Batiste: Rush’s Murtha attack ‘dismisses’ his ‘validity.’
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Batiste: Rush’s Murtha attack ‘dismisses’ his ‘validity.’
On his radio show on Friday, Rush Limbaugh elaborated on his comment that service members who support withdrawal from Iraq are “phony soldiers,” specifically referencing Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), a 37-year veteran of the Marines Corp. On MSNBC’s Countdown, Gen. John Batiste, who commanded the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq before retiring, said that Rush’s new attack on Murtha “dismisse[s]” the “validity” of his attempt to spin his comments. Watch it:
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He’s stepped in it this time for sure!
Ok trolls, try and defend that!
October 1st, 2007 at 5:47 pmFace the facts, reich-wingers are ALWAYS on the wrong side of EVERY issue.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:47 pmOxyContinMoron
Lush Rimbaugh. and Validity. In the same sentence.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:49 pmAs we’ve all been saying an nauseum, Limbaugh has zero credibility and zippo intelligence.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:51 pmHi RU! You said it! Limbaugh and intelligence in the same sentence would be a total contradiction.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:52 pmThere’s no legitimate way to defend slandering a 37 year vereran of the military. Just like there was no way to defend the reichwingnuts attack on Max Cleland and John Kerry. They lost the total respect of the people with those ridiculously ignorant ads.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:53 pmI hadn’t thought of that. Good catch Batiste. That man is really good. It’s too bad that Bush forced him into retirement. If Bush had listened to him, we would be in a much better place in Iraq than we are now.
The Right Wing Loons will say that Murtha is a phony soldier because he criticized the soldiers responsible for the massacre at Haditha. This, again, was an instance where the Right Wing Loons took what he said and applied it to ALL soldiers, not just the soldiers who murdered those Iraqi’s. They also gloss over the fact that it was our government that told Murtha that the soldiers murdered the Iraqi’s and then tried to cover it up. The only bad thing that Murtha did was to say the truth out loud. He was supposed to keep his mouth shut about the incident and help the government gloss it over.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:53 pmThanks General.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:03 pmMurtha is the same corrupt, fat slob who accused our Marines of killing Iraqis in old blood. One of the Marines is now suing this windbag for slander.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:12 pmAnyone who would appear on Olbermann’s show has a left-wing agenda and should not be considered credible.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:14 pmBatiste dismissed his own validity by appearing on skirt-wearer Olbermann’s show.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:17 pmComment by Kozakid — October 1, 2007 @ 6:17 pm
Hate much? Perhaps some counseling and drugs would be good for you. It is apparent, that you cannot be in society unattended. Too much anger and hatred.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:20 pmAnyone who would appear on Olbermann’s show has a left-wing agenda and should not be considered credible.
Comment by Kozakid
Conversely, does the same apply to anyone that appears on O’reilly’s show?
October 1st, 2007 at 6:23 pmCare to say that to the General’s face Kozakid? You have far too much ignorance for one person.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:25 pmAnyone who would appear on Olbermann’s show has a left-wing agenda and should not be considered credible.
Comment by Kozakid — October 1, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
Back up your idiocy with verifiable proof and links or you will not be considered credible.
and does your mommy know you are smoking crack again?
October 1st, 2007 at 6:28 pm#10 - I knew someone would come up with that claptrap. Here are a couple of links if anyone wants to know the truth about what Murtha said about the soldiers involved in Haditha:
http://www.truthout.org/ cgi-bin/ artman/ exec/ view.cgi/ 60/ 20135
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/30/murtha-haditha/
http://findarticles.com/ p/ articles/ mi_kmafp/ is_200708/ ai_n19495947
What Murtha did was to repeat what he was told by the military about the incident. Murtha’s only “crime” was to reveal what the military was trying to hide.
Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich accuses the Pennsylvania Democrat of spreading “false and malicious lies” about him and other Marines on media outlets, accusing them of intentionally killing 24 civilians and then covering the matter up, according to court documents.
