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As a retired military officer, and combat veteran, life member of the vfw and dav, I am now a "phony soldier" according to Rush Limbaugh, simply because I'm against the Iraqi war..? I listen to Limbaugh on a regular basis, and take him with a grain of salt. Unlike most conservative talk show hosts, who solicit and listen to differing points of view, Limbaugh doesn't, and uses call screening and hang ups as his way of getting HIS message across. I was listening to his show the day that he said the "phony soldier" comment, and there is zero doubt in my mind what his meaning and intent were, and that was to call any soldier who is against the war, like myself, a phony soldier, plain and simple. Now, is his ridiculous comment worthy of 41 congressman signing a letter - I think not. Reid is just as big an idiot as Limbaugh, and stupid in giving Limbaugh such undo publicity. Do you know that it costs you $$$ to email Limbaugh..? WTF

Regardless of whether or not you agree with Rush, and regardless of whether or not you agree with the context in which the statements were made, the fact that our Government leaders in the House took the time to actually make and then co-sign a letter, on the clock is in gross misconduct and misuse of power considering the target of the attack. A PRIVATE CITIZEN!! The fact that within the same 2 weeks prior to the comments, a big topic with Rush was the “Phony Soldier” (not having been coined yet) who did not even make it through basic training, saw no action whatsoever, was paraded in the mainstream media as a hero with authority condemning the war. Noted as a Veteran, this “phony soldier” was proven to have been just that, a phony and no soldier. Rush was talking about this person and people like him. Furthermore and finally, I would challenge anyone to take a look at all previous comments Rush has ever made about the Military and its members. Rush is one of the most outspoken and active supporters of our armed forces. While your at it, also take a look at all the contributions Rush makes to military foundations and charities. His record should speak for itself.

Reid is now trying to take credit and acts like this was a good thing. I'd like to see Reid and the other 40 senators follow Rush's lead. He's matched the $2Million with his own funds. Belly up to the bar, Reid and friends. You can't look any more foolish. This was a quote by Rush from another news show. Get your facts straight.

Limbaugh is a polarizing figure, yet he doesn't scare me or trouble me. The fact that there are (large amounts) people who listen to him does.

You people are all hilarious to me. You sit here and condemn Rush for being "saturated in and rotted by hate" and yet just look at the things you all are saying...calling him "vicoden boy" and a "fat bloviating pig". WAKE UP PEOPLE! Here you are, indulging in the same thing you're accusing this man of. Shame on YOU. And before you make public written statements for the world to read, perhaps you morons should check your spelling and grammar. And that's not coming from a place of hatred, but rather from a place of complete, total irritation from an American citizen that finds it hard to believe folks would actually call someone "uneducated", but can't figure out when to pluralize a word. Get real folks...you're as bad as the politicians that started this nonsense in the first place. Give me a break!

So yes, as far as I am concerned and many other Bush is a Draft Dodger second only to Dick Cheney.

Posted By A real Vet in Kansas : October 4, 2007 12:42 pm

Where would you place Bill Clinton in your little trifecta?

Thank you for your service.

Posted by a real vet in Dedham.

Peg,

Bush was not a fighter test pilot. He was a fighter pilot in an absolete plane in the TX Air National Guard. While flying a jet is dangerous, it has yet to be proven that LT Bush ever completed his military obligations and in fact flew his airplane. It is documented that he refused to take a physical and was grounded. His obligation was that of a pilot, which as far as I can docuement was never completed.

He has a DD 214 which says he has a honorable discharge from the air guard. But amazingly as the son of a very prominent Texan at the time, no one is clammering to proclaim that they served with him.

So yes, as far as I am concerned and many other Bush is a Draft Dodger second only to Dick Cheney.

John Kerry has NEVER said that our soldiers are "terrorists". That is just wishful thinking by those who only see the world in black and white. Two years ago there were reports that our soldiers were raiding Iraqi homes in the middle of the night. No doubt there were times when it paid off, but frequently it accomplished nothing. Strangers viewing Iraqi women in their night clothes is against their religion customs.

Kerry only said that such raids were "terrorizing kids and children". Rush Limbaugh, just as when he just falsely created tapes, did not report the truth. He changed "terrorizing kids" into "terrorists". As usual, his completely gullible audience bought it without thinking for themselves. In his effort to distort truth, Limbaugh also intentionally avoided telling listeners Kerry's very next line which explained everything "–Iraqis should be doing that.". Instead of telling what really happened, Limbaugh falsely told his unquestioning supporters about Democrats that "You've gone so far as sending Kerry out on the Sunday shows to tell the American people that American troops are terrorists."

The obvious reason Democrats don't "publicly condemn" those statements is that they were invented by Rush Limbaugh. It's time for his listeners to start thinking for themselves and "publicly condemn" Limbaugh for not telling the truth. "You people really dont get it and its sad."

Rather than spend time trashing a war hero like Kerry, Rush's flock should spend time trying to help Bush find just ONE PERSON in the entire world who can verify that he actually put in his time in Alabama, which was 8,000 miles from any enemy bullets.

I guess it would have been ok for mr. Limbaugh to say our troops were 'uneducated terrorists' (like Kerry) or 'liars' (like hillary) or 'losers' (like harry reid). I think harry should go back and ask mr. Soros what he should do next, since he has been bought out by moveon. Reid is a total disgrace.

I honestly dont understand how the democrats can say that our troops are terrorists (kerry) and killing innocent iraqi civilians in cold blood, but then try to challenge Rush on this potential interpretation to such a level for such a slight comment. Where is the public condemnation from you guys on these statements or do you believe Americans are the problem? Here is some advice, America is good, life is not that bad, and each vote you make for a Democrat-Socialist Liberal is one step closer to Soviet Union, China, Cuba and North Korea style govt. You people really dont get it and its sad.

Ron Paul is realistically the second frontrunner in the Republican Party. McCain is in debt, hasn't won many straw pools, and has minimal grass roots support. Fred Thompson has no experience, can't debate, won't last long, minimal grass root support, and pro war. His next quarter funds will decrease after the Hollywood Reagan hype disappears. Romney is actually on equal footing as Paul and Rudy as he funded 6 million to his campaign this quarter with a personal loan. Thus, he has same donation amounts as McCain and Paul. He is Mormon, Pro-war, Pro-Abortion, Flip-Flopper, and fake. His funds should remain strong with good media exposure. Lastly, Rudy won't last long as people are waking up to the lies surrounding the war and 9/11. He is cross dresser, flip-flops, has no understanding of foreign policy, bigger NeoCon than Bush. He hasn't released fund, yet, so most likely cooking the books. Further, his political future surrounds 9/11 fear machine, which people want to move forward to a 9/12 future. He isn't the hero of 9/11, just research his decisions and action this day, ask firefighters, ask the congressional commission on homeland security he quit, ask the multi-million dollar attendees of speeches he gave on profiting from this day.
The only way the republicans can beat Hillary is with a pro-war republican, which can neutralize this threat as 80% of America wants our troops out of Iraq. This will make it a philosophical and domestic policy debate between parties. Ron Paul can beat Hillary on the WAR, Foreign Policy, and Domestic Issues.
Can't you republicans who have had your party stolen and principals destroyed by the NeoCons -former liberal democrats (True) – want to Win and get party back, rather than loose and destroy the future of the GOP? Ron Paul is the only one who can win!!

Limbaugh is such an idiot... with an ego to match. I wouldn't trust this man EVER. He is a total two-faced jerk who thinks it's okay for him to say vile things about others. But let someone say something negative about him or his cronies and he goes ballistic. I'm very disappointed that Clear Channel came to his defense.

i don't care about the 'phony soldiers' comment; but let's look at harry reid's lack of condemnation for "General Betrayus" ad, and his lack of general support for our military. Should he be talking about undermining our military?

Once again MoveOn and MediaMatters has laid another BOMB and if this Group thinks it's SMART(and I think they do)they KEEP showing Normal Americans WHY NOT TO LISTEN to anything they write/say or SUPPORT!
They must all sit around STONED thinking of the next SMEAR ATTACK. You should never do anything until your SOBER guys!
What they Fail to realize is that most of America Listens to RUSS and heard the Phoney Soldier comment and it's not at all what MediaMatter says.
The Senators are JUST HORSES ASSES......thus the Very Low Rating of Congress and Senate Speak for it's self.
Next Week it will be Sean Hannity or they'll just throw a DART at the Names!
Last Week it was Bill O'Reilly. Oh My!
OH MY!

We probably would not be having this discussion if we had had a much more competent president to start with. A good president might have put all our military and diplomatic resources into trying to kill the people who actually caused the deaths of almost 3,000 Americans in our cities during 9/11. Instead, the man who read “The Pet Goat” while hundreds of Americans were dying here has so far sent 3,800 Americans to die and 28,000 Americans to be wounded in a nation that had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11.

If we had done all we could to catch bin Laden and had succeeded, our troops might be safely home now and Iraq might be fighting Iran instead of us now. But that didn’t happen. As Bush said, “You know, I just don't spend that much time on (Osama bin Laden) to be honest with you." "I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about (Osama bin Laden)." Disgraceful and disgusting!

What I'd like to know is what ever happened to Duncan Hunter. He is the only Republican I liked.

Limbaugh responded, "The phony soldiers."

Responding to his critics on Friday's show, Limbaugh said he was "taken out of context," adding he was referring to one soldier specifically - Jesse MacBeth, a war critic who falsely claimed to be an Iraq veteran

Rush, if you want people to think you were taken out of context, you should have said the "phony soldier" not "phony soldiers". Try again!!

Oh please we all know what Limbaugh intended – He is a right wing hack blowhard & currently that party does not appear to have any issue with degrading hard working Americans on a daily basis with their policy or pandering.

JUST SAY NO. If you heard the original remark it is because you chose to listen.

If you choose not listen to Rush and if you choose not to buy the products of his advertisers and if you choose not to listen to anything owned by an FCC approved media monopoly, Rush would be as insignificant in the media as he is in real life.

How many people with his drug record would still have a job in the real world?

The communists started all this with that betray us add. Now they are trying to discredit anyone who tells the truth.

Like it or not there are more conservatives than libs out there.

Look who sounds like a hate monger.

to all you miserable conservative/trad/repb/reaganrepub, whatever the hell you are calling yourselves this week, dingbaugh, limbat, whatever this pill popper's name is, has supported this WAR, not the soldiers, and you better damn well get the distinction you hatemongerers. You are not America, only a small part.

What needs to be done is all the real Iraq war vetrans opposed to this war need to call Rush on the same day and give him a wake up call and let them know they exist.

