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Freed Pirate Hostage Accuses Limbaugh Of 'Hate Speech' (freed hostage is a leftist)
Bostonchannel.com ^ | April 34, 2009

Posted on 04/24/2009 10:36:39 PM PDT by balch3

SEEKONK, Mass. -- Shane Murphy, the second-in-command aboard the American merchant ship seized by pirates, lashed out at Rush Limbaugh for the talk show host's racial characterization in discussing the rescue of the ship's captain by the Navy.

In commenting on the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips by the Navy Seals who shot and killed the three Somali pirates who were holding him captive, Limbaugh generated controversy when he called the pirates "black teenagers."

"There you have it, three teenagers shot on the high seas at the order of President Obama," said Limbaugh according to a transcript of an April 14 broadcast on his Web site.

"Just imagine the hue and cry had a Republican president ordered the shooting of black teenagers on the high seas," Limbaugh said.

Murphy said Limbaugh's remarks were unacceptable.

"It feels great to be home," Murphy said. "With the exception of Rush Limbaugh who is trying to make this into a race issue. It's disgusting."

"The president did the right thing. It's a war. It's about good versus evil. And what you (Limbaugh) said is evil, that is hate speech. I won't tolerate it," Murphy said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0bamavoter; brainwashed; clueless; hostage; limbaugh; movetocuba; pirate; rush; shanemurphy; somalipirates; talkradio; usefulidiot; usnavy; whiner
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To: balch3
I won't tolerate it," Murphy said.Oh, yeah...what does the ungrateful creep think he's going to do about it?
21 posted on 04/24/2009 10:54:16 PM PDT by top 2 toe red (O-B-A-M-A = One Big Ass Mistake, America.)
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To: balch3

Somehow I think that 0bama administration people are briefing people thrust into the spotlight to praise the Chosen One while offering gratuitous jabs at conservatives. All part of the plan to demonize all opposition.


22 posted on 04/24/2009 10:57:24 PM PDT by yawningotter
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To: balch3
Call me cynical, but what do you want to bet that a reporter read Murphy the quote sans context, and then asked him for a reaction? Lies of omission are the DBM's speciality.
23 posted on 04/24/2009 10:58:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: balch3

"I won't thand for it, Rush!"
24 posted on 04/24/2009 10:59:40 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: balch3; All

Don’t jump this guy’s sh*t at least right now. He’s operating on major stress and bad information from our wonderful media.

If he turns out to be a leftie idiot, we will deal with that later, but for right now, everybody chill out.


25 posted on 04/24/2009 11:00:10 PM PDT by KJC1
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To: balch3
>>>"The president did the right thing. <<<

The President did not do the right thing. The President tried to "settle it peacefully" with a FBI Hostage negotiation team. Obama did not authorize the Seal Team to take action.

Eventually the On Site commander took a risk, operating under existing law, declared the hostage's life in imminent danger, and authorized the Seal team to shoot.

I have seen reports from people tightly linked to the Seal community that expose the lie that Obama acted to save Captain Phillip's life - that action was taken by the OSC (On Site Commander), The Captain of the Bainbridge.

Mr. Murphy, what ever his intentions, was sitting on the _MV Alabama in Mombasa, Kenya, hundreds of miles away, when the action happened.

26 posted on 04/24/2009 11:00:18 PM PDT by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: balch3

What do we expect from someone so stupid that he knew there were pirates in that area, he knew it was dangerous and he had no weapons. IDIOT! Too bad they didn’t take his sorry ass to shore and hold him for a few days.


27 posted on 04/24/2009 11:02:00 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Call me cynical, but what do you want to bet that a reporter read Murphy the quote sans context, and then asked him for a reaction?

Bingo! I think you're right. I thought it sounded as if this guy, Murphy, misunderstood what Limbaugh was saying. The MSM sets people up, and that's what it sounds like happened here.

28 posted on 04/24/2009 11:03:29 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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To: balch3
""With the exception of Rush Limbaugh who is trying to make this into a race issue. It's disgusting. The president did the right thing. It's a war.

Wrong on every count.

