I just saved 15% or more on my car insurance and nobody cares about this article either!

Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly & Coulter.

Fascist's one and all. This is America, so they have a right to their opinions.

But please, the people that pay them should be held to account for supporting their vile opinions.

CBS removed Imus, and some would say that ABC removed Rosie.

If ClearChannel insists on supporting Limbaugh, and FOX insists on supporting the rest, perhaps a boycott is in order.

The only thing these networks seem to understand is money, or the lack thereof.

I'm not a listener of Rush's show - but I think this was a good move (selling Harry Reid's letter - donating proceeds to the Marines).

Ball's in your court - 42 Democrats that sent the letter. Going to step up and match Rush's donation? Or are you going to slink away and continue decrying Rush's statement?

If I were betting.. I say those 42 democrats won't give ONE penny to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.

How can you smear a dope dealer who dealt with thousands of Oxycontin at a time, and yet is still free to host a radio devoid of any truth? Geez. Some young black guy would still have 11 years to go on his sentence if in Limbaugh's shoes.

If you're right-wing, you have connections. More of that vast conspiracy no one laughs at anymore, except that 29% of true believers that enjoy Bush turning our country into a military-industrial fascism.

Eisenhower is spinning in his grave. See his Farewell Speech from 1960 as he left the presidency, if you've accidentally become more fascist than conservative and confuse the terms.

Rush is the biggest piece of trash on the radio. He has no idea what it takes to be a good soldier, and only cares about spreading his political propaganda. It is clear, RUSH IS WRONG!

how honorable of rush to match the bid from ebay, on top of his normal donations to the military. I wonder if the dems will match what was raised.

Senator Reid should be indicted for Treason. His latest antics regarding Turkey put our troops at RISK…

Every American should Read this Article to understand the harm our leadership is doing…

http://www.grassoforpresident.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=11945&mname=Article&rpid=3861

Vote Pete Grasso for President: http://www.GrassoForPresident.com

Limbaugh is pure garbage, nothing he spews out of his mouth is worth listening to.

Why is it that so few people on the right come out and denounces these disgusting figures claiming to speak for them?

When you make millions of dollars, what is $46K? Limbaugh's donation is illusory, an after-the-fact publicity stunt to get himself out of yet another hole. It is also shows how much money the Republican corporatocracy can afford to squander on a letter to one of their media prophets. There's lots of money to be made in D.C. these days! Just ask the folks at Halliburton, Blackwater, and innumerable lobby firms. To put this whole thing into perspective, we do need to remember that Limbaugh makes huge wads of sweaty money spewing invective. Clearwater knows that HATE SELLS, and they goad him on.

To James from Austin: Using Rush, the draft dodger, & honorable in the same sentence is disgusting. He's hiding behind the military again as is wont by cowards.

Rush is garbage. Big mouth for someone tucked away in a studio. I would love to see him face to face with any of the people he goes after. Garbage.

Kim from Peabody,

Interesting link and I hope you vote for who you think would best run this nation but I take exception to anyone that focuses on the religion of the founders and not the Constitution they left for us.

Limbaugh is a disgusting, pathetic man and I wish that we could remove him from the political dialog entirely. We all know he wasn't taken out of context and that this is normal for him.

What is news is that CNN is posting this, other than that DITTOS RUSH!

Big-hearted Rush. Gets something for exactly $0, offers it up for auction and someone else with more money than brains wins the auction - cost to the fat addict - zero. (Matching the bid is pocket change for him, considering he's pulling down about 750k a week).

How people fall for his BS boggles the mind………….

Rush is willing to take money from morons.What's new? At least it's 46 grand less the RNC will get.I bet Brownback is jealous.

When will Lush Rumballs apologize for the sleaze he wrote and read over the air concerning Chelsea Clinton?!

GEEZ, I'M SORRY; HE WON'T, THAT WOULD TAKE A MAN!!!

TO KIM, PEABODY, MA:

BUSH PUT OUR TROOPS AT GREATER RISK THAN ANY DEMOCRAT!!!

I'm getting really tired of people invoking "the troops" when they want to start a holier-than-thou peeing contest, and this is a perfect example. Some people in Congress wrote a letter to Rush Limbaugh telling him that they didn't like what he said on his show. Rather than responding with a polite "I'm sorry you were offended–that isn't what I mean," and then letting the whole matter drop, Rush comes up with a stunt to show everyone that the troops get plenty o' love from him and that it's the Democrats who wrote the letter who are mean to the troops because they're not participating in his little game on eBay.

With all respect due the Americans serving in our armed forces in Iraq, I'm really tired of hearing all this silly bickering over who supports them the most. I wish there was some way to get everyone in Washington to stipulate to equally sufficient troop-supporting, so there could be some substantive policy debates that didn't degenerate into claims of superior troop-supporting, allegations of inferior troop-supporting, or even accusations of troop-indifference. Then maybe Congress wouldn't scramble to propose resolutions in response to every single statement about the war made by every single pundit or political action group, for sobbing out loud.

Stuff it Dems especially you Reid and Pelosi! Great move by Limbaugh. The poor move by the Dems has single handely motivated the Republican base!

This attempt by Reid failed to gain traction because it was a quote taken out of context that anyone who investigated found out.
Reid was hoping that the crazy news cycle would help it take on a life of it's own, but it only created a distraction from what we really need to focus on as a country.
Although we may not like Limbaugh, he did turn the tables on Reid and contines to smoke him with this latest ploy.
It is so sad that we have such poor leaders on both sides. If the democrats keep this up we may actually have a viable third party emerge. My vote is to have Obama and McCain splinter off and start it.

Something's wrong here. I thought that conservatives were the ones who are mean and hateful, but then I read the venom and can almost imagine the veins bulging from the necks from some of these commenters.