I bet his screener does not let a single one of these calls come through to avoid embarassment.

How can anyone defend Rush Limbaugh, he has insulted many vets, included Murtha, Hagel, Kerry and Cleland. He has called Barack Obama, a happy negro, and said many insulting things about women. I guess it shows what kind of hypocrites Republicans are, condemn an ad asking about the war, but defend a man who insults our soldiers.

Where are the PHONY republicans and the PHONY president who vehemently attacked moveon.org ad and passed a resolution in the senate? Why then these PHONY right wingers didn't criticize congress in wasting their time? And now if the senators wrote the letter to Clear Channel, why these PHONY people are bothered about congress's time? These PHONY people are clearly wrapped around Rush who can talk anything to push this PHONY war enforced by this president

I totally and completely agree with Bob that Mike Huckabee is the ONLY man with his heart in any of this. It's so obvious who's heart is cold and who's heart is leading them. From the moment I heard Huckabee, before I even knew who he was, I sensed that he is the only one with a clear enough mind to be the president that we need that does not focus on senseless things such as this. Arguements such as these are for the civilians to waste their time on. When you see the government, especially presidential candidates getting into high school drama like this, that is SCARY. Stuff like this is for us to waste our time on, not the president who has WAY too many more important things to focus on to even notice what a civilians opinion is on a individual who has NOTHING to do with where this country is going! We need someone that is not caught up in America's life-made-television reality show type of lifestyle and actually acts like an adult. Not a 40, 50 or 60 or however year old person thats gotten caught up with the generation of acting like they're stuck in their 20's, acting like they know EVERYTHING (which has proven to make a person close-minded, hence oblivious to the actual present reality) And this is all because their minds have lost touch with their hearts.

Mike Huckabee is the only one that has a strong heart in this and keeps an equal balance between his heart and his mind. The only thing that has ever lasted through anything or survived even death is the will in the heart of a human. If a candidate with a mind clouded with drama, focusing on anything non heart-driven is elected, we are screwed.

"Fortunately, us liberals understand that the Bill of Rights protects Rush's right to spew his idiocy, the Senate's right to waste time taking stances against it, and your right to make ridiculous hyperbolic criticisms about that."

Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you.

Just one bone to pick: it should be "we liberals," not "us liberals."

Thanks to Karl Rove and the Republicans we now have a us and them attitude in this country. Who started this red state blue state stuff. Who yelled unamerican when you didnt agree with bush and his politics...The Republicans. The country is in a mess because of the republican party and their greed. The deficit, this phony war it all rests with the Republicans.

I wonder why so many people refer to George W. Bush as a draft dodger. Are they unaware that he was a fighter jet test pilot during the Vietnam War? That's a pretty dangerous job.

Republicans are showing how hypocritical they are. It's absolutely despicable to question the objective testimony of a General that 53% of the American people believed would give the Bush Administration view of things, but it's okay to say that soldiers who disagree with the war are "phony."

So what is it, GOP? Are all attacks on military people wrong, or just the liberal attacks?

41 Democratic Sentors signed a letter sent to a media outlet in an attempt to restrict free speech.
Hmmm…., which is the party of Constitutional rights?

Hey realist, I bet you had your panties in a wad about the Moveon.org ad, huh? The Senate chose to waste our time and money voting to condemn it.

Hmmm…., which is the party of Constitutional rights?

Here's another nutjob, right wing term for you; Flip Flopper!!!!

Democrat or Republican aside. Am I the only one who thinks it's strange that our Senators are spending their days drafting letters and resolutions condemning a private citizen for expressing an opinion? Isn't anyone else just a tad bit alarmed at this?

Who cares if Moveon.org took out an ad? I'm sure General Petraus is a big boy and can handle the criticism.

Who cares if Rush Limbaugh said "Phony soldiers"? He's entitled to his opinion and to voice it.

I'm now more concerned about Congress, who apparently think it's their job to censor American citizens if they don't like their opinions. I have to wonder who is next?

ISN'T THIS PRECISELY WHAT OUR CONSTITUTION IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US FROM?

So Rush has never bashed our military, eh? He was the first person to use the "Betrayus" name you know when he called Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, "Senator Betrayus".

You people defending this jerk are utterly loathsome hypocrites.

If there was nothing wrong with what Rush said, why was it edited before it was sent to Armed Forces radio (Do Rush and Clear Channel not believe soilders are smart enough to make up their own minds as to what he "really" meant?"). The right held all Dems responsible for the Moveon ad but they won't even hold one of their own responsible for what he said.

He wasn't insulting soldiers in general, and that should be pretty obvious in itself. This whole issue is about him insulting soldier"s", when all it was, was an insult on a man who was in fact dishonest about his service. You're getting upset about him making an opinion on a true fact? Yes, if you only listen to a few seconds of the entire conversation it could seem as though he is making an insult on all soldiers. But, if you listen to the entire conversation, it is more than obvious that he is implying this to one person who DID make "phony" implications. If you actually have listened to the entire conversation then obviously it doesn't make any sense to stick to the arguement that he insulted all soldiers.

That is why people are starting to just pick him apart in general and in other areas, because that point has been made clear and they have nothing else to say about what all this is about; him saying the words "phony soldiers".

People are pointing out sort of relavant things, but still not the point at all. Such as him supposedly "avoiding the draft" because of something on his butt? You'd be suprised to know that its a great possibility that a civilian with great desire to be in the armed forces would get turned down for things such as that. I know this because my brother was in the army for about three years before he got sent home for the simplest thing. My fiance got turned down from even joining because of something as minuscule as that. So I it would probably be in some peoples' best interest to stop making themselvs look foolish by pointing out things such as these that are irrelevant to whether he insulted all soldiers with his comment or only the one, according to the ENTIRE conversation. If he insulted all soldiers and heroes, yes that is a disgrace! But he didn't. It was someone that wasn't entirely truthful, which the word "phony" does apply to.

I just cannot believe that the Senate has gotten into a scuffle over simple opinions of a civilian and turned it into a soap opera. Even daytime television series and soap operas aren't that ridiculous. They make more sense than the government does right now and quite frankly, that's frightening.

Another lie promoted by Rush:

His only problem was having liberal hippies spit on him at the airport when he returned.

This is another right-wing myth. Please find one shred of evidence (including testimonials) FROM THAT PERIOD which supports this oft-made lie. With it being so common, so well known, you should have no problem finding one newspaper/magazine article, photograph- anything- which supports it.

CHIP FROM OHIO...Why do you always write long and boring articles. It would be better if you kept it short and to the point. You just ramble on and on just like that Bubba guy.

So now real soldiers are combat soldiers in Iraq. These fools need to silence themselves before they dig the hole any deeper.

Clear Channel are nothing but Republican attack-and-deny scum. Their CEO being a hack is not surprising at all. Phony patriots who slime soldiers for voicing their informed opinions. Clear Channel draped their hypocrisy in the flag for years of this war and will now back slowly away emitting lies and accusations through their teeth. Scum.

Check out who is "Phony":

Senator Tom Harkin has joined the Democratic left's attack on Rush Limbaugh for calling a phony soldier a phony soldier. Here is Harkin's charming contribution, which he saw fit to offer on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

Well, I don’t know. Maybe [Limbaugh] was just high on his drugs again. I don’t know whether he was or not. If so, he ought to let us know. But that shouldn’t be an excuse.

As Michelle Malkin points out, Harkin knows a thing or two about phony claims regarding military service. During his 1992 presidential campaign, Harkin claimed he served as a pilot in Vietnam. And when he ran for the Senate in 1984, Harkin said he had flown combat missions in Vietnam. But after changing his story several times, Harkin eventually admitted he had not flown combat missions in Vietnam, and he began describing himself as a Vietnam-era veteran. Not only had he not flown combat missions in Vietnam, he had not served there.

The fact that our Senate spent one second on this "issue" is the most vile part of all of this. The "phony soldiers" story is not substantive. This is very reminiscent of the Anna Nicole stories after her passing. Much ado about nothing. I am very disappointed to see our Democratic "Leaders" devote energy to this. The House and Senate recently wasted time to officially condemn the front page "General Betray Us?" ads smearing General Petraeus. How about working on something constructive?

Wow, these one liners...

Maybe "phony posters"...

Since Rush is a drug addict, you can't believe anything he says. But the Repugs love him!

Hmm I am surprised we can consider George Bush to be an extremist at anything. Well he cannot be called a liberal, he cannot be called a conservative either.

Back to the subject though, I could go through and twist statements out of comments posted here. If I twist them, you should not have to apologize. Like in Rush's case, he should not have to apologize for this, the media outlets reporting the biased information should.

Honestly..who really cares. Why are Senators wasting their time. Do something to help the country. Rush is Rush. Love him or hate him. People are just trying to get him off the air to help there needs in the upcoming presidential run in 08.
Politics with a capital P.

MoveOn.Org just got nailed for what I consider freedom of speech in regards to the BETRAYUS advertisement. Now,it's Druggie Limbaugh's turn. (Note that "shrub" will not sound off about this as he did with the Betrayus Ad).

When we make spectacles of situations, it promotes publicity. Let's start focusing on important matters. Most of us are intelligent enough not to listen to this hypocritical, bigot in the first place.

WHAT AN OLD WINDBAG. TYPICAL REPUBLICAN, NOTHING BUT HOT AIR.

We were All trying to get out of the draft.

How dare you speak for all Vietnam vets. Just because you were doesn't mean everyone was. My father volunteered and joined the Air Force and actually went to Vietnam with no regrets. His only problem was having liberal hippies spit on him at the airport when he returned. What does Vietnam have to do with this anyway. Liberals all seem to hate this country and our military and I can't seem to figure out why. If you really want socialist country than move to Canada.

He is an America's clown, who wants to listen to him. He is an ignorant idiot making money of using people of his type and laughing all the way to the bank.

Rush Limbaugh is a sick man. Whoever listens or supports Limbaugh are as sick as him. Limbaugh is indeed a very cheap, low class entertainer, but he gets a generous pay from his masters, to name a few: disaster George Bush, Dick Cheney, the so called evangelical extremes, misguided right wing politicians, etc. Limbaugh's main mission is to preach FEAR and PROMOTE DIVISIONS among us. Limbaugh needs SUPER PROFESSIONAL help to cure his sick brain. However his venom is deadly, lethal, contagious and irreversible. If Limbaugh is having fun by doing so, let him enjoy his sick life. When the current adminstration disappears, I am sure Limgaugh also may change the color of his skin.

