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"General Betray us" [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
This is rich — blame Rush!
09/10 05:41 PM

Through The Politico's Ben Smith

September 10, 2007
'General Betray Us'
A footnote to the fuss over MoveOn's "General Betray Us" ad, a favored GOP talking point of the day. (Genius? Idiocy? Interested in readers' views.)
Anyway, it also appears to have been borrowed, indirectly, from Rush Limbaugh. According to a Free Republican diary, Rush took a call in January from a listener who suggested he contrast General Petraeus with Senator Chuck Betrayus -- i.e., Hagel.
By Ben Smith 05:27 PM

This is at least the third time I've been a player in cyberspace news among the media elites...once on PMSNBC.COM, they did an article for which the launching pad was a thread I started about socialist Michael Moore's upcoming flick "Fahrenheit 9/11", and how I thought we ought to boycott Miramax or contact Disney.

The second time was my thread, quoted nearly verbatim, on Drudge's headline, when Kanye West made a complete ASS of himself on the Katrina fundraising telethon...

And now, this. :)

One other time, though I cannot prove it, I posted the Vermont Republican party's response to Judas Jim Jeffords' little temper tantrum when he went "independent"...a few minutes later, Rush Limbaugh himself was reading the very same letter I posted. :)

I ought to work for RL. I'd be an asset to his business.

Anyway, THANK YOU, bvw, for the heads up! :)

Hey, this is my first post. I WAS THAT CALLER.. I think that day time ran out, but Rush still mentioned what i had called to say...

I’m so proud to be a part of this non-story.