WH distances itself from Rush on ‘phony soldiers’ remark.
WH distances itself from Rush on ‘phony soldiers’ remark.
In a press briefing this morning, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was pressed specifically about Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” comment. She responded: “It’s not what the President would have used, no.” Watch it:
Recall, Bush blasted the MoveOn ad as “disgusting,” and he lamented that more Democrats did not “speak out strongly” against it. TPM observes that the White House response to Limbaugh is “hardly the scathing condemnation that MoveOn earned at the hands of the President of course.”
UPDATE: Taylor Marsh does a round up of some of the indignation directed at MoveOn that came from the right wing.
UPDATE II: The Weekly Standard steps up to defend Limbaugh, while acknowledging his words were “poorly chosen.”
UPDATE III: In remarks on his radio station today, Rush Limbaugh refused to apologize for his “phony soldiers” remark, but instead turned his fire on Media Matters, the “drive-by media,” and Rep. John Murtha (D-PA). C&L has the audio.
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September 28th, 2007 at 1:38 pmBush is simply a pathetic chickenshit !
September 28th, 2007 at 1:41 pmSorry Dubya but Rush is your good buddy, plus he is too fat to throw under a bus > lol.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:42 pm“It’s not what the President would have used, no”??
What’s that? Where is the outrage from Bush? Where’s the outrage from the bimbo Perino? Where’s the outrage from any Republican?
September 28th, 2007 at 1:43 pmI want George to label Rush as a disgusting paundit. If he doesn’t then the latest resolution MUST be repealed. He is the president of all the people and not just 28% of them no matter what ROVE tells him.
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Hey, can you guys
Believe that Oreilly
Claims there is no
honest press in America
when FOX sued for the
right to lie?
Is that hypocrisy squared or what?
September 28th, 2007 at 1:46 pmNo, he would have used another name for traitor instead, something like:
back-stabber, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, imposter, miscreant, quisling, rat, rat fink, snake, traducer, treasonist, or turncoat.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pmThis is the first she’s heard of this? How big is that bubble, Dana?
September 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pmSo, you want to know how the MSM is handling this story vs. the moveon.org story:
Google search on “Limbaugh phony soldier” = 38 hits
Google search for “moveon.org betray us” = 4,240
That damn liberal media!
September 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pmI was trying to find the picture of Rush sitting behind Bush at one of the state of the union addresses, but Rush+Bush in the google image directory brings up way to much stuff. Some of it pretty funny.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pm* I meant pawndit not paundit. ]8P
September 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pmWow. Just a QUESTION about whether Bush’s pet general is telling the truth ignites a fire big enough to result in a censure by the United States Senate…
But an outright heinous INSULT to our serving soldiers and several top generals by Rush (”phony” soldiers???) results in …nothing?
WTF??
I guess “that’s different.”
September 28th, 2007 at 1:49 pmAnn Coulter slimes soldiers all the time, and Bush never cares, so he really could care less about Limbaugh doing it. The key fact here is that Dubya dislikes any soldiers who do not kiss his butt.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pmThe “President,” his entire administration, and just about every Republican in Congress and the national media are a bunch of HYPOCRITES, COWARDS, LIARS AND CHEATS” who belong in a jail cell.
This is such an obvious example of hypocrisy… I mean the “President” has the nerve to condemn a newspaper ad that criticized the general who Bush made a political hack… but then when a conservative says something TRULY OFFENSIVE AND DEMORALIZING TO THE TROOPS Bush and his band of cowards act as if nothing ever happened.
What a bunch of scum…
September 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pmBlimp Limpd*ck is a chickenhawks chickenhawk.
-GSD
September 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pmbut Rush+Bush in the google image directory brings up way to much stuff. Some of it pretty funny.
Comment by Krazny
Wow, thanks for the laugh. My favorite was Bush with the Queen! That is hysterical.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pmMelanie Morgan called Captain John Soltz a “cockroach” in need of “crushing”.
The same terms used during the Rwandan genocide.
There were no screams of protest from the right over that skags vulgar comments.
IOKIYAAR.