The Senate complaints about Limbaugh's comment has nothing whatsoever to do with trying to kill "right wing" talk radio. We all know that this show was triggered by the "Betrayus" show which was triggered by the savage, unwarranted acts of the not-so-Swift Boat Veterans.

It was the right wing that tried to equate the two statements "Today, before Congress and before the American people, General Petraeus is likely to become General Betray Us." and "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" with the contemptible charges of the Swifties. There is no comparison between using the Rush Limbaugh program's "General Betray Us" phrase and the charges of the Larry Thurlow-led Swifties. Putting a question mark in "Betray Us?" is not remotely close to trashing the records of a war hero, this time without a question mark. Thurlow, for instance, trashed John Kerry by claiming Kerry got a medal for a "battle" where there was no enemy fire. It turned out that Thurlow himself got a medal for the very same "battle" that was described multiple times as involving much enemy gunfire.

If "right wing" talk radio does get killed, it won't be because of Senate Democrats. It will be because of commentators like Rush Limbaugh who have no conscience about creating phony tapes to fool gullible fans.

What does Rushes military service, or lack there of, have anything to do with this situation. The fact is the liberals in congress are attacking a private citizen for two words (phoney soldiers)that were taken out of context in a radio show. Anyone who actually listens to the show knows exactly what Rush was talking about. The ABC report on PHONEY SOLDIERS who are lying about combat service which was broadcast the Fri before all this stuff happened. The fact is the liberals are behind the "Betray Us" add, which failed, and the attacks on Rush which will fail. Just another example of deceit and lies that the libs spew constantly. It must be sad to have a tiny mind.

I heard the entire show. Never occurred to me that he could have been talking about anti-war soldiers generally. He had spoken the previous day about Jesse MacBeth (truly a phony soldier), and spoke about MacBeth immediately after the call in question.
A lot more evidence that he was talking about MacBeth-types than about anti-war soldiers in general. It's the left's wishful thinking that he slammed anti-war soldiers in general, something he's never done.

I'm glad the extreme left wing "phoney patriotic" 41 Senators like Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama , and others Democratic Party politicians misunderstood(I'm being kind) what Rush Limbaugh stated. Perhaps they should watch Ken Burns "The War" on PBS to know that our Military is put in Hellish situations for the good cause of Freedom of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. i.e. The Declaration of Independence, Our Constitution and all its amendments.

This thread exposes the alarming truth of how well the political leaders of this country are succeding in their goal to keep Americans divided. We, the citizens of the United States, are the losers here. The vast majority of us, are not wealthy and are doing all we can to stay afloat. The politicians of this great country are the problem. They are the wealthy, and elite who continually come up with ways to make them more wealthy and more elite on our dime. Folks, stop for a moment, and look at what you are arguing over. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. That's it! Nothing more. Those that oppose what he said are elected officials who are supposed to work for the citizens of this country. Tell me what exactly we are accomplishing by trying to get this entertainer person to apologize for something he said? These are your political leaders. Why are they so involved with this? It doesn't matter if it's democrat or republican. Both disgust me! Neither party cares about this country. If they did, don't you think one of them could have turned this country around and get it going in the right direction? Do you think either have done that? I don't. We spend billions of dollars in Iraq, while our bridges collapse due to poor maintenance. Governor Rick Perry (Texas) is paying $9,900 a month in rent while the governor's "Mansion" is being renovated. Why is that a necessary expense? Yes, that is your tax dollars at work. The bottom line is, it's not up to the government to fix our problems. For the past half century they have proven neither party can fix anything. Only make it worse. The sad truth is, as long as they keep us divided on issues that don't matter, things will only get worse, and the separation between the ruling class and the working class will only get wider. United we stand, divided we fall.

Rick Perry's new pad.
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/092607kvuehouse-bkm.112b1c979.html

Cheap Channel can only hope their drugged up pill pushing thug keeps on going, Mark May needs all the money he can get to give to the RNC! The comments made were insulting and if May were any kind of 'man' (which he isn't) he would have Rush apologize. Don't you all hold your breath!

I usually laugh at whatever Limbaugh and his ilk say. I don't consider them any different than Stephen Colbert. I think it's mostly just an act or character they play to get attention and ratings. What scares me are the gullible rubes who listen and obey to everything right-wing (or left-wing, for that matter) radio tells them.

Right, so I am not the biggest fan of Rush. I'm an old school liberal (one that might not agree what he says but would definitely fight for his right to say it), but come on here. Any body that actually listens to his show would know how often he praises our troops and would automatically know that "phony soldiers" was taken out of context. It honestly would not make sense for Rush to say something so defamitory about the men and women he praises each day.

I listened to the segment of that broadcast the DAY it happened. Those who think the drug-addled Limbaugh was talking about one soldier need to take either remedial listening, or objective listening courses.

Firstly, there was no mention of that one particular "soldier" in question until an entire 1:38 minutes elapsed after the initial comment. There was NO established context concerning only one soldier. When he did finally start talking about this soldier, it was in a concilitory tone almost bordering on apologetic. It is clear that Limbaugh's handlers in the studio got a message to him that he had better clear that statement up. Bottom line: He covered it up AFTER the fact. He meant what he said. The context of what he originally said was very obviously pointed to ALL troops who don't support HIS opinion. Also, why did he cut out that 1:38 on his website when putting up the link to that segment? Sounds defensive and dishonest to me.

Sorry neo-con Limbaugh followers. He blew it, and if you think the MoveOn vote was justified, then you folks are as much the definition of hypocrisy than I ever previously imagined.

Rush should know, I mean he did serve all those years in the military. Oh wait..

Within past hour (2:01pm EST 10/3/07)

Rush Limbaugh: "I have never impugned the service of any member of the military for any reason, no matter what their opinion was on anything."

Rush has routinely disparaged John Kerry. Within the past week he's run a song parody wherein "Kerry" sings about getting injured "throwing a hand-grenade at rice."

It's remarkable the lies Stinkbo fans have to believe in order to think he's 'always right.'

He's a staunch supporter of military action, but when he had the chance to serve in Vietnam, he made an effort to avoid it (certainly didn't volunteer.) But you have to remember, for the right-wingers, words always speak louder that actions. (Cheney- 5 deferments, Larry 'wide stance' Craig, Ted Haggard etc, etc.)

"Perhaps the CEO can explain how Rush avoided the draft. I would like to know, because I went in his place. Well, maybe not me personally, but someone did." – Posted By Robert, Galena, Illinois

I went in his place, perhaps. I was drafted in 1970 but was not assigned to Viet Nam, thank goodness.

Back then, we were ALL trying to get out of the draft. Many children who were born in the late 60's and early 70's were conceived solely for the purpose of exempting their father from the draft. If you are 30-40 years old now, you may only be alive only because of Viet Nam, though your father will never admit to it. Many graduate degrees were pursued only to keep the young scholar out of that disaster.

By the 70's, it was obvious that Dick Nixon was only going to keep the fight going in Viet Nam until he was reelected by a landslide. Sure enough, he declared victory and withdrew the troops after he defeated poor McGovern. White House recordings verify that Nixon and Kissinger both thought the war was idiotic and should have never been started. Nixon stated plainly, but not publicly, that he was going to end that war after his reelection.

None of us wanted to be the last poor grunt to die in a war that our leadership did not believe in. I don't know who that last poor herowas, but he died for absolutely no reason except to reelect Richard Nixon.

As an honest Liberal, I must say that the Viet Nam war was the greatest of all the failures of Liberalism; a bigger disaster than the current disaster in Iraq. At this time, Viet Nam is the most stable of only three remaining Communist nations, the other two being Cuba (the last country left behind the Iron Curtain) and Communist China (the nation that our political and business leaders cannot do enough for). Many good men and women died in Viet Nam for nothing.

You johnny-come-latelies who want to measure a fifty-year-old man's patriotism by whether he took a draft deferment when he was twenty are pretty damn nervy unless you yourself are a former draftee or a combat veteran. I know you imagine how heroically you would have served, but how would you feel if you or your child got a draft notice today?

WHY ARE US SENATORS WASTING TIME AND MY TAX DOLLARS WORRYING ABOUT WHAT RUSH LIMBAUGH SAYS?

Do they really have nothing better to do? Forget legislating to improve this country. Why don't we just waste time and money on the likes of Al Frankin, Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern...why not Jerry Springer?

Democrats: we gave you congress. What have you done?

It's so obvious that this is all about the Fairness Doctrine. Picture "researchers" huddled over their desks- like Scrooge shifting his eyes, waiting for Bob Cratchit- listening to every word Rush Limbaugh, et. al. utters. Then they pounce on the first word that might just help them in their pathetic mission to reinstate the socialist manifesto that is the Fairness Doctrine.

Responding to Limbaugh just gives him credibility, which is a waste of energy – why play to this blowhard? Who listens to this guy anymore? He's lost all credibility since he became a drug addict and broke the law to feed his habit – a hypocrite of the highest order. Has anyone noted that this guy hasn't had an original thought in 10 years. He spews the same nonsense day after day. Democrats – there's much more important than responding to this nut.

What special qualities do you need to make a fool of yourself in a career of talking "strong" about aspects of the U.S. military when you are someone who never served. What is it about guys like O'Reilly, Hannity, Boortz, Beck, and Limbaugh that make them think they are credible when it comes to knowing what it is like to be soldier at war. They are cheerleaders at best, angry white American men who in their rhetoric reveal their type to be the kind that never had strong athletic careers or social lives in high school or college. No one looked up to those people then, so why should we now? They also do not appear to be the kind to be able to "hack" the true discipline and sacrifices needed for a reputable military career - which in my opinion further hurts their attempts to build images as combative experts. I've served in the military (during Gulf War I), was a high school and college athlete, and enjoyed a fufilling social life in both experiences. All of these guys simply need to shut-up about this subject and stop making a fool of themselves.

Thanks, J Shaw. I concur that this latest attack on free speech is similar to the Don Imus incident. Sharpton and Jackson cannot STAND that Imus gets great ratings and their own shows are low-rated, so they want to FORCE onto the airwaves their points-of-view and limit Imus'(even tho the free market shows that listeners want Imus/don't want Sharpton/Jackson).

Reid and the Dems cannot stand that Rush Limbaugh gets top ratings and want to FORCE him off the Armed Forces Radio, but won't admit it. So they're using this incident as a "reason."

Yet again, our country's leaders care more about "who said what" and "who it offends", instead of getting the job done. To me, it looks like kids in a playground who need to "tattle tale" because another kid has said something wrong.

