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Posted on 10/03/2007 7:09:55 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that he introduced a House resolution to support Rush Limbaugh because the conservative talk radio host "needs defending" from Democrats who have introduced resolutions and made statements condemning him for using the words "phony soldiers" on his radio show.
On his Sept. 26 show, Limbaugh used the term "phony soldiers" in setting up a story about Jesse Macbeth, a former soldier who was recently sentenced to five months in prison for obtaining veterans' benefits by falsifying his military records.
Macbeth claimed to have been an Army Ranger with a rank of corporal. He further claimed to have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and became a figure of the anti-war movement when he stated in Internet videos that he witnessed U.S. military atrocities in Iraq. In reality, Macbeth was in the Army only 44 days and never served overseas.
The liberal media group Media Matters for America (which has led a long campaign to have Limbaugh removed from taxpayer-supported Armed Services Radio) accused Limbaugh of referring to all anti-war soldiers as "phony soldiers."
Limbaugh clarified on his radio show that he was referring specifically to Macbeth and others like him.
But Democrats in the House and Senate have criticized Limbaugh and launched efforts to demand apologies and make official condemnations of his comment. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced he was sending a letter to Clear Channel Communications asking that the broadcasting giant force Limbaugh to apologize.
Also on Monday, Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) introduced a House resolution to support the military and condemn Limbaugh's comments. Udall's resolution prompted Kingston to introduce his own resolution supporting Limbaugh. Cybercast News Service sat down with Kingston Tuesday to discuss the issue.
It is appalling that US Senators are attempting to libel a private citizen from the floor of the Senate. What a disgraceful abuse of power.
Rush must be getting to those communists in the House and Senate.
What you’re seeing here is a complete expose of the MSM’s intent to misrepresent facts to further an agenda...exactly proving what Rush has been saying all along.
Sadly though the Democratic brainwashed morons won’t really care...they’re too far under the influence of the Libereal Kool-Aid to care about the facts.
And why hasn't horrible Harry sent off a letter demanding Murtha apologize to the Marines he slandered? In fact he ought to be insisting Murtha do it & do it asap.
Just 2 days before ABC News used the term. Rush just said what a lot of people already think about who the media interviews for their enemy propaganda and it’s about time they got called on it.
Kudos to Kingston but the neutered senate remains searching for their testicles. And these clowns wonder why their fundraising sucks.
BRAVO!
Too bad Harry was able to deflect attention away from him earlier this year with the immigration fiasco after he went to the Senate floor and claimed that “This war is lost.”
I say we get the momentum going again.
Wow. I thought that Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution bans Bills of Attainder, which in Constitutional context means a bill that has an negative effect on a single person or group. Now, the ‘Rats wouldn’t do that would they?
If I were Limbaugh, I’d say, “Let me address the Senate, and I’ll apologize.” Then I’d take the floor and apologize for the sorry bunch of power-made, clueless, washed-up knothead gasbag traitors that the Senate has turned itself into.
Of course he is. In the mind of the liberal establishment in Government, Rush IS the Conservative movement. Any chance the liberal establishment in Government has to go after Talk Radio, they will.
We are very proud of our Jack Kingston. He has a very bright future.
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Hypocrisy, they name is Democrat. Rush is being criticized by the liberal Senators for something he didn’t actually say, but Murtha has been allowed to say whatever terrible thing he wants about our military.
Amen! Is there any question that they would squelch freedom of speech if they ever had the opportunity.
But where are the rest of the Republicans? Where are their voices? Why haven’t they spoken up - not just to defend Rush, but to condemn a Bill of Attainder, and the lies being used to censor a private citizen?
NO dis on Rush...quite the contrary! I just immediately thought of this, when reading the article.
Ask the troops what they believe. Ask them if they want to remove Rush's broadcast. The results will be devastating to the left.
(I had no objection to Amadinajad's speaking at Columbia University, but I had serious objections to Columbia's de facto prevention of the Minute Man from speaking there),
But it is a far more serious, dangerous, and frightening matter when U.S. Congressmen attempt to do so. This comes dangerously, seriously, and frighteningly close to government censorship.
If these Congressmen and/or other elected officials make a serious attempt to silence Rush Limbaugh--or anyone else--the American people will know that their Republic is in serious danger and will have every reason to be frightened.
EXACTLY
Snowe, Collins, Voinovich, Lugar, Craig, Graham, Lott, Hagel, McCain... none of these club-members would lift a finger to assist Limbaugh. Most would chuckle over his demise...
Watch for this happening in 2009, under Hillary or Rudy. The next target will be the Internet, so that the only sources of news and opinion will be Pravda and Izvestia, err....the major networks and the old line newspapers and news magazines.
Rush needs no defense.
Why?
Because the truth needs no defense. The only thing that needs to occurr is that it be heard. This is why the first move socialists and despots make is to supress free and open communication through intimidation or threat or statute. These scum know that if truthfull information gets an open and fair hearing, they will look like the liars they are.
