Posted on 10/14/2007 2:05:44 PM PDT by blam
Rush Limbaugh Earns Big Money From Senate Letter Chastising Him
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Rush Limbaugh
WASHINGTON — A letter sent to Rush Limbaugh's boss demanding he be chastised for comments he made on the air about "phony soldiers" is now on the auction block, and the latest bid is a cool $41,400.
One hundred percent of the money raised from the eBay auction will go to educate the children of Marines and law enforcement officers who died while on duty, the auction says.
Bids will continue until Friday for the letter signed by 41 Democratic senators and sent on Oct. 2 to Mark P. Mays, president of Clear Channel, the parent company of the conservative talk show host's radio broadcast. The winning bidder will get the letter, the "Halliburton briefcase in which this letter is secured 24 hours a day;" a letter of thanks from Limbaugh and a picture of the talkmeister announcing the auction at a speech in Philadelphia delivered last Thursday.
"This historic document may well represent the first time in the history of America that this large a group of U.S. senators attempted to demonize a private citizen by lying about his views. As such, it is a priceless memento of the folly of (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid and his 40 senatorial co-signers," reads the eBay announcement.
As of midday Sunday, 95 bids by 36 bidders had been made on the letter, whose opening bid price was $100.
Playing up the controversy over comments Limbaugh made last month in which he used the term "phony soldiers," seemingly to describe U.S. troops opposed to the Iraq war, Limbaugh told his audience last week
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The proceeds go to charity. I doubt any paperwork other than the handover of the loot to the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation will be needed. I hate taxes and am the first to admit that tax law is something I know nothing about.
Let’s pray someone does. =)
I am sooo snagging that for my blog! LOL!!! :-)
I think it’s worth an few eMails from each of us to alert some high rollers that they’ve got an opportunity to stand up for the families of our troops and police officers.
I think it’s worth a few eMails from each of us to alert some high rollers that they’ve got an opportunity to stand up for the families of our troops and police officers.
Rush will probably match the winning bidder's amount with a donation out of his own pocket, just as an extra twist.
Thanks for the note of encouragement. I hope you’re right.
What a lying sack misleading head line.
I AGREE.
You bet!
Sounds good.
My thoughts exactly. The serious bidders won't even enter the fray until Thursday.
The Senate Democrats are following after their old buddy Dan Rather in their “ Dan Rather CBS moment “ ..... at least we can give them a A + for effort in learning from the Best is slander&smear good old Danny.
My e-mail just sent to my Senator:
Senator Salazar, while I didn’t vote for you, you still represent the fine state of Colorado where I live, raise my kids, work and play.
Why did you take time from your day to sign a letter demanding repudiation for comments NOT made by a talk show host and yet do NOTHING regarding the MoveOn.org attack on an active General during war time?
Please stop being used like a tool by liberals and do your job. You and your fellow signers have made fools of yourselves. This behavior is a well established pattern for the likes of Reid, Boxer, Byrd, Feinstein, Kennedy and Leahy, and I am still hoping you will not join that extremist group. As someone who is representing ME, I can assure you I do not agree with your signature being on that document.
Rush has created a slow-motion Howard Dean moment for Dingey Harry.....
Excellent!
That’s great. Looking forward to it...
In Parade today under the “Ask Marilyn” (vos Savant who’s listed in the Guinness Book of World Records Hall of Fame for “Highest IQ”) she asks the following question and wants responses: “Rush Limbaugh is a popular radio host. But what if he was a Supreme Court Justice instead? Email your one-line response to marilyn@parade.com.” Sounds to me like she needs Freeper response instead.
It's Dingy Harry's creation...he even signed it along with 40 other phonies.
That’s a good pic of him.
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