CNN played the bit and it was certainly an insult to any soldier that spoke up against the war. Any of you who didn't hear it that way needs remedial english help. That's not surprising with the brain research showing such significant areas of inactivity in conservatives' brains. "Special education" ring a bell?

This is a personal vendictive attack on Limbaugh because he is not a liberal! Thank you, Mark Mays for supporting him. Reid should be forced to resign. It it had been a Republican senator who said what Reid said, that person would have to resign. Fair game!

Oh, and we're supposed to believe anything this whatever you call him has to say in favor of Rush?! Give me a break. He's his getting rich boss from his hateful arrogant lie telling self. Enough said.

1.Limbaugh, while trying to defend himself, doctored his own comments and erased 1:35 out of the recording from his website. Can anybody say NIXON?

2.He used “Phony soldiers” plural, slip of the tongue, perhaps. But it was nearly 2 minutes between the talk of phony soldiers and Jessie MacBeth. Now I know what some will say, “2 minutes isn’t a lot of time”. Yes it is, when talk radio is involved, 2 minutes is a life time.

Welcome to politics folks, I would rather see the senate get down to the business of the people instead of going tit-for-tat. First, Sen. John Cornyn (R. Texas) sponsers the MoveOn.org condemnation, which passes with 20 Dems supporting the condemnation. Then the Dems fight back trying to condemn the SBVT for the lies told about Kerry; and now onto Limbaugh. Regardless of how you feel, politically, it is time to give it a rest. There are no winners and the losers are the american public.

J. Shaw said: With all the criticism that the military has withstood over the course of the last several years, it is outrageous that a comment such as this should even be considered to be newsworthy. It is so obvious that there is a bigger political objective that motivated the Senate's respose ....

You act like there was no bigger political objectives which motivated Rush. Pot, meet Kettle.

Those in government... have no clue the force they will unleash if they tamper with free speech. The fury over the immigration bill....

Get real. Nobody's calling for a restriction of free speech. If you say something idiotic, the Bill of Rights doesn't protect you from criticism.

I have to point out that if criticism of what was said constitutes an attack on the Right of Free Speech, then you, my friend, are guilty. As often as conservative hypocrisy is pointed out on this forum, one would think conservatives would be a little more cautious with their comments.

Fortunately, us liberals understand that the Bill of Rights protects Rush's right to spew his idiocy, the Senate's right to waste time taking stances against it, and your right to make ridiculous hyperbolic criticisms about that.

I hate Rush, but he's in the right of it here–his comments were taken out of context. His boss is right to back him on this. And the Senate is foolish to waste time on such a non-issue.

Rush Limbrain, Geo. Bush and Dick Cheney need to fit their Repective Asses to an M2 Rifle and LEAD the Charge in "Iraqi Front" ala, Teddy Roosevelt. You Know, Walk the Talk!

Does anyone really listen to Rush (the epitome of phony) Limbaugh anymore? It's not hard to understand why he is so angry. I'd be mad too if I was that doped up.

It's truly amazing that the conservatives can get all worked up over an ad such as the one from Move On.org but give a free pass to their water carriers such as Rush, Bill O'Reilly & Ann Coulter who do things that are worse. Oh well... at least I know who the hypocrites are.

I absolutely love reading the comments on these blogs. You get the "left" wingers calling the "right" wingers out for doing something and vice versa. Both sides use the same argments, invectives, insults and "facts" to prove their points. Both sides come out of the fracas looking hypocritical, but their supporters refuse to acknowledge the fact that *gasp* there might be a possibility that both sides are wrong, and, in contrast, both sides have things they are right about.

Wake up America. Learn how to think for yourselves and don't just assume that everything you read on the internet, see on Fox or CNN or hear on talk radio is Gospel. Learn critical thinking. Have multiple news sources. Question question question. As long as the majority of the population are sheeple, there will never be any real change in this country.

-Todd, a liberally consertive independant

Mr. Mays is right, Rush should be given the benefit of the doubt. It's not like he has a history of attacking and demonizing people just because they don't share his views.

Rush can easily clear this up in 20 seconds by admitting there are real Iraq war veterans opposed to the Iraq war. What's so hard about that?

Until he does this I'll have less respect for him than I already did.

And rightly Clear Channel should stand behind Limbaugh - CNN your bias is showing again - you have such a knack for reporting only selective information - thank goodness Glenn Beck is on your team or I would never bother to check out what your latest bias is.

Can someone explain to me how Rush, who avoided military service because of a cyst on his (fat) ass thinks he can judge who is and who isn't a real soldier? (and please don't use the hydrocodone excuse–that gets old!) The man's hypocracy knows no bounds, although it does make for good theater.

To: Shaw

Thank God someone else gets it.

Brave talk for a wuss that probably never thought about serving in the military. "Walk the Walk" you moron.

Rush Limbaugh and all those like him are what are wrong with this country today. What a hypocrite, Rush Limbaugh is the master of taking things out of context. He is nothing but a bought-and-paid-for talk show hate monger.

You guys at CNN are as bad as Reid in taking this story out of context. I love how you left the Limbaugh side of the story out of the first five paragraphs, and only after the "Read full story" link. The conversation was about McBeth, who was propped up by anti-war groups as an Iraq veteran describing atrocities performed by our soldiers. It turned out that he failed out of boot camp and never was in Iraq. That's what Limbaugh was talking about. Better zip it up Ted Turner, your agenda is showing.

I am no fan of Rush Limbaugh or any other one-way talking head but that Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama would take the time to sign such a letter to Clear Channel regarding this matter – which may have referenced a person posing as a combat veteran and who was not – and yet didn't think it necessary to repudiate Moveon.org for what was a blatant and obvious attack on the integrity of a decorated, standing officer just goes to show you who they BELONG to. It is disgusting and in the general election will come back to bite us in the you-know-what. Sit back and watch. I am ashamed of being a Democrat when I read stuff like this.

Notice how fast Hillary jumps on board condemning THIS issue?

RE:CLINTON: "Typical. She says NOTHING about Moveon.Org which assualted a decorated 4-Star General,..."

Assaulted? You lie. The Move On ad simply pointed out what a liar Paetreus and his boss Howdy Doody are.
That's not assault; that's telling the truth.

" but condemns Rush because he called-out a guy who falsely claimed to have served in Iraq. The "evidence" liberals have is the "S" in soldiers. "

There was no such guy. Damn, Limbaugh followers are idiots.

Limbaugh is a waste of time. He is a war-mongering know nothing with a radio voice and pure evil in his soul

As far as James' comment about Hillary: She was the one that was attacked by Giuliani personally for the Moveon ad, one that she had nothing to do with. And the entire Congress had to waste time voting to discredit this ad.

Bill Clinton said it best with his "feigned outrage" comments. All of this is to take away from the real issue: How to end this war!

Let people say what they want. As an elected official, we didn't put you in office to try and stifle free speech or "condemn" anything. We voted for you so that you can do our bidding, which by the results of the 06' election, was ending this war!

With all the criticism that the military has withstood over the course of the last several years, it is outrageous that a comment such as this should even be considered to be newsworthy. It is so obvious that there is a bigger political objective that motivated the Senate's respose, namely the destruction of "right wing" talk radio. Those in government, who are trying to set the stage to underminine the "fairness doctrine", have no clue the force they will unleash if they tamper with free speech. The fury over the immigration bill this past summer will pale in comparison to what will happen if the powers that be try to "shut up" alternative views. People in power (and out) have no idea how many independents will be moved to action if they believe there is a serious effort to undermine anyone's freedom, irrespective of whether or not they agree with their point of view.

People are waking up to the fact that this is not a controversy over what someone said, but an attempt to attack on the right of freedom of speech. Everyone, no matter what their political perspective and no matter their interpretation of what was said, should be outraged that the Senators would abuse their authority to attack a private citizen. Who among us will be free to express our views if the Senate's conduct is excused, or worse still, justified.

"Listening to the entire dialogue it is obvious that Rush Limbaugh was referring to the "soldier" who for whjatever reason had not served but rather had embellished their time for their own self-acclaim by making up stories about their "valor"."

No, Brainwashed Dumb American, you listened to the sanitized version that your phony hero put out with 35 seconds deleted.

Find the real conversation, then go ahead and apologize for being so easily culled.

Rush should DEFER in commenting about soldiers as the boil on his buttocks seems to get in the way of his thinking.

Note to those who don't know. Limbaugh didn't fight in Vietnam because he continuously received deferments for problems on his behind. That's why he's certainly a brave man when it comes to others risking their lives.

Rush Limbaugh's comments are so out of line. Our tax money should not pay for this sicko to tell lies to our military. He should be removed from Armed Forces Radio immediately!

Just wanted to say that Obama looks like a hypocrit on this b/c he wouldnt come out against the move-on ad saying that he thought it was a waste of congress' time yet he co-signed this letter. Very dissapointing.

Common sense prevails. Liberals hear what they want to hear. The truth is stretched by those who get in bed with the likes of Media Matters, Soros, and Clinton. Too bad there isn't a real democrat that is truly looking out for all of America (Red, White, and Blue). Sorry state of affairs for politics. Which is why Congress' approval rating is the lowest in recorded history. Mindless bickering. Take a long look at Mike Huckabee. Listen to him. He has a heart and mind for AMERICA. For him, it is about AMERICA. It is not all about him. There isn't a candidate on either side that can say the same thing.

Perhaps the CEO can explain how Rush avoided the draft. I would like to know, because I went in his place. Well, maybe not me personally, but someone did. For those of us who did go, a boil on the ass seems pretty phony in itself. He seems to represent the far right rather well in that respect.

Time for Rush to check in to Betty Ford. It works for every other celebrity who puts their foot in their mouth; it will work for Rush.

ASSAULTED Petraeus? Give me a break. That's just more rhetoric, just like the hypocrite Rush Limbaugh. He was not referring specifically to Jesse MacBeth, but to those SOLDIERS who do not agree with his b.s. He didn't even REFER to MacBeth at the time!

The second he was caught illegally obtaining prescription drugs after all his tough talk about coming down hard on drug users this man lost all credibility. But fear and hate sell, so line up you lemmings.

Rush got a deferment from Vietnam due to anal cysts. What do you expect from a coward? sheesh, some of you are actually shocked that a person such as Rush, who hates America more than he hates himself would say such a thing..

Why does CNN continue to misrepresent what Rush Limbaugh said? They are spot-quoting him and making it sound like the opposite of what he really said. Is there any journalistic integrity left in America?

