so she needs to be reminded that she’s still a democrat, and her constituents don’t enjoy cowards like Rush smearing our troops.
Comment by barfly
Diane isn’t going to listen to you. She’s busy making sure she will have a cushy retirement by cozying up to the Republicans. She was always a Democrat-lite. I lived in California for years and I never voted for her. I would have loved to vote for someone who challenged her in the primaries, but no one ever seemed to want to take her on.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:55 pmI think we have beat the Rush/moveon thing to death. Here is you chance to make a Republican into a DEM, why should I vote for one of the lefts Presidential candidates?
Comment by ron
Right Wing Loon Ron, why don’t you understand that no one here gives a flying fu(k what you think and would not waste their breath trying to convince you of anything. You have proven what a loon you are and trying to reason with loons is not worth our time or effort.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:56 pmHere is you chance to make a Republican into a DEM, why should I vote for one of the lefts Presidential candidates?
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:54 pm
Nope… after spending the last hr spreading manure all over the thread, you ain’t gittin’ away w’it dat, mon. Yer… a… PHONY!
September 27th, 2007 at 11:57 pmRon,
I asked you if you’d listened to Rush yet. Well?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:59 pmso I cant type -big deal.
Comment by ron
It has nothing to do with typing. Your basic command of the English language is on the par with the moron who is sitting in the oval office. Actually, he’s a tad better than you are, but what the hey, he has a lot of people writing his stuff.
My guess is that you don’t even have a high school education.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:00 amMy guess is that you don’t even have a high school education.
Comment by bilbobaggins — September 28, 2007 @ 12:00 am
I think he’s in India. The GOOPers are even outsourcing their troll-work these days.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:01 amor where were your comments when Bill Maher said he wished Cheney would have been shot?
Comment by ron
Where were your comments when Plame was outted?
September 28th, 2007 at 12:04 amWhat does that make US with Bush’s preemptive strike doctrine? We are the terrorists of the world in the eyes of many around the world.
Comment by had enough
We are terrorists in the eyes of many people in this country too, including me.
ˈterrorist noun
a person who tries to frighten people or governments into doing what he/she wants by using or threatening violence
Wow, sounds an awful lot like Bush and the Republicans, don’t ya think?
September 28th, 2007 at 12:04 amso I cant type -big deal.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:45 p
It’s very important if you are going to challenge someone. It makes it less likely they will call you an uneducated right winger, however that unfortunately might be.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:05 amWell, I’ve spent too much time here tonight beating “ron” over the head w/ his own bloody limb.
Funny how different “ron” is tonight from just last night. Last night “ron” was more belligerant. Tonight, he’s been playing the sympathy card, to no avail. Go figure.
Later, all. Ev’ry time dis clueless fraud shoots offin’ his mouf, please ta give ‘im another boot in de crotch, mon.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:06 amI have 2 degrees and a 133 IQ
Comment by ron
Ain’t the internet great. You can be anyone and anything you want to be.
And I won the Nobel Peace Prize. I just don’t like bragging about it.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:06 amRush Lintball, one of the originators of Betray Us, should pay a price for what he says. This is the guy broadcast several hours a day to the soldiers in Iraq.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:07 amBill O’Lielly is dissolving in a puddle before our eyes; his paranoia and his threats and his blatant racism and bigotry warrant punishment.
Are we finally going to see these poisonous and hate filled propagandists reap the punishment they so deserve? Will the people rise up against these ugly fools and make them pay a price for spewing their venom.
Pat Roberston talked of nuking the state department.
Where is the resolution against that?
September 28th, 2007 at 12:07 amI think he’s in India. The GOOPers are even outsourcing their troll-work these days.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
Wow, I have never thought about that. It makes a certain amount of sense in a rather insane way.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:07 amno zooey, i havent and decided not to- i dont care what he said anymore.
Comment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 12:02 am
Uh huh. So why are you still here? The topic of the thread is the response to Limbaugh’s comments.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:08 amGoodnight, TRoS. :)
September 28th, 2007 at 12:09 amI didn’t finish my thought - Lintball was criticizing Sen. Hagel for opposing the war when he labeled him as betraying the public.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:09 amWhen he says it, IOKIYAR. When others say it against a puppet general who may believe aspires to use his position with Bush to get into the White House, they are condemned.
sounds like some of you guys wanting the civil war
Comment by ron
I take back what I said about High School. My bet is that you never made it out of grammar school or you were home schooled by your Right Wing Loon mother.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:10 amI have 2 degrees and a 133 IQ
Comment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 12:03 am
And yet ya cain’t speel and ain’t go no way with the grammer a-toll!
