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VIDEO: Sen. Tom Harkin: ‘Maybe Limbaugh was high on drugs again.’

thinkprogress.org — Today on the Senate floor, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) condemned Rush Limbaugh ’s "phony soldiers" comment, stating, "Maybe he was just high on his drugs again. I don’t know whether he was or not. If so, he ought to let us know. But that shouldn’t be an excuse."

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  • jimski1961, on 10/10/2007, -58/+25Harkin like most Democrats hate the troops and they got caught. Now they are pissed so they do what all "brave" democrats do, personal attacks not based on any fact. Democrats are the most pathetic group of people. Republicans well they are just plain stupid enough said
    • smaragd, on 10/10/2007, -17/+34Tom Harkin hates the troops? That's some pretty intense imagination you've got.
      Tom Harkin -- or, I should say, LIEUTENANT Tom Harkin -- served in the Navy from 1962 to 1967, and then went into the Naval Reserve.
      Compare that against Rush Limbaugh's military record... Oh yeah, Rush is the guy who avoided serving in Vietnam because of a pimple on his fat ass.
      In the future you might want to check your facts before you go spouting off and make an idiot of yourself.
      • Favre4Favre, on 10/10/2007, -29/+8OK jackass, since serving is makes one a better person in your eyes lets hear yours... i thought not assgasket!!!
        • hittnrun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's issues like this one that really shows you how immature and out of touch with "grown-up Americans" these Democrat "leaders" are. First, they try to get payback for the Moveon.org fvck up that had them all in a bind last week. They see a chance to get their payback via Rush Windbag but the payback relies on Americans being lazy and stupid enough to buy their version of the "truth". Anyone who goes and looks will see this is yet another weak democrat game. If it came in a box it would be labeled "For children ages 8 to 12". And these people are to be trusted in the WH?????
      • jihadforwhat, on 10/10/2007, -24/+9Prior service in the military does nor exempt one from criticism for being stupid. John Murtha, John Kerry, and Tom Harkin are disgraceful veterans. As a veteran I find their conduct and public trash talk about out military repugnant. There was absolutely nothing disrespectful about the military in Rush's show. His references to phony solders was restricted to those personalities making bogus claims about the conduct of military personnel in Iraq. Each of the three person I identified above are phony solders.
        • JackTY, on 10/10/2007, -8/+17And of course the fact that Limbaugh shirked service in the Viet Nam era with a phony 4-F classification has no bearing on his equally cowardly attacks on veterans of the Iraq war who happen to disagree with his, amoral and cynical agenda. Limbaugh wouldn't break sweat in the service of his country, and any purported veteran who'd stand for his lies is the biggest phony of them all.
        • jihadforwhat, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4Okay JackTY what the hell are you talking about? Rush's comments were only about the documented cases of persons that were either not in the military but posing as military personnel and those that were publishing bogus stories about what they had seen or participated in. There are no cases where Rush has called solders phony just because the were critical of President Bush or our foreign policy. He may have questioned their integrity but he did not/has not labled them phony. You want phonies see Murtha, Kennedy, Kerry, Reid, W.Clinton, Durbin, Schumer, Dean, and other dhimmicrats.
        • brufleth, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3@ jihadforwhat
          From your comments it seems clear you don't know what's going on. Please go eat some cookies, the adults are trying to have a discussion.

          Rush tried to discredit statements by retired military personnel by calling them phonies. That's hardly classy considering these men had served their country well and at least one still has a son who's deployed. Having a view that isn't blindly one sided does not make you phony.

          Also, John Kerry served and was decorated for his actions. From the sound of it you served without so much as a sprained ankle. The man may have come back and protested the war but Vietnam was hardly a shining example of US military action and as a US citizen he had every right to express his opinions. The lack of Bush on your list of phonies makes it clear that you are blind and possibly stupid.
      • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -11/+12"TOM HARKIN, FAKE WAR HERO: In an update to an earlier post, I noted some comments by Donald Sensing about Sen. Tom Harkin, most recently seen attacking the patriotism of Dick Cheney. Sensing observed: "Harkin himself claimed to have battled Mig fighters over North Vietnam while a Navy pilot. He was a pilot, but never went to Vietnam."

        Candidate Harkin Stretches the Truth
        http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005497

      • TwoDeuces, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2OMG TWO SENITORS ARE LIARS!?! WTF!? WHO IS DRIVING? BEAR IS DRIVING? HOW CAN IT BE!!!!!!
    • chicofaraby, on 10/10/2007, -13/+24"Democrats hate the troops"

      What an unbelievably stupid thing to post.
      • thefirstenemy, on 10/10/2007, -9/+15They hate them so much they want to force them to come home and be safe with their families.
      • momomathew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The Democrats have to pass anything that will bring the troops home. Hilliary has even stated that she cannot guarantee a time table on when the troops can come home if she gets elected (God Forbid). Check the opinion polls, the Democrat led congress has an even lower approval rating than the president.
    • Ajajadude, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10If Democrats hate the troops, then tell me, what do Republicans think of them?
      • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14they love them to death.
      • Veretax, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"I dont give a damn about the color of your skin,
        just kill as many sons of bitches wearing green as you can."
        - Attributed to Patton

        :D
    • TyroPyro, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5Buried your comment.
      Buried this story.
      You can always tell when Rush has unleashed his masses when people start showing up with their mass generalizations.
      • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3WTF???
      • FatherVic, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7All I see is the Dems getting caught using fake soldiers to garner dissent for the war and when they got caught, did they own up to it? Hell no... They smeared the person(s) who brought their lie to light with Ad-Hominem personal attacks. Way to go, there, douche.

        Dishonesty FTW
    • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9You've got to be kidding me. So, a number of *actual soldiers* condemn the strategy in Iraq, a *Veteran* backs him up, and you support the *draft dodger* that calls them all liars.

