"But without qualification Mark May, the owner of the network that has
Rush Limbaugh, and Rush Limbaugh should know that this letter that they're auctioning is going to be something that raises money for a worthwhile cause. I don't know what we could do more important than
helping to ensure that children of our fallen soldiers and police
officers who have fallen in the line of duty have the opportunity for
their children to have a good education," he said. (emphasis added).

"Without qualification"??? What does THAT mean?

And in the coup de grace, he actually says that he "approves" of what "they" did.

Well, which is it Harry? You and Mark May(s) cooked this up (he actually called me about it...."we" didn't think it would make much money)...or May(s) and Limbaugh did it, but you think it was for a worthwhile cause?

This is contemptible.

And they wonder why less and less people actually watch or listen to them.

I suppose the MSM will say that the Goldmans should thank OJ for any funds that they recieve from sales of the book "If I did it"?

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Fred08.com

The MSM really IS in some psychopathic sociopathic black hole universe all of its own ...

Not to mention the fact that ABC was the first to use ther terms FAKER, PHONEY HEROES, PHONEY US SOLDIER:

http://blogs.abcnews...

And if the amazing comments there are any indication of the pulse of America, this election will not be kind to Democrats.

Did ABC mention that Al Gore invented the internet?

Or that Bill Clinton single handedly enacted welfare reform?

Nice coverage of the ABC story, Warner.

I was listening to Rush today, and upon hearing Reid's statement on the Senate floor, Rush predicted that the media would run with the sentiment that the Democrats had something to do with the fundraising. He was right ... thank you ABC. It's infuriating, but all too believable.

It has been interesting to see back-to-back attacks on O'Reilly and Limbaugh. A week ago, I was prepared to think we'd see constant attacks on these guys through the '08 elections, but with Rush shoving their own words down their throats, I'm beginning to re-think my position on that.

What a pathetic, tortured way to take credit for something they had nothing to do with.  More people see through their lame contortions than they think.

this fairly well tonight.   I had a couple of minor quibbles, but they got the gist of the story right.

Just read the article by Stephanie Strom of the New York times regarding the auction.  It too follows the line the Rush called military personnel opposing the war "phony soldiers" and patted little Harry Reid on the head, saying he was a good boy.  Other than misstating facts and leaving other key facts out, it wasn't a bad effort.  Media Matters will be proud of Ms. Strom.  Her junior high journalism teacher might not be so favorably disposed.

Reid, Clinton, and the other Clinton all have the "We" syndrome.

It can be because of two things. Either they all have a turd in their back pocket or someone else accomplished something noteworthey and because they are from the same country they feel they can assume credit as well. I guess you would now call it the Ward Churchill syndrome.

The percentage of the American population that has any knowledge of this controversy is not as large as we news/political junkies tend to think, and of those that do, the percent that no the truth is not as large as we think.  A great example is my father, who while not obsessed by the news is relatively well informed, and highly intelligent.  He believed that Rush really had referred to troops who disagreed with the war as phony, because he had seen a little blurb on the MSN page about it.  That's all.

Of those that know about the letter, again the percentage that know what is really going on is lower than we believe.  I know several people that believe that this is merely CYA on Rush's part.  And more people than we realize will by into Harry Reid's ridiculous taking credit for the charity money.  Those of us that listen to Rush and other talk radio shows, and read blogs know the truth, but that is not enough.  The choir has been preached to.  We, meaning the entire conservative movement, need to realize that calling into shows with like minded audiences or participating in blogs allows us to know the truth, but it does not spread it to those that need to hear it. 

But I'll tell you this, it's genuinely discouraging to see entities like ABC MSNBC and others, do stuff like this, with reckless abandon. It's come to the point where, I believe, the networks, broadcast and cable, should be required to staff an Ombudsman to respond to egregious acts of misreporting. I'm not naive enough to believe it will fix the problem, but it seems to me, when people are permitted to flagrantly misreport the facts, there needs to be an outlet for rebuke. I've stopped buying and reading the Times, except when there's a story I hear about. However, I believe their Onbudsman has demonstrated, on more than one occasion, the willingness to take on the entrenched elite which, at the very least, causes them to step back and listen. It's time for the networks and cable outlets to do the same.

What Rush did was irritate Harry Reid, raise a boatload of money for a great cause, and greatly amuse those of us who are on the "right side" of the force.

 These are all admirable accomplishments, but most people, ya know, the regular people who aren't obsessed with the news and politics, DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS.  The real world gets its info from little newsbreaks between songs on their classic rock or R&B station, or by perusing the little blurbs on the MSN or Yahoo homepage, or by turning on the Today Show and occasionally glancing at it as they are preparing for work in the morning.  Outside of our little rightwing community, most people aren't aware of this. 

So, if Reid thinks the auction is so great, is he matching it?

...thought not.

The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press ..."

Of course, the Dems will say this letter does no such thing.

Really?

Sure, it's not an unconstitutional piece of legislation demanding Limbaugh be censured, censored or otherwise punished for his (alleged) words; this is nothing more than a "letter to the editor", right?

Well, when 41 out of 100 United States Senators - including the Senate Majority Leader, two Democrat Presidential front-runners, former Democrat Presidential candidate John F. Kerry, and Ted Kennedy - sign a "letter to the editor", that makes it a bit more significant than one written by you or I.

It becomes much more - shall I say - intimidating.

This letter is another attempt by the Democrats to get around the Constitution; the First Amendment prevents them from shutting him up directly, so they use their combined stroke to persuade the powers-that-be in the private sector to do it for them.

I point out all of this to draw attention to the deafening silence from the MSM on this end-run around the First Amendment. What would we be hearing today if Republicans had executed a similar scheme against, say, George Soros? However, the MSM instead minimizes this atrocity as "petty bickering" and tries to credit Democrats with the $4.2 million donation to charity, when they should be drawing attention to the fact that this simple letter represents a greater threat to First Amendment freedoms than the Patriot Act ever did.

(Of course, if the Democrats would stop blocking appropriations for life-preserving equipment for our soldiers, there'd be fewer dead servicemen's children in need of scholarships. But I digress.)

The precedent has been set: any time a conservative dares to speak words disagreeable to liberals, he/she may expect to have the full weight of the U.S. Senate brought to bear on their employers, seeking future restrictions on said conservative's speech that The Government could never enact on its own.

Is it getting chilly in here?

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If you don't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them!