Kevin, Newark, New Jersey : October 15, 2007 7:10:

You are absolutely right. Just ask Democratic Congressman William Jefferson. I agree, there is lots of money to be made. Maybe our leaders should focus on correcting corruptness like this instead of passing a bill that denounces a possible genocide that occurred over 90 years ago, and puts troops lives in danger.

IF HARRY REID, WAS A REAL MAN HE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO HAVE A BACK UP OF 40 OTHER PEOPLE TO SIGN THE LETTER, WHAT A COWARD. AND THIS GUY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LEADER. I AM MAN ENOUGH TO SAY THAT TO HIS FACE.

James, Phoenix AZ

I thought you called for Limbaugh to apologize for the "phony soldiers" comment (reference the link below). Or was that just a phony poster (coward) using your name?

Personally, I think Rush made a mistake and could have phrased it better. Sort of like the moveon.org controversy, moveon.org could have phrased the Petraeus ad better without denigrating a General's name. 2 Facts still remain:

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.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/02/top-democrat-slams-limbaugh-over-phony-soldiers/#comments

Thats really encouraging that both sides manage to use the people that protect their rights in such a despicable way. Even the donation is used to make a political statement thus nullifying it as a good dead on behalf of soldiers.

To underscore what Kevin from Newark said: By comparison, what Limbaugh 'pledged' is the equivalent of $88 for someone earning $50k a year.

My, my, my. How impressive.

His comment was taken out of context.

That aside, at least the 46K raised helps offset my tax dollars wasted on a piece of paper that legislates nothing. Stop wasting our time and tax dollers making feel-good fuzzy votes that don't do anything.

What a waste.

Well. I am not a Rush Limbaugh fan but on this one I say "Go Rush!"

ThirstyJon
freedomthirst.com

I think this is great! Rush slammed a man (if you can call him that) who not only falsely claimed to have been a soldier serving in Iraq but who also spewed lies about war crimes he and his "buddies" committed there ("hanging bodies from the rafters of mosques…" Puh-LEAZE!). Then Media Matters takes it out of context to smear Rush and all the Democrats pile on, thinking they have a chance to get even with Rush.

When did these people ever condemn MoveOn.org for their ACTUAL smears of the military? Or Cindy Sheehan? Or even Zawahiri, for that matter? The fact of the matter is the Dems consider every war atrocity story to be legit, no matter how little credibility the source has.

NOW these folks want to be pro-military?! It gives me a warm and fuzzy.

Now that these democrats are all pro-military maybe they'll put their money where their mouths are… but I doubt it. They won't give one dime to this or any other military charity.

Rush you need to have a serious bowl movement. Because you are full of it. You should also get a tattoo of Anne Coulter fighting the devil or something like that. hey, got any pain pills?

For a man that got out of service for a boil on his behind, limpbaugh sure talks tough. Put your boots where your mouth is. Chickenhawk Republicans wrapped in the flag-at home.

Limbaugh exposes the attempt to abridge his 1st amendment rights, raises more than 100K for families of fallen troops (50K now on eBay plus his matching contribution), and all his opposition can do is call him names.

He he.

Rush is a true patriot, having supported the military througout the years.

This crop of liberal Democrats in Congress is doing everything they can to undermine our war against radical Islam. They are clearly on the side of the enemy.

These traitors are so blinded by their zeal to gain power that they do not even know when they are putting themselves, our lives and our way of life at risk.

Go, Rush, go. Rush is a man who puts his money where his mouth is. We're waiting to see how much money Democrats contribute to this worthy cause.

This will be half a million by the time bids are closed. That would be one million to the military or 1 1/2 million if Ried and 40 Senators donate. That would be just over $12,000 per Senator. That would be the least they could do after such obvious slander. But they won't, they would rather pull of stunts to put our troops in harms way. Make up stuff for the MSM to report verbatim with no correction to the lie. Only deep on an obscure web page does CNN report this correctly.

When the Iranian leader visited New York last month, proponents of his speech at Columbia University screamed and squealed of his "Freedom of Speech".

Now those same people (mostly leftists / liberals) are NOT willing to extend that same "Freedom of Speech" to their own countrymen, such as Hannity, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and Coulter.

For decades, Americans had very few options for their news (i.e., Cronkite and then Rather at CBS, Jennings at ABC, and Brokaw at NBC), and all 3 networks carried ultra liberals.

Evidently liberals do not like losing their captive audiences since viewers now have alternate news sources such as Fox News and Conservative talk radio.

So much for advocating "Freedom of Speech". The hypocrisy of the left is staggering.

You go ahead and start that boycott there Tony and the rest of the country will continue to "boycott" leftist, communist and liberal TV stations, radio stations and newspapers.

Pretty much everyone else.

I am not a huge fan of Rush at all, but I do know that he has supported over the airwaves and with his own money the armed forces for over 20 years, so this donation is not a stunt, but part of a "pattern" of putting his money where his big mouth is.

Let's see if that stalwart of communism, Harry Reid will be a good sport and match the offer?

Nah, he's to busy playing politics and basking in the glow of his Congress with it's lowest rating ever.

I'll save you guys the trouble, Bush sucks, I know.

Making a donation to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement does not make Rush's "phony soldiers" comment any more legitimate. Challenging Democrats to do the same is mere posturing.

To Rush: if you really care about our country, please donate some of your millions/billions toward the cost of the Iraq War, which you conservatives have gotten us into.

To CNN: please don't digify Rush's histrionics with all this publicity. There are plenty of items on ebay going for high prices and nobody cares.

Why the misleading heading? It is Rush Limbaugh that is turning the lemon of Mr. Reid into lemonaid. Would it hurt you so bad to tell it like it is just one time.

What a pitiful 110th Congress we have elected. THE WORST IN AMERICAN HISTORY!

