Harry Reid's latest political maneuver is absolutely disgusting, despicable, and contemptible. He does not deserve the title of Senator, he has no business representing our government, and even a place as corrupt as Las Vegas does not deserve such a dirty politician.
Most of you have probably heard the controversy over Rush Limbaugh's "phony soldiers" comment. As usual, Rush said nothing wrong. As usual, he was right. And as usual, those who oppose free speech and the free exchange of ideas intentionally, purposely, and maliciously twisted Rush's words. The goal? Make a self-proclaimed and outspoken American Patriot look like a hypocrite (Rush), while making these America hating "americans" look like actual patriots. Not only did multiple Senators use the floor of the U.S. Senate as a soapbox for defaming Limbaugh (see also the torts of slander and libel), but 40 Democrats signed a letter to the President of Clear Channel (radio syndicate that hosts Limbaugh) strongly encouraging him to confer with Limbaugh about Limbaugh's commetns. Translation: Make him stop staying stuff we don't like...or else. These weren't just any Democrats - these were the big dogs.
As the saying goes, never kid a kidder. Rush Limbaugh makes a living off of illustrating absurdity by being absurd. Which is why he put the letter on eBay, with the proceeds going to help the children of soldiers killed in the war. Rush promised personally to match the auction proceeds. It sold for $2.1 million. Rush kept his word. The Dems looked stupid. Brilliant.
This is where Reid gets disgusting. At 12pm today -- no coincidence, one hour before the auction ends and the start of Rush's daily radio show -- Reid went on the Senate floor and ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CREDIT FOR RAISING THE MONEY FOR the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. Absolutely incomprehensible. The clip is here - Breitbart mislabels it as Reid's thank you to Limbaugh. It was no such thing. It was a blatant attempt by Reid to credit himself and the other 39 nutjob Democrats for the idea of putting the letter on eBay and giving the money to the kids.
This blatant lie and outright thievery makes me want to puke.
Reid criticized an American general. When that backfired, he chose to misrepresent a patriotic American and abuse his position as Senator by leveling personal attacks on a private citizen.
He further abused his power by threatening a radio syndicate to censure the speech of one of its shows, and when the historic letter documenting his and his hooligan cohorts' abuse of power was flipped around and used as a vehicle for good, Reid tried to take credit for the fruit of that creativity. Not only did he take credit, but he encouraged the members of teh Senate (and presumably the American people) to support the cause by bidding and/or contributing to the charity, but simultaneously refused to give a single dollar from his own pocket.
But that shouldn't surprise us. After all, Reid illegally uses campaign funds (i.e. other people's money) to tip the doormen at the Ritz Carlton (i.e. for his personal expenses).
Of course, who are we to talk? The only thing we've ever given the Ritz Carlton are $150,000 of stolen jewels.
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i have not followed this "phony soldiers" story, so i take no position on what you say about limbaugh and harry reid. nor do i purport to defend anything harry reid does. i'm not a big fan, and i wish the dems would pick another leader of their majority. (BTW, i'm NOT a democrat. nor am i a republican.) however, your STRONG defense of rush limbaugh really bothers me. you don't think rush limbaugh is a hypocrite for calling for tougher sentences for drug felons and then developing a drug habit of his own? i'm not calling for him to be taken off the air and am mindful of your free speech argument. if you actually listen to this man for 5 minutes, however, it's really hard not to feel yourself enraged with anger. either at the people he's talking about or at himself for his hatred. this show, and shows like this, are harmful b/c they are so freakin' divisive. you're either for "us" or against "us." you're better than rush, sleuth...
Georgie,
You’re statement is one of absolute truth: Rush is a big hypocrite (I think Sleuth probably agrees with that). Everybody knows Rush is a hypocrite. But you have not commented on the hypocrisy that is central to Sleuth’s post.
As an aside: I’m not so sure that pushing for harder drug sentencing and becoming a drug addict is as hypocritical as you think. I would wager that Rush didn’t want to get addicted to drugs—that would be great hypocrisy. Wanting stiff punishments for something that is absolutely wrong is a good thing (regardless of whether or not you do that horrible thing). In the end, you’re right absolutely. Rush is a hypocrite. But so am I—just ask Sleuth, my wife, or God (see Romans 7).
Though Rush is a hypcrite, I fail to see his hypocrisy in this situation.
Georgie, good to see that you're still posting on Sleuth's blog.
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