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.

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.

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.

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.

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. ;)

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. ;)

With People like you around, it’s easy to see why Charles would believe all of your party had lost their minds ;)

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 ;)

Or that liberal college professors are all terrorists – because that’s something you wingnuts claim all the time, hypocrite ;)

Comment by upright left

That’s right, change the subject and pretend these are two different things. Lame-o.

Comment by FunMe — September 28, 2007 @ 4:15 pm

Yeah, like moveon.org did. ;)

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.

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.

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. ;)

I mean Charles is batsh!t crazy.

But I think this kind of baloney is fooling fewer and fewer people.

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. ;)