I think there's a big difference between signing a letter to the CEO of Clear Channel, and voting to approve a resolution condemning an advertisement. One is communication, the other a legislative act. I am glad Mrs. Clinton did the former, and declined to do the latter.

When Limbaugh gets done with his double-talk, the indisputable facts remain. If you go to his official website and look at his official transcript, you will find that he NEVER once mentions MacBeth or "phony soldiers" before his infamous comment. He also says the plural "soldiers" and not "soldier" as used by some of his supporters as an excuse.

Yes, he has mentioned both subjects before, but NOT on that show. Rush also intentionally failed to admit to his listeners that he had doctored his tapes by deleting a minute and a half in order to disgracefully try to convince his gullible fans that the reference to MacBeth had immediately followed the "phony soldiers" comment. That's not much of a sales pitch for integrity. It was that phony tape that he sent to the Armed Forces Network to use.

Yes, phony soldiers do exist. Yes, phony commentators do exist, too, as demonstrated by Limbaugh who has freely admitted that it has been his effort to "try to carry the water and make excuses for people who don't deserve it." His listeners must be so proud of that statement that also reflects on their ability to think for themselves.

Armands-

Everyone admits that if the Dems had the political fortitude, they could end this war today. Stop the money, stop the war. They don't want to, evidenced by Hillary saying war will go thru 2013. They just told you what you wanted to hear to get your vote. Do you feel used?

I love how this so-called "news report" cuts the transcript right in the middle so that it looks as bad as possible. If they had actual journalistic integrity they would include the whole transcript where Rush explains that he is referring to a specific soldier who washed out of boot camp then lied about seeing atrocities in Iraq, when he had never even been there, and other similar situations.

Doug, if being "honest, fair, and truthful" are your reasons for never again voting for a Democrat, I certainly hope you are or are becoming a Libertarian. I'd hate to see you espouse those values to validate voting for one of the current crop of Republicans.

Anyone who thinks this pathetic postering by the Democrats is anything other than an attempted counter-attack in response to the heat they took for the MoveOn.Org disaster is not logically gifted.

It's actually just kind of sad watching the Dem's flail at Conservative radio hosts like Limbaugh and O'Reilly. Not that it would matter anyway (if these people had anything to do with the Republican party) but all you have to do is listen to the entire sequences and you can tell that the charges by the Democrats are just trumped up.

I would hope that someone of Harry Reid's stature would be able to find something a little more meaningful to dedicate his time towards, but I guess with the lowest approval rating of any political body in the history of this country your choices are pretty limited.

Yup, more WORDS. Free, meaningless words. Limbaugh and MoveOn both exaggerate and use extremes, yet market themselves exclusively to left-wing and right-wing nutjobs. The vast majority of voters fall somewhere in the middle. I like to think they're more impressed by actions and constructive criticism, rather than repeated bashing.

And please- Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press aren't just phrases casually tossed around, only to be ignored out of taboo during wartime. During a war, when stress and challenges upon the United States' philosophy are at their peak - this is when our liberties need to be defended and expressed most. Limbaugh and MoveOn can say whatever they want, and should feel free to do so without calls for their censorship. You whiners need to get over yourselves... on BOTH sides.

Senator Reid just blew my mind again. I had no idea that Limbaugh was as a-whole. I have a question for every Democrat backing this "firestorm"? What is to gain by this? They are going after the right wing equivalent of Jon Stewart, thus turning a throw away joke into a mobilization of Limbaughs trailer trash contingent. And for what.

They have no authority to get him off the air. And if they did, it would be to the horror of all of the Civil Rights activists the donate to MoveOn.org. Amateur, stupid and reactionary. I don't know why these guys think they have the right to save us from Bush.

However way Limbaugh and his puppeteers at Clear Channel hate machine that operates on the same principals as the 1930's Nazi propaganda machine, however way they try to spin it, the message comes across clear: If you don't bend to our will we'll consider you phony, traitors, irrelevant, etc. For any of you "Dittoheads" to try to defend this vile and disgusting hypocrite who does opposite of everything he claims goes to the heart of my argument: that you act like robots parroting and defending this discredited stain on the good name of America. "Dittos Rush". Yeah. That's code word from the robots sending a signal to the mothership that the robot is still a robot, incapable of forming an independent oppionon.

Of course the CEO has to defend old "shoot off my mouth" chubbo...what would Clear Channel have left if the screamer of screamers was off the air? He is a world class loser (oops, except in FL courts)..a phony comic with a microphone is just that....a phony comic with a microphone.

Of course. MoveOn is the "bad". Limbaugh is the "good". What else did you expect? The Right-wing of this country has lost it's mind and the American people will keep drinking the kool-aid. The Republican party is doomed to fail and it can't happen soon enough to the hypocrits involved. That party should be outlawed.

Spoken like a true chicken-hawk.

I'm a parent of 2 teenagers, I home-school them rather than have them go to socialist public schools. I teach them that liberals are parasites and Democrats are scumbags. Thankfully, my 2 children will grow up never voting for a Democrat. For their social studies course, I have them listen to Rush Limbaugh and have them write me an essay what they learned.

To Doug, NJ.

Are you saying that everyone who votes Democrat are not decent, honest people? Now that's the same as saying that the GOP is an honest, fair and truthful party.
What about the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? Honest? Fair?
The attack on John McCain by GWB in the primaries regarding his military service, and leaking the fact that he had a "black baby"? Honest? Fair?
There are definately WMD's in Iraq! Honest? Fair?
I could name dozens of more examples from both sides of the aisle. Mudslinging and dishonest politics, has been, is, and always will be part of American politics, as long as it continues to have the desired effect on voters. Both the GOP and the Dems are responsible for this. To think otherwise, and to characterize millions of voters as being indecent and dishonest, just because they disagree with you and vote for a different party, just goes to show how closed minded and ignorant you are. Grow up and learn to respect the fact that people are entitled to differing opinions.

It's great to see the leader of the CONNIES (as I like to call the right-wing conservatives), Mr. Limbaugh be called on the carpet for once. What is the difference between this scenario and trying to tie the MoveOn.org ad to a condemnation of all of our troops? It seems that he isn't happy when egregious half-truths, incomplete facts, and statements taken out of context are used to counter the CONNIES media machine. Actually, I don't feel that either the MoveOn.org Advertisement or Mr. Limbaugh's statements should have received this much attention, but then again, fair is fair!

Harry Reid and his ilk couldn't care less about our brave soldiers. They are using them as a ploy to attack Rush.

I hope everyone, regardless of political persuasion, are paying close attention to the recent attacks on talk radio personalities. Last week it was Bill O'Reilly; early this week it was Rush Limbaugh; and today it was announced that Michael Savage is being attacked as well.

Rhetorical question: How come the left was recently screeching about the Iranian dictator's "Freedom of speech" at Columbia, but deny that same freedom to their own countryment?

The hypocrisy of liberals is staggering. They know that talk radio is a threat to President Hillary becoming a reality in January 2009. Stay tuned for additional attacks on talk radio personalities; I hope Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck are prepared for their whippings.

Give the liberals a break. They are angry. Very angry. You see, when Senator Clinton and the other major candidates told their base that they could not commit to a troop with drawl from Iraq, this infuriated the base. Enter Media Matters. (started by Senator Clinton and her allies). Media Matters took two words out of context. Flashed the media, then flashed the democrats in the House and Senate. This is a ginned up story to focus the rage of the democratic base on Rush, rather than Clinton and the others. It is that simple. Rush has the entire transcript of that week on his website. Check it out. By the way, ABC did a story on phony soldiers before this all started. I think Media Matters doth protest too much.

Ahhh...nothing like fake political indignation to carry you through a lunch hour.

Soldiers can still have an opinion, and most likely have a better one than we all do sitting in the US. It is more of the pattern that politicians use, hypocrisies and slander, than what they are actually saying. Why is the House or the Senate commenting on what private citizens are saying? Do they have that much free time on their hands?

Rush and MoveOn are just opposite sides of the same coin. That is the problem.

For those of you who are too lazy to put this into context, here is what Limbaugh said immediately following his "phony soldiers" remark:

"I want to thank you, Mike, for calling. I appreciate it very much. I gotta — Here is a morning update that we did recently, talking about fake soldiers. This is a story of who the left props up as heroes. And they have their celebrities. One of them was Army Ranger Jesse Macbeth. Now — and he was a corporal. I say in quotes. Twenty-three years old. What made Jesse Macbeth a hero to the anti-war crowd wasn’t his Purple Heart, it wasn’t his being affiliated with posttraumatic stress disorder from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. No. What made Jesse Macbeth, Army Ranger, a hero to the left was his courage, in their view, off the battlefield, without regard to consequences, he told the world the abuses he had witnessed in Iraq. American soldiers killing unarmed civilians, hundreds of men, women, even children. In one gruesome account, translated into Arabic and spread widely across the Internet, Army Ranger Jesse Macbeth describes the horrors this way. We would burn their bodies. We would hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque. Now, recently, Jesse Macbeth, poster boy for the anti-war left, had his day in court. And you know what? He was sentenced to five months in jail and three years probation for falsifying a Department of Veterans Affairs claim and his Army discharge record. He was in the Army, Jesse Macbeth was in the Army, folks, briefly. Forty-four days before he washed out of boot camp, Jesse Macbeth isn’t an Army Ranger, never was. He isn’t a corporal, never was. He never won the Purple Heart. And he was never in combat to witness the horrors he claimed to have seen. Probably haven’t even heard about this. And if you have, you haven’t heard much about it. This doesn’t fit the narrative and the template in the Drive-By Media and the Democrat Party as to who a genuine war hero; don’t look for any retractions, by the way. Not from the anti-war left, the anti-military Drive-By Media, or the Arabic websites that spread Jesse Macbeth’s lies about our troops, because the truth for the left is, fiction is what serves their purpose. They have to lie about such atrocities because they can’t find any that fit the template of the way they see the US military. In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth."

And you call conservatives fascists??? Who are the ones trying to spread lies in order to gain political power??? Who are the ones trying to silence someone with a differing opinion??? Wow! And all this article can say is something like "Limbaugh said it was taken out of context." Wow! What is this country coming to? We are on a slow, nay, a fast road to fascism, indeed, and it isn't because of the conservatives.

Let me great this straight: a soldier who wasn't in Iraq falsely claimed that he was, and was then able to con the media into publishing his made up stories about atrocities, and criticism is now leveled at those who called him a "phony soldier?" (Your motives are clearly showing here.) And, please, give up the childish nonsense about the "s" at the end of soldier!

