Posted on 10/19/2007 6:10:55 AM PDT by rface
1st reference to the EBay auction from the Main-Stream-Media that I have seen: LINK to excerpted article
With less than 5 1/2 hours to go before it's over, the eBay bidding has topped $2.1 million for the letter signed by 41 senators condemning Rush Limbaugh for using the words "phony soldiers."
We've reported several times about what Limbaugh said and the reaction to it.
It's Limbaugh who is auctioning the letter
Money from the auction will go to the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation.
There's a pdf copy of the letter here.
Bidding ends today on Limbaugh letter
San Antonio Express, TX
Meena Thiruvengadam
10/18/2007
If you dream of owning a piece of the battle between Rush Limbaugh and Congress over the words “phony soldiers,” the time to act is now.
On Thursday evening, eBay bids were nearing $1 million for a letter that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., sent to San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications Inc. asking it to reject Limbaugh's comments and to pressure the conservative talk show host into apologizing.
The auction ends at noon today.
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The winning bidder will get the letter, a Halliburton briefcase in which the letter has been stored, a thank you note from Limbaugh and a photograph of him with the letter.
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, whose board includes Limbaugh. The foundation provides financial assistance to the children of fallen Marines and federal law enforcement officers.
Amazing isn’t it?
Bidding on senators' letter about Limbaugh's 'phony soldiers' comment tops $2.1M
Has anyone heard of any comments by the dem senators that signed it? The silence is deafening.
Amazing how much the MSM spins by OMMISSION!
IT TOO A FULL WEEK FOR THE MSM TO COVER THIS STORY.
Even then it is GRUDGING coverage.
It took them nanoseconds to have repeated stories on Reids comments.
The alphabets are silent.
Katie has not dedicated a single couric to the weight of this story.
Look for the senate, along with their friends in the MSM, to drop some sort of bombshell this afternoon to distract from the closing of this auction.
Hope the Smithsonian is the top bidder and they put it on permanent display...with A/V background descriptors.
These multi million dollar bidders appear fraudulent to me.
If you check out their history a bogus pattern emerges.
They all have a bunch of low dollar activity in the last 5 days. That activity is for a bunch of commemorative pens and one Nintendo item.
In spite of the prequalification of bidders I think this auction is being spoofed by some DU type(s).
I caught your reference to both Katie Couric and Weight in the same thought. Going back to the recent South Park episode, where Randy Marsh was seeking to have his bowel movement certified by the European Fecal Standards and Measurements in Zurich. The European standard is measured in Courics. Here's a tidbit of the offending passage Brightcove
Nice headline...they made sure to get “phony soldiers” in it.
Heat sealed, with windows that can stop a .45 ACP round.
Finally —someone in the Lamestream Media opens their yap about this ——
Got to agree. Anybody planning to bid so high would be smart enough to be awaiting to snipe this item. Nobody likes to get into a bidding war on Ebay. The best time to bid is t-minus 8 seconds.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=260170172469
Looks like Bidder 92 upped bidder 16 then it was all out war!
I think the bidding ends at High Noon here in the mid-west time
we’ll kmow in about 3 hours
Rush makes over $30 million and this is his favorite charity. If he takes the prize for the largest charity auction on e-bay, it's a record that won't be broken for quite some time.
Here is the official "Rush Limbaugh Letter" thread in Breaking News with 900+ replies.
You'll have to find the many other posts in the thread that explain eBay's bidding policies on such a high-priced item.
Gutless wonders.
Rush has so completely outmaneuvered the duds in the house/senate that one must seriously contemplate the fact that perhaps we should have some sort of competancy test in order to run for public office. Such a test -if realistic - would eliminate virtually all dhimmicrats and the vast majority of the repulsicans. Rush is a superb example of what our public schools used to turn out. No college, but can easily out argue and outmaneuver any of our so-called elite public “servants”.
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