-GSD
September 28th, 2007 at 1:52 pmbut then when a conservative says something TRULY OFFENSIVE AND DEMORALIZING TO THE TROOPS Bush and his band of cowards act as if nothing ever happened.
What a bunch of scum…
Comment by ShamRockNRoll
And the sad thing about it is that Rush is on Armed Forces Radio so many of our troops probably heard that exchange. Can you imagine how that made them feel? Oh, yeah, the soldiers who listen to Limbaugh probably agree with him. They probably think they are the only “real” soldiers because they have convinced themselves that there really is a good reason for them being where they are. It’s like the parents who lose a child have to convince themselves it was for a just reason, otherwise they would probably go insane.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:53 pmAnn Coulter actually uses IsouV CristoV as her excuse to be spiteful.
More funny pics
September 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pmDoesn’t matter what the chymp says, Limbaugh is a steaming pile of dung.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pmThe key fact here is that Dubya dislikes any soldiers who do not kiss his butt.
Comment by Jay Randal
So true. If they don’t kiss his butt he fires them or retires them.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:56 pmComment by Dr. Matt — September 28, 2007
G) Hyperbole!
September 28th, 2007 at 1:56 pmH) Ad Hominem!
Dr Matt has the list down correctly. On another thread it’s been running heavily to a, modified to “Media Matters” cut the transcript off and besides what he really meant was . . .
September 28th, 2007 at 1:57 pmSlimebaugh is a steaming pile of dung. -RUC
There is one good thing that comes from cow plop, and that is Mushrooms.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pmYa know, it used to be liberal, freedom, was a word framed by amoral acts bys such conservative drug addicts, such as Limbaugh. The tides have turned, the winds have shifted, the picture frame on the wall leans another direction.
I’m proud to say that, today, thanks to hypocrisy and the perverted acts by so the cheerleaders for moral majority are now the amoral class, the hypocrites for the next decade.
Heckuva job neo-conpervatives!
We love you.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pmBush is a P.O.S. It’s obvious he won’t condemn Limbaugh’s remarks because it’s party before country with the GOP.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pmRush is George’s baby, no doubt. No running from that no matter how many dumb chicks you trot out to deny it. :-D
September 28th, 2007 at 2:12 pm“It’s not what the President would have used, no”
Of coruse, the juxtaposition of “phony soldiers” and Shrub’s brilliant military career is the stuff that late-night comics are made of.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:18 pmWhat? You expected condemnation consistency from the Republicans?
IOKIYAR, NOKIYAD
September 28th, 2007 at 2:19 pmThe Republicans have sunk to new lows that I did not think possible.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:21 pmRepublicans = Hypocrites
I think it’s actually more serious than that. It’s gone beyond hypocrisy and into deep psychological problems.
There are just so many examples of them freaking out about something which they have themselves previously done – it’s amazing. There has to be some kind of willful suppression of thought. That’s more than hypocrisy. The ability to generate a thought and express it while at the same time isolating and compartmentalizing that thought so previous statements and thoughts never are compared to it is scary.
What kind of rational person never subjects a single thought to scrutiny? It’s like they don’t think about the thought, it just sort of poops out like a turd.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:22 pmLefty, even pooping out a turd requires some thought. Just saying…
September 28th, 2007 at 2:24 pmgo jack your own thread V – get yourself a blog. tiresome dittopunk.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:26 pmSucks to be you for sure.
Not really. It sucks to be you. At least we don’t believe the lies over and over. You burn us once, that’s it. They burn you, and it’s, “thank you sir, may I have another”.
We will weed out the impostors as time goes on. The future is quite bleak for you, sir.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:26 pmNo, the progressive reps are voting correctly to end the war. The compromised Blue-dogs(the ones who are closet GOP-ers) are the ones voting for Bush’s Glorious War.
Again, the liberal wing of the Democratic Party are doing right by America, the conservative wing are still pussyfarting around with the Republicans.
The GOP, destroying America bit by bit.
-GSD
September 28th, 2007 at 2:27 pmComment by Theresa
The first one, yes. But then you just sort of let if fly, no?