Everyone has the right to disagree with and dislike Rush Limbaugh (I'm no big fan), but you don't have to fabricate issues. I'm sure you can find legitimate issues to argue.

What a non-story. Did anyone who signed the letter sent by Reid actually read or listen to Limbaugh's commmnents? What blatant politicking. Shame on the Democrats on this one.

Posted By Michael, Anchorage

PERFECTLY EXPLAINED!!!

I see my comments have been removed. Was it because I put your darling Hillary and the Democrats in the comments? Freedom of Speech, now I know what Rush is going though

Blah Blah Blah

Since when did it become the Senate's responsibility to reprimand PRIVATE CITIZENS?

Hey Reid, my neighbor said something pretty nasty about Italians the other day. Get on it!!!!!!

This government is a joke!

Why on earth are the ramblings of some drug-addled AM-radio talk show host the subject of national debate? WHO CARES what this guy has to say about anything?!?

It is easy to say why they do not get the left wing talk shows, left wing talk shows are not popular. Who needs a talk show when the news if filled with the left wing point of view anyways.

Which is more demoralizing to our troops: Attacking Rush Limbaugh who has always supported our soldiers or Harry Reid telling them "The War is Lost"?

It's a sad day when the government of the United States of America in an official capacity decides to directly attack a private citizen for a comment. I am quickly losing what little respect I had for our government institutions. Our Democratic leaders have no spine. Our Republican leaders have no spine. Both seem to care about themselves more than America. It's another sad day.

When did politics stop being about doing something positive and progressive and start being about waiting for the other guy to mess up?

Rush Limbaugh is an idiot, that is not news. He didn't attack the soldiers in Iraq, he attacked war critics for cherry-picking interviewees. Was it a lame argument? Yes. Was it worth all this fuss? No. All politicians care about is making sure to pounce on mistake that anyone associated with the opposite party makes. Opportunity seized, Senators. Well played.

The reason this resonates is because chicken hawks like Limbaugh Bush & Cheney, who have never served, have a long history of impugning the patriotism of real veterans & heroes like Max Cleland, Paul Hackett etc.

Also because their "support" of the troops consists mainly of putting them in harm's way & then short-changing them of veteran's benefits.

I'm a democrat and although I can't stand Rush Limbaugh, I'm smart enough and honest enough to recognize that his phony soldier comment was directed specifically at the woman who tried to pass herself off as a soldier. Our leaders are spending their time and our tax payer dollars debating the words of a hack radio personality and MoveOn.org ads....while at the same time, Hillary Clinton is buying the presidency. What is happening to our democracy??? God, Allah, Buddha...somebody please help us because we are screwed!

I am not a fan of Limbaugh, but I do agree with a few things he says. It is foolish to think he would mean anything negative towards our troops. Those same troops who have not felt support from most of those 41 signatures. Try to make a case all you want about this statement, there is not one. Find some real news to report instead of this liberal distration tactic.

Interestingly enough, I am a liberal and a Marine, sitting in an Iraq police station, and I am not offended by his comment. I think that it was entirely taken out of context. Stop making issues where there aren't any to make, and actually focus on the things that matter

I think America has dicovered an alternative source of energy that's not a fossil fuel: The Rush Limbaugh Wind Bag. It is less sightly than the current wind mills though.

Rush is phony as is Clear Channel, anyone who does business with them deserves what they get, right wing neo Nazi hypocrites.I only hope Rush falls of the wagon and takes his 10 listeners with him.

Amazing that a "phony soldier" comment can come from a person who avoided service in Vietnam (for "medical" reasons). It shouldn't surprise me, though, because Limbaugh still rants about drug addicts–the man is just totally disconnected from his own life.

Where is the Republican outrage over Limbaugh's comments? Is a Senate and House resolution coming that condemns Limbaugh?

Rush stuck both dirty feet in his mouth on this one. It's hilarious watching him and his ditto head minions trying to spin their way out of this mega-gaffe. He's a lying sack who was too yellow to don a uniform, and everyone knows it.

What do you expect coming from a phony American?

Another hillary clinton liberal media outlet get kicked in the pants along with the Democrats in Congress.

Hey Senator Reid,

You can waste time attacking a coward who hid behind a deferrment when his country called for him – or you can spend your energy removing our troops from harms way.

Which do you prefer?

Liberals dems are idiots. Regarding media bias, the left had their chance with Air America and it failed miserable. Left wing radio cannot get ratings because all they do is condemn their own country with hate talk and try to undermine everything that this country was built on.

at 63 years of age i still am a card carriering democrat and very ashamed of what i see the democrats doing in the house and in the senate, and especially those that are running for the presidency of our county. the democratic party was once a proud yet humble party that put the country and it's people first. those days have passed and i feel, like some romans must have felt as their country collasped around them...from within.

You people are morons.... it's a wonder you can find your way out of bed in the morning! geeez.... you are still playing your silly games that if you don't "acknowledge" the truth...then there is NO truth! Rush is a huge supporter of the Troops... read or listen to the ENTIRE story that you morons insist in Kicking around TWO (2) WORDS of the WHOLE THING! WAKE UP...get some fresh air in your cobweb head.....but then again...YOU aren't able to make a decision yourself...you MUST let someone else tell you what to do..or HOW to vote!!! I pity ALL of you! You must be brainless...as you sure aren't using them.....the truth has been stated...but hasn't reached your closed ears!!!!

Richard & Doug: Did you urge everyone, including John McCain, to catch their breath before piling on John Kerry's remark about C students getting us stuck in Iraq?

BTW.. Has anyone forgotten that the " phony soldier" tag came from ABC before the Caller called RUSH??? But was anyone upset by that??? Heck Harry get something straight once in a while.. it'll save you being Embarassed as usual>>>

I remember about a year ago Rush started a program where listeners could subscribe to Rush-Online or whatever it is and send the subscription as a gift to a soldier. This was after a suggestion by a listener. After a time, he said that he was also making a personal contribution, but he didn't want to talk about it. Eventually he said that his personal contribution was to match each subscription given – which cost money and contributes to his profit – with a free subscription to another soldier, which cost HIM almost $0.00. Thanks, Rush.

Remember his comments about General Shinseki? He purposely mispronounces his name as Shin-ess-ki, (like Ned Lament, AlGore, Democrat Party, etc.) and roundly criticized the General for his comments that there weren't enough troops being sent.

I think that Rush Limbaugh supports all troops that think the same way he does, the same way he treats everyone else. You are either with him, or he'll use cheap high-school bully type tactics to belittle you and what you believe.

Michael J. Fox?
Moderates?
Any non-right wing Republican?
People who are addicted to drugs? Oh, wait...

Who really cares what this blowhard utters. His show is just daily lessons in stupiness for his legion of brain-dead followers. Sane thinking people know not to take anything he says with any seriousness.

This "statement" is not news; it's irrelevant. It's pure propaganda, coming on the heels of Republican criticism of the NY Times Petraeus ad.
All the problems in this nation, all the good things this nation does, all the confusion about Iraq and what to do, and our "leaders" are hung up on name calling. God help us.

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I heard the comments and the way this article is written and taken out of context is a good example of yellow journalism.

"If being honest, fair and truthful have any value in your heart, you will never again cast a vote for a democrat."

OK–but I'm running out of people to vote for. =(

To those Democrats, particularly in the Senate, that choose to hitch their apology-demanding horse to this non-issue fabricated tree, the EIB network and Clear Channel Communications thanks you for a level of favorable publicity Rush and Mr. Mays could not possibly buy.

Rush is the a-typical republican of today:

If you don’t agree with or question them you are referred to as “un-patriotic” or “sympathetic to the enemy”.

To you Rush and to you self serving Kool-Aid drinkers that have ruined the republican party I say shame, shame on you for not standing up for America!

A true patriot puts country ahead of party!

Rush makes $$$$ for May. I'm sure he's being "fair & balanced" in his response.

Reid and Turkey Tom Harking.. HYPOCRECY is your first names... it is time to get to work morons and earn your taxpayers provide pay check, benefits and perks or GET OUT of the way and let sdomeone else do something... You both Must apologize to all of us taxpayers for wasting time while on payroll... in the real worls you'd get FIRED for Incompetence!

What Clear Channel's CEO says is irrelevant. Limbaugh said what he said – and what he said was "phony soldiers" in response to something a caller said. It wasn't until 3 minutes later he brought up a specific soldier's name, saying that's who he was talking about.

Well – as usual, Limbaugh is lying. He has a history of attacking soldiers: General Wesley Clark, General John Batiste, Major Paul Hackett, as well as others.

Like most of his ilk, Limbaugh is the real phony. He's a phony patriot, a phony human being, a hyprocrit to the Nth degree.

Like Don Imus, he should lose his job.

This is SO obviously a desperate ploy by Dems to look like they support the troops. The irony is glaring after all their efforts to sabotage the war effort, and Rush's genuine support for the troops. (Trip to Afghanistan, free stuff from his Web site, the simple moral re-enforcement so they aren't discouraged by the constant talk of failure from the left.)

Any intelligent person can listen to the whole thing and understand what he meant. I heard it live, and didn't jump to the bone-head conclusion others have leapt to.

Another good reason not to vote democrap. theinsults to the troops made by the dems and their mouthpieces pale to what any republican has ever said.

How can anyone seriously believe Limbaugh's claim that he was talking about one specific person? The statements, "They like to pull these soldiers..." and "The phony soldiers" clearly are using the plural, and clearly are referring to an unspecified generality.

What I'm getting out of this is Rush – private citizen – is being censored by people in office (Democrates)and his freedom of speech is being taken away. Is this going to happen to all Americans. Even if he only meant the one so called solider, he has a right to his opinion. How come when Democrates or for that matter politian’s in general, can say things that are false, they are not held accountable. I'm really tired of all the belly aching and finger pointing from both sides. Just tell us what you are going to do to help this country if elected. That is all that really matters. If you don't have a plan then get out of running!

Rush Limbaugh is hypocrital and should not be taken seriously

A bunch of criticism from people who havent listened to the unedited audio clips....ignorance at it's finest. But democrats will do anything to get a jab at Rush because of his enormous success. Also anyone who listens to Rush knows that he appreciates what the military does. In fact, I have free access to his site because I am in the military....

Limbaugh is banking that everyone who listens to him is as much as an idiot as he is and doesn't know or care about the real facts. I mean honestly–why are our tax dollars going to this hypocrytical drug addict? We should use force to have him removed and then send him to war.

His comment was specifically addressing the issue of people claiming they were soldiers and giving interviews, or at soldiers claiming they had done things when they hadn't.