Here’s what was said about Frank Wuterich said in court:
A US Marine was ordered to execute a room full of terrified Iraqi women and children during an alleged massacre in Haditha that left 24 people dead, a military court heard Thursday.
The testimony came in the opening of a preliminary hearing for Marine Sergeant Frank Wuterich, who faces 17 counts of murder over the Haditha killings, the most serious war crimes allegations faced by US troops in Iraq.
Wuterich, dressed in desert khakis, spoke confidently to confirm his name as the hearing to decide if he faces a court martial began at the Marines’ Camp Pendleton base in southern California.
The 27-year-old listened intently as Lance Corporal Humberto Mendoza recounted how Marines had responded after a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Haditha on November 19, 2005 left one comrade dead.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:30 pmAnyone who would appear on Olbermann’s show has a left-wing agenda and should not be considered credible.
Comment by Kozakid
I suggest you change your moniker to KoolaidKid. It fits your persona to a T. You are definitely a Right Wing Loon kool-aid drinker.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:32 pmHow many medals did Rush Limpdick win? Oh, that’s right, he did not serve. the cowardly chickenshit.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:39 pmHow many medals did Rush Limpdick win? Oh, that’s right, he did not serve. the cowardly chickenshit.
Comment by Uncle Ho — October 1, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
Unka Ho,
Gotta suck to have a fat, drug-addled Chickenhawk as your He-ro and main source of all of things you are told to think and say. No wonder the Repugs are starting to circle the drain.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:49 pmKozakid: “Anyone who would appear on Olbermann’s show has a left-wing agenda and should not be considered credible.”
Cheney has been on Rush’s show a few times. Should he not be considered credible?
October 1st, 2007 at 6:55 pmI suggest you change your moniker to KoolaidKid. It fits your persona to a T. You are definitely a Right Wing Loon kool-aid drinker.
Comment by bilbobaggins — October 1, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
Or he could call himself Mr Pee. Probably be accurate.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:57 pmUncle Ho: “How many medals did Rush Limpdick win?”
He got grand prize for the biggest boil on a butt that the draft board had seen that year. And, he received honorary mention in the Grossest Method for Dodging the Draft contest.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:58 pmProbus: “Some people would like to pretend that these things don’t happen but the fact remains that they do.”
Think of the cognitive dissonance these people live with. Guys have already been convicted of this kind of thing and he’s still acting like it doesn’t happen.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:02 pmBarack and Hillary didn’t serve either
October 1st, 2007 at 7:02 pmThat’s not what Rush said. Tell your mom to make you some cereal and read the transcript from his website. Don’t be lazy Libs
October 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pmRush is a phony General, or is it phony PFC…..
October 1st, 2007 at 7:10 pmThat’s not what Rush said. Tell your mom to make you some cereal and read the transcript from his website. Don’t be lazy Libs
Comment by daxawyes — October 1, 2007 @ 7:06 pm
Gee, we should go read the rusher’s own version of the transcript, with the 1:35 minutes missing at the part where he talked about the left soldiers?
Guess you will believe whatever reality the rusher tells you to. Might want to get out more and expose yourself to reality once in a while.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:11 pmTranscript from Limbaughs site detailing the definition of “phony soldier” and its application to Jack Mutha:
First the definition:
This is a story of who the left props up as heroes. They have their celebrities and one of them was Army Ranger Jesse MacBeth. Now, he was a “corporal.” I say in quotes. Twenty-three years old. What made Jesse MacBeth a hero to the anti-war crowd wasn’t his Purple Heart; it wasn’t his being affiliated with post-traumatic stress disorder from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. No. What made Jesse MacBeth, Army Ranger, a hero to the left was his courage, in their view, off the battlefield, without regard to consequences. He told the world the abuses he had witnessed in Iraq, American soldiers killing unarmed civilians, hundreds of men, women, even children. In one gruesome account, translated into Arabic and spread widely across the Internet, Army Ranger Jesse MacBeth describes the horrors this way: “We would burn their bodies. We would hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque.”
