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Clear Channel CEO Responds to Reid (Letter Hand Delivered to Senate)
The Politico ^ | Tuesday, October 2, 2007 | Carrie Budoff Brown

Posted on 10/02/2007 6:43:31 PM PDT by kristinn

Edited on 10/02/2007 7:29:10 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

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To: I still care
Yeah, but Reid never claimed that Rush doesn't have a first amendment right to say what he said. And even if he had, the fact is that the Dems' relationship with the 1st amendment is 100% cynical. They love it when it suits them, but otherwise they could care less about it, just like they could care less about the rest of the Constitution. When it comes to constitutional rights, they are opportunistic cherrypickers of the highest order. So the idea that they could be effectively scolded from a 1st amendment angle is a non-starter.

What Reid actually does claim is that Rush unpatriotically slandered the troops. And Mr. ClearChannel's letter is contemptibly weak in pushing back against it. The tone is so weak. He does raise the point that Rush has supported the troops in the past in various ways, but he prefaces this with the disclaimer that he doesn't have the authority to determine whether Rush really was unpatriotically slandering the troops or not -- even though anyone with a brain cell and an ounce of discernment and who has any familiarity with Rush over the years can make this determination easily. The fact that the president of ClearChannel, who knows Rush forwards and backwards, claims not to know Rush's intent is just pathetic.

161 posted on 10/02/2007 7:56:29 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: kristinn

Perhaps Freepers should organize a massive march on Washington to demand that the infamous 41 Senators led by Reid, Harkin and especially Clinton resign immediately. The country needs to see the determined support and anger that these phoney American senators have unleashed.


162 posted on 10/02/2007 7:56:54 PM PDT by LukeSW (The truth shall make you free!)
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To: sam_paine
Stop and drink the wine, enjoy dinner, and savor the planting of the flag in their brain.

Sounds like a plan to me! :^)

163 posted on 10/02/2007 7:57:50 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: kristinn
Hand delivered??

Not tied to a big rock?

;-)

TS
It was a freakin' joke, Harry. Call off the damn goon squad. They're trampling my flower bed.

164 posted on 10/02/2007 7:58:16 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when you're feeling sad ... Bush's fault.)
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To: LucyJo
Rush’s battles are the battles of every conservative, because they don’t only want to silence Rush - they want to silence us.

Bears repeating - they'd like nothing better than to shut up any voice that doesn't tow the liberal/socialist line. They already tried to discredit FR, using O'Reilly as their tool. They'll try again unless stopped. Repeatedly.

165 posted on 10/02/2007 7:58:43 PM PDT by meyer (Illegal Immigration - The profits are privatized, the costs are socialized.)
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To: michigander

These schmucks have already proved themselves spineless enough to put anything in the congressional record. I still can’t believe they can’t be held accountable, especially for the “high on drugs” accusation on a private citizen.


166 posted on 10/02/2007 7:59:09 PM PDT by VA40
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To: TBall

I dislike Savage immensely. That said, if this were happening to him, I’d be busy calling, faxing and emailing just as I’m doing for Rush. This transcends many boundaries.


167 posted on 10/02/2007 7:59:31 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (hillery-rotten & her flying-monkeys in 08? OVER MY DEAD BODY, WitCh!!)
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To: libbylu

Fred is electable, McCain isn’t — too many potshots at conservatives. McCain is no conservative


168 posted on 10/02/2007 8:00:23 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: doug from upland
They condemn Rush but not moveon.

SOP for them. I've come to expect it.

We really do live in a Bizarro world.

yes we do, and getting more so everyday.

169 posted on 10/02/2007 8:00:50 PM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: Yardstick

The President of Clear Channel is treating this as a non-issue. That will completely un-hinge Reid.


170 posted on 10/02/2007 8:02:10 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: sam_paine
Sorry for the preachiness

Really? Cuz, it didn't seem that way. :P

171 posted on 10/02/2007 8:04:14 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: kristinn
Dems have decided to "support" the troops by driving a wedge between them and their military command.

It's an ugly technique - dangerous for the country.

Dems know well the politics of class warfare, resentment hyping , and union/management conflict. They stir the pot - not caring the damage done.

172 posted on 10/02/2007 8:04:29 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's not the spelling ---- groupthink's killing newspapers.)
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To: o_zarkman44
I think we should elect teachers to congress cuz the lawyers can’t read.

The only upside of filling Congress with teachers is that our children would be directly exposed to 535 fewer imbeciles.

173 posted on 10/02/2007 8:06:47 PM PDT by Tenniel2 (Harry Reid: The pussiest of the perpetual running sores on Nevada's and America's bodies politic.)
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To: kristinn

Where are the Senate REPUBLICANs????????????????????


174 posted on 10/02/2007 8:07:20 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: kristinn

I would have preferred he voice his support in stronger language. He knows Rush was talking about one specific LIAR.


175 posted on 10/02/2007 8:08:19 PM PDT by dbacks (I forgot to pay the rent on my tagline.)
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To: VA40
I still can’t believe they can’t be held accountable, especially for the “high on drugs” accusation on a private citizen.

and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.

What part of that is difficult to understand?
Why do you think Rush is calling Reid out to repeat what he said outside of the senate?

176 posted on 10/02/2007 8:08:29 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: Bushbacker1

oh, sure he did .... got in a few digs if you read it a certain way.

Ultimately this whole embarassing episode, showing what a fool Reid is, is about ‘moral equivalency” .. that Rush’s commend was just as bad as, if not worse than, the moveon ad.


177 posted on 10/02/2007 8:08:37 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: michigander

Exactly!


178 posted on 10/02/2007 8:09:57 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: kristinn

I wish he would have been more specific in his explanation. He made no mention of that truly fake soldier, the one who was enlisted for 40 some days who pretended to be a Ranger(I forget his name).


179 posted on 10/02/2007 8:11:29 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: KoRn

jessie macbeth


180 posted on 10/02/2007 8:13:23 PM PDT by eyedigress
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