The are only two news story here. One, is how the liberal media twisted his words and made it into a story. Two, is how the media doesn't even fact check people they are interviewing and verify their claims are true, especially when they are telling them what they want to hear.

People, get real.

Jesse MacBeth is the "Phony solider".

But Congress is blind. Politics makes strange leaders.

Stop reading something into a comment that isn't there. You look stupid.

MoveOn.Org attacked the integrity a single U.S. soldier while Rush Limbaugh attacked the integrity of every U.S. soldier that disagrees with his point of view.

What are the chances that there will be a vote on a Senate Resolution denouncing Limbaugh's statement?

The real issue is that none of these politicians or talking heads such as W, Cheney, Rice, Hannity, Levin and Limbaugh, et al. were ever in the military.

They talk the talk, but they never walked the walk. It is disgusting that thesee folks have no problem in sending in others to do their bidding, but when it came time for them to serve there was the sound of a one handed clap.

True hypocrites.

Rush Limbaugh...a phony patriot. Never wore a uniform, dodged the draft, against a tax increase to pay for the war (taxes were increased during WW2 and Vietnam), says drug addicts should be thrown in jail until HE admits he's a drug addict. If anyone is a phony, it's Limbaugh.

Why isn't Limbaugh over in Iraq? Could it be he is a coward? Like the Cain that is in the White House?

"The phony soldiers," Limbaugh then said.

Seems like "soldiers" is plural... not just one phony soldier. Bottom line - Rush is a narrow minded hypocrite who would be in jail right now if not for his dubious celebrity.

Doesn't Harry Reid have anything better to do? Also, I don't think it is fair for CNN to add [Iraq war critics] to Rush's quote, when he already came on the air to tell everyone that is not what he meant.

Notwithstanding that Mr. Mays has done a wonderful job being the son of a very rich person, neither he nor is father list military service in their biographies. Mr. Limbaugh's lack of military service is well known. Given his apparent expertise he should go to Iraq to prove to us what a "good" soldier is like.

I'm not a Rush fan, and don't listen to him. However, the comment does appear to have been taken out of context. More importantly, I criticize both Republicans and Democrats for automatically discounting any comment or idea that comes from the "other side." How about actually thinking and analyzing a situation before the knee jerk reaction comes out?
Frank in Virginia

"... MoveOn.org which assaulted a decorated four-star general..." posted by Conservative James from conservative Phoenix AZ.

The Petraus ad by MoveOn.org was puerile. It is very immature to attack someone by mocking his name or rhyming it with an unkind word. They are idiots.

However, the posture that Conservatives have taken is equally idiotic. They were "deeply offended." They had fainting spells. They got the vapors. They swooned. They were shocked. They had to take an extra valium. "How DARE they ... how COULD they say such a thing?" cried weeping Conservatives with trembling lips.

You Conservatives can get away with some pretty outrageous things, but hurt feelings and shocked indignation just don't seem to be a working part of your repertoire. What would be more natural for Conservatives would be to find a few gay guys working for MoveOn and out them, arguing that their attack on Petraus was part of the homosexual plot to attack our children's masculine role models. That is more your style.

For Conservatives to pretend to have delicate feelings would be like putting Herman Munster in a tutu. It just doesn't work.

Their pose of shocked indignation was laughably preposterous.

Let a decorated, retired four star general come out AGAINST the war and let's see how many rhymes Conservatives can find in the dictionary to insult HIM.

This thread exposes the alarming truth of how well the political leaders of this country are succeding in their goal to keep Americans divided. We, the citizens of the United States, are the losers here. The vast majority of us, are not wealthy and are doing all we can to stay afloat. The politicians of this great country are the problem. They are the wealthy, and elite who continually come up with ways to make them more wealthy and more elite on our dime. Folks, stop for a moment, and look at what you are arguing over. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. That's it! Nothing more. Those that oppose what he said are elected officials who are supposed to work for the citizens of this country. Tell me what exactly we are accomplishing by trying to get this entertainer person to apologize for something he said? These are your political leaders. Why are they so involved with this? It doesn't matter if it's democrat or republican. Both disgust me! Neither party cares about this country. If they did, don't you think one of them could have turned this country around and get it going in the right direction? Do you think either have done that? I don't. We spend billions of dollars in Iraq, while our bridges collapse due to poor maintenance. Governor Rick Perry (Texas) is paying $9,900 a month in rent while the governor's "Mansion" is being renovated. Why is that a necessary expense? Yes, that is your tax dollars at work. The bottom line is, it's not up to the government to fix our problems. For the past half century they have proven neither party can fix anything. Only make it worse. The sad truth is, as long as they keep us divided on issues that don't matter, things will only get worse, and the separation between the ruling class and the working class will only get wider. United we stand, divided we fall.

Rick Perry's new pad.
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/092607kvuehouse-bkm.112b1c979.html

Listen to the Rethuglicans howl like stuck pigs when their own tactics are turned against them. Literally for generations they've impugned the patriotism of anyone who disagreed with them. MoveOn borrows their language to criticize a political general who's hiding behind his medals to do the bidding of his civilian masters, and it's as if they'd questioned his mother's species. Give me a break. I've yet to hear anyone go beyond the ad's headline and question the accuracy of its charges, and that's what's important. And by the way, who gave the Congress the authority to decide what American citizens can and cannot say in newspaper ads? I thought the First Amendment said that Congress could make no law on that subject.

WHY is our government wasting tax payers time and money debating and making resolutions to vote upon people excising their free speech? whether those statements are taken out of context, in context, hate spewing, media printing, loving, person bashing or otherwise, etc. What Rush said, or what Hillary said, or what a political watchdog group put in an ad is not the business of the country. The proposal and vote will not change any law or tax. It will not bring resolution to the issues that matter in the US or impact anything happening in the world.

He is a chicken hawk. It is easy to support a war when your rear isn't on the line. Lets get chubby there out with a M-4 and defend "freedom". And I mean going in combact without any Oxycotin to kill the pain.
What is truly more amazing than his stupid comments are that there are people that still listen to this rogue after all the contradictionary things he has done.tool.

The Democrats look stupid on this one.

It was a comment on a commment made by someone else. You can't read anything near what they are alleging into it.

Try again, Harry Reid, you just look more foolish every time you open your mouth.

I don't watch or listen to Rush but he had consistently supported the troops and to suggest otherwise is a lie.

and on the by and by...

MoveOn *PAID* for their ad to be in the paper that we buy and read.

Rush gets paid to spew his incoherent babble on public airwaves, and is paid for by his handlers oops... employers and their handlers oops... advertisers. (yes, I have a choice of channels, but it's still public...)

Im for free speech. I ignore the fat bloviating pig called Limbaugh anyway. As to Moveon.org. They were correct. Petraus did betray us. He let the white house use him and his uniform for political purposes. Plus he lied to congress. Uniform or no uniform petraus lied. Moveon.org just pointed out the truth.

Limbaugh's fetid pronouncements reek of a man saturated in and rotted by hate. His response to the vote vets ad speaks volumes about his allegiances. Clearly he is no patriot but a man who believes his party is paramount and even combat soldiers who disagree with him are to be damned. He likened a man who risked his life in combat fighting for our ideals to a suicide bomber! a pawn. How insulting and vile.
To listen to Limbaugh is to bathe in filth.

"Listen to the whole unedited Limbaugh audio from his show. Then read what the liberal democrats in the Senate said about it. If you are an honest person you have just been shown why decent, honest people cannot support democrats. If being honest, fair and truthful have any value in your heart, you will never again cast a vote for a democrat."

Since the Democrats took a slight majority in the Senate and House, and it was the American people that voted for them, I guess you're saying over half the American voters are indecent, dishonest, unfair, untruthful and have no value in their heart.

I have listened to the call...I have read the typed-out text...it is clear to me that when Rush Limbaugh said "phony soldiers" he meant soldiers who didn't support the war. You may agree or disagree with that statement, but don't let this forked-tongue hatemonger fool you; that IS who he was talking about

he should go after the real Phony soldiers...AWOL-Bush,Rove,Dan Senor, Bremer, Wolfowitz, and the rest of the chicken hawks, won't anyone make this obvious connection and RUN WITH IT?

Turn off any "Clear Channel" station NOW. Let them know idiots like Rush are not OK with thinking Americans.

Please don't give this drug addict and Republican pawn any attention. It is a complete waste of time.

Ah, THIS is good news! The Dhimmicrats are obviously getting full of themselves, to the point that they have to make up stuff and misquote people to get attention. Those are called lies. And, they're called liars. Liar, liar, pants on fire. Dingy Harry rides again....

Sucks when Vicodin Boy is at the other end of the beatdown stick, now.... doesn't it? Maybe the Senate should pass a resolution (like the one against moveon) condemning VicoBoy.

(btw, it's the lack of Repugnican support that prevents the Senate from going to Cloture to vote on bringing the troops back. Who's supporting whom??)

Rush Limbaugh is an uneducated, irrational representative of the Republican party; he is a hot-head typical of any extreme wing.

Rush implied that any soldier who isn't pro-Bush is a 'phony.' Then he gave one example to 'prove' his point. He also said Michael J. Fox could stop shaking any time.

Limbaugh should be taken off Armed Forces Radio. If this were a more liberal talk show host that is exactly what would be called for by the Republicans. My father was in WWII, My uncle was in Korea, My brother was in Germany during the Berlin crisis, I was in Vietnam and my son just got back from Iraq. Russ Limbaugh never stepped up and those that listen to him probably have not either.

Notice how fast Hillary jumps on board condemning THIS issue?

Typical. She says NOTHING about Moveon.Org which assualted a decorated 4-Star General, but condemns Rush because he called-out a guy who falsely claimed to have served in Iraq. The "evidence" liberals have is the "S" in soldiers.

Keep defending Moveon.Org and attacking Rush. Politics as usual.

Am I the only one who sees these types of stories for what they are?

MoveOn.org says some things Republicans don't like and they cry "Make them be quiet!"

Rush says some things the Democrats don't like and they cry "Make them be quiet!"

The key part of all this is that people who are expressing opinions are being told that not only do they have to be quiet, but that they shouldn't have said those things at all.
Am I the only one that is a little nervous at all the political figures voting on how to censor people, or make them take back things they have professed? Republican, Democrat, Conservative, Liberal, it doesn't matter, everyone gets to say what they want. And everyone gets to disagree if they want.
I'm just really not looking forward to waking up one day with a black censor bar taped to my mouth.