I find vastly amusing that those of you that do bash Rush and other radio talk shows, mostly conservative ones, have never listened to an entire program. I don't mean 20 minutes here or there, I mean one entire program. So essentially, most of your comments come from ignorance and the refusal to look outside your blinders. Yes, Rush and others do make mistakes, they are human, BUT they usually speak from facts that can be easily checked, IF YOU CARE to find their opinion on the facts presented. Before you throw rocks, check your facts. And yes I am a conservative, and I find it ironic that most liberals, especially media, will only take a SLIM portion of the facts to suit their opinion, ignoring the rest of the facts that bash thier opinion. The highly edited comments of retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez is a perfect example for those of YOU willing to read his entire speech.

If any of you liberal voters would simply take the time to read the transcript or listen to the record of exactly what Rush said in the context of the topic discussed, with an open mind, it would be clear to you what he said.

It's clear to me that the dems have no real issues to embrace in this election so they are forced to sway public opinion through smear tactics.

And what's with this investigation thing. Last I heard this was America and private citizens were free to express their opinions no matter who may disagree with them or misconstrue them.

Limbaugh's a phony commentator.

Mr. Rush Limbaugh is the worst thing that has every happened to this country - anyone supporting this radio station or Mr. Limbaugh are really missing the boat - I am sure if Mr. Limbaugh reads this I will be the brunt of his discussion.

Donate some money or go to rehab - that's how you make up for ignorance these days. What a country!

It's obvious from some of these comments that many of you have not bothered to learn EXACTLY what it was that Rush said. He was condemning those who claim to have been soldiers but were not what they claimed - specifically Jesse Macbeth. This toad claimed to have watched and participated in numerous atrocities while in Iraq. The only problem was he spent a total of 44 days in boot camp, was never any of what he claimed to be, and was never in Iraq.

Like him or hate him, take the time to learn what Rush has done for the military over the years and what was actually said in this case and then try to justify vilifying him for this incident. If you have any integrity, you won't be able to.

Perhaps of the DEMs can raise some money from the China government, via Mr. Hsu, they will match the donations.
Otherwise forget it, they are too busy slapping our allies like Turkey in the face. "Cowboy Diplomacy" anyone?

I would agree that Rush says he supports the troop all the time and I don't feel that he was trying to target the troops alone here, he hates everyone that disagrees with anything he says. They can be soldiers, war heros, teachers, scientists,children, actors, or even clergy, he hates all Americans that are not ditto heads. There is more hatred towards Americans coming out of clear channel than Al Jazeer, or Bin Ladin's video club. The troops where just the target this time. This also speak volumes on Clear channel and thier agenda and creates more fodder when we finally get around to the arguements that hate mongers like Rush need to be removed from any decent broadcasts.

Rush and clear channel treated his exposure as a joke, adding insult to injury, why on earth should anyone else join in the rediculous publicity stunt?

Rush, you are as phoney as they come. As you sit there jiggling in your chair waiting for one of your employees to spoon-feed you more diatribe for your eternal petulant ranting, the truely objective people ignore you. For all the others you inflict, please just die. thanks

To the "ditto-heads" who support Rush: many of us (who are associated with the military and object to Rush's impugning those of us who oppose this idiotic war) have read transcripts of what Rush said. Rush brought up Jesse MacBeth's name after the fact is like me calling you conservatives genocidal Fascists and then saying I'm just referring to Mussolini, not you. Wake up and smell your own hypocrisy. It's not only insulting good soldiers but stinking the world up.

This whole issue is childish. Why is it that republicans feel the need to have people like Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity and O'Reilly on the air. All these people do is divide the country and spew hate. The Democrats are crazy for even acknowledging these people. The Democrats should have learned by now that the republicans are the masters at "spinning" issues.

Tighty, if Rush supports the Injured Marine Fund, then it's a phony fund. I wouldn't give 'em a dime, and nobody else should either. All I need to know about 'em is they're with Rush.

Truly our technology has exceeded our humanity.

In a technology meant to share ideas and promote real discussions, I read these postings and find too many filled with hate. I applaud those on either side that make a reasonable argument based on fact hoping to persuade their fellow citizens. But I am saddened deeply by the amount of name calling and personal attacks that demonstrate just how adolescent we remain.

Rush Limbaugh… isn't he that fat Oxycontn addict who says whatever the right wing nutjobs neocons want to hear?

Limbaugh is a magnet for left wing wackos looking to express their anger….I love the left and their tolerance for alternate opinions "lets boycott Fox and Clearchannel" - better yet…make up "facts" that they can't prove and present them as fact "Bush made up all the Iraq intelligence" - people on the left are plain stupid

Rush Limbaugh pushes the limit of free speech. Turn off and tune out America.
RL is just a fat bastard without constraint.

Way to go Rush. Great idea and job.
Real Americans know you support our troops as you indicate on your show everyday. True Patriots know what your example of phony soldiers meant. You are a great American Rush!!!

Are you people (posters AND CNN alike) EVER going to read the ENTIRE text of that phone conversation or are you going to continue to gloss over it. If you DID, you'd realize EXACTLY what Rush was saying and there's no way thinking Americans would have a problem with it. But everyone takes Media Matters (Hillary helped start it by the way) seriously without finding out what was ACTUALLY said.

I'm one of those "phony" soldiers. I've been a sailor/soldier for 20+years and am currently an Army SSG helicopter crewman who served in the 2003 invasion and schedualed to return in spring 2008. Maybe Rush would like to join me next year I could always use extra help on the missions. I know he loves to fly, I could see his beautiful business jet through the damaged hanger doors when we landed at Palm Springs airport for fuel during hurricane Frances and Ivan doing relief work. If you have not been you really are not qualified to pass judgement on any of us. I.V.A.W.

AGAIN, it takes a whole pack of Democrats to attempt a take down of a Single Republican. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK RUSH !