The analagy still works, since you flush it away and start over.
http://www.leftopia.blogspot.com
September 28th, 2007 at 2:29 pmand y, V, i did catch your pathetic attempt at an ad hominem directed at me and others, at the tail end of another thread. they were “fightin’ words”, and fight is all you will get from me every time you show up on one of these threads.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:29 pmBut you come here to argue semantics about Rush to avoid that fact.
Vendetta
I dont argue semantics. Rush is a chicken. Nobody can argue that he isn’t. The deferments prove it.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:32 pmWe will rid ourselves of the Blue Dogs. They are the ones who not only capitulate to the radical Republicans, but they make us look bad, playing the pussy for Republicans narratives.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:33 pmTell me vendetta what good has Rush done over the years by obfuscating complicated issues with emotional and bias charged diatribes?
September 28th, 2007 at 2:35 pmLike you would actually fight? LOL.
No, you would send some hired goon down there to fight for you.
Please.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:36 pmLet’s look at the track record here:
1) MoveOn.org, a progressive political action group, runs a full-page ad in the NYTimes, challenging the credibility of General Bushpuppet’s report and urging him to tell the truth. REPUB REACTION: Bush calls the ad “disgusting” and calls upon Democrats to repudiate it. Senate passes a resolution condemning the ad. Repubs everywhere refer to the ad as treasonous, slanderous, etc.
2) Rush Limbaugh, a right-wing radio show host, applies the label “phony soldiers” to any member of the military who criticizes the Iraq war. REPUB REACTION: Dana Perino says “It’s not what the President would have used, no.” A few Repubs claim Rush was quoted out of context. Most Repubs are just silent.
Would somebody explain to me how this flagrant double-standard is NOT blatant hypocrisy?
September 28th, 2007 at 2:37 pmYou should know your own “Progressive†reps continue to fund the war they were elected to end.
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
This thread is about Rush, dimwit.
Try posting this on the relevant thread.
You will see alot of us condemning the Bush lapdogs.
Try to stay on topic.
Now the question is do YOU condemn or carry water for Rush for his statements?
September 28th, 2007 at 2:37 pmagain soon when they authorize the $200 Billion.
Comment by Vendetta
For what, exactly, the welfare state of Iraq? I thought you so called conservatives hated the government stealing your tax dollars?
September 28th, 2007 at 2:38 pmespecially when they steal them to free the very people that hate our freedom.
The fact is Vendetta, Rush has helped the government steal your tax dollars and to grow it by some 35%.
Aren’t you proud?
September 28th, 2007 at 2:39 pmYou guys are chicken and the fact that most of you did not show up on the war funding thread proves it.
Comment by Vendetta
It proves nothing just because you say it does. I post where I want when I want, I often skip ALOT of threads, dont think that I did not read it.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pmYou guys are chicken and the fact that most of you did not show up on the war funding thread proves it.
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
Care to prove that?
Prove I didn’t post on that thread.
now answer my question dimwit
Do YOU condemn or carry water for Rush for his statements?
I am waiting
September 28th, 2007 at 2:43 pmYou guys are chicken. Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007
Yet you defend a chicken drug addict name limbaugh??WTF?
September 28th, 2007 at 2:43 pmOnce again, I’m late to the discussion and someone has taken the words out of my mouth:
Exactly!!! She basically admitted that the President agrees with Rush’s suggestion, but that Bush would have used another word to describe their anti-patriotism.
But man… Perino is still SO hot! The only hot Republican I know.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:46 pmThe Wingblogs are all treating this one like Rush is someone’s crazy aunt.
The silence is deafening from the Righties. While some wouldn’t want to be associated with this smear, I can’t help thinking many are mute because they think it will somehow be good for them if Rush is slapped down for his comments. They are in competition for eyeballs, and if conservatives think Rush gives them a black eye, perhaps these eyeballs will go elsewhere for conservative content, namely them.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:48 pmBut man… Perino is still SO hot! The only hot Republican I know.
