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No, he didn't injure his ass. . .it came that way. I'm talking about scraping the bottom of the talking points barrel.
I often catch Limbaugh's "Morning Update," a 90-second clip on the radio. It happens that it comes on right before the news, so if I'm in the car at the right time, there he is. I am often astonished at how many distortions, exaggerations and flat-out lies can be contained in a minute and a half. But, I rarely catch his actual show.
Apparently, Limbaugh has disparaged the reputations of any service member who doesn't toe the Republican line on the war. Support the troops, indeed. He's a pig.
[Excerpt]
Limbaugh: Service members who support U.S. withdrawal are "phony soldiers"
During the September 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq "phony soldiers." He made the comment while discussing with a caller a conversation he had with a previous caller, "Mike from Chicago," who said he "used to be military," and "believe[s] that we should pull out of Iraq." Limbaugh told the second caller, whom he identified as "Mike, this one from Olympia, Washington," that "[t]here's a lot" that people who favor U.S. withdrawal "don't understand" and that when asked why the United States should pull out, their only answer is, " 'Well, we just gotta bring the troops home.' ... 'Save the -- keeps the troops safe' or whatever," adding, "[I]t's not possible, intellectually, to follow these people." "Mike" from Olympia replied, "No, it's not, and what's really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media." Limbaugh interjected, "The phony soldiers." The caller, who had earlier said, "I am a serving American military, in the Army," agreed, replying, "The phony soldiers."
Read the rest (with transcript and audio) at: MediaMatters.org
No, he didn't injure his ass. . .it came that way. I'm talking about scraping the bottom of the talking points barrel.
I often catch Limbaugh's "Morning Update," a 90-second clip on the radio. It happens that it comes on right before the news, so if I'm in the car at the right time, there he is. I am often astonished at how many distortions, exaggerations and flat-out lies can be contained in a minute and a half. But, I rarely catch his actual show.
Apparently, Limbaugh has disparaged the reputations of any service member who doesn't toe the Republican line on the war. Support the troops, indeed. He's a pig.
[Excerpt]
Limbaugh: Service members who support U.S. withdrawal are "phony soldiers"
During the September 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq "phony soldiers." He made the comment while discussing with a caller a conversation he had with a previous caller, "Mike from Chicago," who said he "used to be military," and "believe[s] that we should pull out of Iraq." Limbaugh told the second caller, whom he identified as "Mike, this one from Olympia, Washington," that "[t]here's a lot" that people who favor U.S. withdrawal "don't understand" and that when asked why the United States should pull out, their only answer is, " 'Well, we just gotta bring the troops home.' ... 'Save the -- keeps the troops safe' or whatever," adding, "[I]t's not possible, intellectually, to follow these people." "Mike" from Olympia replied, "No, it's not, and what's really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media." Limbaugh interjected, "The phony soldiers." The caller, who had earlier said, "I am a serving American military, in the Army," agreed, replying, "The phony soldiers."
Read the rest (with transcript and audio) at: MediaMatters.org
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