Let's face it, the left doesn't like Rush Limbaugh because he changed the nature of media dialogue by ruining the left's monopoly control of the media. The Left cannot win in the area of ideas, which is why try to use force and government power to silence their opposers. If the Left has so much to say, why can't it produce its own talk radio hosts that become as successful as Rush (or Hannity or the others)? Air America was the bankrupt laughingstock of media. GO RUSH!

The left has such hatred for anyone that does not agree with every thing they say or believe. Does this not scare anyone but me? To think they might win complete controll of the federal govt keeps me up at night. If this happens I promise there will be book burnings, what is really scary is that they will say its done in the name of tolerance. Blue dogs beware, there is no such thing as a conservative Democrat in Washington! What you see in Pelosi and Reid is what you are going to get! The military deserves our support they are doing their job, the darlings of the media are releasing some movies that try and say our soldiers are nothing but rapists and killers. their goal is to turn America against her soldiers once again like they did 30 years ago. This is the left, and at this time the Dem party. Be careful what you wish for!!!

Kudos to Rush Limbaugh, a great idea,
I will be contributing to our great Marines, who are protecting, the ole cowardly behinds of Reid, and 40 Senators that signed that rediculous letter. What has happened to the Senate, supposely a great body. Give us a break. a bunch of cowards, that hope we will lose the war.
TO THE DISTINGUSED SENATORS FROM WHERE EVWEM YOU ARE A DISGRACE

Rush and his supporters all showed their true colors when they started the verbal attacks on some soldiers. They love to go on about how they support the troops - especially veterans, but that's only as long as these people toe the party line. The moment a veteran speaks up in opposition to Rush or the GOP right wing talkers are ready and willing to trash the veteran - even one who suffered a head injury.

Take the top bid, divide by Rush's income. Multiply result by a senator's income, then you'd have a realistic figure of what any of them can pay. For some people like Biden, the bid could be higher than what they make in a year. But then again, Rush wouldn't understand that.

Also, do people really think that this is ALL coming out of Rush's pocket if the bid tops 6 figures (and the winner doesn't back out)? After so many years making millions each year, he could probably afford it, but I'd be surprised if he doesn't receive assistance and if all the matching donations are from his personal accounts. The show will probably just expense it since it's bringing in ratings.

PHONY SOLDIER???? LOOK AT RUSH, HE WOULDN'T LAST A WEEK PAST RECEPTION IF HE TRIED. HE HAS NO CLUE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SOLDIER NOR THE COURAGE TO EVEN TRY.

Please explain to me once again how a bunch of Congressmen writing a letter to the CEO of a media company asking him to condemn the remarks of one of the company's syndicated show hosts = infringement of Rush Limbaugh's 1st Amendment rights.

Explain to me how it is not, by contrast, an exercise of those 1st Amendment rights by the 42 members of Congress in respose to Limbaugh's exercise of the same.

Explain to me how Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays was prevented from exercising those rights in response to the letter.

I'd suggest an emergency remedial course on the construction and meaning of the 1st Amendment for some of you. It does not, for example, entitle one to a forum in the form of a syndicated radio talk show immune from all criticism and condemnation.

people can overcome oxycotin addiction, but democrats cannot overcome liberalism..it's a degenerative brain disease..witness harry reid

Can anyone from the past, give information on the senate passing resolutions on a private citizen and their comments? Why the congress is wasting our tax payers money ? Should we not be discussing on the non binding resolution of nanci pelosi on atrocities of turkey on armenians? How that is affecting our friendly relations with turkey?

ENOUGH of saying the left-wing despises anyone saying something they disagree with or vice versa. You can find a ton of examples of this from both sides. It really confounds me that any American can staunchly and continuously defend either party regardless of what they do. They both screw up all the time. Frankly, I'm DISGUSTED with the constant finger-pointing and political stunts on both sides. Congratulations to Rush for making a donation completely meaningless by politicizing it. And Reid et al need to not waste time writing letters to ClearChannel and get to legislating.

How about we ask Rush to really support the troops? There is a bill to lower the retirement age to 55 instead of 60. That's right the folks next door to you that are 40% of the force and are fighting and putting their careers and lives on the line don't see a dime for retirement until they are 60. How about he speaks out about the cuts for the past 6 years to the VA and lack of funding to care for our wounded. I could go on and on about supposed military supporters who fail to speak out about real issues and legislation that would actually show support for veterans.

I wonder if General Sanchez, the retired leader of Coalition forces in Iraq is also a "fake soldier." That is awfully big talk for a nobody with a 4-F deferrment for a boil on his butt and a pill habit.

Limbaugh is such a sleaze-ball. We all know exactly who you were talking about, Rush, and it wasn't just one soldier. You were labeling all those who don't agree with you as phony, and no monetary donation is going to change that.

I find it sad that many of the Rush-haters here keep referring to him as "fat" and "the addict" rather than questioning the content of this article. Rush said something, explained what he meant, got slammed by a media watch-group a week later, and then received this letter. Anyone who listens to Rush, if only for an hour, knows that he is in full support of the military. He is a private citizen and can auction anything he wants on eBay. He's donating the proceeds to charity and matching the contribution out of his own pocket… what's wrong with asking the Democrats who smeared him to make this right and show support for the troops?

And for those who don't know, this charity helps provide money for children of Marines KIA to go to college and things like that… $50K for a letter, $50K from Rush, and $2.1mil from the 42 Senators. How may college educations can be bought with that kind of money? Stop pretending this is a bad thing.

Rush Limbaugh's stunt of donating money is like Micahel Vicks donating all his money to the dog owners and asking to match the contributions from Law Enforcement authorities and NFL.

Limbaugh said he was "taken out of context," and added he was referring to one soldier specifically — Jesse MacBeth, a war critic who falsely claimed to be an Iraq veteran.

