Media Matters

I would just like to point you all in the direction of this excellent piece from Media Matters, which makes the following points more eloquently than I can (though with far less swearing), so I am taking these excerpts directly from the article:

1. 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."

2. On August 19, The New York Times published an op-ed by seven members of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division [which advocated withdrawl, or at least that "it would be prudent for us to increasingly let Iraqis take center stage in all matters, to come up with a nuanced policy in which we assist them from the margins but let them resolve their differences as they see fit." --k]

3. On September 12, The New York Times noted: "Two of the soldiers who wrote of their pessimism about the war in an Op-Ed article that appeared in The New York Times on Aug. 19 were killed in Baghdad on Monday."

4. As Media Matters for America has documented, Limbaugh denounced as "contemptible" and "indecent" MoveOn.org's much-discussed advertisement -- titled "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" -- critical of Gen. David Petraeus, but has repeatedly attacked the patriotism of those with whom he disagrees. For instance, on the January 25 broadcast of his radio show, he told his audience that he had a new name for Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), a Vietnam veteran: "Senator Betrayus." A day earlier, Hagel had sided with Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in voting to approve a nonbinding resolution declaring that President Bush's escalation in Iraq was against "the national interest." Additionally, on August 21, 2006, Limbaugh said: "I want to respectfully disagree with the president on the last part of what he said. I am going to challenge the patriotism of people who disagree with him because the people that disagree with him want to lose."

<--- This concludes excerpts, so this is the part where I say "Seriously, Rush, what the fuck?" So where's Congress's resolution condemming this dude who says he is more patriotic than the two phony soldiers who co-wrote the Op-Ed piece just died (not to mention the third who was shot in the face)?

Also, if I am parsing that last sentence up there correctly, Rush is disagreeing with Bush to say that people who disagree with Bush want to lose? So Rush wants to lose? Exile that non-patriotic junkie fuck right now!

Anyway, please read Rush's whole conversation with Caller #1, cause it's awesome, and ends with:

CALLER 1: -- you know, really -- I want you to be saying how long it's gonna take.
LIMBAUGH: And I, by the way, used to walk on the moon!
CALLER 1: How long do we have to stay there?
LIMBAUGH: You're not listening to what I say. You can't possibly be a Republican. I'm answering every question. That's not what you want to hear, so it's not even penetrating your little wall of armor you've got built up.

You would know, Rush.