      I didn't know stupid even *came* in that flavor.
    • hipnerd, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10Hate to comment hijaak, but a lot of people seem to be confused as to what Rush said. Allow me to clarify (I apologize for the length, but reprinting the transcript is the only way some people will listen):

      LIMBAUGH: Another Mike, this one in Olympia, Washington. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.

      CALLER 2: Hi Rush, thanks for taking my call.

      LIMBAUGH: You bet.

      CALLER 2: I have a retort to Mike in Chicago, because I am a serving American military, in the Army. I've been serving for 14 years, very proudly.

      LIMBAUGH: Thank you, sir.

      CALLER 2: And, you know, I'm one of the few that joined the Army to serve my country, I'm proud to say, not for the money or anything like that. What I would like to retort to is that, if we pull -- what these people don't understand is if we pull out of Iraq right now, which is about impossible because of all the stuff that's over there, it'd take us at least a year to pull everything back out of Iraq, then Iraq itself would collapse, and we'd have to go right back over there within a year or so. And --

      LIMBAUGH: There's a lot more than that that they don't understand. They can't even -- if -- the next guy that calls here, I'm gonna ask him: Why should we pull -- what is the imperative for pulling out? What's in it for the United States to pull out? They can't -- I don't think they have an answer for that other than, "Well, we just gotta bring the troops home."

      CALLER 2: Yeah, and, you know what --

      LIMBAUGH: "Save the -- keep the troops safe" or whatever. I -- it's not possible, intellectually, to follow these people.

      CALLER 2: No, it's not, and 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.

      LIMBAUGH: The phony soldiers.

      CALLER 2: 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.

      LIMBAUGH: They joined to be in Iraq. They joined --

      CALLER 2: A lot of them -- the new kids, yeah.

      LIMBAUGH: Well, you know where you're going these days, the last four years, if you signed up. The odds are you're going there or Afghanistan or somewhere.

      CALLER 2: Exactly, sir.

      * * *

      Rush was not talking about a specific case where a man was collecting benefits without having served. That's the story he started selling the day after. Rush attacked the patriotism of any man in uniform who dares to disagree with him. Defend that if you want to, but don't lie to me and pretend he didn't say it.
      • Tangaroa, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Good luck. People who posted the actual transcript of Limbaugh's statements were getting dugg way the hell down by his fan club in the story about how social networks lied (told the truth) about Limbaugh's statements. The story got up to around 800 diggs and was never marked inaccurate despite being pure *****.
    • tidu, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2In the words of Colbert, the Republicans want to start a war with Iran because they're concerned about the job security of their soldiers. The Dems don't care about their job security at all!
    • mrurc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wait, you mean like you just did? /crickets

      This is my favorite meme today "All those assholes do is make personal attacks without citing any information! The end."
  • espo111, on 10/10/2007, -41/+33Rush wasn't high, he is just a scumbag who does not care either way if our troops are killed.

    who is going to be the last to die for another mistake?
    • Neiby, on 10/19/2007, -7/+15I am definitely not a fan of Rush Limbaugh, but his comment was taken out of context and made into something it wasn't. It makes perfect sense in context and had nothing to do with what the media is reporting it to be.

      I can't believe I'm coming to Rush's defense, but if people are going to be attacked, I'd rather it be for valid reasons. I hate it when people take quotes out of context and twist them for political gain, and that's true no matter who is doing it.
      • Tangaroa, on 10/19/2007, -3/+2There was nothing out of context and Limbaugh's opponents have posted the full transcript from the start. Limbaugh was calling *one of his callers* a fake soldier and a fake Republican for opposing the war. The implication was that no real soldier opposes the Iraq war. This had nothing to do with the people who have been found to have made false claims to military service, who always appear whenever there is a war.
        • GiggleStick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3He was specifically talking about Jesse Macbeth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Macbeth He had just finished talking about him, a Phony soldier, in that he claimed to have been in Iraq and been a ranger and witnessed atrocities, but it was all false. He washed out of boot camp. Rush Limbaugh and the Caller were discussing these types of cases, and why the Left gloms onto these kind of people while ignoring the majority of soldiers who aren't clamoring about atrocities. I know this because I listened to the actual show as it was happening. Have you read the full transcript of the show? That's the context. You've been duped by the same people that were duped by Jesse MacBeth!
      • Veretax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3No go back and reread the transcript. Rush wasn't calling that CALLER phony, he was anticipating and reading between the lines of what the guy was saying in order to bring emphasis to what he thought the guy was saying. The guy then repeated the exact same phrase "Phony soldiers" in his response to the comment, its obvious he's not talking about the caller, but about the people the caller is supposedly referencing. Man has reading critically become a lost art form on Digg?
  • aruhi, on 10/10/2007, -27/+14I can't believe he said that....I thought Democrats were more caring and have more empathy than the rest of us.
    • Parker307, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3The center has moved right. Domocrats can be mean too now.
  • thejoshuablog, on 10/10/2007, -22/+30OK. This is my new favorite moment on the Senate Floor this year.
    • Veretax, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I dunno, Senator Byrd's comment on the "Barbaric" act of dog fighting in relation to the Mike Vick case is still pretty laughable
  • rwvalentine, on 10/10/2007, -26/+20too good to be true
    seeing dems step in poop in slow motion is surreal
    i love this stuff
    go get him boys - do it for the childrens
    • Ananda725, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3The current theme in American thought is one of intolerance for another’s ideas, but sadly our population’s thoughts themselves are becoming less and less genuine/concrete; instead, we are relying on particular trends to battle ourselves, and cutting off intelligent, worldly thoughts for the sake of a marginalized, if intense, passion. It is happening on all sides of all issues and it serves nothing but inaction..
      • FatherVic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Just like taking the media's word that Rush slandered the troops instead of reading the transcript and finding out that Rush was talking about a specific incident where the Anti-war crowd actually used a fake soldier (who is doing jail time BTW for his lies).
        • hipnerd, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3I read the transcript. Rush didn't start talking about that base for five minutes or so after he made the "phony soldiers" comment.
          • FatherVic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5again read the article,
            RUSH ARCHIVE: It's not possible intellectually to follow these people.

