Sincerely "Dingy" Harry Reid
Posted on 10/23/2007 8:00:58 AM PDT by rface
With one move, the Senate majority leader embarrassed himself, his party and his cause. Game, set and match to Rush Limbaugh, a result that ought to alarm any Democrat who assumes that the party can't botch the 2008 election.
Mr. Limbaugh, who on his Palm Beach-based radio show regularly slams anyone whom he believes to be unpatriotic - that would be anyone who disagrees with him that the Iraq War was justified and is going splendidly - recently called U.S. active-duty personnel who oppose the war "phony soldiers." Whether he meant all such critics or just one is a tedious, unresolvable and ultimately pointless debate.
What matters is that Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., corralled about 40 of his Democratic colleagues and sent a letter to the CEO of ClearChannel Radio, asking him to "publicly repudiate" Mr. Limbaugh's comments. The letter was a mistake for two reasons: The public would like results from Congress, not dueling demands for apologies; and Sen. Reid shifted the issue away from Iraq and onto Mr. Limbaugh.
When Mr. Limbaugh got the letter, he auctioned it for charity on eBay and offered to match the winning bid - $2.1 million. A group that provides scholarships for children of Marines and law-enforcement officers who are killed or wounded will get $4.2 million.
The money will go to a good cause. But it isn't coming from Sen. Reid, and he sounded laughable in trying to claim credit for working with Mr. Limbaugh on issues of mutual interest. In fact, he had tried to stand up for MoveOn.org, which Congress criticized for its ad critical of Gen. David Petraeus. The Democratic far left probably loved what Sen. Reid did. The rest of the country would like to MoveOn.
Sincerely "Dingy" Harry Reid
not bad coming from the palm beach post...
Remember folks, Hillary Clinton was one of the people that signed that letter. That should tell you how she feels about freedom of speach and how little she knows about how to handle items like this.
In a battle of wits with RL, Harry Reid came unarmed.
Harry Reid is a loser and a traitor.
He will be effectively “Daschled” in his next election.
. . . yeah, that's rich!
You'd think the PBP would be grateful for all the tax dollars Rush puts into the local economy, but, no . . . .
Bzzzzzt. that, is why they have no foundation or basis for their indignation, there basic permise is incorrect.
Translation: "We got caught in a lie, so we'll pretend as if the fact that it was a lie is irrelevant."
Uh, no he didn't.
Dingy Harry has proven himself to be the all time doofus of elected office. This has to be the leader of boners that came back to bite someone in the rear and the forty senators who sided with him are all tied for second place.
Why is this such a favorite tactic of the Left?
"Reid looks absolutely, embarrassingly incompetent when you think about what he said, in fact anyone who can read could tell what Rush really meant. ...so let's stop arguing and call it a draw."
Whenever someone on the Left says "The debate is over!", or "This is a tedious, unresolvable and ultimately pointless debate.", you can rest assured that the debate is going very badly for the Leftist.
Anyone who hears or reads Mr. Limbaugh's comments in context will have no doubt whatsoever what he meant. It's perfectly clear, with or without debate.
Both Dingy Harry and his liberal media accomplices are left with well-deserved egg on their faces.
LOL!
By the way, does anyone remember the name of John Kerry’s VVAW partner who claimed to be a ‘nam vet, but was not? That’s a phony soldier that needs to be brought up again.
Aside from completely misreporting what Rush said and repeating the lie, that is.
Buh Bye Harriet!
Al Hubbard, I believe.
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