Posted on 10/04/2007 7:17:37 PM PDT by TheDon
[Congressional Record: October 3, 2007 (House)] [Page H11230] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:cr03oc07-100]
RUSH LIMBAUGH OWES OUR SOLDIERS AN APOLOGY
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I have always believed firmly in the qualities of civility in this House, and bipartisanship and constructive dialogue and engagement and respect for one another's disagreements. In fact, last night I spent an hour on this floor with Members on both sides of the aisle talking constructively in a bipartisan Center Aisle Caucus Special Order on Iraq. And we managed to put our political differences aside and talk not about left or right, but moving forward. And so civility is critically important to me and has been since coming here nearly 8 years ago.
But I must say, Mr. Speaker, that when I heard of the comments of Rush Limbaugh, when I heard him impugn the integrity of our soldiers, when I heard him call them phonies, I had just about had it. How dare he attack our soldiers. How dare he impugn their integrity. How dare he attack their credibility. There is no place in America for anyone to attack our soldiers while they are fighting in combat or when they have come home. I don't care what the reason, Mr. Speaker. There is no place in America for that, particularly coming from someone who believes that he is the ``gold standard'' of patriotism, who believes he has a monopoly on patriotism, who has accused anyone who dissents with a particular policy with which he disagrees as a traitor. What is patriotic, Mr. Speaker, about calling American soldiers phonies? What is patriotic about that?
If ever there was anything that suggested to me a dissent beyond the line, I would never call it traitorous, but I can't think of a better example of giving aid and comfort to our enemies than somebody who would call our soldiers phony while they're fighting, who would attack them while they're defending us.
He crossed the line, he crossed the line of fair play, he crossed the line of hypocrisy. This standard-barer of patriotism attacking American forces, it is unacceptable. It is unacceptable. Not only because it is hypocritical and not only because it is an attack on our Armed Forces, Mr. Speaker, but because it comes from somebody who never fought for our country, unless you consider being a disk jockey to be worthy of combat pay. Mr. Speaker, the American people are sick and tired of this kind of hypocrisy and this kind of attack.
I went to Walter Reed Army Hospital yesterday, and maybe that's why I'm so fired up, Mr. Speaker. I visited Walter Reed Army Hospital yesterday and with young men whose limbs have been amputated, whose futures have been changed. How dare anybody suggest that because one of them may disagree with a policy that that person is a phony. Thank God we live in a country that gives us the right to agree with a policy to go to war. You have the right to disagree, you even have the right to remain silent, but no one has the right in this country to call any member of our Armed Forces ``phony,'' and Rush Limbaugh owes them an apology.
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Who is Steve talking about? John Murtha? John Kerry?
not sure if it was posted elsewhere, but here in pittsburgh, i catch the quinn and rose show in the a.m. on 104.7, on the way to work..
quinn noted today that the phony soldier at the center of all this, jesse mcbeth, isnt apparently his birth name...but that the original birth certificate shows shows his name as jesse adam AL-SAID.....
makes ya wonder.....
Yo, Mr. Israel, you may want to send a carbon copy of this resolution to Sen. Charles (Chuckie) Schemer, (D-NY).
As you may recall, Mr. Israel, it was Sen. Schemer who said the stability that has come to Anbar Province is the result of local warlords and not our military's presence. In fact, Schemer said the stability is not due to our military's presence but despite it.
Stick it to 'em, Steve!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
As I’ve reported before — my attempts to trade some of our STUPID TRIBE Leftist Jews, for the righteous Jews in Israel and elsewhere have been futile.. They don’t want them either..
I’m with Rush, I’m liking this more and more!
Is this strange?
I’ve been a soldier, and Rush doesn’t owe me squat. I’m indebted to him.
Until he stated sounding like he was broadcasting from the White House basement. I mean the guy was coming across like he was on the government payroll. That's when we parted company.
This is just one of many efforts by the left to villify and shut down anyone who stands in their way. We could easily be in for dark times when they gain full power.
bork, thomas, gingrich, delay, bush, rush, ...,
it’s the same ol’ democrat attack with
no substance,
but lots of noise.
and tv-morons suck it up.
I am sorry you are so easily duped by a lie, Sir. Perhaps you would like to retire now.
Our government has just moved one step closer to Communism now that members of Congress are publicly denouncing a private citizen within the chambers of Congress.
Amen. I especially loved Rush’s double-whammy he laid out on phony RAT patriots today. First he exposed Jesse McBeth’s real last name, Al-Zaid. And then he exposed Jesse Al-Zaid as being a member of Iraq Vets Against The War. The same organization that trotted out an Iraq Vet who actually DID serve in Iraq to denounce Rush.
Big deal, Israel picks up on the big lie. Am I supposed to cheer him for willfully perpetuating a falsehood? Am I supposed to approve of his using a lie to improve his political standing among leftists? Should I applaud his efforts to get people who are exercising their right of speech to shut up?
You’re in the wrong here, Congressman Israel. Why don’t you shut up?
I forgot that this douche was elected after Rick Lazio gave up his seat to run against The Beast in 2000.
Hey, Mr. big deal Congressman. Maybe you should address your remarks to Senator Durbin, who has defamed the troops.
You could not be more wrong my FRiend. Rush is his own man and he has the money to prove it.
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