Comment by AnonymousByChoice — September 28, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
Peggy Noonan is pretty hot for a Republican, especially for not a young Republican. I think I first realized this when she was on Stephen Colbert’s show. She’s attractive, she’s smart, she’s a decent writer, she’s just messed up in the brain somehow. Like Perino. Otherwise, she’d be something other than a Republican.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:54 pmV – if you actually cared, you’d be busy contacting your elected officials, like I have (see my post on the funding thread?) instead of jabbering away in here. Since YOUR political party is responsible, give THEM hell for it, and spare us the unnecessary and counter-productive noise.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:54 pmComment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
I just got back from checking that thread about the bush lapdogs caving again.
Just where is your post again?
and still waiting for the answer as to whether you condemn Rush.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:57 pmYour silence on that is deafening, troll
Vendetta- I DID post on that thread. Look for yourself. Dipshit.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:03 pmComment by Vendetta
Still waiting hypocrite……
**crickets chirping***
September 28th, 2007 at 3:04 pmI believe Rush was referring tothe Jessie Macbeth types and therefore agree with him on this.
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
Another wingnut with psychic powers who knows what Rush “really” meant, rather than what he “really” said.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:10 pmActually, I think I’ve missed something about Rush all along. Apparently, he’s like the Oracle at Delphi and his comments need to be interpreted by seers like Vendetta and Toliver. I guess it’s a step up from reading entrails, but not a big step.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pmI believe Rush was referring tothe Jessie Macbeth types and therefore agree with him on this.
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
He wasn’t
Calling Murtha, a Marine vet a phony soldier today blows that argument out the window.
Thanks for showing us you are just a ditto-head.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pmComment by missmolly — September 28, 2007 @ 2:37 pm
3) Sen. Cornyn inserts language in his amendment condemning any effort to attack the honor and integrity of all the members of the United States Armed Forces, knowing full well the issues raised in the MoveOn ad in no way attempt to do this.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:17 pmI believe Rush was referring tothe Jessie Macbeth types and therefore agree with him on this.
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
Jesse Macbeth TYPES? Just how many Jesse Macbeths are we to believe are in the military? Is it an epidemic of some sort? Or is Rush implying that any soldier who speaks to the media without saying Rah Rah Bush is a Jesse Macbeth? Geez — it’s bad enough he labeled them phony soldiers.
Was Pat Tillman a Jesse Macbeth? How about his brother? How about the members of the 82nd Airborne who wrote that op-ed piece detailing the war as they saw it?
September 28th, 2007 at 3:17 pmVendetta, go enlist. Makes us proud, boy.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:17 pmWow. Just a QUESTION about whether Bush’s pet general is telling the truth ignites a fire big enough to result in a censure by the United States Senate…
But an outright heinous INSULT to our serving soldiers and several top generals by Rush (â€phony†soldiers???) results in …nothing?
WTF??
I guess “that’s different.â€
Comment by Leftside Annie — September 28, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
The problem with “just a question” is that the question contained “an outright heinous INSULT” to a “top general”.
What Limbaugh said was abhorrent as was the ad by moveon.org. This just shows that there are people on both sides of the issue who want so badly to have their way that they are willing to forgo common decency.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:18 pmVendetta – what about the “Matt Sanchez types”? What about the “Jeff Gannon types?
September 28th, 2007 at 3:18 pmYou are guilty of fundementalist reading. The comment must be understood in light of the FULL context of the conversation and to some degree his past comments as well as post comments.
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
I actually read the FULL context. I read the transcript. His remarks are what they are, in spite of attempts by the faithful to rationalize them with interpretations about what he “really” meant.
It’s not fundamentalist reading. It’s just the English language.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:19 pmHow about his own words regarding what he meant, do they mean nothing?
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
About as much as Craig’s “wide stance.”
September 28th, 2007 at 3:27 pmNo relenting until Bush calls Limpbaugh “disgusting”!
Also, this whole episode is basically the entire right wing Repub media saying to all of the troops who are Democrats, that they are “phony soldiers”. Make no mistake about that. This is what they are saying, that Democratic troops are “phony troops”, that the only “real troops” are Repub troops.