Truth has it’s own inherent strength. One can trust in it.
This is the kind of stuff I’d expect in third world dictatorships, not from the floor of the U.S. senate. reid’s actions are scary and unacceptable.
This whole thing never would have happened had the dems not gone to their “guilty until proven innocent (and still you’re guilty)” style. They could have asked Rush what he meant by “phony soldiers” and that would have been the end of it.
But of course they wouldn’t do this since they want Rush to be guilty.
“But where are the rest of the Republicans? Where are their voices? Why haven’t they spoken up - not just to defend Rush, but to condemn a Bill of Attainder, and the lies being used to censor a private citizen?”
Exactly. I just got finished emailing Elizabeth Dole with that same question.
One good defense would be to read this definition of “phony soldier” into the record.
http://www.physicscoach.com/phonyharkin
Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History by B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley
Freeper newgeezer has this on his page.
Oops. Here's this pic at that link.
For years, as Republicans, we just thought...we're doing the right thing--OBVIOUSLY everyone will KNOW that. The dems kept putting out the watercooler sound bite lies, and we kept losing ground.
It's a sad truth of its own right.
Obviously, if he and his opinions are important enough for Senators to discuss before the Senate, then he is important enough for them to hear, and his opinions are important enought for him to clarify.
Furthermore, certain Senators have made it clear that, for whatever reason, he and his opinions are important enough for them to address. Obviously, therefore, these and all other Senators should ask that he make his opinions clear--to avoid any misunderstanding about a matter that the Senators themselves have clearly shown to be of great importance to them and to the nation (otherwise they would not have merited discussion in the Senate).
Perhaps Jack Kingston—who is the best Congressman in either House!—could invite Rush Limbaugh to address the House of Representatives—or, if possible, both Houses of Congress.
Mark Udall is running for the open Colorado senate seat agaist former congressman Republican Bob Schaffer. What better way to support Rush than to send a few "Limbaugh dollars" to Bob Schaffer for Senate
"We have a saying in Arkansas: 'If you throw a rock over a fence, it's the hit dog that hollers.'"Yes, nothing stings like an unwelcome truth, and Rush throws them out every day. Some hit dogs are hollering. They want to put a stop to all those truths that are being thrown over that fence.
This dueling Limbaugh resolutions is rediculous. If the Republicant’s were serious abut this, they should propose another admemndment condeming all people that have insulted and put down our troops calling them NAZI’s, uneducated, & murderers. That would nail Durban, Kerry and Murtha in 1 swoop! Then watch Harry Reid run for cover trying to explain how Limbaughs words are so evil, but Durbanm Kerry and Murthas’ is not!
Rush needs no defense. Why? Because the truth needs no defense.
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I disagree for the simple fact that any attempt to ruin not only the man’s career but the man himself on the floor of the Senate is frightening. First Rush, then the rest of us. And no I’m not over exaggerating. Quietly racing along through each new step is the left’s goal to once again instill the fariness doctrine. We need to defend Rush if for no other reason than to defend ourselves.
FREE SPEECH (Including Rush’s) needs defending!
Bump...I’ve been following this closely on Media Matters. Their accusation is made up and is a diversionary tactic.
I think that we need to expose David Brock, the President of Media Matters for the admitted liar that he is. O’Reilly tried to do it on his show, yesterday, but he wasn’t very successful. I think that we can do better.
We need some of the old pictures and statements that Brock made about his move from a right wing mud slinger to a Clintonista mud slinger. We need the exact statement that he made when he stated that everything that he wrote for the Republicans were mostly lies. We also need the statement that he made regarding his homosexuality, because it is his self hate that drives his hate of conservativism and drove him to change the direction of his wrath.
Correct, Rush does not need help; however, he DESERVES support, which is exactly how I see this.
I agree and my compliments.
A mistake that most make that rely on the truth is that they think that they don’t have to put any energy into it. IE action. That is a critical error. You have to speak up in addition to applying some good sense and wisdom.
Very good point to bring up.
Senator Graham,
Several members of the Democrat senate have recently took to the floor of the senate and told bald faced lies about a private citizen. The private citizen is Rush Limbaugh.
Not one Republican has denounced the unconscionable lies about Mr. Limbaugh or taken steps to have all these lies removed from the record. Not one.
Since you represent the State of South Carolina, I’m calling on you to rise to the floor and make a call to have these lies removed, at the very least. The best course would be to have Mr. Limbaugh’s response read into the record but I realize that would take more courage than I can expect from our current crop of Republican Senators.
Do what is right, Senator Graham, show the country that Congress still has a modicum of decency left.
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Nicely said.
Thank you.
Rush must be getting to those communists in the House and Senate.
Yep, like turning on the light and watching the cockroaches scatter.
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