            CALLER: No, it's not. And 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 spout to the media.

            RUSH: The phony soldiers.

            CALLER: The phony soldiers. If you talk to any real soldier and they're proud to serve, they want to be over in Iraq, they understand their sacrifice and they're willing to sacrifice for the country.

            Do you really think that someone as pro-war as Rush is going to refer to the military as phony?
            Really?

            Help me out here because I don't see it.
        • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Father, you're misrepresenting the truth. I'm sorry, but I've read that transcript, and you're lying.
  • Favre4Favre, on 10/10/2007, -27/+41Maybe Harkin was having flash backs to his days as a vietnam fighter pilot......
    oh yea, thats right he lied about that as well.
    • Seng, on 10/10/2007, -7/+15Why dig this down? He got caught in multiple lies during the 82 campaign!
      • zybch, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5Because its NOT about him in the 80's.
        • GiggleStick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah, don't you know you should never consider the reputation or validity of a source of an opinion.
      • hipnerd, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3Name the lies. Harkin's service record was honorable and well-documented and I can't find any legitimate news articles that corroborate your accusation.

        The far right is smearing another soldier. I'm so surprised.
        • Barbrady, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Name the lies? Okay, he claimed to be he spent a year in Vietnam flying F-4's and F-8's on combat air patrols. He was actually stationed in Japan and did nothing more than test fly recently repaired aircraft. It wasn't until later when he was stationed in Cuba that he flew F-4's and F-8's. Sure sounds like he;s making things up to me. I know plenty about the guy, I lived in Iowa for 31 years and he's no straight shooter with the facts.
        • joeymumbles, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Must be nice that you can defend your ignorance on the alternate reality created by the MSM.

          Liberals are angels, Conservatives are devils, and you're still a sheep.
  • vvaduva, on 10/10/2007, -30/+23Aww...what happened to liberal compassion..they are so proud of it usually?!?
    • Parker307, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2You have to be some kind of crazy radical to be compassionate nowadays. Compassion, since when has that solved any problems? Attacking - that's what gets the job done don't you know.
  • Ping2007, on 10/10/2007, -34/+22Reid, Harkin, Durbin are an embarrassment. You leftist idiots don't have the mental capacity to listen and understand what Limbaugh says and does. If you did listen there is absolutely no way you could ever support what the weasel Reid is saying. Reid is slime, the lowest of the low, the liar extraordinaire. Unfortunately he has mice like the whining, clueless libs that are too incompetent to think for themselves who will believe his blatant lies.
    • JackTY, on 10/10/2007, -7/+12Dude, if you rightist idiots actually listened to Limbaugh instead of worshiping his every word with slack jaws and lolling tongues, you'd know that the sorry draft-dodging 4-F coward actually *did* say exactly what Harkin imputes to him. Limbaugh's the lowest of the low: Another cowardly chickenhawk who was afraid to fight when it was his turn and doesn't hesitate to slander those who aren't afraid to do so now. It's about time reality caught up to his yellow hindquarters.
    • sharkbump, on 10/10/2007, -14/+8Relax.....The Democrats, Reid and mediamatters.org are all being exposed for the political whores that they really are.
    • Parker307, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Now, that's the kind of mean spirited ad hominem personal attack strategy that Democrats and Republicans alike can get behind. And who says we can't come together on something.
  • sharkbump, on 10/10/2007, -28/+20Tom Harkin = NeoLibtard....AND he's also a PHONY soldier!
    • JackTY, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11Just more of the usual Slime Boat smear tactics. If you can't beat 'em, lie about 'em.
    • JackTY, on 10/10/2007, -4/+17The usual slimeboat tactic: If you can't beat 'em, lie about 'em.
    • siszam, on 10/10/2007, -8/+7Republicans don't even try to hide mental illness anymore. Maybe if you had universal healthcare you could afford some help.
      • jameshoban, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3What the hell does that mean? Try making a cohesive statement.
        • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4It means that there's more and more evidence that douchebags like Limbaugh and O'Reilly have severe mental problems, and it doesn't even seem like their hiding their self-destruction. The quip about universal healthcare was added for irony, I assume. The success thereof is questionable.
    • epicstruggle, on 10/10/2007, -5/+7From his wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harkin
      "While running for his Senate seat in 1984, and again while running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, Harkin has faced criticism for claiming that he had flown combat missions over North Vietnam. In a 1979 round table discussion with other Congressional Veterans, Harkin said of his service as a Navy pilot: “One year was in Vietnam. I was flying F-4s and F-8s on combat air patrols and photo-reconnaissance support missions”. These comments were later published in a 1981 book by David Broder. After subsequent inquiries by Barry Goldwater and The Wall Street Journal, Harkin clarified that that he had been stationed in Japan and sometimes flew recently repaired aircraft on test missions over Vietnam. His service flying F-4s and F-8s was later, while he was stationed in Cuba.[6] [7] References to this controversy were deleted from Wikipedia by staffers from Harkin's senate office.[1]"
      So he is both a phony soldier and he likes to edit Wikipedia to make sure the truth doesnt get out there.
  • Terri84, on 10/10/2007, -30/+21Anything from moveon.org or the huffingtonpost automatically gets dugg to the top becuase of you liberals. You are ruining America, and you will get us all killed. You are the brainwashed ones, you think what bush or republicans say are lies, but what Sen. Tom Harkin or Obama say you take as gospel. You are the dumbed down ones, taking the New York Times and the Washington Post articles as the truth, but fox is only spreading lies. You people should be ashamed. And this is going to get dugged down becuase you're trying to silence me, you're the censorers, which isn't even a word, but you make it one -.- !
    .
    • fuzzmeister, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4Sigh...
    • Ajajadude, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6No, I think all politicians are liars. It's just that some lies are sending this country down the drain.
      I only get my truths from The Daily Show.
      • terminal157, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Could you have played into his hands any better?
    • soot, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2All I read is "x is right and y is wrong."

