Reid Smear Letter Breaks $2 Million

[rushmc 23]

Dam, and he is going to match it!!!


http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Harry-Reid-Rush-Limbaugh-Smear-Letter_W0QQitemZ260170172469QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4105QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Reid and Harkin have to be stewing in thier pants

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[akarunway 1]

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Dam, and he is going to match it!!!


http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Harry-Reid-Rush-Limbaugh-Smear-Letter_W0QQitemZ260170172469QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4105QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Reid and Harkin have to be stewing in thier pants

Some people have to much money. It will be interesting to see who buys it. I'd just like the briefcase and handcuff.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
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Than never to have loved at all.

[Royd 0]

Gee, I haven't heard anything about this in the media.

Oprah gives away a few cars, and the world goes gah gah.

[J_Cook 0]

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Gee, I haven't heard anything about this in the media.

Fox News has been covering it this morning, I think they did something on it yesterday as well.

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Reid and Harkin have to be stewing in thier pants

Why? The price of something in an auction doesn't mean the item is true, untrue or even actually valuable; just what some person with too much money is willing to pay for it.

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Reid and Harkin have to be stewing in thier pants

Why? The price of something in an auction doesn't mean the item is true, untrue or even actually valuable; just what some person with too much money is willing to pay for it.

That's a valid point. When you consider the motivation behind the letter, and the fact that the Mr. Mays at Clear Channel pretty much told Sen. Reid to pound sand, and that the letter is in addition to official Congressional records in which now has the leadership (Sen's Reid, Durbin, et al) officially attacking a private citizen.

Forget about it being about Limbaugh for a second: Congressional leadership used its position to directly contact a private sector company, and attempted to influence the legal, free, unfettered activities of that company and its business partners.

edit to add: On top of that, the entire "message" was based on something that is wholly untrue.

If that's not taking the Constitution and putting it in the drawer...

Meanwhile, kudos to Rush, who has managed to raise a huge amount of money for MC-LEF with no-main-stream coverage.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[mnealtx 0]

Reid et al did the same thing to ABC/Disney over 'Path to 9/11", if I recall correctly...

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[Gawain 0]

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Reid et al did the same thing to ABC/Disney over 'Path to 9/11", if I recall correctly...

I've heard that story too, I just don't know many details about it, so I'm reluctant to draw a conclusion. I don't think Sen. Reid had as large a role in that as Sen. Clinton and perhaps a few "friends" in Hollywood.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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Reid et al did the same thing to ABC/Disney over 'Path to 9/11", if I recall correctly...

I've heard that story too, I just don't know many details about it, so I'm reluctant to draw a conclusion. I don't think Sen. Reid had as large a role in that as Sen. Clinton and perhaps a few "friends" in Hollywood.

That reminds me. I never did get a chance to see that Reagan movie.

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Fox News has been covering it this morning, I think they did something on it yesterday as well.

Where are the others? This is a large contribution.

[rushmc 23]

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Reid and Harkin have to be stewing in thier pants

Why? The price of something in an auction doesn't mean the item is true, untrue or even actually valuable; just what some person with too much money is willing to pay for it.

Just the fact that Rush wiped thier lieing shit back in thier faces

Today on the floor Ried is trying to take credit for the money going to the charity

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Reid and Harkin have to be stewing in thier pants

Why? The price of something in an auction doesn't mean the item is true, untrue or even actually valuable; just what some person with too much money is willing to pay for it.

Just the fact that Rush wiped thier lieing shit back in thier faces

Today on the floor Ried is trying to take credit for the money going to the charity

I heard that too. A turd-move for sure.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Amazon 7]

I bet you were just drooling to buy that till it got to a price out of your means.

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Reid and Harkin have to be stewing in thier pants

I hate to point out the obvious, but when the bidding started going into seven digits I'm pretty sure that Reid wasn't the one who started stewing .

[NCclimber 0]

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Rush Limbaugh's political jiu-jitsu masterstroke comes to a climax at 1 PM, EDT today, when the ebay auction for the letter sent by 41 Senate Democrats to the CEO of his syndicator Clear Channel ends. With four hours left, the bid has already toppped two million dollars, with the purchase price to be donated to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, benefitting the education of children of deceased Marines and federal law enforcement personnel. Because Rush Limbaugh has offered to match the purchase price, the total donation will possibly exceed four million dollars.

