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 Fox News headline lies. Rush keeps zilch. All proceeds go to charity.
I love it!
I think this is one of Rush’s finest moves in donating the money to the families of our fallen warriors......
after all, Rush is just a harmless little fuzz ball
Good for Rush for throwing it back in their faces. Too bad the Republicans in DC can’t seem to find the *alls to do the same. I guess Hillary is the only one who has any.
Mr. Reid, can you say, "Sorry gang, I blew it and it blew up in our faces. Back to the drawing board - Darn It!"
Well as usual the Junk Media headline completely misrepresents what Rush is actually doing. But I guess we just have to be satisfied with them getting it right IN the story.
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.
Holy Hannah, you’re right! Something didn’t sit right with me with that headline, but I didn’t quite catch it—good on you!
Also, the current amount is listed a $100 over what it actually is—FOX needs to check its facts more carefully!
absolutely bogus headline
He’ll get over $41,000.00 to turn over to the charity of his choice, thanks to these buffoons.
Rush gives it to the Dems without any Vaseline
gotta love Rush...Harry and the boys will chew on this for a while
Actually, it might make an interesting segment for Rush to discuss what the actual income tax treatment is for this sale and disbursement, along with what kind of documentation he will need in the event the IRS audits this transaction. Think of it as a civics lesson, hopefully not a really boring one.
One of the buffoons is KEN SALAZAR of Colorado. Just had to get that off my chest.
I'll bet Rush meets the bid and rams in down the RATS throat.
Glad to see the story, but the headline is incompetent and/or dishonest: it misrepresents what Rush is doing. He does not ‘earn’ a penny from auctioning the letter when he has declared that the winning bid will be donated to the charity named.
I’m sure it just kills the Dems that Rush doesn’t cringe and abase himself and apologize. Take that, Liberal traitors!
I love the way Rush challenged the Libs to match the donation $ for $.
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