1. .... that Rush is a board member of this charity and has donated hugh sums of money

2. .... that Rush has challanged Reid and the other senators to match the bids, and that they have failed to do so
3. ..... that this whole episode is an example of extreme abuse of power by the U.S. Congress, and
4. ..... that members of this charity, and Marines, and the military in general think very highly of Rush as a patriot and support of all military causes, and that that was the basis of the lies written in Reid's letter.

Do you think the MSM can be trusted to provide Who, What, Where, When, and Why anymore? Neither do I.

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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber

As a matter of national consequence, this story is nothing. However, because it reveals how the media works, it’s everything. Everything we’ve been saying about the bias of the media is on full display in the story. To put it another way, the media couldn't have reported the story this way -- unless everything we complain about them was true.

• The media reported the story as they understood it, and they came to understand it only through Harry Reid. They didn’t come to this situation as independent observers; they came only through the perspective of Harry Reid.
• The media have no connection to the perspectives of conservatives or people on the right, so they can’t report from that perspective. If you didn’t travel in any conservative circles, you wouldn’t know what Rush was up to.
• They only learned of this story, which had been developing for about a week, when Reid talked about it on the senate floor. Of course, by then, you would have accepted Reid’s framing of the issue without question, because you wouldn’t have heard any other perspective.

The core problem with the media is that in a country that’s slightly more conservative than liberal, the media is an enclosed liberal club. Most reporters are liberal, and they live and work among fellow liberals. They have no conservatives in the newsroom or in the studio, or at least not enough to make a difference. That’s why the classic anecdote about the reporter’s reaction to the Nixon landslide is so revealing: she didn’t know anyone who had voted for Nixon, even though it was a huge landslide.

Watch how liberals treat conservatives in journalism schools. See how liberals froth at the mouth at FoxNews, the only place where liberals don’t overrun conservatives. They want the government to censor talk radio, because the mere presence of conservatives threatens their fragile worldview. 

Even if Stewart had reported on Limbaugh's generous matching contribution, no one would know.  The only people who watch this biased crap are the NB troll hammers (for research purposes)and about 3 trolls (because they are losers).

No one has mentioned the most fascinating thing about Rush Limbaugh whether in his program or in this major event exposing Dingy Harry.......I use the word ding.

Mr. Limbaugh has been experiencing and watching these attacks on others and I would bet an EIB golden mic that Rush has just been sitting there waiting for these dingbats to pull something like this so he could run with it. That is how far ahead this guy is compared to the rest of inhumanity.
I would venture from moment before that the Eugene B. Casey foundation and other Conservatives were well aware of this auction and would play a part in making this a story and benefit charity.

It is amazing to watch Rush Limbaugh when he gets going on big projects........he does it a hundred times a day on his program setting up, leading and answering the issue, but for him to have caught all these liberals with their pants down.......and now forever it will be the highest bid in ebay will be Rush Limbaugh being attacked in a letter by Democrats.......that kind of publicity can not be purchased and stupid Harry Reid led his mob right into the ambush.

Bravo Mr. Limbaugh as you have shown you are the only one who could donate over 2 million, the only one who could bring in bidders of that price and the only one who could lead these liberals into a trap of their own making.
I want people to GET THAT POINT, Rush Limbaugh got 41 of these communist democrats to do something he had planned.

That is something which needs to be made note of as Mr. Limbaugh is not about to bring this up as his operation is one of the best in the world and how he operates is his trade secret, but for those who study him or pay attention he lets enough be known so people who appreciate the art of Limbaugh can just smile at how very adept he is at working his plan.

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Guess what folks? This is what I mean when I say that very few people outside of our rightwing talk radio/blog community are aware of the truth. The people that get their news from the MSM, and there is still a substantial amount of people who do, are unaware that the smear was contrived, and unaware as well that Rush is matching the donation, or that he challenged the Senators who signed the letter to do the same. Of the people that don't follow news that closely, only those that see a little headline on their MSN or Yahoo homepage or hear a sentence during a newsbreak on their rock or R&B station know anything about any of this. Care to guess what perspective they are getting?  The choir has heard the sermon, but the rest of the people have not.  I have made this point here and elsewhere in the past. 

Rush irritated Harry Reid and raised a ton of money, two admirable accomplishments. But in terms of PR he did not accomplish anything like he or others seem to think he did. Don't believe me? Go out on the street tomorrow and stop 20 people. See how many of them know anything about this controversy and of those that do how many honestly believe that Rush smeared the troops, and are unaware that he matched the donation and challenged Reid et. al. to do the same.

If I was Rush, I'd show up early Monday morning at Times Square and get a position at the front of the crowd of the Today Show holding a huge sign that reads something along the lines of "I matched the 2.1 million dollars, Harry Reid won't you do the same? And then when Meredith or Matt came over to me(OK, they might simply ignore him, but I doubt it) I would publicly denounce NBC for leaving that part out, and I'd challenge Harry Reid to donate an equal sum, and I would also point out that he has acquired at least that much through shady land deals. I know it sounds silly, but the sad truth is that despite the enormous audiences guys like Rush and Sean have, and the people that read sites like NB and other conservative sites, a frighteningly large percentage of Americans are very ill informed. They need to be reached, and no matter how eloquently Rush speaks on his show or how passionately you blog hear at NB, they are not going to be exposed to the truth.