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Rush Limbaugh, Vindicated
Creators Syndicate ^ | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | L. Brent Bozell

Posted on 10/10/2007 4:47:00 AM PDT by IrishMike

The ruckus over the Rush Limbaugh "phony soldiers" statement is dying down. It ought not to. There is a huge story here.

What did Rush say? In a Sept. 26 conversation with a caller to his program who claimed the media never interview "real soldiers," but just people out of the blue, Rush added for emphasis, "the phony soldiers."

The left saw its opportunity and pounced with a vengeance. Led by the George Soros-funded and Hillary Clinton-inspired Media Matters outfit, it unleashed a scorched-earth attack on Limbaugh for insulting the military, stating that any servicemen or women who might oppose the war in Iraq had been defamed by the talk show host as "phony soldiers."

The television networks, newspapers and leftist blog sites were ablaze with stories about Democratic outrage. There were calls for his show to be yanked from the Armed Forces Radio Network. There were demands that Clear Channel make Rush apologize and that advertisers pull their sponsorship.

Presidential candidates denounced him. Congressional leaders — the usual crowd of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Harkin, John Kerry, etc. — denounced him. A formal congressional resolution condemning Limbaugh was drawn up by Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and reportedly had over 100 Democrat (and one Republican) signers. The message was clear: Limbaugh's anti-military insult could not, and would not, be tolerated.

How disingenuous was this leftist attack on Limbaugh? Let us count the ways.

He's visited the troops on the battlefield in Afghanistan and brought comfort to our wounded at the Walter Reed Army hospital. He's raised and donated millions to military charities. It is no wonder that he is the single most popular personality on the Armed Forces Radio Network.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008; bozell; congress; democratparty; democrats; electionpresident; elections; fundedbysoros; hillary; iraq; liberals; limbaugh; mediabias; mediamatters; msm; phonysoldiers; rush; rushlimbaugh; soros; talkradio; terrorism; vindication; wot
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To: alicewonders
We are feeding them rope and they are making their own noose.

Yep, it must be extraordinarily frustrating for Liberals everywhere to have everything you have ever believed in thoroughly disproved on a daily basis for over 20 years now. Deep, stinky doo-doo....

21 posted on 10/10/2007 5:42:54 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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To: Hacklehead

You make a good point. I think we’ll have to destroy the old media to really make some headway on this.


22 posted on 10/10/2007 5:47:37 AM PDT by alicewonders (Duncan Hunter needs to be our next Secretary of Defense.)
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To: popdonnelly
It hasn’t died down with me. I want these liars and thugs out of the Senate.

BTTT!

23 posted on 10/10/2007 5:53:32 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: IrishMike

I wrote to my Congressman (Sestak-blechhh!) expressing disapproval at his comments on Rush Limbaugh and why he had no such similar remarks regarding the MoveOn.org ad against General Petraues..or why he accepted money from Norman Hsu. Well, I haven’t heard back yet...but I’ll bet I’m on some ‘list’ now.

If we are to stand any chance next year,we have to keep the heat on, come what may. I cannot in good conscience let these things slide.


24 posted on 10/10/2007 5:53:45 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: IrishMike
If you missed Rush yesterday...


Calls to Henry Waxman's Office
25 posted on 10/10/2007 6:03:24 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: IrishMike

Thanks for the link. Interesting article.


26 posted on 10/10/2007 6:03:31 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: IrishMike

Everytime I read about Soros - the mastermind behind Hillary ...all I can think of this the evil Blofelt in the Bond movies. I wonder ...does Soros have a white Persian cat?


27 posted on 10/10/2007 6:10:14 AM PDT by Martins kid
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To: Bringbackthedraft
Right on the money. These folks are really good at deflecting issues and in this case a really important one went right off the screen. This Hsu issue has to be resurrected and kept alive for as long as possible.
28 posted on 10/10/2007 6:35:51 AM PDT by mortal19440
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To: IrishMike

once again the opposition proves what we all knew...they are jackasses from the word go with nothing factual to base their argument and once again Russ made ASSES of them.


29 posted on 10/10/2007 6:38:54 AM PDT by cubreporter
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To: Miss Didi

yikes...back off the camera someonme. We don’t need to be looking up this jackasses nose.


30 posted on 10/10/2007 6:39:28 AM PDT by cubreporter
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To: SueRae
Sestak, the fired 2 Star Admiral. What a joke he was as a Naval Officer and he was asked to leave by the CNO because he was a user of his people to advance his own career. How the folks of Delaware County elected this clown is almost as embarrassing as Bucks County electing the JAG warrior Murphy.
31 posted on 10/10/2007 6:40:37 AM PDT by mortal19440
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To: Hacklehead
We keep fooling ourselves in believing this. I see no evidence that the left pays any price at all for their big lie stalinist tactics. In fact, they benefit greatly because let’s say 100 million people hear that Rush slandered the troops. Maybe only 30 million subsequently hear the truth and out of those only 20 million accept it. Therefore Rush’s credibility (and conservatism’s as well) becomes greatly reduced.

This was one of Saul Alinsky's dictums and Hillary, his faithful acolyte, is following it to the letter.

32 posted on 10/10/2007 6:47:58 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: Don Corleone
"This was one of Saul Alinsky's dictums and Hillary, his faithful acolyte, is following it to the letter."

I wonder how much trouble it will bring them now that Rush has a copy of the playbook. He was quoting from it a day or so ago.

33 posted on 10/10/2007 3:54:47 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: Miss Didi

Nostrildamnus, strikes again!


34 posted on 10/10/2007 4:05:37 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: IrishMike

35 posted on 10/11/2007 9:35:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Could it be time to burn Mexican Flags as our First Amendment right?)
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To: Grampa Dave

You’re too much.


36 posted on 10/11/2007 10:45:18 AM PDT by IrishMike (Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it)
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To: Grampa Dave

Good Pic. Love the CNN logo! LOL :)


37 posted on 10/11/2007 10:50:33 AM PDT by ElPatriota (Duncan Hunter 08 & Let's not forget, we are all still friends, basically :) despite our differences)
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To: ElPatriota

The Crescent Logo is great and appropriate with the traitors at Crescent No News, just spin.


38 posted on 10/12/2007 6:53:10 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Could it be time to burn Mexican Flags as our First Amendment right?)
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To: ElPatriota; IrishMike; Seadog Bytes

39 posted on 10/12/2007 7:37:35 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Could it be time to burn Mexican Flags as our First Amendment right?)
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To: Grampa Dave

Laughed my a$$ off earlier too when Pookie had that graphic.


40 posted on 10/12/2007 8:32:53 AM PDT by IrishMike (Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it)
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