Why does CNN continue to publish this transparent lie? If you read the entire transcript, not just Rush's deceptively condensed version, you'll see that he was calling all anti-war soldiers phony, not just Jesse MacBeth, whose name didn't even come up for over a minute after Rush said, "The phony soldiers."

There's no one more phony than Rush.

Limbaugh uses the term "phony soldiers" and then later says he was talking about ONE specific soldier named Jesse MacBeth. Why didn't he say "phony soldier"? That would put it in context if that's what he truely meant. And apparently the Marine Corps are filled with phony soldiers since they have already stated they want an exit from the war leaving only the Army in Iraq. And all the Generals that have spoken out against the war.

Harry Reid is another pathetic member of Congress who is unable to lead in any meaningful way or even outmaneuver a blowhard like Limbaugh.

RUSH, HANNITY, O'REILY AND COULTER ARE THE BIGGEST, HATRED FILLED, PARTISON NEO-CONS ALIVE. THEY STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN OVER THE BUTT WHIPPIN' THEY TOOK IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS.AND CAN SEE THE WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER COMING OF REPUBLICANS IN 2008.

If I am to understand this correctly, Rush is fixing his PR problem by throwing money at it?

Cowards? Bush and Cheney are the biggest chicken you know what in America. Bush chopped up military record. His father should be ashamed. Cheney- 5 deferrments. Never in the history of this country. Cowards, Liars, hate mongers. They are why the whole world hates this country.

Go Rush Go.

I love how CNN still smears his comments in the last paragraph here. It was so easy to just read the transcript and you see the truth.

Harry Reid has the right to complain to anyone he likes, this is America. People also have the right not to like that he complained. Again this is America.

No one seems to address the fact that the letter was sent to Clear Channel's CEO. It was not sent to Rush so how is it that Rush sells a letter that was not addressed or meant for him on Ebay?

Basically it comes down to this. You do something that I find offensive in the performance of your job. I complain to your employer. Your employer gives you the letter. You get upset and retaliate.

In any other setting it would be highly inappropriate to pass on these kind of complaints.

It amazes me that in order to have an opinion on anything anymore, you:

1) must have served in the military
2) can't possibly have had any links to medication for whatever condition you have.

Everyone who posted on this topic that criticized Rush has obviously served in the miltary, and has never needed a prescription (or a "fix") for an ailment….interesting.

Ironic, that in the same posting where Rush refers to Congress "demonizing a private citizen", he also refers to himself as "America's Anchorman, Rush Limbaugh, also known as: America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie…"
Limbaugh is not, by any means, a private citizen. His remarks aren't hard to misconstrue, seeing as how he didn't at all mention that the "phony soldiers" remark was only meant to refer to one person (wouldn't that have been soldier, then?) If what you say is unclear, it's not the faut of others for misinterpreting it.
Personally, I find it incredibly discouraging that a man three times divorced, twice investigated for drug crimes in the past five years, and who constantly distorts and exaggerates in his reports can claim to be any kind of "moral voice" for America.

How can the libs and democrats be so stupid as to suggest that Rush is calling our vets phony? They show their ignorance and anti-Americanism on a daily basis, they embolden our enemies and are just as big of a threat to our nation internally as terrorists are externally.

Typical of the "Dems" to take everything out of context and use it for their own political gain, isn't it?

My suggestion…Boycott the radio sation Big Boy works for. Better yet boycott the advertisers, the almighty dollar hurts. By the way IMUS is coming back in December to ABC, let's boycott their advertisers too!!!

Regardless of your opinion of Rush Limbaugh…

Does it not bother anyone that Senator Reid and 40 other Democrat Senators used valuable Senate time (and your tax dollars) for political grandstanding?

They are responsible for upholding the constitution yet do not wish to protect Limbaugh's freedom of speech.

If you have had the opportunity to listen to Limbaugh's comments in their entirety, it would be clear that the content of Reid's letter is inconsistent with the words that Limbaugh actually said.

Reid should stick to what he does best—making huge profits from shady land deals.

I won't believe Rush will donate the money until I see the Marines holding a receipt for the money.

BTW - I wonder if Rush knows that the Marines have asked to be removed from Iraq and to be sent to Afghanistan - where the REAL war on terror is being fought?

Once again we see the liberal left not being able to answer with any thing but personal attacks when they are presented with the facts. When will one of you stand up and refute what Rush had to say instead of attacking him because he happens to disagree with you. No wonder this country is so screwed up. Nobody is willing to take the time and get the truth. We have all become mindless followers of what we are told. Stand up and think for yourself. Quit voting based on a party and start discovering the real issues and where people really stand. Vote for the person who will really do what they say and not say what you want to hear and then do something totally different. It's not about Democrat or Republican. It's about America and what's best for our country. I am so sick of this my party is better than your party crap. I want one politician to stand up and do what's right for the country, whether that is popular or not. What's right is not always popular and what's popular is not always right.

Get real, if you don't like what Hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter and Limbaugh say, then don't listen, don't watch, don't buy their books and don't support their advertisers. I have done my part by locking Fox out of my satellite selections.

Quick! Somebody get this man an oxycotin! I can see it now, "Limbaugh's prescription for sale on eBay." Keep blindly following folks, keep following.

Why is anyone surprised at Reid and his fellow "signers" of the document in question? Their motives are clear and their methods are as devious as you'd expect from people whose capacity to THINK is minimal and goes mostly unused. Egg is upon face!!

Harry Reid is a true hero and patriot. Thank you Senator Reid.

I'll say two things.

1. I think Rush Lumbaugh is an idiot.
2. I also think his statement was probably taken out of context by Harry Reid for political purposes.

So I was wondering does this auction include a free bottle of OxyContin?

This is truly a pathetic publicity stunt.

Charity baby, charity!

