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Waxman Denies Investigation of Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin
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Posted on 10/10/2007 11:16:13 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Waxman Denies Investigation of Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com Staff Writer October 10, 2007

(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Wednesday denied that he is conducting or ever planned to conduct a congressional investigation of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin and called on a conservative magazine to retract its report that he asked investigators to compile information on the popular conservative talk radio hosts.

"The American Spectator report about a congressional investigation into talk radio is completely false," Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in a statement to Cybercast News Service. "There is no investigation."

Waxman was referring to a report Monday that he "has asked his investigative staff to begin compiling reports on Limbaugh, and fellow radio hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin based on transcripts from their shows" to build a case for bringing back the Fairness Doctrine.

When asked if there had been ideas or plans to compile reports on the talk radio hosts, a spokesman for Waxman said, "No, there were not."

In his statement, Waxman called on the Spectator to "immediately retract the item and apologize for the confusion its fictitious report has caused."

Limbaugh came under fire from Democrats recently when he used the term "phony soldiers" in setting up discussion about Jesse Macbeth, an anti-war activist who was sentenced to five months in prison for falsifying his military records.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 110th; achillwind; blowback; denial; nostrilabuse; nostrilabuser; nostrilitus; partisanwitchhunt; stalinisttactics; talkradio; thenostril; waxman; waxmanism; witchhunt
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1 posted on 10/10/2007 11:16:13 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Fascist is as fascist does.


2 posted on 10/10/2007 11:17:15 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: Doctor Raoul

Fascist lies as fascist lies.


3 posted on 10/10/2007 11:17:54 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Sub-Driver

I tend to believe the Spectator on this one. But with Waxman’s flat out denial (which isn’t a surprise), I hope the Spectator releases what the basis for their article was and the record is set straight, Waxman shown to be a liar, or the Spectator retracts its story.


4 posted on 10/10/2007 11:19:51 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Sub-Driver
Now Waxy has done it. Either he is lying or he failed to obey the demands of the nut log voter base he serves. One way or the other, he is going to get a snoot full!

But at least he doesn't have to worry about yanking out his hair!

5 posted on 10/10/2007 11:21:12 AM PDT by heywoodubuzzoff (:-))
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To: Sub-Driver

Liberals want free speech. As long as they agree with what’s being said.


6 posted on 10/10/2007 11:21:21 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Phantom Lord

Too late for a retraction, congressman. Next time, we’ll melt down your f’n phone.


7 posted on 10/10/2007 11:21:47 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: Phantom Lord

Agreed, Waxman has provided no evidence whatsoever that the Spectator story was in error in any important regard.


8 posted on 10/10/2007 11:22:10 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Sub-Driver
"No, we're not doing that at all!"

Translation: "Keep transcribing folks."

9 posted on 10/10/2007 11:22:38 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Sub-Driver
In his statement, Waxman called on the Spectator to "immediately retract the item and apologize for the confusion its fictitious report has caused."

Watch out, Spectator! Waxman's caught your scent!


10 posted on 10/10/2007 11:23:20 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
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To: Sub-Driver

Have him make is denial under oath so he can be prosecuted if he is lying.


11 posted on 10/10/2007 11:23:38 AM PDT by NeilGus
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To: NeilGus

Oh...I PRAY that Rush sues him!


12 posted on 10/10/2007 11:25:01 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her PHONINESS is REAL!!!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Waxman LIMBAUGH called on the Spectator SENATOR REID to "immediately retract the item HIS STATEMENTS ON THE SENATE FLOOR and apologize for the confusion its fictitious report HIS LIES has HAVE caused."

Fair and balanced...

13 posted on 10/10/2007 11:25:01 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: heywoodubuzzoff; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; tubebender; BOBTHENAILER
"But at least he doesn't have to worry about yanking out his hair!"

You forgot about those in his giganticly flared NOSTRILS!!! (He'll probably just have those WAXED, however)

Somebody needs to WAX his A$$!!!

14 posted on 10/10/2007 11:26:09 AM PDT by SierraWasp (Stop the gutless forclosing on righteous Reaganesque conservatives in the GOP!!! Do it to Lefties!!!)
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To: COBOL2Java

That pic is sooo nasty my fellow programmer!


15 posted on 10/10/2007 11:26:21 AM PDT by Conservative_Jedi (Give me Liberty or give me Death!!)
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To: COBOL2Java

“Hold my beer and watch me stick my face into that fan.”


16 posted on 10/10/2007 11:28:18 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Suzy Quzy
"Oh...I PRAY that Rush sues him!"

Nobody can sue this idiotic pecksniff... he's immune while involved in official CONgressional business!!!

17 posted on 10/10/2007 11:29:49 AM PDT by SierraWasp (Stop the gutless forclosing on righteous Reaganesque conservatives in the GOP!!! Do it to Lefties!!!)
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To: Conservative_Jedi; COBOL2Java
From the "today's Toons" thread.


18 posted on 10/10/2007 11:29:58 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (DC scandals. Republicans address them, Democrats reelect them. (Tom De Lay 8/30/07))
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To: Arrowhead1952

Is that vegatable, animal or mineral???


19 posted on 10/10/2007 11:32:03 AM PDT by SierraWasp (Stop the gutless forclosing on righteous Reaganesque conservatives in the GOP!!! Do it to Lefties!!!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Rush reading this article NOW!!!


20 posted on 10/10/2007 11:34:20 AM PDT by SierraWasp (Stop the gutless forclosing on righteous Reaganesque conservatives in the GOP!!! Do it to Lefties!!!)
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