Ah, what are yer “degrees” in? **cough… cough…**
Keep beatin’ on ‘im until he “smartens up”, boys, and Zooey… yer one of the boys, but yer still a chick, and thanks fer bailin’ me out this mornin’…
September 28th, 2007 at 12:10 amBTW… how did that hole get in the ceiling, and why were there muddy footprints all over it?
sounds like some of you guys wanting the civil war
Comment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 12:06 am
The Founders woud never have sat still for Bush, they would have started a civil war. it’s shameful that we are so materially comfortable that we have let the right wing destroy most of what was great about this country. A civil war will happen, if things don;t change drastically in the next few years. fascists always overeach, and always have to be destroyed by violence. it’s history.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:13 amIt makes a certain amount of sense in a rather insane way.
Comment by bilbobaggins — September 28, 2007 @ 12:07 am
T’anks, mon. Dat’s what I & I am here for.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:13 amIf they make a resolution against one group they are going to have to do it with every group. Swiftboaters etc.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:14 am…feel free to ask me and I will answer them.
Comment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 12:09 am
As soon as there’s a thread entitled, “Ask a Troll About Anything Day.”
September 28th, 2007 at 12:14 amsounds like some of you guys wanting the civil war
Comment by ron — September 28, 2007
I dont advocate that, never have.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:16 amLittle Ronnie — if you’re only 40, you can get into the service right now. They’ve lowered their standards so much that even your chronic condition (what is it — bed-wetting, involuntary whimpering, etc.?) won’t keep you out. Go ahead. Be all that you can be.
But promise us that you will keep posting here after you join up. You’re a barrel of laughs and it would be great fun to hear from you after Uncle Sam grabs your a**.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:21 amI have 2 degrees and a 133 IQ
Comment by ron
Ain’t the internet great. You can be anyone and anything you want to be.
And I won the Nobel Peace Prize. I just don’t like bragging about it.
Comment by bilbobaggins — September 28, 2007 @ 12:06 am
Congratulations Ron, 100+ would be a great feat for me., although the last I heard it was 143. Care to discuss it?
September 28th, 2007 at 12:26 amRon,
With your intellect and your advanced degrees, how can you continue to carry water for the BushCo and the NeoCon scumbags?
September 28th, 2007 at 12:31 amI notice no one wants to challenge me on my degrees. Here is your chance to prove I am a phony. any takers?
Comment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 12:30 am
As I said in #187 above, we don’t care about your degrees, Most of us here probably have a few as well. We just wonder what you have done with that supposed intellect and knowledge.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:34 am#167 above, not 187, my Bad.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:34 amHere is your chance to prove I am a phony. any takers?
Comment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 12:30 am
Who says you’re a phony? I don’t
September 28th, 2007 at 12:38 amIf every VietNam vet who thought Nixon was a frickin jackass was not a ‘real soldier’ then there weren’t any.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:40 amIf every VietNam vet who thought Nixon was a frickin jackass was not a ‘real soldier’ then there weren’t any.
Comment by RUCerious — September 28, 2007 @ 12:40 am
Nixon was responsible for causing me to become a non-(R) while I was in Nam in 69-70.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:42 amAnd I am sure that Dubya is doing exactly the same thing now. Amazing how those two scumbags have so much common.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:43 amThanks to Rep. Pallone for his gutsy statement about Limbaugh. And special thanks to Jon Soltz from VoteVets for his amazing slapdown of ignorant Rush, which ended with this challenge:
Soltz said he would go on Limbaugh’s show any day and any time so Limbaugh could tell him to his face that he is a “phony soldier.”
Anybody out there think Rush will take Jon Soltz’s offer?
And who the hell cares what “Ron” thinks, or how old he is, or what degrees he has? The real issue that demands our attention is Bush’s disastrous never ending War.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:45 amAs I said in #187 above, we don’t care about your degrees, Most of us here probably have a few as well. We just wonder what you have done with that supposed intellect and knowledge.
Comment by upside99 — September 28, 2007 @ 12:34 am
Don’t ask him, he’s not probably going to tell you, it comes with the territory!