Let's see if the Dem's will belly up to the donation bar and put their money where their mouth is. They sure talk a lot, usually smear and degredation, now we will see how much they support our soldiers.

'So much for advocating "Freedom of Speech". The hypocrisy of the left is staggering.

Posted By Thomas, St. Petersburg, FL'

I agree… I always find it amusing that "freedom of speech" is valid only when it's a something that a liberal wants us to know - never when it's something they don't believe.

Regardless, this is crazy! Who cares what Harry Reid thinks of Rush Limbaugh. Harry Reid is some old dude working in DC. Rush Limbaugh is a windbag. Personally, I would align myself more toward Rush's way of thinking, but I'm not exactly bosom buddies with either of them. I fail to understand why everyone goes so loopy over these articles. We've got the left-wing name-callers, the right-wing hoohahs. I don't get it. Y'all get so fired up you forget how to spell. Or else you're so woefully uneducated that you just don't know how to spell.

Then there are those of you who lambast CNN for reporting on these articles. Guess what?!? You don't have to read the article if you don't think it's news. You don't even have to view CNN.com if you don't think they offer news.

Now go get your blood pressure medicine, or your Xanax, or a nice cup of Chamomile tea (or a shot of tequila), and get over yourselves.

Ah, so illinformed are many of you people posting messages about this story. You and your posts are proof that the mainstream left-leaning media is doing their job by putting out information that is not factual. The fact is, if you guys would actually listen to the show and go to his website and listen the to the clip you would realize that Rush is telling the truth. But instead, you spend only a minute or two reading this story probably from your cubicle at work or college dormitory and instead of checking the facts, you give a knee-jerk reaction about something you know nothing about.

Congratulations, you now look as foolish as the 41 senators who signed this letter!

What I find most interesting is how this fat drug abuser can dish it out, but whines and cries like a little baby when anyone calls him out.

He is a total fraud.

I applaud Rush for posting the letter and for challenging the democrats to back up their words with the money in their pockets! The old saying, "put your money where your mouth is…" The fact that he is willing to match the highest bid and donate it to the Marines shows his support and where his loyalties are.

Fifty thousand dollars!! That's almost a whole month's worth of Oxycontin!

A day before this incident,Rush limbaugh had a segment on phony soldiers like Jesse MacBeth and it was one whole segment. So, it was a natural continuation for using the word phony soldiers.

By the way, few minutes back, I heard the spokesperson for The Marine Corps -Law Enforcement Foundation and he thanked Rush for millions of dollars he has dontated. so, this is not the first time, he has contributed to the foundation.

More and more of this news is played, democrats are getting into defensive mode. Not a good strategy

Some of the Limbaugh supporters must be dipping into his oxycotin supply.
phony. Limbaugh is too stupid to realise many soldiers are against this war.

Limbaugh is the one who offended the soldiers not the Dems so it is Limbaugh and Clear Channel who need to make restitution to the soliders.

That quote wasn't taken out of context. Maybe in Limbaugh's flawed mind he meant Jesse MacBeth, but I heard the exchange and I never heard MacBeth's name mentioned once. Besides, if he was talking about one person he wouldn't have used "phony soldiers" in the plural sense.

Politics is opportunism at its worst. This is just another example.

Shame on Rush for saying what he said. Shame on everyone else for giving him the opportunity to turn it around into self-promotion.

Don't these idiot Democrats have anything better to do than write letters about radio hosts or condemn Turkey about something that happened 100 years ago? I think we need to scrap Congress and just start over.

I'm glad that this wasn't a self-serving political stunt.

I think it's fair to say that whether or not these legislators match Rush's donation or not is not a personal reflection on them; neither should it be. When is the last time you donated money to something because somebody dared you to? This is more of a typically tasteless Rush Limbaugh maneuver, designed to redirect attention from himself. If it wasn't, we wouldn't be reading about it on CNN. He would have quietly donated the money without grandstanding about it. If any of these men and women choose to match, you can rest assured their focus is on the troops. Those who don't are merely refusing to regress to the third grade and fight Fatty Limbaugh on the schoolyard.

Limbaugh is a uneducated, unqualified merchant of Republican deception. He is currently a saddle without a horse as are many others who have seen their vaulted party be taken to ruin by the person they so strongly supported.

It's the "art of the misdirection" or what to do when you don't plan on delivering what you promised. The “new” US Congress stormed into the nation’s capital on promises to the American public to focus on their priorities. Unfortunately, the “their” the new Democratic Congress was referring to was in fact themselves – not the US public or even the nation’s broader interests.
http://theamericancrisis.wordpress.com/

Bad reporting job at the end — letting Limbaugh's claim that he was taken out of context stand without a rebuttal, when clearly he was not referring to that one "soldier." It's lazy reporting one might expect from Fox News - "fair and balanced" meaning both sides get reported equally even when one's clearly wrong, with no mention that one side IS clearly wrong.

What the hell does that have to do with Rush Limbaugh, TP? And what language was that written in?

Nevermind the Democrats leading a bi-partisan majority recently submitted a bill to ensure health insurance for lower and middle class children in this country, but captain veto stepped in the way.

Truly… it is sad to think that people hate Rush so much that they are willing to:
call him horrible names,
make fun of his weight,
make light of an addiction
he as overcome, and
probably the worst of all is
say he has no right to
voice his political opinions
or even worse that he should
be removed from the airwaves.

If all of you are the democrats that want to take office soon… please dont sign me up. You guys accuse others of facisim… wow. I guess we need a law to quiet rush for the good of the village. You people make me sick.

The libs know they are lying about Limbaugh it is just that a liberal democrat feels no obligation to be honest like most on the right do.

This morning it was reported that Lib talk show host Randi Rhodes was mugged. All over the net, conservative after conservative was saying that even though they disagree with her that they wish her the best and hope she is alright. Reading these comments here, do you think libs would feel the same way if it were Rush? Obviously not, they would be hoping that he would die.