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. You probably haven’t even heard about this. And, if you have, you haven’t heard much about it. This doesn’t fit the narrative and the template in the Drive-By Media and the Democrat Party as to who is a genuine war hero. Don’t look for any retractions, by the way. Not from the anti-war left, the anti-military Drive-By Media, or the Arabic websites that spread Jesse MacBeth’s lies about our troops, because the truth for the left is fiction that serves their purpose. They have to lie about such atrocities because they can’t find any that fit the template of the way they see the US military. In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth.
Second, the application to Jack Murtha:
RUSH: You shouldn’t hold your breath because there’s no standard to hold me to, in the sense that you’re talking about. I never said what you think I said, Congressman Pallone, congresswoman Schakowsky, Senator Kerry, or any of the rest of you in the Drive-By Media. I was talking about a genuine phony soldier — and, by the way, Jesse MacBeth is not the only one. How about this guy Scott Thomas who was writing fraudulent, phony things in the New Republic about atrocities he saw that never happened? How about Jack Murtha blanketly accepting the notion that Marines in Haditha engaged in wanton murder of innocent children and civilians? If anybody owes anybody an apology, the entire Democrat Party, from Hillary Clinton on down, owes the US military an apology. They owe me an apology, and they owe the American people an apology — and they are owed massive defeat in 2008! They are irresponsible, they are dishonest, they are incompetent, and they pose a great threat to this country — as evidenced by this small little episode. Now, I can go back and I could get all kinds of resolutions here to remind you of them, and I will. There were resolutions praising the patriotism of General Petraeus, condemning the MoveOn ad. Kerry voted no, Schakowsky voted no. They didn’t want to praise the “patriotism” because “patriotism” to them is opposing victory. Patriotism to them is opposing the US military. Patriotism to them is lying and taking out of context the words of people who are among the biggest supporters of the US military in this country. When I mentioned the term “phony soldier” — and they all know this — I was referring to a genuine phony soldier about whom I had informed this audience the previous day and did so again the following day. That was Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Limbaugh’s accusation against Murtha, as a phony soldier, was not Murtha’s criticism of the war, but Mutha’s willingness and gullibilty in beleiving and spouting WITHOUT PROOF what have been proven as lies about U.S. Marines.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:12 pmdaxawyes: “Barack and Hillary didn’t serve either”
Yes, and that statement would be relevant if Barack and hillary were questioning the patriotism of those opposed to the war, but they’re not, so your point is a non-point.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:13 pmAnd how much military time did Rush do? Oh yeah, forgot, ZERO!
Buck Fush
October 1st, 2007 at 7:15 pmIf memory serves me correctly, wasn’t it the phony soldier Rush who used the excuse of having a boil on his ass to keep him out of Nam?? And wasn’t it the phony soldier Deadeye Dick Cheney who received 5 deferments to stay out of Nam? And wasn’t it the phony soldier George Bush who got his dad to get him in the Texas Air Guard so he could spend time “defending” the coast of south Texas and Tamaulipas from an attack during the Nam war? Conversely wasn’t it a soldier named Gore who was in the thick of things in Nam? Wasn’t it a sailor named John Kerry who received 3 purple hearts and a Bronze Star during Nam? And wasn’t there a soldier named Wes Clark who was in Nam for the duration of that conflict?
Certainly seems like the really phony soldiers are the chickenhawks in the Republic Party while those with testosterone and fortitude, the real soldiers, all have the word “democrat” after their name.
Or, am I wrong?
October 1st, 2007 at 7:16 pmvintruvius: “Limbaugh’s accusation against Murtha, as a phony soldier, was not Murtha’s criticism of the war, but Mutha’s willingness and gullibilty in beleiving and spouting WITHOUT PROOF what have been proven as lies about U.S. Marines.”
I believe that the record has shown that Murtha was correct. Soldiers are being and have been court marshalled for their behavior in Haditha.
But, the larger question is why do you think accusations against possible wrongdoing in the military by a 37-year Marine veteran make him a “phony soldier?”
October 1st, 2007 at 7:17 pmvintruvenus: “In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth.”
When is the right going to face the truth about how many Iraqis have been killed?
