Yes, I can see why. Unless you meant the other Pat O'Brien.
Posted on 01/07/2006 8:38:11 PM PST by lainie
On Friday, January 6, 2006, El Rushbo said the following:
Transcribed from rushlimbaugh.com "It's Open Line Friday… Clip: Does Anyone Remember Wen ho Lee?" Windows Media Player, paid subscription required
'Phil from Prescott, Arizona': "What I wanted to talk about: you were mentioning how Bill Clinton never seemed like he was interested in tackling huge national security issues, but I seen an example in the Wen ho Lee case where they actually railroaded Wen Ho Lee so they could at least LOOK like they were tackling national security issues..."
Limbaugh: You know, this is a fascinating case, and I don't think enough people A) know about it or B) remember it. Wen Ho Lee, Chinese descent, working out at Los Alamos, right? Los ALamos nuclear lab. Wen ho Lee was accused, by the Clinton administration, of stealing secrets and sending them back to China. During the whole period where the Clinton administration was involved in all this funny money coming in from China, and the 1996 presidential campaign, and the John Huang/Charlie Tree days, and all of this. There was NEVER...this man was kept in jail for, I don't know how many months, but, at one point, when they took him into federal court, a federal judge...now, he sent me his book. Wen ho Lee sent me his book, and it opens with this judge's apology. The judge, I forget his name, federal district judge, apologized to Wen ho Lee for everything the United States government had done to him: falsely accusing him, keeping him in jail; this is unprecedented. Sometimes charges are dismissed and they're thrown out, or what have you. The judge made it plain that he was apologizing on behalf of the United States government for what had happened to Wen ho Lee. And Phil's point here is, he's taking off on the opening monologue today which is, the Clinton administration, during 2000, had this CIA plan to try to leak phony information to the Iranians so that when they put their nuclear bomb together, it wouldn't work. Now, the point of this was that the Clinton administration knew in 2000 the Iranians were working on nuclear cweapons, and they didn't do anything about it. And they had this CIA plan that was so bad that it was doomed to fail, and it did. And his point is Clinton just wanted to look tough on this stuff, just wanted to look big on this, so we indict Wen ho Lee, when no evidence, keep him in jail, and, uh, you know, it was worse than what happened to Ray Donovan, he was, 'where do I go to get my reputation back?' And now he's filed a counter suit. I think the last I heard was he's filed some sort of a counter suit. But I won't forget what this judge said to him, as his book opens: apologizing profusely for the entire U.S. government for what he did. And of course, the mainstream press and all of Clinton's buddies hardly gave it scant attention, folks. This is the bunch that did the Waco invasion, Ruby Ridge, uh, one other example I'm leaving out, but, we talk about civil liberties today and how we're losing it."
You too :) see you tomorrow!
I was just curious if that irritablity was monodirectional. I am sad to see it is.
Big picture is Wen Ho Lee. He was guilty and got off scott free. Also never returned the docs that he downloaded.
Personally.I can't stand Rush Limbaugh but he is human and he will make mistakes----we all do.
The problem is, we expect our heros to be perfect.
No, you're not curious. You're looking for yet another opportunity, any opportunity, to shill with your tu quoque arguments, falsely implying that evil on one side ameliorates evil on the other.
Don't change the subject. It was childish the first 100 times, tedious the 1000th.
Ha!
I can't find a pair of jeans that fit well.
I can't drive 55.
I can't look at Pat O'Brien's picture without laughing.
I don't know what the heck you're talking about, but you've apparently got a lot of baggage. Like I said, of course they lie. Duh.
Furthermore, Rush was very enthusiastic about the outcome of the Waco standoff for many days following the event. He gave high praise to Janet Reno for firm resolve and actions.
Oh yeah? I'll have to look that up. Interesting.
Yes, I can see why. Unless you meant the other Pat O'Brien.
It's a pretty common misstatement since Clinton was such a cad. It's corrected often enough that people who actually read know the error. Usually, the error is immaterial to the argument being advanced.
I heard him say that on his show and raised an eyebrow myself. But unlike you, I then forgot all about it. Anything that anybody wants to pin on the scumbag Democrats is fine by me. I am sick up to here with the lying b@st@rds.
Regards,
LH
You wanna hear a REAL sad story?
No one is in jail for any of the above mentioned crimes.
He is right 98.4% of the time.
He will correct it the 1st thing Monday, if he isn't out with the flu.
Minor error. But you know what? No matter how small or large the error, no matter how obvious, the left will never correct their own - unless it involves a berating for not being commie enough. Pretending that they are never wrong has more value to them than correcting mistakes. Which is why they promote mostly failed policies.
Wow, he really does look like Flanders!
Even Pres. Clinton took note of it, suggesting that Rush only stood up for Janet Reno because she was "attacked by a black guy." Low blow by the former president, but it shows you Rush was very supportive of Reno's actions at Waco.
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