{"id":622,"date":"2007-09-27T15:52:03","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T22:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=622"},"modified":"2007-10-10T01:21:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-10T08:21:14","slug":"rushipedia-phony-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"RushipediA: Phony Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Chickenhawk Rush Limbaugh thinks that soldiers who are opposed to the war in Iraq are “phony.”<\/em> Despite the fact that they serve with the same honor, courage, and patriotism as any other soldier, Limbaugh has this to say<\/a> about them:<\/p>\n

CALLER: …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.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIMBAUGH: The phony soldiers<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

CALLER: 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIMBAUGH: They joined to be in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jon Soltz of VoteVets.org<\/a> is one of those who went to Iraq and now is both a vigorous supporter of the troops and a vocal opponent of the Bush administration’s failed policies in Iraq. He writes at the Huffington Post that Limbaugh never served himself and has no moral standing to judge other soldiers; that a majority of returning soldiers oppose the war, as well as many retired generals. And he has this to say<\/a> about Rush:<\/p>\n

“You weren’t just flat out wrong, you offended a majority of those of us who actually had the courage to go to Iraq and serve, while you sat back in your nice studio, coming up with crap like this.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a petulant tantrum aimed at disparaging MoveOn.org, the Congress just passed resolutions condemning those who attack the honor of members of the Armed Forces. Will they now condemn Limbaugh for having done just that? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chickenhawk Rush Limbaugh thinks that soldiers who are opposed to the war in Iraq are “phony.” Despite the fact that they serve with the same honor, courage, and patriotism as any other soldier, Limbaugh has this to say about them: CALLER: …what’s really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-wankery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-a2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":631,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=631","url_meta":{"origin":622,"position":0},"title":"Clear Channel Refuses VoteVets Ad","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/4\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio giant Clear Channel Communications is refusing to air an ad by VoteVets, a veterans group protesting Rush Limbaugh's recent assertion that vets who oppose the war in Iraq are \"phony soldiers.\" VoteVets received a letter explaining that the ad would not run because: \"Airing anti-Rush Limbaugh ads during the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Censorship"","block_context":{"text":"Censorship","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=56"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=628","url_meta":{"origin":622,"position":1},"title":"Fox News: Generals Betray Us","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/30\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Col. 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