October 1st, 2007 at 7:19 pm“In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth.”
When will the right face the truth that this administration used lies, distortion and misdirection to start this illegal war?
October 1st, 2007 at 7:20 pmLimbaugh’s accusation against Murtha, as a phony soldier, was not Murtha’s criticism of the war, but Mutha’s willingness and gullibilty in beleiving and spouting WITHOUT PROOF what have been proven as lies about U.S. Marines.
Comment by vintruvious
If this is a transcript off Rush’s site it’s worthless. He’s already been busted for editing his transcripts.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:22 pm“In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth.â€
When will the right face the truth that there were no WMDs.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:23 pmWhen will the right face the truth that there were no WMDs.
Comment by DigDug — October 1, 2007 @ 7:23 pm
And the other truth, the end of the Repug Party is looming.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:26 pmJack Murtha was personally briefed by commanders from the Marine Corps. Nothing Murtha said was a lie and everything turned out to be true.
“They ranged from little babies to adult males and females. I’ll never be able to get that out of my head. I can still smell the blood. This left something in my head and heart.”
- Observations of Lance Cpl. Roel Ryan Briones after the Haditha Massacre
October 1st, 2007 at 7:29 pmRush fans: I really want you to think about this - the transcript you posted says that it has been proven that Murtha lied about what the Marines did in Haditha. But, if you Google on “Haditha,” you will see many articles about the massacre and subsequent investigation into it. Read a few of them and then reflect on what Rush put in his transcript. I dare you.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:32 pmvintruvenus: “In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth.â€
OK, let’s just see who has trouble accepting the truth. Google on “Haditha” and read a few of the articles about it, rather than have Rush explain it to you. There’s a Washington Post article and a Time Magazine article that pop up. Go ahead and read them if you’re so big on facing the truth.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:34 pmThat’s Rush fans for you. When challenged, they simply run away, very much like Rush himself… or possibly when challenged, they take a nice big hit of Oxycontin, lay back and dream of an exciting libertarian utopia.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:50 pmComment by Kozakid — October 1, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
You’re an a$$hole!!!
October 1st, 2007 at 7:55 pmComment by Kozakid — October 1, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
Another a$$hole comment…2 in 2 minutes!!!
October 1st, 2007 at 7:56 pmListen up, meatheads.
You seem to think that you can call a soldier a phony soldier because of his present actions, and you accuse Murtha of this and General Batiste of that.
(Jesse MacBeth was a deliberate right-wing plant whom nobody endorses, who posted some wild and dramatic stuff, and then while the progressives were wondering what this was all about, the wingnut blogs started condemning us as gullible. It was a transparent game that fooled nobody.)
But even if a soldier starts calling 9/11 an inside job, even if ageneral starts talking about pictures of Satan, even if a general defies the president and gets fired for it, evven if a general runs with a racist on a segregationist ticket, they are all REAL SOLDIERS.
Wally Boykin is a real soldier.
Curtis LeMay was a real soldier.
Anthony Zinni is a real soldier.
George Herbert Walker Bush is a real soldier.
John Murtha is a real soldier.
William Westmoreland was a real soldier.
Douglas Macarthur was a real soldier.
John Kerry is a real soldier.
Smedley Butler was a real soldier.
Omar Mora was a real soldier.
That’s it. Finish. schluss. ende. What they did can not be erased. Whatever else they do, this stands.
Just because duke Cunningham was one of the most corrupt Congressmen in history doesn’t mean he was a phony soldier.
You can attack soldiers on their morals, their intelligence, their judgement. God knows many deserve it.
But their service was real. They were, and are real.
And that is not to be questioned by the likes of you.
Or me.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:58 pmThat’s not what Rush said. Tell your mom to make you some cereal and read the transcript from his website. Don’t be lazy Libs
Comment by daxawyes — October 1, 2007 @ 7:06 pm
We’re not “lazy Libs” you are just simply stupid to the core!!!
The facts and transcripts and recordings and other shit are not in your moronic stars tonight!! You are phucked by the facts again!!
Good night loser!!!