For those who are asking, that is the difference between the left and the right.

I heard that to Doug, and even if her stances on anything are so far out of whack with mine, I do wish her well.

Rhodes, like Rush is a yakmeister who is just doing their "jobs".

I was however pissed, that Elliot of that same network hinted over the AIRWAVES that it was some crazy right-wing lunatic who did this as a hate crime ONLY, with no evidence, just simple stupid prejudice.

Right Doug!

We should be compassionate to Rush like Rush was compassionate to Michael J. Fox about his illness.

Rush doesn't care what people say about him as long as they are still talking about HIM. He is a total waste of skin and space.

>>Mr. Rush Limbaugh is the worst thing that has every happened to this country<<

Considering this country has seen slavery, families pulled apart, the eradication of an entire ethnic groups history, the trail of tears, internment camps, the assissination of countless civil rights luminaries, the great depression, Vietnam - this is an INCREDIBLY stupid statement to make.

As for the donation - Rush has donated, and more than likely will donate, far more than this auction is going for.

Disagree with the man all you want, but obfuscating facts and putting blinders on to make ones point only makes you look silly.

If it's true, well bugger! 'Phony Soldier' that's the worst thing I heard in a decade.

JoEllen, I said nothing about being compassionate toward Rush, that is your choice.

I just showed the undeniable difference between the left and the right.

The majority of those on the left wish for conservatives to die or at the very least cheer bad things that happen to conservatives and wish them and their families harm.

A majority of those on the right wish for the well being of all, even those who disagree with them.

That is why a pro-choice pro-gay marriage person like myself has to vote against liberal democrats, I can't get on board with the hate and the lies like the Limbaugh phoney soldier thing.

A conservative running for office could not talk about shooting the president between the eyes, the right would take issue no matter who was president. When Alan Hevisi said it about Bush, he knew that a majority of his blue state democratic voters would be in full agreement with him.

Sorry, comparing some talk show host to actual politicans elected by the people who hold public office won't work, just to save a lib the embarassment of trying to respond to these facts with that flawed comeback.

Don't hold your breath that Reid, Pelosi, Clinton, etc. will match Rush's contribution. The military knows who their supporters are and their supporters are NOT the Democrats in this country. This is proved every day and every way.

The lie about this whole situation proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that liberals and Democrats are not concerned with the truth. They're concerned with power and they will stop at nothing to get it.

Way to go, RUSH! Keep kicking them in the rear!!!

Rush got the idea to post this on eBay while browsing for oxycontin deals.

I listened to rush for the first time the other day. He gets so MAD! He should lay off the crack.

Aren't there some legal issues here? Being that Limbaugh's radio show is a public media? I certainly hope no one would ever sell one of my comments on ebay.

"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late.

Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."

RUSH…wrong charity…please donate the money to the Harry Reid Bozo the Clown org.

I would be willing to bet 50K there is an off button on your radio. If you don't like him turn the off button. No one forces you to listen to him. I can't stand the man so I don't listen to him. But, I do defend his right to say the stupid stuff he says.
Obama 08

Touched a nerve here, liberals? This is the best. Way to go Rush! This is so much fun.

Well Doug - I don't think that you are right in your comments. I overheard Giuliani talking about sending a plane with Edwards, Clinton and Obama towards the mid-east last night - that sounds pretty hateful.

I guess the Repubs don't make with the nasty talk - they prefer to just quietly invade a small country that was minding it's own business and level it. 54% of Iraqis who have died because of Bush's disaster have been women and children. He is a war criminal personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of our OWN young men and woman.

Rush Limbaugh is of zero importance compared to this - ZERO. Have you even listened to his program? He says some enormously rotten things about lefties every day - oh, and how about Ann Coulter? Did you hear what she said about Jews recently? Are you even LISTENING before you open your mouth?

Limbaugh was speaking about a man that was never in combat and didn't even make it though boot camp who spoke about events that he could not possibly have been a part of.

In addition to this person he in general considers people who have lied about being in the service to either get benfits that rightfully belong to our brave soldiers or to make false claims about military occurances "phony soldiers". What is wrong with that?

$105,000.00 (so far) to honor and further the education of the children of those great Americans who have given their lives for our freedom–Thank you Rush.

When will CNN get it right? I heard the original comments made by El Rushbo on this Phony Soldiers issue; He clearly was addressing the fact that a soldier who could not even complete basic training made false statements. These statements made included atrocities he stated were committed by our soldiers in theater.

As a former soldier (who not only completed basic training but my three year tour of duty) I found the coverage of this story By CNN and other media outlets to require “a willing suspension of disbelief”.

Rush Limbaugh was clearly then targeted by members of the Senate for comments that were clearly taken out of contexts and the enflamed by Media Matters and others.

Here is CNN’s chance to “Get it Right” and show they support our troops. Call on every member of the Senate who signed the letter to the president of Clear Channel to match Rush Limbaugh’s pledge to donate a matching amount from the auction of this historic letter.

i love Rush. He beats the Libs every time. It's kind of funny that Harry Reid and the huge failure Pelosi have approval ratings 3 times lower than BUSH.

You libs who have never listen to a firsthand word Rush has said, ever, have very passionate views about the man none the less. Let me guess, "I don't have to hear that blowhard to know he's an idiot". Always fun to see you intellectual elites being led by the nose, running on pure emotion.

This article seems like it is missing a lot of content. I Would Like To Hear the Full Story. Please do a follow up story or email me at jcbasic@sbcglobal.net

The news here is that the Senators took time away from the nation's business to attempt to interfere with the First Amendment. Our tax dollars being wasted as usual. Good for Rush for raising money and matching. BTW the high bid is over $850,000!!!