September 28th, 2007 at 12:46 amComment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 12:36 am
September 28th, 2007 at 12:49 am,
If you are a REAL Conservative, you would be speaking out against the entire BushCo Cabal, since they are further from Conservativism than the Dems are. Look at John Dean, Jim Webb (Switched party’s because of Dubya) or any number of other true Americans who want this madness before they destroy not only our country, but the entire world.
Ron,
What things don’t you agree with?
September 28th, 2007 at 12:55 amRon, I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that you’re being honest in your post #170. I hope that you are also voicing your concerns to your Senators/Representatives regarding their departure from traditional conservative ideals.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:04 amComment by ron — September 28, 2007 @ 1:06 am
Good - we all need to remind our reps of what principles and integrity mean. Goodnight, Ron.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:09 amI’m sorry to have to ask you this, ron, but “diagnosement”?
September 28th, 2007 at 1:14 amsmart guys like you diagnosed me as needing government help.
Comment by ron — September 27, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
Well, were they trying to harm you, Ron?
September 28th, 2007 at 4:09 amThere is no strength in the Democratic Party. why did We give them the key’s to the building if all they were gonna do was keep holding the door open for the Repuppetcans?
RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
A TRUE SOLDIER!!
Comment by Tired Of Fighting — September 27, 2007 @ 8:37 pm
I understand your feelings but “life is not perfect” if I may say so. Politicians will follow their calling regardless of what you or I will say or object to. It’s the nature of the beast, as they say. Just hoping for better times, I guess.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:47 amAmerica is not the politicians in the government, it IS all the people and the land!
September 28th, 2007 at 7:16 am“If what Rush says bothers you, does it bother you with what moveone said?”
Comment by ron
No, because they were simply asking a question, not making an assertion. That tactic isused all the time by Fox to smear dems, so seeing it to me meant they were using the same tactics used against them - but I’ve never read you condemning them for using this tactic.
September 28th, 2007 at 7:32 am>I think something has to be said that we havent been hit again.
Uhm… maybe because there actually ARENT that many people who have both the desire AND ability to attack us? But by all means, please go ahead and list ALL the plots against america that bush has disrupted since 9-11..
and no im not talking about the “wannabees” who made contact with FBI who was posing as al-queda and cooking up zany physically improbable plots…or people who merely plead guilty to attending the wrong kind of summer camp in some foreign land.. im talking about people who were cooking up real, probable, substantial attacks, who were stopped by the brillance of bush +co? the closest thing to a real plot, which was in fact real, was stopped by some vigilant passengers on a jet….what did bush have to do with that? heck, theres some terrorist named “teddy kenedy” out there that causes the senator to get hassled every time he wants to fly, but somehow the conspirator of the only real plot since 9-11 wasnt on some list somewhere which shoudlnt have allowed him to fly?
yeah, great vigilance there. heckuva job bushie…
September 28th, 2007 at 8:30 amRon I think I hear the sound of a bedpan being filled somewhere, I think one of your “patients” needs thier colons ex-rayed
September 28th, 2007 at 8:31 amBut it sure riles you libs up, don’t it?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — September 28, 2007 @ 9:20 am
Dawg! Howza Neuticlesâ„¢ this mornin’?
September 28th, 2007 at 9:26 amOnce again bat-blind Righties can’t see the perverts, molesters, and mobsters in their OWN back yard, can’t see the treasury emptied, can’t see the amputees coming home from the unnecessary non-war, can’t see the dead civilian childred, can’t see that over here at TP, we’ve got nothing remotely as disgusting, criminal, or depressing as their dark ambitions have made real.
That’s one hell of a case of cataracts those righties have come down with. Guess we’ll have to use the Department of Justice to get that back yard of theirs all spiffed up for them - til it’s as nice and green and friendly as ours.
hey bigfoot - stay the hell away from my kids!
September 28th, 2007 at 11:55 amWhy don’t you listen to Rush’s comment and get your facts straight…FOR A CHANGE!! This is all a TOTAL LIE!! Rush was only talking about one convicted lying PHONY soldier!!
Nice try!
LIBS OWN DEFEAT!!
By the way, we are all still waiting for Murtha’s apology!!
September 28th, 2007 at 12:43 pmwe’ll get that for you next november, loudmouth.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:09 pm