October 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pmField Marshall Limburger, Earl of OxyContin.
October 1st, 2007 at 9:17 pmthink progress
you need to be a little more careful about the pronouns in your breathless headlines.
they can easily mislead to a reader.
October 1st, 2007 at 9:34 pmAnyone who would appear on Olbermann’s show has a left-wing agenda and should not be considered credible.
Comment by Kozakid — October 1, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
Jonathan Turly, Law Professor at GW University, is not credible? Care to back that up, asswipe?
October 1st, 2007 at 11:44 pmLimbaugh’s accusation against Murtha, as a phony soldier, was not Murtha’s criticism of the war, but Mutha’s willingness and gullibilty in beleiving and spouting WITHOUT PROOF what have been proven as lies about U.S. Marines.
Comment by vintruvious — October 1, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
Oh dear God. What Murtha may or may not have done as it relates to the actions of other Marines has nothing to do with whether or not he is an actual or phony soldier.
Rummy lied about the location of WMD’s (”we know where they are” and then 3 years later it became “I didn’t say that.”). Does that make him a phony Sec. of Defense?
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:43 amComment by Michael — October 2, 2007 @ 12:41 am
The same could be said about Cornyn and his phony amendment.
There is nothing in the MoveOn ad that accuses Patraeus of treason.
The issues raised in the ad question the fact that the data coming from Iraq as it relates to deaths and measuring the success of the surge is skewed. The ad accuses Petraeus of skewing (or cooking) the books…in other words, changing the rules of the game to show a desired outcome. I would suggest you go to dictionary.com and look up the definitions (notice there is more than one) of the word “betray,” specifically the 5 other definitions that the Right conveniently and purposely ignore.
I then want you to come back here and specifically point out which parts of the MoveOn ad accuses the general of treason, and then explain WHY and HOW.
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:50 amComment by Michael — October 2, 2007 @ 12:50 am
And yer a frickin’ FRAUD!
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:52 amMurtha is a coward and traitor!
http://www.newstin.com/ sim/ us/ 25158482/ en-005-005112007
Comment by Michael — October 2, 2007 @ 12:50 am
Hey asswipe! Murtha hasn’t been found guilty of anything yet. And the Marine who is accusing Murtha of defamation has yet to go on trial himself.
Besides, that link you provided shows 8 newspapers pointing to the same damned AP story.
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:08 amOk sorry I have a life and don’t sit in front of the computer all day.
Other than the idea that if viagra was around when you were just a thought most of you could have been conceived the real way instead of artificial insimonation, but aside from that I see no facts, only conspiracy.
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:14 amBatiste dismissed his own validity by appearing on skirt-wearer Olbermann’s show.
Comment by Kozakid —
So how do you feel about Rudy Giuliani and his penchant for wearing ball gowns, koolaid kid? And, BTW, you dismissed own validity with your stupid comment.
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:19 amMurtha is a coward and traitor!
http://www.newstin.com/ sim/ us/ 25158482/ en-005-005112007
Comment by Michael — October 2, 2007 @ 12:50 am
Michael is a liar, a coward, a traitor and a smear artist!
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 amReally? Just what are those facts? I doubt if you will ever respond to this post, stupid!
Comment by Michael — October 2, 2007 @ 12:46 am
Beyond the fact you’re an abusive liar? What facts are required?
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 am“One would think that after the Jesse Macbeth fiasco, the liberal left as well as the media would start fact checking and verifying information before running with stories that have no basis in truth, yet the more recent spectacle of Scott Thomas Beauchamp and The new Republic shows that some people just never learn and as long as someone will tell the anti-war crowd what they want to believe, they will believe it, truth doesn’t matter at all.
Comment by Michael — October 2, 2007 @ 12:41 am
You mean like the professional GOP case that constantly whines about being spit at, and has been shown to be a ball faced liar?
Or maybe the young GOP spokesman that turned out to be a Gay Porn star?