Wow..The letter is now up to $851,000. If the Senators would agree to match that donation it would really help Military families. Who cares what people think of Limbaugh it is a good cause and will help those the Democrats claim to now love. I can't imagine anyone hating Limbaugh so much they would not support our Military??

$50,000?

$100,000?

Heh..The bidding on Harry Reid's Smear Letter has now topped $1,200,100.00….

All proceeds to The Marine Corps — Law Enforcement Foundation

And its still got a like 13 hours to go.

Limbaugh is going to match the winning bidder's funds. That means the Marine Corps — Law Enforcement Foundation will be collecting on a donation of at least $2,400,200.00!!!

Go Rush Go!!

The bid is now over $2,000,000. A caller asked Rush what he would do if someone bought this document for $20,000,000. Rush said thats just a book and a couple of speeches. The money for this organization is great, but statement behind this auction has political power.

Bidding up to $2,000,200. TWO MILLION DOLLARS Winning bid to be matched by Rush personally. A money going to a worthy charity. Yet the MSM by an large is ignoring it. Why is that?

There was no smear. Limbaugh did not mention that one soldier - Jesse MacBeth - until a minute and a half after he called those who disagree with him "phony soldiers". Later on, Limbaugh expanded his "phony soldiers" to included decorated Marine veteran and Democratic Congressman John Murtha. Limbaugh has edited the transcript of his show as it appears on his web site to remove that minute-and-a-half span between his mentioning "phony soldiers" and Jesse MacBeth. He then claims that the transcript on his web site is an exact record of what transpired.

As usual, Limbaugh has lied, and people in the media too lazy to do any digging have taken his word for what he said.

If you want to read the REAL transcript of what Limbaugh ACTUALLY said, fo to the Media Matters for America web site (www.mediamatters.org).

Everything Rush says about the drive by media is true. The auciton is now over $2,000,000 and NO MENTION on CNN !

Come on Senators, Rush is going to match this, you should also ! Where is Hillary ? She signed this letter, but she sure is afraid !

Good job Rush! It's about time some one cares about the troops, lord knows the demorats would rather give help to the terrorist. That includes CNN, MSMBC, cBS, and the rest of the liberal hate the military media.
Oh yeah some one brought up checking the source with media matters. Now there is a good source of lies and deception that control the demorat party. Hey go ahead and let george "the communist" soros to run your life.

1. Rush putting up the letter for auction, made Reid and his cronies look like fools.
2. Reid claiming credit for the $2,000,000 donation today confirmed that the Nev. senator is a fool.

Sen Reid - a little advice - An old Navy chief told me in the early 60's that it was better to keep your mouth shut and have some people think that you're a fool, than opening your mouth and removing all doubt.

You demonstrate your ignorance and blind predjudice when you do not search out the facts. I was listening to the original "phony soldier" comment re: a man who POSED as a soldier with FALSE documentation to LIE about our troops. Take 30 seconds and "Google" the name Jesse Macbeth for the facts. Grow up and be the open-minded people you claim to be.

Reid distorted the truth for his own adgenda. LYING on the Senate floor: what do you think he's up to??? Do you question his motives? Why is he sanctified?

Everything Rush says about the drive by media is true. The auciton is now over $2,000,000 and NO MENTION on CNN !

Posted By Bill, Newport Beach CA : October 19, 2007 9:26 am

They're probably not mentioning it, Bill, because Rush is basing all of this on a lie. He edited out over a minute of the audio of his show (and edited the transcript on his web site to match), and then claimed that it was a factual record of what he said.

The only smearing going on is being done by Rush Limbaugh. First he smeared eveery soldier who disagrees with him, then he changed it to say that he only smeared Jesse MacBeth, then he revised it to include decorated Marine veteran John Murtha. The Media matters web site has the original text of Rush's smear, if you care to go there (www.mediamatters.org) and learn the truth about one of the biggest liars in America - Rush Limbaugh.

You demonstrate your ignorance and blind predjudice when you do not search out the facts. I was listening to the original "phony soldier" comment re: a man who POSED as a soldier with FALSE documentation to LIE about our troops. Take 30 seconds and "Google" the name Jesse Macbeth for the facts. Grow up and be the open-minded people you claim to be.

Posted By Linda, Warren, MI : October 19, 2007 2:12 pm
Actually, Linda, you've demonstrated YOUR ignorance by siding with Rush Limbaugh on this one. If you go to his web site to read what he said (or view the You Tube video he posted), you only see an EDITED version. Rush doctored the tape to change what he said - if he was only talking about one soldier, then why did he use the phrase "phony SOLDIERS" (plural).

If you want to learn the truth, Linda, go to the Media matters web site (www.mediamatters.org) and read the complete unedited transcript.

Good job Rush! It's about time some one cares about the troops, lord knows the demorats would rather give help to the terrorist. That includes CNN, MSMBC, cBS, and the rest of the liberal hate the military media.
Oh yeah some one brought up checking the source with media matters. Now there is a good source of lies and deception that control the demorat party. Hey go ahead and let george "the communist" soros to run your life.

Posted By Bob Cincinnati, Ohio : October 19, 2007 1:36 pm

I'm the one who mentioned Media Matters, Bob. They have the actual transcript of what Rush said - not the edited one Rush claims is what he said.

And I bel;ieve that george Soros is a better human being than Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, O'Reilly, Levin, and all the other right-wing wackos put together could ever HOPE to be. It's too bad that so many pinheads like you have OD'd on their Kool-Aid.

For those who don't believe me, here's a link to Media matters, where you can hear the complete unedited audio of Rush Limbaugh slandering all those "phony soldiers" for yourself. Then if you want, you can compare it with what Rush says is the complete transcript and see who's the liar here. (Hint: it's El Rushbo.)

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280010?f=h_latest

Just think the senate has finally done something (though through the back door) that is actually positive or good.