Limbaugh Compares Purple Heart Recipient In Vote Vets Ad To A Suicide Bomber

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/02/limbaugh-vote-vets

Limbaugh Compares Purple Heart Recipient In Vote Vets Ad To A Suicide Bomber

In a new Vote Vets ad released today, Brian McGough, an Iraq war veteran who received the Purple Heart, challenges Rush Limbaugh: “Until you have the guts to call me a ‘phony soldier‘ to my face, stop telling lies about my service.” Watch it:

VIDEO AT LINK

In response, Limbaugh today attacked McGough, comparing him to a suicide bomber and suggesting that someone “pumped him full of these lies about what I said“:

This is such a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran, lying to him about what I said and then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media and a TV ad to walk into as many people as he can walk into.

This man will always be a hero to this country with everyone. Whoever pumped him full of these lies about what I said and embarrassed him with this ad has betrayed him, they aren’t hurting me. They are betraying this soldier.

In McGough’s case, Rush’s comments are especially tactless. McGough’s injury in Iraq “resulted from a real-life suicide bomber.” On DailyKos, McGough responds to Limbaugh:

I can assure you that I am no suicide bomber and that I can think for myself. - - snip -

Rush, your phony soldier comments pissed me off. The audacity of someone like you who never had the courage to stand and fight for what you believe in makes my head spin. That is what made me stand up and state my convictions in front of a camera. I wanted to point out that you are wrong. I am not a phony soldier.

In the commercial I just taped, I told you unless you had the guts to say something to my face, stop telling lies about my service. Well you haven’t had the guts to say it to my face, but I am waiting and the offer is still on the table.

Evidently, according to Limbaugh, pretty much everyone lies and has ulterior motives … unless they agree with him.

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[proud patriot]

1. rush is jumping the shark

:crazy:

[Richard Steele]

2. There's just no scumsucking douchebaggery too LOW for Rush and his ilk to stoop to. recommended.

[MadMaddie]

3. This is Rush and O'leilly they spew their bullshit and they

think they can talk themselves out of it...."I was misquoted, I was misunderstood, the Liberals took it out of Context, the MSM is attacking....blah..blah..blah"

I hope more soldiars and everyday Americans start calling the traitorous bastards out....

[rateyes]

4. I hope this real soldier...

brings down that real piece of shit, Limpballs, down. I say it's time to start boycotting Rush's advertisers, in the name of real soldiers.

[Breeze54]

5. limpballs is an ass!

I hope this seals his coffin!

Anyone notified Reid or any other rep yet?

[opihimoimoi]

6. Rush is a PRIME EXAMPLE of the GOP MENTAL SICKNESS that is pervasive

He thinks everyone else is sick...when its HIM...

Its RUSH BEFORE COUNTRY.....He is a SELFISH SELF CENTERED ASSHOLE very much like his peeps above him...

The GOP Hired this dude...he is not thinking for what is best for the Nation...he and his GOP thinks for what is BEST for THEM

He is the personification of Badness, Negativity, and EVIL(cause he knows better).....

He should be strapped to a GD Bomb and dropped from 345567 feet into a volcano

[rodeodance]

7. I really would have lots of trouble keeping all those lies straight were I Rush!!

[NI4NI]

8. Are Ed Shultz and A. Colmes shows on Armed Forces radio also?

I believe I heard that Shultz is, not sure about Colmes; but if so, I'm wondering if either played this "suicide bomber" tape or the actual unedited "phony soldiers" tape on their broadcast compared to the edited version Limbaughdomy did on his.
That's the way the troops will get to hear and decide for themselves what Pigboy said and is.

[Supersedeas]

19. the American public needs to know just how low the shockjocks will sink in defense of *'s war

[Bitwit1234]

9. They have rush on tape making those statements how can he say

that people are lying when he called the Vote Vets military "phoney soldiers". But of course the zombies that support him will deny he said it. And my two sisters are two of the zombies. They believe everything rush says.

[Richard Steele]

10. You gotta remember, his fans don't really "get" what FACTS are.

They operate on juvenile emotionalism, and they think "facts"
are whatever helps them maintain their opinion. Really.

[B Calm]

11. Being a veteran myself, I totally want to choke the shit out of

these right-wing, chicken hawk assholes!

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. Wow, I didn't think he could top himself

Rush edits the tape to remove a minute and 35 seconds, tries pass it off as the full transcript. Now this? If I was trying to sabotage his career, I don't think I could do a better job.

[Gloria]

13. The woman who was on Tweety today..from Salon?--actually wondered aloud

if Rush was BACK ON DRUGS!!! Nearly fell off my chair!

[Enrique]

14. Rush is in a generous mood

he really keeps on giving and giving.

The GOP seems to be unable to distance themselves from him. He's gonna drag them down. :bounce:

[Vinca]

15. Why isn't this brouhaha as bad as the Imus comment?

Limpballs should be fired.

[Az_lefty]

16. wish I could run into rush on a golf course...

bet I could put a long drive right into the side of his fat head...

[Canuckistanian]

17. I just LOVE this

Rush got called on his bullshit. He expected to make the usual pathetic statement and that would be that.

BUT IT'S NOT GOING AWAY, IS IT, RUSH??

[HuffleClaw]

18. rush seems to be happy with ANY sort of publicity

just like coulter.