29 posted on 04/24/2009 11:07:23 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (I miss Dick Cheney)
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To: balch3

Sounds like he was (willfully) taking Rush out of context.


30 posted on 04/24/2009 11:09:24 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: balch3

“I won’t tolerate it”
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The first amendment is still in effect (for now) so you don’t have a say in the matter. To quote every liberal Hollywood hack “if you don’t like it change the channel”

Next: Sir with all due respect to the ordeal you have just endured, can you not tell the sarcasm that Rush used was directed at the people who would be criticizing Republicans for being warmongering Klansmen in doing the same thing only sooner?

If Bush would have done that it would have been called a false flag operation to get us involved in Somalia to protect oil shipping routes. You and your family would be branded liars, and your lives torn apart by the Olbermann’s of the left looking for any link to Bush to “prove” the “conspiracy”

The only thing Rush hates is the assault being waged on liberty by hypocritical leftists. Those same people whom you credit in saving your Captain probably weighed your Captains life vs. the lives of your captors and how the various scenarios would play out in the media, and the “international community” before they made a decision.

Shane Murphy welcome to being a tool.


31 posted on 04/24/2009 11:10:38 PM PDT by Martel1971
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To: balch3

Firstly: Limbaugh was joking.

Secondly: the first amendment covers what Limbaugh said.

Thirdly: interesting that when hostile foreigners threat libs directly it’s okay to call in the troops.


32 posted on 04/24/2009 11:13:44 PM PDT by Tzimisce (http://groups.myspace.com/nailthemessiah)
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To: April Lexington

The fool might learn the truth if that happened, so of course HolyO would never take such a chance!!! Better to have ignorant, all-hypnotized flunkies about you!


33 posted on 04/24/2009 11:15:49 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: pillut48
The fool might learn the truth if that happened, so of course HolyO would never take such a chance!!! Better to have ignorant, all-hypnotized flunkies about you!

Good point! The last thing Rush needs is a bunch of Islamic terrorists running around quoting him!!!

34 posted on 04/24/2009 11:18:23 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: balch3

so if Rush was wrong, that the pirates weren’t black teenagers, then what were they???

Tooth fairys? Angels with milk and cookies?
disaffected youths? impoverished patriots??

What were they then herr kapitan??


35 posted on 04/24/2009 11:21:13 PM PDT by o_zarkman44 (Obama is the ultimate LIE!)
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To: balch3

Shane’s anchor chain doesn’t reach the ocean floor.


36 posted on 04/24/2009 11:21:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: Tired of Taxes

It’s the oldest trick in the book: On a slow news day, throw a dead cat at a celebrity and write about his reaction.


37 posted on 04/24/2009 11:23:25 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Sounds like it.....The Lamestream kneepad press continuing Ogabe’s polarization of Rush.


38 posted on 04/24/2009 11:28:43 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Yonder stands your orphan with his gun)
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To: balch3

“And what you (Limbaugh) said is evil, that is hate speech. I won’t tolerate it,” Murphy said.”

Want a diaper?


39 posted on 04/24/2009 11:30:11 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Quick justice for the senseless killing of Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield.)
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To: balch3
What an idiot. Stuff your humorless Barbara Streisand where the CBS don't shine, moron. So, they guy's another "screaming lib." Another weak-link in the Liberal armor. They simply cannot take a joke, which was a Limbaugh trademark, illustrating the absurd with absurdity.

Too lofty a concept for the self-righteous.

Folks, I'm telling you. They don't get to define the debate or choose the field any longer with me. Ya'll can do whatever you feel, but this class of creature is the direct opposite of the Americans I grew up with, from every part of the country, who had a damn sense of humor.

It's crystal clear that he's simply running his mouth, and naturally our charming and loving friends in the pseudo-media pick it up, thinking Conservatives, whom they are constitutionally incapable of grasping, a de facto racists.

He's too stupid to be a Conservative. He clearly watched too much TV growing up and thinks the world of Archie Bunker really exists.

Here's a clue. Read a book, dummy.

40 posted on 04/24/2009 11:32:13 PM PDT by Prospero (non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
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