      Go figure.
    • terminal157, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I'm a libertarian, so I think both the left AND right are morons, but the neo-cons are systematically dismantling the constitution and I'd call that the bigger threat to the country. Really, read it sometime and see for yourself. Checks and balances are good for you, the rule of law is your friend.
    • mrkmrk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I can't stop laughing at your comment.
    • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Wow, what a whiner.

      Liberals are "Ruining America", huh? By doing what, plunging the United States into a multi-billion dollar war under questionable pretense? Oh, I know. By intentionally misleading the public into support for the questionable war. No, no, by using the same pretense to erode individual rights?

      Wait, now I'm stuck on the War. Many other things have happened during that time period. Let's see...
      Creating an entire News station dedicated to parroting the party line? Pushing religion into a secular government? Oppressing Muslim populations? Making every attempt to avoid repairing the damage we've done to the environment? Attempting to 'Shut up' anyone who disagreed with me?

      Oh, sorry. That's how neocons are ruining America.

      I can't speak for liberals (I don't consider myself to be a part of a particular group of thinking, as I think that sort of boolean politics is beneath stupid), but I can list things *I* have done that you'd consider 'ruining america':
      Exercised my duty to scrutinize the US Government's actions
      Taken in all information I can on US policy history
      Voted on my personal ideology, rather than on a party line
      Distrusted the media whenever it was apparent that they were parroting the Administration
      Supported the return of our troops to their homeland, and an end to this questionable war
      Written treatises on potential individual efforts to repair environmental damage by efficiency gains
      Supported empirical claims over loudly voiced opinions
      Confronted and debated the misinformed and misinforming wherever I have found them (eg: right now)
    • JohnnyLode, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1You are exactly right. The only stories that get dugg are liberal propaganda. Denouncing the president that WE elected.
  • jameshoban, on 10/10/2007, -24/+29Harkin's Ad hominem attack makes it clear his argument lacks any substance. Rush had a drug problem. It's disgusting to use that fact in such a shameful smear.
    • terminal157, on 10/11/2007, -5/+11If it was someone else I'd agree, but Rush is a lying hypocrite and deserves every snide comment about his drug problem that he gets.
      • FatherVic, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3you have no vices...? or secrets...? At all...
        HEY LOOK EVERYONE, I FOUND JESUS!!!!!!!!
      • bmalachuk, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1and even with all those snide remarks it has not affected his show one bit. Still trounces the every left wing radio show combined every day.

        Oh yeah and the drug problem was how many years ago, part of becomming addicted to painkillers because of some back surgery that didn't go well. How many everyday Americans find themselves addicted to something like that? Painkillers, Ambien, caffeine, or a bottle of wine a night?
    • mrkmrk, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9Yeah. A guy who physically mocks Michael J. Fox and accuses him of faking his symptoms to advance the liberal ideology doesn't deserve any sort of protection. He's an ignorant, stupid, hate-spewing *****-head.
      • joeymumbles, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Hey there, he was mimicking what he saw - and that Michael J Fox went off his Parkinson's meds to promote another lying politician's stance on stem cell research.

        Anyone recall when Edwards used the cold corpse of Christopher Reeve as a crutch for the stem cell issue?
        http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/edwards. ...

        Knee-jerk moron.
      • Veretax, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Joey is right, Rush merely pointed out to those of us that haven't really followed everything Fox had done, that the guy had ignored his meds in order to garner political points. Which in my mind is unconscionable, given that there was no disclaimer about it. If Fox wanted to illustrate the effects of Parkinsons then sure go ahead and tell thus that is what your doing, but don't act like the medicine you are on doesn't help at least somewhat as a means to your end.
    • badken, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Yes, it's a good thing Senators on the other side never, ever use ad hominem attacks.
      • jameshoban, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Of course they do, and those attacks would be equally despicable.
  • bmalachuk, on 10/10/2007, -12/+28one needs to be on drugs to accept anything Harkin says as fact.
    • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3And Rush doesn't need to be on drugs to spew virulent, baseless idiocy.
      • bmalachuk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0have you ever even listened to one whole day of his show? Somehow I doubt it, you parrot the typical Rush haters mantra, all without actually listening to a whole show.

        on painkillers or off them Rush makes more sense with his opinions on current events than the entire left combined, prolly because 1/2 the left is on drugs all the time.
  • hiphoc, on 10/10/2007, -13/+6Even if he was would he go to jail? No, thats reserved for american citizens not government shills like Rush.
  • Seng, on 10/10/2007, -16/+34As a native of Iowa, and one that voted for Harkin in the past, I am extremely embarrassed by his comments on the senate floor regarding Rush Limbaugh.