Bush needs to come out and condemn this now. He should stop hiding behind Perino’s skirt. This sad episode calls for leadership. For once Bush should try being a leader.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:36 pmVendetta; If you were not referring to me specifically, then BE more specific, rather than broad, baseless, generalizations.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:41 pmRighties sure have become adept at excuse-making.
Real tough Americans don’t take kindly to excuse-makers.
We advocate personal responsibility.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:42 pmI used to think that entertainment reporters had the most useless jobs on the face of the earh…
September 28th, 2007 at 3:51 pmAlso, this whole episode is basically the entire right wing Repub media saying to all of the troops who are Democrats, that they are “phony soldiersâ€. Make no mistake about that. This is what they are saying, that Democratic troops are “phony troopsâ€, that the only “real troops†are Repub troops.
Comment by OxyCon — September 28, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
That’s a ridiculous comment. That’s like saying every liberal college professor believes, like Ward Churchill, that the victims of the 9/11 bombings were “little Eichmann’s” who got what they deserved. ;)
September 28th, 2007 at 3:59 pmPart of the problem is that the rightwing reaction to MoveOn’s ad was baldfaced ridiculous and an exercise in mutual masterbation. It was a thinly veiled effort to once again change the subject and distract the public via the media from what is really going on. So then as is the pattern (and strategy), the rightwing acts as though the complaints about Rush’s comment can be dismissed as mere partisan games.
But I think this kind of baloney is fooling fewer and fewer people.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:04 pmHeh. The TP crew have cracked the calm veneer of Vendetta. :-D
September 28th, 2007 at 4:06 pmI’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, when Charles Barkley says he “used to be a Republican until they lost their minds”, you’ve got some serious mental issues.
I mean Charles is batsh!t crazy.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:06 pmI’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, when Charles Barkley says he “used to be a Republican until they lost their mindsâ€, you’ve got some serious mental issues.
I mean Charles is batsh!t crazy.
Comment by lefty — September 28, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
Heh, heh, heh, So he fits in nicely with liberal loons. ;)
September 28th, 2007 at 4:09 pmIf he meant the remark as you say he intended to mean I think he would have defended them as such.
Comment by Vendetta — September 28, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
Sure he would have. And his listeners would have dropped him like a hot potato, effectively ending his career as a broadcaster.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:11 pmKeep the pressure!
The HYPOCRISY of republicons, and yes even Dems for voting to supress free speech last week, needs to be exposed.
The majority of Americans are against the war. Fight back against those who want it to continue and those who are making fun of our US soldiers.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:15 pmFight back against those who want it to continue and those who are making fun of our US soldiers.
Comment by FunMe — September 28, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
Yeah, like moveon.org did. ;)
September 28th, 2007 at 4:48 pmYeah, like moveon.org did. ;)
Comment by upright left
That’s right, change the subject and pretend these are two different things. Lame-o.
September 28th, 2007 at 5:29 pmBush hates the troops, so of course he would not condemn Limpd*ck for this comment.
September 28th, 2007 at 6:04 pmThat’s a ridiculous comment. That’s like saying every liberal college professor believes, like Ward Churchill, that the victims of the 9/11 bombings were “little Eichmann’s†who got what they deserved. ;) Comment by upright left — September 28, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
Or that liberal college professors are all terrorists – because that’s something you wingnuts claim all the time, hypocrite ;)
September 28th, 2007 at 8:36 pmFight back against those who want it to continue and those who are making fun of our US soldiers.