Is that the kind of vetting you’re referring to? ;)
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:37 amHarkin should talk…..he’s lied repeatedly about his military service
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 amand now he’s defending phony soldiers? Murtha is a disgrace to The Marine Corps and has turned his back on the military. Why is it that the compassionate and open minded liberals are always the first ones to call people names and use personal smear tactics?
Harkin should talk…..he’s lied repeatedly about his military service
and now he’s defending phony soldiers? Murtha is a disgrace to The Marine Corps and has turned his back on the military. Why is it that the compassionate and open minded liberals are always the first ones to call people names and use personal smear tactics?
Comment by beverly — October 2, 2007 @ 1:52 am
Did he get out of the military like Rush, with an *ss zit? As for Murtha being a disgrace, thanks for showing us the widespread anti-military hate that you wingnuts have for any military personnel that doesn’t kiss your psycho *sses. You people are crazy with your smear tactics, and your hate speech, while accusing others of behaving as recklessly and ridiculous as you do! You are nuts!
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:57 amWhy is it that the compassionate and open minded liberals are always the first ones to call people names and use personal smear tactics?
Comment by beverly — October 2, 2007 @ 1:52 am
Why is it the compassionate conservatives are always the first ones to call others names and use personal smear tactics while projecting their bad ways on others?
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:58 am“Did he get out of the military like Rush, with an *ss zit? As for Murtha being a disgrace, thanks for showing us the widespread anti-military hate that you wingnuts have for any military personnel that doesn’t kiss your psycho *sses. You people are crazy with your smear tactics, and your hate speech, while accusing others of behaving as recklessly and ridiculous as you do! You are nuts!”
so lying is better than honesty?? is that your reasoning? your response is the perfect example of liberal reaction and lack of class.
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:04 amthe liberal solution to anyone disagreeing with their agenda is name calling, profanities and smearing and is a pathetic example of
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:14 amwhat this nation is sinking to. anyone in the service has earned the right to disagree with the war…but no one has a right to lie about his service and then take personal potshots at someone without the facts and hiding behind the congressional podium. thats exactly what harkins has done. pretty cowardly.
hey ryan….look! no profanities.
Probus……did you listen to the Limbaugh show when the “statement” was made? I did….and thats not what he said.
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:42 amGet your facts right. He was referring to your guy Jesse MacBeth
and others of his ilk….and there are quite a few. Guys who claim they were in the military and were not. I guess Harkin didn’t outright lie about his military service? Or are his lies alright since he’s one of you? Did you watch the ABC special about the same guys Limbaugh was talking about? If you question what Limbaugh said….listen to the entire conversation on his website…then draw your own conclusions..don’t just take the word of whatever liberal
media you got your “info” from.
probus….so you would rather believe a lie and distortion because it suits your agenda, than accept the truth??? enough said. you proved my point. thank you.
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:42 amA bill that would overturn the order is pending in the Senate.
I listened to a tape of the conversation and you are a liar!!
The McBeth comment came later.
You’re post is pure phucked up Grand Old Pedophile SPIN!!
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 am.
Rush Limbagh is a phoney…
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… and he’s not even a soldier.
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October 2nd, 2007 at 6:28 amprobus….so you would rather believe a lie and distortion because it suits your agenda, than accept the truth??? enough said. you proved my point. thank you.
Comment by beverly — October 2, 2007 @ 3:42 am
Just as you have accepted the lie about the MoveOn ad?
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 amIf you guys don’t want to read the ‘edited’ transcript on Rush’s website, go out to youtube and view what he said. It all there.
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:36 am“Barack and Hillary didn’t serve eitherâ€
They also didn’t dodge the draft like Rush.
Hillary is a woman
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:45 amBarrack didn’t hit puberty
Rush had an ass zit.
The next person on here that says “Rush thinks that soldiers who disagree with him are phonies” is just lazy. And just because you serve in the military (Murtha) doesn’t protect you from a rebuke if you falsely accuse and degrade others in the military.
So please try to come up with something of substance rather than zits, name calling and lies. What are you 12?
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:32 amProbus do your homework……….. and then do your homework on what Rush said.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:38 amIf you served in the military even Rush would respect and honor you.