    Does he seriously try to push his liberal agenda trying to smear Rush based on anything heard with his own two ears - Rush so clearly told the story of the ONE "soldier" that dropped out of boot camp, then told lie upon lie, mis-stating his combat experience, and ultimately ended up with a jail sentence over it. How he dare turn that around and accuse someone of "being on drugs" again, I will not know. Perhaps Iowa's dear Senator Harkin has been toking on his peace pipe a little too much in the last few years. Senility getting to you in your advanced years, Tommy Boy?
    • gumburcules, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2You never voted for harkin, you only vote how talk radio tells you to.
  • dunderballer, on 10/10/2007, -12/+5ugh. This is just as despicable as the senators wasting time on the floor on congress talking about the "Betray us" ad.
  • Petromyzon, on 10/10/2007, -7/+23So when do they waste tax money condemning ABC about their phony soldier report? You know, the one that talked about the same phony soldier Rush was calling out but only days before.
  • BookImDanno, on 10/10/2007, -13/+13Read the comments above to see what Digg is really about. Juveniles acting like bad mannered children.
    BTW, Rush's ratings beat the heck out of Harkins. Yes, that is relevant.
    • smaragd, on 10/10/2007, -9/+9Good logic. Instead of pulling claims out of thin air, let's actually explore that logic.
      In the 2002 elections -- Harkin's most recent -- 550,156 Iowans voted for him. That's 54% of the voters in Iowa.
      Pew Reearch Center estimated in 2006 that 20% of Americans listen to talk radio. The U.S. Population hit 300 million in 2006, so 20% of Americans means about 60 million Americans were listening to talk radio in 2006. Limbaugh draws 13.5 million listeners in 2006 according to Arbitron. That's 22.5% of talk radio listeners.

      So Harken gets 54% of the votes, while Limbaugh draws only 23% of the talk radio audience.

      And rmember, that's being kind to Rush, because a vote for Harkin means you support what he says and does -- but the same cannot be said of talk radio, where many of the listeners disagree with the host. But I'll include ALL listeners in Rush's stats, just to be nice to Limbaugh.
    • terminal157, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Just saying that it's relevant doesn't make it relevant. Popularity with a certain kind of conservative mind (mean-spirited and uninformed) doesn't make Rush any more likely to be right about anything. And Harkins doesn't even have "ratings", so it's just a stupid comparison to make to begin with.
    • tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5You're kidding, right? You're seriously going to argue that the Diggers above were childish, while the ridiculously puerile comment by Harkins isn't? Ironically, he's a phony soldier himself and he took Limbaugh's quote out of context.
    • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I question your assertion that ratings == relevance. You're basically saying that if enough people hear and believe an outright despicable lie, it's the truth?

      I hope you're enjoying your kool-aide.
  • PapaZit, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Arguing about a political pundits comments in Congress is a pathetic waste of time. Don't play the retarded GOP games and actually do something. All it does is avoid the issue of what is actually important.
    • Gothvanhelsing, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Don't play the retarded GOP games Now that's golden. A retarded GOP game. Your guy didn't even listen to the program I watched the full youtube of it and can tell you rush was talking about the Winter soldier types of the anti war movement, and if you know history 80% of them have horrible stories of suffering, at the hands of our injustices, but like the scum bag that rush was talking about never served a day in the military. Out of the other 20% a few tend to be bitter that a large number in this country seems to only be proud of their American service when it is convenient anymore. I love how so many people are so blind to history.
    • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That, I'm going to have to agree with you on; Rush's comments were a despicable affront to those who serve, but addressing it in congress is not only a waste of time, but an increase in ratings for the useless *****.
  • rollaj, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Were not just going to goto New Hampshire, Tom Harkin...

    Byahhhhhh!
  • Soulhuntre, on 10/10/2007, -10/+23Of course Rush didn't say anything of the typoe... so the good Senator looks liek a bigger idiot than usual.

    http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_092807 ...
  • drmobutu, on 10/10/2007, -9/+8As if Rush was ever off junk...
    • fsjonsey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2He has to submit to drug testing once a month as part of his parole. Of course media matters would never tell you that.
  • ericdano, on 10/10/2007, -7/+13Amazing, that something taken out of context is made into something completely different.
  • Swarms, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Why is Limbaugh the topic of any discussion on the senate floor? What position does Rush hold in our government? Glad all the big problems have been fixed...
    • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4He's the voice of the America that the left try to quite...
      • Swarms, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1He's the voice of people that listen to him...nothing else. I don't care what Rush, Bill, Olberman, Oprah, Clooney, or anyone else says about politics, if they aren't in a position to do anything meaningful. People that ARE in a position to do something meaningful, shouldn't be wasting their time, and ours, talking about the other people.
    • Gothvanhelsing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The sad part is your statment makes more sence then most of what comes out of DC
    • bmalachuk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Because Talk radio runs America, and when you talk about talk radio you are really subconsciously saying Rush Limbaugh runs America. Which terrifies the left. Oh please God let Rush announce his run for the 08 election tomorrow.
  • senatebuddy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Why the hell are the Senate and Congress so concerned with what these polarized media groups are saying? Who gives a ***** STOP DODGING THE ISSUES
  • atb12688, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6The question i would like to ask is rather than say something blatantly false about someone why not actually say something useful. This does not serve his constituents and if i were them, i would certainly grill him for that. Political commentators have close to no place on the floors of either house of congress, especially when the language about the commentator in question is completely false.
  • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2What!!! No Video?!?!? How lame!!! If I can't hear it, it didn't happen!!!
    Please post a link to Rush's audio/video too....Unless you're scared of the truth....
  • FatherVic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
    RUSH ARCHIVE: It's not possible intellectually to follow these people.

    CALLER: No, it's not. And 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 spout to the media.

    RUSH: The phony soldiers.

    CALLER: The phony soldiers. If you talk to any real soldier and they're proud to serve, they want to be over in Iraq, they understand their sacrifice and they're willing to sacrifice for the country.

    RUSH: They joined to be in Iraq.

    RUSH: It's frustrating and maddening, and why they must be kept in the minority. I want to thank you, Mike, for calling. I appreciate it very much.

