Posted on 10/01/2007 1:29:57 PM PDT by vietvet67
Democrats on Monday called on the chief executive of Clear Channel Communications to denounce remarks by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, whom they say made a “hateful” and “unpatriotic” attack on U.S. troops opposed to the war in Iraq.
At issue is a remark from Limbaugh that characterized such troops as “phony soldiers.” Democrats have seized on the issue, allowing them to hit back at Republicans who similarly latched onto a MoveOn.org ad that referred to Gen. David Petraeus as “General Betray Us.”
“Thousands of active troops and veterans were subjected to Mr. Limbaugh’s unpatriotic and indefensible comments on your broadcast,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said in his letter to Clear Channel Chief Executive Mark Mays. “We trust you will agree that not a single one of our sons, daughters, neighbors and friends serving overseas is a ‘phony soldier.’ We call on you to publicly repudiate these comments that call into question their service and sacrifice and to ask Mr. Limbaugh to apologize for his comments.”
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This is the Clinton “war” machine in full attack mode. They tried to “flush Rush” before but now her heinous is trying to become the first woman president Rush is a major obstacle and it is essential that Rush be silenced. I just hope and pray he has major security around him at all times.
Dingy Harry deserves to be publically humiliated on the Floor of the Senate; HORSE WHIPPED IN PRIME TIME; THEN KEEL HAULED for his Outright TRAITOROUS LIES!
These Rat Senators are a bunch of lying and hypocritical douchebag piles of slimey slug sh*t.
Cut your losses now dude and grab a red blooded American country girl.
That's only part of it. How many times have you actually heard any republican speak out against the BS? They don't even do it on the Sunday morning talk shows.
Hitlery's "we're going to take things away from you" comment should be broadcast non stop by the republican candidates, but it's not. Nary a peep. Why?
You can't just blame the MSM. They are but 1 avenue to get he word out.
See post 40.
Thank you.
Context can make all the difference - and it does here. Obviously he means what the words commonly say: the “soldiers” he is referring to are indeed “phony”, as in fakes.
Bingo!
See #147.
Yes, but we aren’t :-)
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