Translation:

Please stop assailing poor Jeff Christie. All of you right-wing nuts, keep buying bumping stickers and ad time!

When will the Senate meet to rebuke the many democratic elected officials for their statements that condemn the military (Reid, Kerry, Pelosi, etc)?

The democrats can say ANYTHING and the liberal press gives them a FREE PASS; but have a conservative say something, and the dems and press take it out of context and try to crucify the person.

SUCH A DOUBLE STANDARD IN THE MEDIA.

All the Dems do is complain, complain, complain and take no action and just blame America. Clinton and/or Obama will run this country into the ground. They (the Democrats) are already doing it just so they get votes.

Its "BUSH's WAR" said the mindless 110th Congress leadership as they continue to ignore America's calls for the troops to come home..

To provide appropriate perspective, this article should provide some idea of Mr. Limbaugh's military service.

I understand that the soldiers would rather have more music than more right-wing broadcasters like Rush. (And they don't get left-wing broadcasts at all: can we say management bias?)

I'd like Congress to get us out of Iraq, instead of wasting time on free speech that they clearly don't believe in.

Haven't done a thing to end the war?....they've tried. Unfortunately stupidy runs so deep within this nation's government and those electing them, that the fools still rule and democrats are unable to make gains.

"Responding to his critics on Friday's show, Limbaugh said he was "taken out of context," adding his remark was referring to one soldier specifically — Jesse MacBeth, a vocal war critic who falsely claimed to have served in Iraq."

Right, despite never mentioning that name in the broadcast, despite using the plural form of soldiers, despite making similar statements over the years against Paul Hackett, Max Cleland, and numerous others, and despite this conversation with this caller immediately following his berating a self-identified republican veteran who disagreed with him on the war because no real republican or veteran would hold such views...yeah, of course this cover story must be true and not another pathetic lie on Limbaugh's part for his gullible audience to eat up.

Other than the current administrations Junta style crackdown on American's civil liberties – tell me when U.S. freedoms have been under attack and required defending. Enough of the cliches – lets start discussing substantively

QUINTESSENTIAL NON-STORY.

I heard that broadcast. It was the only AM channel I could receive clearly in my vehicle at the time. I was so certain Limbaugh was referring to Jesse MacBeth and others like him that I am appalled by Reid's response. I find it gauling that Reid should attempt to profit politically off two words he thought he could pluck from a transcript. With such immature comments as "what's good for the goose ..." and "maybe Limbaugh was high on his drugs" coming out of the Democrats, it is transparent that this is an attempt to offset measure for measure the censure of Hillary Clinton's MoveOn.org and an attempt to capitalize on what currently passes for public sentiment against radio talk show hosts living in the wake of Howard Stern's firing.

Mays is a major donor to the RNC, and was one of Bush's "Pioneers", he knows what Murdock knows – hate filled sensationalism sells. That's why all the koolaide drinkers love Limbaugh – he says outrageous things, because he makes money for his boss.

I'm still waiting on this windbag to say one rational thing.

On the other side of this coin though is that I don't think the Sente should have devoted 1 moment to this.

This is just a cheap political jab by Harry Reid and friends.

They must really care about the troops.

After all, they haven't done a thing to end this war.

Of course we all know – or we should all know – that Limbaugh would never impugn the honor of American soldiers in combat. He was referring only to a few soldiers who openly criticize the war.

All of those Senators know it too. But, Limbaugh has smeared many of them, told many lies, and damaged many reputations with his brainless comments. It is fun to see him run over with his own limo for a change. Not, of course, that he can see the irony in all of this.

As for me, I'm enjoying the show – not Limbaugh's show, which is stupid, but the media show over this phony issue. It's not quite a dumb as the "General Petraus don't betray us" scandal – but almost.

I think it is funny that Democrats think they have the right to tell the country that our soldiers are dying for nothing and we can't win this war, but when Rush Limbaugh is accused of saying things he didn't, which was taken way out of context, the Democrats jump back on board and say we need to defend the men and women fighting and dying for us. The Democrats are a bunch of flip floppers and can't stand up for anything they believe in. They are selffish and do only what will gain them the most political ground. And for Senator Reid to call into question Limbaugh's patriotism, maybe Senator you should look at those three fingers pointing back right at you.

Not a surprise. Mark Mays has donated about $67,000 to Republicans and about $4,000 to Democrats (one of which was Steny Hoyer – debateable democrat) in the past 14 years. To call Limbaugh talent is to call Bush intellectual. Blind leading the blind, dumb leading the dumber, this country has become hopeless.

95 seconds of audio tape on 'phony soldiers' comment is removed from Limbaugh radio show.

LIMBAUGH, THE CUT AND RUN REPUBLICAN

On the heels of the "Betray Us" controversy, Rush is making himself an easy target. At least it takes some heat off of Bill O'Reilly.

This is another example on how CNN constantly biases its stories by taking Mr. Limbaugh quotes out of context. I listened to that show an it was clear to me it was a continuation of a story Rush brought up about a Soldier who claimed atrocities he witnesses in Iraq. Later he was found out to never have been in Iraq. This would define a phony soldier. CNN is shameful not including this fact in its stories.

Listen to the whole unedited Limbaugh audio from his show. Then read what the liberal democrats in the Senate said about it. If you are an honest person you have just been shown why decent, honest people cannot support democrats. If being honest, fair and truthful have any value in your heart, you will never again cast a vote for a democrat.

Witch-hunting all over again. Senator Reid has to go, he is disgrace for the Senate. The people in USA have a right to speak their minds. Read the Constitution, Senator!

Interesting that the Democratic senators would chose this particular statement to make such a big deal about and that the media keeps it on the front page. Listening to the entire dialogue it is obvious that Rush Limbaugh was referring to the "soldier" who for whjatever reason had not served but rather had embellished their time for their own self-acclaim by making up stories about their "valor". Those are the people who denigrate the true american heroes who serve and have served our country to ensure our freedoms and saftey.

Ahh,, good 'ol Rush must have been all vicotined up when he said that.

Harry Reid. The man that slammed the entire military should have stepped down as senator. How dare he talk about anybody who talks about our soldiers.

The 110th Congressional Iraqi diversion

We're not going to get you out of Iraq as we promised but hey look over there, its a little plump birdy singing conservative songs..., ATTACK!!

Mr. Mays obviously knows he can repudiate 41 Democratic senators with impunity over his darling money-making hate-spewer as the Dems have this tendency to voice platitudes with no real consequence to thier words.

When are all of these idiots gonna give it a break?!?!?!? Did he say soldier or soldiers? What did he mean, he's wicked. I'll vote to condemn him but not them, I'll vote to defend him, but condemn them. I saw a bunch of the buffoons on CSPAN giving these high and mighty grandiose speeches likening what he did to (insert your idea of most heinous crime in the history of man here).

In the meantime...150 billion more for the war, Iran's army is a terrorist group, SCHIP goes down to veto, no movement by Congress on stopping the war, a call to China to put sanctions on Burma, yet this tabloid bull$#!% consumes the general public.

I'm waiting for a Congressional resolution to condemn Britney Spears' social shortcomings and an amendment to a defense approriations bill denouncing Paris Hilton's drug use. It was bad enough that they recently passed a resolution demanding the gov't of Japan renounce stuff that happened in WWII and make a formal apology to women that were abused.

Vote everyone of these clowns that vote on non-binding worthless BS resolutions. If this is where we're headed, wouldn't Dr. Phil be a better congressman since he knows so much about healing and recovery.

Give me a BREAK!!!!

I cannot believe that Clear Channel is defending "Druggie Limbaugh." Shame on him for his words! He is a shameful man who is out of touch with the rest of us, much like his demographic.

41 Democratic Sentors signed a letter sent to a media outlet in an attempt to restrict free speech.
Hmmm...., which is the party of Constitutional rights?

Funny comment, considering that Limbaugh is a 'phony journalist.'

YOU GUYS WILL DO ANYTHING TO BEAT THE REPUBLICANS, BUT TELL THE TRUTH.
I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU GUYS AT CNN.YOU JUST HELPED ME TO DECIDE TO UP MY SUBSCRIPTION TO LIMBAUGH'S LETTER AND INTERNET PAGE.
THANKS

I work in a business where I come in contact with many many different people, some of them US soldiers who have been in Iraq. I have NOT met ONE PERSON yet who has felt that the US military should be in Iraq. These people are REAL SOLDIERS. They are the ones who have been there, walked in the shoes of a US soldier, been shot at, been critically injured, left their families at home, and face the possibility of having to go back to the Middle East. They are the ones who make peanuts compared to what our government is paying those from Blackwater Security. For you, Rush, who thinks there are phony soldiers, I put you in the same category of Ann Coulter, that is, whenever either one of you opens his/her mouth, it only demonstrates the vast space that exists between your ears. What would be great for all of us, since we have so many people who support this war in Iraq, would be to see all of you suit up, wear a set of ARMY fatigues, and march down the streets of Baghdad. What an army that would be! Then, maybe, just maybe, something you have to say might contain a small piece of credibility!!!

Hillarious how big of idiots Harry Reid and the Cowardous Traitiors now look. Hey HArry have you even listened to the transcript of the show???Didnt think so, harry nobody is going to forget what you said and your actions toward our millitary and if you think by doing this dog and pony show is going to make people forget, you are wrong. Everyday you make yourself and the Democratic party look more and more desperate and keep writing another chapter in THE WORST DEMOCRATIC LEAD CONGRESS IN US HISTORY....You simply are a sad sad excuse for a MAN.

Here is the callers comment; "What's really funny is, they [Iraq war critics] never talk to real soldiers," the caller said." "They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media." "The phony soldiers," Limbaugh then said.

Where in the statement does it mention the solider Limbaugh is talking about? Should we assume he meant just one solider?
I guess his High School diploma is in short supply here. We are no fools Clear channel. This guy is a drug addict that called for other drug addicts to be killed and sent back to Mexico. He hates illegal immigrants and all his employees at his house in west palm are illegal immigrants...

This guy is phony and only illiterates listen to him.

Since when does Rush need anybody to defend him? He's getting soft. Hiding behind Clearchannels coattails. Weak.

Rush and Clear Channel are lying. His reference to "phony soldiers" was clearly in response to the callers criticism of soldiers who criticize the war.

Hopefully this will be the nail in this blowhard's media coffin. Donate to VoteVets to get this ad on the air:
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Limbaugh proves that any uneducated baffoon can be famous in America...I'm sad for all those who listen to him...

Way to put Media Matters in their place! You know what is funny? Harry Reid is actually helping Rush...

This attack was a joke...