....the stench of the Klintin machine once again...
"AnAmericanCitizen" <NoAmnesty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> Haha....they're really getting desperate. I can't understand why the
> Senate has
> allowed themselves to be led by such a whiner (and I might add,
> liar)....AAC
>
>
> Democrats go after Limbaugh
> By Klaus Marre
> October 01, 2007
>
> 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.
>
> At issue is a remark from Limbaugh that characterized such troops as
> "phony
> soldiers." Democrats have seized on the issue, allowing them to hit back
> at
> Republicans who similarly latched onto a MoveOn.org ad that referred to
> Gen. David
> Petraeus as "General Betray Us."
>
> "Thousands of active troops and veterans were subjected to Mr.
Limbaugh's
> unpatriotic
> and indefensible comments on your broadcast," Senate Majority Leader
Harry
> Reid
> (D-Nev.) said in his letter to Clear Channel Chief Executive Mark Mays.
> "We trust you
> will agree that not a single one of our sons, daughters, neighbors and
> friends
> serving overseas is a 'phony soldier.' We call on you to publicly
> repudiate these
> comments that call into question their service and sacrifice and to ask
> Mr. Limbaugh
> to apologize for his comments."
>
> On his show Monday, Limbaugh blasted Democrats for their criticism,
saying
> it is part
> of a smear campaign aimed at discrediting him.
>
> "If anybody in this country has been trying to demoralize the troops, it
> is you, sir,
> and your members of the Democrat Party," Limbaugh said. "You have waved
> the white
> flag of defeat."
>
> Reid stated that he is confident that "Republicans join with us in
> overwhelming
> numbers," arguing that "anything less would be a double standard that
has
> no place in
> the United States Senate."
> The Democratic leader stated that the letter would be available all day
to
> allow
> other senators to sign on.
>
> The letter points to a December 2006 poll that shows more service
members
> disapproved
> of President Bush's handling of the war than voiced their sup****t for
it.
>
> "From this figure alone, it is clear that Mr. Limbaugh's insult is
> directed at
> thousands of American service members," the letter said. In remarks on
the
> Senate
> floor, Reid noted that Limbaugh's show is broadcast on Armed Forces
Radio,
> indicating
> that this makes the matter even worse.
>
> The Democratic leader voiced his strong sup****t for the First Amendment
> but said in
> this case Limbaugh went "way over the line."
>
> He blasted the popular talk show host for attacking the "courage and
> character of
> those fighting and dying for him and for all of us."
>
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