    Here is a Morning Update that we did recently, talking about fake soldiers. This is a story of who the left props up as heroes. They have their celebrities and one of them was Army Ranger Jesse MacBeth. Now, he was a "corporal." I say in quotes. Twenty-three years old. What made Jesse MacBeth a hero to the anti-war crowd wasn't his Purple Heart; it wasn't his being affiliated with post-traumatic stress disorder from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. No. What made Jesse MacBeth, Army Ranger, a hero to the left was his courage, in their view, off the battlefield, without regard to consequences. He told the world the abuses he had witnessed in Iraq, American soldiers killing unarmed civilians, hundreds of men, women, even children. In one gruesome account, translated into Arabic and spread widely across the Internet, Army Ranger Jesse MacBeth describes the horrors this way: "We would burn their bodies. We would hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque."
    Now, recently, Jesse MacBeth, poster boy for the anti-war left, had his day in court. And you know what? He was sentenced to five months in jail and three years probation for falsifying a Department of Veterans Affairs claim and his Army discharge record. He was in the Army. Jesse MacBeth was in the Army, folks, briefly. Forty-four days before he washed out of boot camp. Jesse MacBeth isn't an Army Ranger, never was. He isn't a corporal, never was. He never won the Purple Heart, and he was never in combat to witness the horrors he claimed to have seen. You probably haven't even heard about this. And, if you have, you haven't heard much about it. This doesn't fit the narrative and the template in the Drive-By Media and the Democrat Party as to who is a genuine war hero. Don't look for any retractions, by the way. Not from the anti-war left, the anti-military Drive-By Media, or the Arabic websites that spread Jesse MacBeth's lies about our troops, because the truth for the left is fiction that serves their purpose. They have to lie about such atrocities because they can't find any that fit the template of the way they see the US military. In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth.

    BREAK TRANSCRIPT
    • spacecoyote1966, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1That wasn't the full transcript. Rush edited it to make it appear he was referring to Jesse MacBeth. Here is the full transcript:
      LIMBAUGH: I -- it's not possible, intellectually, to follow these people.

      CALLER 2: No, it's not, and 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.

      LIMBAUGH: The phony soldiers.

      CALLER 2: 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.

      LIMBAUGH: They joined to be in Iraq. They joined --

      CALLER 2: A lot of them -- the new kids, yeah.

      LIMBAUGH: Well, you --

      [begin Limbaugh edit]

      LIMBAUGH: -- know where you're going these days, the last four years, if you signed up. The odds are you're going there or Afghanistan or somewhere.

      CALLER 2: Exactly, sir. And, and my other comment was -- and the reason I was calling for -- was to report to Jill about the fact that we didn't, didn't find any weapons of mass destruction. Actually, we have found weapons of mass destruction in chemical agents that [inaudible] been using against us for awhile now.

      I've done two tours in Iraq. I just got back in June and there were many instances of -- since [inaudible] not know what they're using in their IEDs [improvised explosive devices]. They're using mustard artillery rounds. The VX artillery rounds in their IEDs.

      Because they didn't know what they were using, they didn't do it right, and so it just kind of -- it, it didn't really hurt anybody but there are -- those munitions are over there, it's just -- it's a huge desert. If they've buried it somewhere, we're never gonna find it.

      LIMBAUGH: Well, you know, that's a moot point for me right now --

      MIKE: Rush --

      LIMBAUGH: -- the weapons of mass destruction. We gotta get beyond that. We're, we're there. What -- who cares if, if -- we all know they were there and, and Mahmoud [Ahmadinejad, Iranian president] even admitted it in one of his speeches here about -- talkin' about Saddam using the poison mustard gas or whatever it is on his own people -- but that, that's moot, right? What, what's more important is all this is taking place now in the midst of the surge working.

      And all of these anti-war Democrats are getting even more hell-bent on pulling out of there, which means that success on the part of you and, and your colleagues over there is, is a great threat to them.

      [end Limbaugh edit]

      LIMBAUGH: It's just, it's frustrating and maddening, and it is why they must be kept in the minority.

      Look, I want to thank you, Mike, for calling. I appreciate it very much. I gotta -- let me see -- got something -- here is a "Morning Update" that we did recently talking about fake soldiers. This is a story of who the left props up as heroes. And they have their celebrities.

      One of them was Jesse MacBeth. Now, he was a "corporal," I say in quotes -- 23 years old.

      [reading from "Morning Update" (subscription required)]

      What made Jesse MacBeth a hero to the anti-war crowd wasn't his Purple Heart. It wasn't his being affiliated with post traumatic stress disorder from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, though. What made Jesse MacBeth, Army Ranger, a hero to the left was his courage in their view off the battlefield.

      Without regard to consequences, he told the world the abuses he had witnessed in Iraq: American soldiers killing unarmed civilians, hundreds of men, women, even children. In one gruesome account translated into Arabic and spread widely across the internet, Army Ranger Jesse MacBeth describes the horrors this way:

      'We would burn their bodies. We would hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque.'

      Now, recently, Jesse MacBeth, a poster boy for the anti-war left, had his day in court, and you know what? He was sentenced to five months in jail and three years probation for falsifying a Department of Veterans Affairs' claim and his Army discharge record.

      He was in the Army. Jesse MacBeth was in the Army, folks, briefly -- 44-days before he washed out of boot camp. Jesse MacBeth isn't an Army Ranger. Never was. He isn't a corporal. Never was. He never won the Purple Heart and he was never in combat to witness the horrors he claimed to have seen."

      You probably haven't even heard about this, and if you have, you haven't heard much about it. This doesn't fit the narrative and the template of the drive-by media and the Democrat [sic] Party as to who a genuine war hero is.

      Don't look for any retractions, by the way, not from the anti-war left, the anti-military drive-by media or the Arabic websites that spread Jesse MacBeth's lies about our troops, because the truth of the left is fiction, is what serves their purpose. They have to lie about such atrocities 'cause they can't find any that fit the template of the way they see the U.S. military.

      In other words, for the American anti-war left, the greatest inconvenience they face is the truth.

      [end audio clip]
      • Tangaroa, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That's not the whole transcript. This isn't either, but it's the relevant part you missed:
        http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270010?src=ite ...

        CALLER 1: How long is it gonna -- how long do you think we're going to have to be there for them to take care of that?

