…bordering on stupidity.
That’s how I see the left and Congressional Democrats with their incessant clucking about what they think Rush Limbaugh said.
Democrats on Monday called on the chief executive of Clear Channel Communications to denounce remarks by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, whom they say made a “hateful” and “unpatriotic” attack on U.S. troops opposed to the war in Iraq.
One big problem. Rush was not attacking “U.S. Troops”. When he used the phrase “phony soldiers”, he was referring to those who, as described by the US Department of Justice, “lie about their military service for financial gain or other reasons.”
A Dept of Justice investigation entitled Operation Stolen Valor has been in effect this past year in an effort to crack down on these fabricated stories of military service.
The most abhorrent example of fabricated military service was that of 23-year old Jesse Macbeth, whom Rush was alluding to on his show last week.
Macbeth's story of killing men and women as they left a Baghdad mosque included claims that he was a U.S. Army Ranger and had received the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in combat in Iraq.
His interview was translated into Arabic and distributed in the Middle East.
If anyone would bother to read the transcript or unedited audio on Limbaugh’s web site, they would clearly ascertain that Rush was labeling “phony soldiers” those individuals indicted under Operation Stolen Valor. But then again, anyone edifying and supporting the military (as Rush does on a daily basis) doesn’t fit within the template of many Congressional Democrats.
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And John Kerry wasn't calling the troops stupid when he dropped the word "us" from a speech to students but look what you guys did with that...
Get used to it Brad.
And John Kerry wasn't calling the troops stupid...
I agree. However, Kerry has a history of besmirching the military. And given he was at a college talking about education, it was difficult to give him the benefit of the doubt even if you listen to the entire speech in context.
On the other hand, Rush has always uplifted our troops. And if one listens to the entire audio of his show where he said "phony soldiers" they would understand he was referring to those who said they served in the military but actually didn't.
<"doug" condescension>You do know the difference, dont you?<"doug" condescension /off>.
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