Rush Limbaugh chortles over the free publicity that Democrat Senators handed him - updated


He was smeared, but his solution is amazing - Harry Reid tries to take credit
I took a couple of days to do some sightseeing out of town with a lovely lady and not all the sights were outside.

Anyway, I have some errands to do and then I am going to attack my stack. My fridge is empty for one thing, and I imagine I am going to get hungry before tomorrow.

One of the things I did want to point out was this bit about Rush Limbaugh. I haven't commented on it yet. Frankly, anyone with internet access could find out in a few minutes that the "phony soliders" that Limbaugh was talking about were exactly that, men who were either exaggerating their military service or inventing it entirely. It was never about dissidents who were serving in the military.

Although I am not exactly a fan of Limbaugh, I do believe in this case that he was smeared. I also believe this illustrates two points that I have made here time and time again. First, that there is a large (and growing) part of the modern liberals who can't stand dissent. And second, that the accusations are more important than the evidence.

Meanwhile, Limbaugh's response is absolutely brilliant. He's selling the original letter on eBay in a Halliburton case no less. The money goes to charity, and of course he is going to match it dollar for dollar. And he has challenged the 41 Democrat Senators to do the same (collectively I assume). As I write this, the bidding is over $850,000, and I fully expect it to top three million by the time the auction closes on Friday.

Meanwhile, the fact that the "usual sources" aren't covering Limbaugh's response pretty much proves everything he ever said about the mainstream media. At least, to his audience.

To my knowledge, this is the very first large scale free market answer to a slander attempt.

That is exciting.

UPDATE - The letter went for 2.1 million, not three as I had estimated. Which means 4.2 million to charity, possibly more if the 41 Senators rise to Limbaugh's challenge.

Oh, and Harry Reid is trying to take credit.

"Never did we think that this letter would bring money of this nature. And, for the cause, Madam President, it is extremely good. Now, everyone knows that Rush Limbaugh and I don't agree on everything in life and maybe that is kind of an understatement. But without qualification, Mark May [sic] -- 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."

It was a smear job and the Senator is not man enough to admit that what he did was wrong. That is the Democrat Party leadership for you.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - October 18, 2007 at 02:43 PM  Tag


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