        LIMBAUGH: Mike --

        CALLER 1: How long -- you know -- what is it?

        LIMBAUGH: Mike --

        CALLER 1: What is it?

        LIMBAUGH: Mike, you can't possibly be a Republican.

        CALLER 1: I am.

        LIMBAUGH: You are -- you are --

        CALLER 1: I am definitely a Republican.

        LIMBAUGH: You can't be a Republican. You are --

        CALLER 1: Oh, I am definitely a Republican.

        LIMBAUGH: You are tarnishing the reputation, 'cause you sound just like a Democrat.

        CALLER 1: No, but --

        LIMBAUGH: The answer to your question --

        CALLER 1: -- seriously, how long do we have to stay there --

        LIMBAUGH: As long as it takes!

        CALLER 1: -- to win it? How long?

        LIMBAUGH: As long as it takes! It is very serious.

        CALLER 1: And that is what?

        LIMBAUGH: This is the United States of America at war with Islamofascists. We stay as long -- just like your job. You do everything you have to do, whatever it takes to get it done, if you take it seriously.

        CALLER 1: So then you say we need to stay there forever --

        LIMBAUGH: I -- it won't --

        CALLER 1: -- because that's what it'll take.

        LIMBAUGH: No, Bill, or Mike -- I'm sorry. I'm confusing you with the guy from Texas.

        CALLER 1: See, I -- I've used to be military, OK? And I am a Republican.

        LIMBAUGH: Yeah. Yeah.

        CALLER 1: And I do live [inaudible] but --

        LIMBAUGH: Right. Right. Right, I know.

        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.
        ---------------------------------------

        The "phony soldiers" remark was directed at "Caller 1", Mike from Chicago, who said he was Republican ex-military who opposed the war. Until he goes public or the phone records are traced, we don't know if he is or not. Here is the really relevant part, cut down to make it obvious:

        Caller: "I used to be military"
        Limbaugh: "And I used to walk on the moon!"

        And the "phony soldiers" comment came later in reference to this caller. Limbaugh declared that a caller could not possibly be a soldier or a Republican just because the caller opposed being in Iraq.
  • IpsoPhatso87, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6How cool would it be if our congressmen/women and senators actually did their jobs and ended the war as they promised to do when elected. Jesus Christ, nobody gives two ***** about Rush Limbaugh and his damn statements... YOU ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS! DO YOUR FREAKING JOB!
  • gryphonauto, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9Love Rush or hate him, common sense should is that it doesn't make sense coming from Rush; I would think anyone with a little intelligence would do a small amount of research so they can either [1] not make themselves look like a douche when they don't check the facts or [2] check the facts and if there is any credibility to the facts they'd be able to make stronger better informed "speeches." Rush Limbaugh has been around for what is it 19? 20 years? Anyway, since when has Rush said anything remotely similar to this?

    Republicans come and go but Rush has always been there, I'd be careful when attacking him.
  • gryphonauto, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1A little too late for the edit, but one key word from this video ASSUME He certainly makes rather large assumptions, regardless one should always remember: "Never assume, because it makes an ASS out of U and ME."
  • skyshock1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Rush is an entertainer. He is not running for political office, and can not formulate US Law. Does Harkin really not have anything more important to talk about than what the latest shock-jock says on the air? I wonder what he thinks about Howard Stern? Maybe he has an opinion on Britney Spears too?

    Hey Tom? ***** GET BACK TO WORK!
  • Xbef, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5Read the transcript of what Rush said on his radio program. "Phony soldiers" was referencing people making up fake stories about their time in Iraq when they weren't really there. His comments were taken out of context and so many of you believe what the hate-mongers are trying to do which is to make Rush look as if he was referencing all soldiers as "phony"

    Please don't be sheep, look into it.
    • badken, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Regardless, the substance of his rambling commentary was that only phony soldiers were opposed to the war, which is also blatantly wrong and misleading.
    • skrowl, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3HAHAHAHA.. "Please don't be sheep".... ON DIGG..... HAHAHAHAHA.

      You must be new here Xbef. People here on digg automatically digg up anything liberal and digg down anything conservative, regardless of any facts and almost always without even reading the article.
    • KirbyMeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It doesn't matter. That's not truthy enough for Digg to accept.

      Please, anti-liberal propaganda or GTFO.
  • bingobongony, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6If a republican said this, the Digg bitches would be red faced, pounding so hard at hteir keyboards that their fingers started to ache saying how insensitive the guy was.
  • LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2Hey Mr. Limbaugh - Go walk point on a Baghdad foot patrol - at night.

    Then will see if you are a 'Real Soldier', and match that big talk coming out of your big mouth.
  • mattsw84, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6You people have wasted a disgusting amount of brain power and time bitching about Rush on the internet and it has accomplished nothing.
  • gumburcules, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Get ready to puke. The House GOP has introduced an ammendment commending rush limbaugh.
    http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100107 ...
    • skrowl, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Why should this make us puke? Because it lays out details of all of the things Rush has done to support the troops?
    • joeymumbles, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yea and? The House Democrats were talking about condemning Rush Limbaugh.

