Robbins Jabs Limbaugh(and O'Reilly) to Undo "Shameful" Past of Ducking Vietnam

MRC ^ | 10:25am EDT, Monday September 22, 2003 | BrentBaker

[fight_truth_decay]

Tim Robbins called out Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, urging them to "undo their shameful" past, when they "pussied out" of service during Vietnam, by agreeing to sign up and join the military deployed to Iraq. The far-left actor proclaimed Friday night on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher: "I would suggest that we send some of those people over there. I would love to see a Sergeant O'Reilly in the armed forces. And a Lieutenant Limbaugh. Lieutenant Limbaugh would be beautiful thing to see."

Appearing on the September 19 panel with Republican Congresswoman Heather Wilson and actor/comedian Dana Carvey, Robbins complained about the long deployments causing reservists to lose their apartments and charged that "instead of cutting $10 billion in aid" to veterans (a ridiculous claim), those who were so "gung ho" for the war should now sign up for it so those over there can return home.

Robbins spewed his vile: "I would suggest that we send some of those people over there. I would love to see a Sergeant O'Reilly in the armed forces. And a Lieutenant Limbaugh. Lieutenant Limbaugh would be beautiful thing to see. These guys have the opportunity a lot of, most of these guys that were such advocates of this war had the opportunity during Vietnam to serve their country and pussied out. And here's a perfect opportunity for them to undo that shameful past and to enlist and go over and walk it like they talk it."

Maher quipped: "So you want fat, middle-aged men fighting for America?"

Robbins added cops to the list of those he insulted: "Hey, you know, the police departments, you know."

Limbaugh was born in 1951 and O'Reilly in 1949, making both well over age 50 and way too old for any military service.

For a picture and bio of Robbins, who was born in 1958 and thus was luckily too young for Vietnam, check his Internet Movie Database page with a complete rundown of his movie roles: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000209/

[fight_truth_decay]

[mewzilla]

Oh, Susan, your significant other's off his meds again....

[bedolido]

idiot actors... the best pretenders make the most money. Robbins is famous... but fame doesn't make a person less stupid, just famously stupid.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

When exactly did Mrs. Timothy Sarandon serve HIS stint in the service that allows him to say anything he wants?

[_Jim]

CHEAP cheap shot by Robbins - charge which has no basis in reality as well ...

[fml]

--For a picture and bio of Robbins--

Ummmm, why would you want that?

[IYAS9YAS]

Gee, I wonder what they'd say about the fine folks who served in WWI and WWII or the Revolution for that matter...Probably wouldn't do any good to bring up the Civil War amongst these rubes. Bet they'd say it was "different" back then.

[Frank_Discussion]

The picture would mount nicely on a dartboard.

[MiddleVillager]

Back to the ShawShank shower, ButtHead.

[dead]

Does anybody watch Maher's new HBO show? Any ratings what so ever?

This is the first time I've read anything about it, and I forgot he was even back (at least theoretically)

[lelio]

When exactly did Mrs. Timothy Sarandon serve HIS stint in the service that allows him to say anything he wants?

When did Rush?

[Pete]

Nobody is listening to Robbins. He has no credibility. He is too shrill for the average American. They see him as a nutball. What a ta-ra-ra-goon-dee-ay.

[Leroy S. Mort]

I suggest if Timmy thinks O'Reilly is a pussy, he have Vince McMahon arrange a cage match between the two. I'm sure Bill would oblige.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

When did Rush?

I asked first.

Besides, Mrs. Sarandon is the one who brought it up.

[freeperfromnj]

O'Reilly has a temper. It will be interesting to see how he responds to this.

[sarasota]

Why respond and give Tim any publicity?

[LibWhacker]

Great Leader's buttboy should go home to Pyong Yang.

[finnman69]

Someone send this to every police union in the country.

[familyofman]

O'Reilly has a temper. It will be interesting to see how he responds to this.

Maybe he'll enlist.

[whereasandsoforth]

Rush Limbaugh did not avoid the draft. The draft avoided Rush Limbaugh. Just like me. But Rush and I still have working brains. The likes of Tim Robbins can't make that claim. How sad to live one's life in bitter resentment of those that are morally superior.