Comment by FunMe — September 28, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
Yeah, like moveon.org did. ;)
Comment by upright left — September 28, 2007 @ 4:48 pm
You think pointing out that one soldier was dishonoring his uniform by acting as a shill for the president is making fun of US soldiers, whereas Rush calling soldiers ‘phoney’ who disagree with his stance isn’t – ah the humor is on you ;)
September 28th, 2007 at 8:38 pmHeh, heh, heh, So he fits in nicely with liberal loons. ;)
Comment by upright left — September 28, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
With People like you around, it’s easy to see why Charles would believe all of your party had lost their minds ;)
September 28th, 2007 at 8:39 pmOr that liberal college professors are all terrorists – because that’s something you wingnuts claim all the time, hypocrite ;)
Comment by Ryan Neat — September 28, 2007 @ 8:36 pm
Show me where I said such a thing and I’ll take responsibility for it. Otherwise, look in the mirror for a hypocrite. I believe the comment that conservatives usually make is more like “liberal college professors support and/or encourage terrorists by saying things like “the innocent victims of 9/11 were little Eichmanns and deserved what they got.” Other liberal professors make it worse by making excuses for their colleagues when they say such outragous things rather than condemning their “inflamatory” remarks. ;)
September 29th, 2007 at 12:26 pmYeah, like moveon.org did. ;)
Comment by upright left
That’s right, change the subject and pretend these are two different things. Lame-o.
Comment by lefty — September 28, 2007 @ 5:29 pm
You really do need to try a little harder to keep up, bud. Moveon smeared a soldier with whom they disagree; Rush smeared soldiers with whom he disagrees. I didn’t change the subject and I certainly didn’t say they are two different things. I could go a little farther and point out that moveon’s smear appeared in a major newspaper and smeared one specific man by name. Rush, whose comment was abhorrent, didn’t single out anyone in this particular comment. ;)
September 29th, 2007 at 12:40 pmHave any of you bothered to read or listen to what Rush actually said?
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_092807/content/01125106.guest.html
Or have you just blindly swallowed what Harry Reid and the rest have said? I’ve read all the comments here and they show quite clearly that most if not all of you haven’t done any research on what he actually said. If you hate Rush or think his political ideas are stupid then thats fine. Its your choice. But if you are going to be angry at him get angry over something he actually said.
When he talked about phony soldiers he was talking about people like Jesse Macbeth who lied about their service and made up stories of what happened. He was never in Iraq and never saw and Iraqi mosque and has been in court to prove that very point.
RUSH ARCHIVE: It’s not possible intellectually to follow these people.
CALLER: No, it’s not. And what’s really funny is they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and spout to the media.
RUSH: The phony soldiers.
CALLER: The 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.
RUSH: They joined to be in Iraq.
“Now, recently, Jesse MacBeth, poster boy for the anti-war left, had his day in court. And you know what? He was sentenced to five months in jail and three years probation for falsifying a Department of Veterans Affairs claim and his Army discharge record. He was in the Army. Jesse MacBeth was in the Army, folks, briefly. Forty-four days before he washed out of boot camp. Jesse MacBeth isn’t an Army Ranger, never was. He isn’t a corporal, never was. He never won the Purple Heart, and he was never in combat to witness the horrors he claimed to have seen. ”
Just some food for thought.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:59 pmAnd also why are you not mad at ABC for saying the exact same things that Rush said?
http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2007/09/rush-limbaugh-phony-soldiers-flap-abc.html
This is the same thing that Rush says he was talking about.
October 1st, 2007 at 11:07 pmComment by upright left
The point is that this is all stupid. When the general goes in front of the congress to give a “report” that is CLEARLY political, then he is fair game. It is not a “smear” to question the integrity of someone in the Bush Administration. It is common sense. He has gone through so many generals now – ridiculed, fired and belittled several who were right but had the nerve to disagree with Him that it is well within our rights to be suspicious.
We’ve already had a top Bush general lie to our faces in a shameful act of misinformation and his name was COLIN POWELL. So don’t give me your bullsh!t outrage, we’ve already been down this road.
Lame-o.
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:41 pmP.S. you got nothing and you know it. But by all means, keep trying. You obviously have nothing productive to add to society.
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:42 pm“When the general goes in front of the congress to give a “report†that is CLEARLY political, then he is fair game.”
The problem is lefty that General Petreaus’ report was a requirement of one of the war bills that the democrats passed. He wasnt’ brought up there to paint a rosy picture and he didn’t embellish things like everyone thought he would. He was doing part of his job.
And if you want to question the integrity of someone at least hear what they have to say first.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 am