      Are you willing to realize how idiotic it is for either side to be talking about Rush Limbaugh with the current state of things? Wake up!!!
    • darkcthulhu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Why the ***** are they wasting any time on him? Get the ***** back to work, as bad a job as they do at it.
  • facewarts, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Just more follow-up kool aid for their lemmings to drink. Media matters started the out of context big lie kool aid last week. Otherwise known as a smear.
  • cardgame, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4It amazes me the level of stupidity that exist today because of blogs. People make comments based on what they WANT TO BE RIGHT versus what is ACTUALLY right. The truth no longer has any meaning. it is more important to use out of context comments to make a point for "your" side. whoever's side that may be. If anyone spent the time to actually check facts they would find that the phony solider comment was address to ONE (1) particular solider that lied about his service to make comments on how bad the US military is treating the iraqis. the fact was that this "solider" had been drummed out of boot camp and had NEVER ACTUALLY served in Iraq to make those comments. the PHONY solider comment was address to that person and not to any person currently serving in the US military. You poeple have become mind numbed robots without a brain. the future looks very sad.....
    • Tangaroa, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2I have checked the facts and you are wrong. The "phony soldiers" comment was made in reference to one person claiming military service, "Mike from Chicago", who called in to Limbaugh's program to state his opposition to the Iraq war. Limbaugh declared that Mike must be a "phony soldier" only because he opposes the war, with the logical implication being that all people who claim to be soldiers and oppose the war must also be "phony soldiers". Limbaugh started talking about the other guy later to cover his ass and is now pretending that Mike from Chicago never existed.
      • cardgame, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1you obviously are not capable of reading. the whole discussion around phony soldiers is a comment used in the talk show to discuss how the media only considers comments by people who claim to be soldier that have served in iraq as the expert source of what is going on. there have been 2 cases now where the media has been caught relying on comments by soldiers (plural) that have never served or have never actaully been to iraq. but the soldier that are ACTUALLY in iraq never get quoted as beeing a source for expert testimony as to what is happening there. The comment refers to THESE particular people that are used by the media to create doubts in people's minds about the facts of the iraqi situation. It is no way makes a comment about any military person that has ACTUALLY served. The information is there, just read a little more.
  • CosmicJustice, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Dear Democrats in Congress,
    You have majorities in both houses. Either end the war or STFU.
  • joeymumbles, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Good to know generation Y is as knee-jerk as the last.

    Context - it's the other white meat.
  • j83com, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1All you need to know about Rush...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNK4byQkn7w
  • thorstrongstone, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3Yes, yes, yes, we understand context. See, the really cool thing is that he is speaking in plural. You know, more than one. He is obviously talking about the soldiers that the media interviews. He is making a broad generalization about all soldiers that have come onto the news and have spoken out against the war.

    Are you people really that damned stupid, or are you just supporting Rush because you like him? I really want to know how you, yourselves, can take something out of context, yet accuse others of the same infraction.

    Damn, it is obvious why you voted for ole Bush the second term - you are easily led by morons. Good job. Good job.
    • KirbyMeister, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Buried for stupidity.
    • fsjonsey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Liberals have propped up more than one of these "soldiers" to support their cause, who were later found to be complete fakes. Does "Shock Troops" ring a bell?
      • thorstrongstone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Shut up. You know nothing other than lies and *****.
      • thorstrongstone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Shut up. You know nothing other than lies and *****.
    • cardgame, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Agreed, if you people would actually do some homework, you would find that he was referring to MORE THAN ONE fake soldier propped up by the media that were later found to have not actually served in the military. MORE THAN ONE means Plural. look it up.
      • thorstrongstone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Are you really that ***** stupid? Really? I mean, can you not understand that they were speaking about ALL soldiers who speak out against the war?

        Are you really, I mean REALLY, that stupid?
    • Gothvanhelsing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You know if Limbaugh had added Jesse Macbeth to his 'phony soldiers' commit after this made up story came out it would be much different. but he didn't. the comparison was made in the same convo. But if the Left back tracks now they will look even more like idiots. So rather saying "you got me" it is better to deny what was really said and rely on the fact 65% of the people in this country only trust sound bites
  • QuickeningYak, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0For any Congressman, there's no money or influence to be had in being buddies with Rush; he's anathema to all of them because of the drug thing. Ergo, his only political use to any of them is as a whipping bitch for whoever wants him.

    Really, these are the same people who wouldn't dare wonder aloud that maybe GWB is drinking again (because it's plausible), or that he's a former cokehead (because it's true), because there's a hell of a loss of implied power in doing so.

    They're all politicians, and they all work fundamentally about the same way. This was banal opportunism. I'm not impressed.
    • DiggIz4Kids, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Rush Limbaugh has been credited for both saving AM Radio and causing the republicans to regain the House of Congress after forty years. Rush, following President Regan, is the best thing to happen to conservatives in 40 years. Perhaps that is why he is the number 1 talk radio show host in America.
      Hilary Clintons Media Matters lied, the MSM got fooled again, and those who never listen to Rush remain clueless critics of a show they never experienced. Media Matters, along with the Clintons Moveon.org, just managed to energize the republican base. Great job, Hilary!
  • Anachronus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Another high point in congressional history. No wonder they have managed to get a lower approval rating than even Bush! Kudos for the hard work ladies and gentlemen.

    As the old saying goes...THROW THE BUMS OUT!
  • logosx1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I'm no fan of Rush, but a piece of legislation censuring the man looks a lot like an unconstitutional bill of attainder. Besides, this just feeds the man's ego and makes him feel far more important than he deserves.
  • rwvalentine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6all this from a guy who lied about his service.
    the democratic way.
  • nkasoff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Senator Harkin is an a-hole. Thanks for reminding us.

    Nick Kasoff http://www.thugreport.com
  • scoob20, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Media matters is clearly without doubt a pathetic leftwing propaganda machine that puts forth distortions and lies for a living.If you believe the garbage that matters puts out, then you're essentially a tool.
  • fsjonsey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Remember Digg, Free speech only applies to Liberals.
  • fsjonsey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2These are some of the same men, who while in the minority in the house and senate, called US soldiers, Nazis, baby killers, and compared them to Pol Pot and SS stormtroopers. Now they suddenly become the biggest supporters of the troops ever. The Democratic party: When you reach bottom: Keep Digging.
    • thorstrongstone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1When did they do this? NEVER!

      I love how you guys just go making ***** up and stating it as fact. I bet you think that cocaine drives "negroes" to rape thems dere white women too.
      • Gothvanhelsing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I guess you missed the nice speech Dick Durbin gave on the Senate floor back around June
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