Rush ‘Phony Soldier’ Swiftboating Slur
27 September 2007 11:11 pm by Taylor Marsh
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Who is this arrogant, chickenhawk punk calling phony?
U.S. soldiers who have been in harm’s way? Really.
Is Jon
Soltz a “phony soldier”?
What about Jon Powers? Another soldier who served valliantly and who is now running for Congress.
Is former general Wesley Clark a “phony
soldier,” because he’s denounced the Iraq war?
Is former Lt.
General Gregory Newbold a “phony soldier”? What about Paul
D. Eaton, former general Anthony
Zinni, or retired Army
Maj. General John Batiste, or Maj.
Gen. Charles Swannack. What about the fighting Dems from the 2006 election?
We already know what Republicans tried to do to John
Murtha, so I guess he’s a “phony soldier” too.
We know Rush Limbaugh thinks John Kerry is a “phony soldier”, with the whole Republican machine chiming in to take him down for his service, bravery and commitment to this country. Does Kerry’s heroism behind his Silver Star make him a “phony soldier”? According to Rush, you bet.
Is James Webb a “phony soldier”? I’d like to hear Rush Limbaugh say
it to his face. I’d buy tickets for that one.
I can’t even imagine saying this on the air. I talked about it earlier today on my show. If any progressive or liberal
host came close to the slur Rush Limbaugh threw out so casually that person
would be canned. Sean Hannity would be asking for his (or her) head, with outrage
in abundance for such callousness, film on Fox. This from a man who couldn’t get to Vietnam
because of a boil on his butt.
LIMBAUGH: “Save the — keep the troops safe” or whatever.
I — it’s not possible, intellectually, to follow these people.CALLER 2: 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: The phony soldiers.
CALLER 2: The phony soldiers. If you talk to a real soldier, they
are proud to serve. They want to be over in Iraq. They understand their sacrifice,
and they’re willing to sacrifice for their country.
Rush Limbaugh calling U.S. servicemen and women “phony soldiers”
is as bad as the general Republican
showing in the U.S. Armed Forces itself.
Republican Dennis Hastert chose not to serve our country.
Former Republican House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, chose not to serve our country.
Republican House Majority Whip, Roy Blunt, chose not to serve our country.
Former Republican Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist, chose not to serve our
country.
Republican Majority Whip, Mitch McConnell, chose not to serve our country.
Republican Rick Santorum, formerly the third ranking Republican in the Senate,
chose not to serve our country.
Former Republican Majority Leader, Trent Lott, chose not to serve our country.
Republican Bush official Elliot Abrams, convicted in Iran contra, chose not
to serve our country.
Attorney General John Ashcroft received 7 deferments.
Bush’s chief political guru, Karl Rove, chose not to serve our country.
Republican moralizer in chief, Bill betting Bennett, chose not to serve our
country.
Sean Hannity chose not to serve our country, but has no trouble denigrating
any Democratic veteran.
Bill O’Reilly chose not to serve our country.
Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and serial adulterer,
chose not to serve our country.
Co-leader neocon and Iraqi war booster, Paul Wolfowitz, had no trouble sending
others to die in war, but chose not to serve our country himself.
Co-leader neocon Iraqi booster, Richard Perle, also had no trouble sending
others to die and get maimed in Iraq, but chose not to serve our country himself.
And Dick I had better things to do than
serve my country Cheney seems to have received his last deferment by
bedding down his wife and making her with child.
George W. Bush’s bobbing and weaving Guard service is legendary.
Rush Limbaugh got out because of a “pilonidal cyst” (read: boil
on his butt), but has no trouble denigrating any Democratic veteran, including calling heroes “phony soldiers.”
Rush likes soldiers as long as they are silent, sycophantic and standing at attention
in photo ops. He doesn’t understand or respect that soldiers have earned the right to stand up and speak out loudly for the brothers and sisters in the service who cannot, especially when the policies being pushed are killing and maiming them.
Every single member of Congress should be made to denounce these comments.
But I’ve got a question for Sean Hannity. Will he denounce Rush’s comments?
Does he think men and women willing to die in battle have no right to speak
out? Are they “phony soldiers”?
Rush Limbaugh is a disgrace. Will Republicans in Congress denounce him? If
he was a liberal talk show host he’d be fired. If I advertised on his show I’d pull my advertising tomorrow. No company should be associated with a man who calls heroes “phony soldiers.”
“Someone should tell chicken-hawk Rush Limbaugh that the only phonies are those who choose not to serve and then criticize those who do. I served proudly, so did two of my fellow paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne who spoke out and died just weeks ago. Generations of American veterans have worn the uniform with pride and we know it is no contradiction to serve your country and still disagree with the Bush-civilian leadership that mismanaged this war.” – Patrick Murphy (via Down with Tyranny)