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The Mainstream Media have so far virtually* blacked out the story, but when the auction is over and a highly impressive sum is paid, will they continue to ignore it? After all, the auction of a grilled cheese sandwich claimed to display the image of the Virgin Mary fetched only $28,000 and received widespread publicity in the US and overseas. Someone paying a million bucks or more for a contemporary letter is pretty big news, even without the charity angle. And this is no food product bearing a resemblance to sacred art, this is a historic document signed by 80% of the majority caucus of what is commonly alleged to be the world's greatest deliberative body.

Rush Limbaugh has outsmarted the Democratic Leadership of the Senate and cornered the media. If the media do not cover the auction results, they will look ridiculous. The letter is easy enough to explain that it will inevitably be discussed at water coolers, sports events, churches, parties, and other get-togethers. But if the media do cover it, they must include some explanation for the high price, and that will make Reid and the Democrats look silly or worse.

In case your media diet does not include talk radio and the conservative commentariat, the backstory is fairly simple, which makes the auction all the harder to ignore.

The blowback from the "General Betray Us" MoveOn.org left the Democrats and their Soros-funded allies smarting, and they were anxious to demonstrate to their own supporters that conservatives behave reprehensively. Accordingly Media Matters (which Hillary bragged she "helped start" took out of context a phrase Rush Limbaugh spoke, "phony soldiers" and alleged he had smeared good patriotic American soldiers and veterans who disagree with him.

In an effort to promote the fabricated media storm and perhaps force change on Rush, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid got 40 other Senate Democrats to sign a letter to Mark P. Mays, CEO of the syndicator of Rush's show, calling on him to publicly repudiate Rush and to ask Mr. Limbaugh to apologize.

Instead of cowering, Mr. Mays turned the letter over to Rush, who came up with the brilliant plan to make the Democrats regret their hasty attempt to intimidate a private citizen who is their critic. Invoking the majesty of the United States Senate to intimidate a private citizen demonstrates a remarkable degree of self-absorption. A simple thought experiment:

What if Newt Gingrich, while he was Speaker, had enlisted 80% of the House majority as signatories of a letter to the CEO of General Electric asking Jack Welch to apologize for a sin of NBC News? Do you think Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich and Paul Krugman would have ignored it? How about CBS and ABC? There was no Media Matters back then, but fax machines were in widespread use. How long would it take for everyone to be pointing out that broadcasting is a regulated industry, and that the evil politicians were muzzling the free press?

Reid & Company never for a moment imagined that anyone would characterize their act as bullying a free press and possibly even raising First Amendment issues. Because Clear Channel hold many radio licenses from the federal government, it is very vulnerable to pressure from the government, and the words "chilling effect" do not seem outrageously out of place in evaluating the intended consequence of the Senate Majority Leader's letter. Interviewed on Hannity & Colmes Thursday evening, Rush called the letter "neo-Stalinist."

The letter is, in fact, an important historical document, representing an attempt to silence the single most prominent private citizen critic of the Democratic Party, written on official stationery of the Majority Leader of the United States Senate and bearing the signatures of the vast majority of his caucus, including the front-runner and other candidates for the Party's presidential nomination. Should the purchaser be so-minded, it may someday be donated to the Smithsonian Institution, National Archives or some other nonprofit library or archive.

The mainstream media have taken a beating in viewership and readership and in credibility the past two decades that Rush Limbaugh has been on the air, and the Democrats are perpetually outraged that he dominates the entire medium of talk radio, while no liberal host has ever been able to mount a halfway comparable performance on the public airwaves.

Arrogance combined with the emotion of hate leads to dangerous mistakes. Reid and the media which gave initial credence to the Media Matters-generated smear of Rush have stepped in something whose smell may linger in the history of American politics

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Here's a nice summary:

That's a "nice" summary? That article is nothing more than a full spin mental masturbation piece.
It's a "masterstroke" allright, and probably the most expensive hand job I've ever heard about

That aside, I really do think it's great. Rush makes a typical, arrogant, loudmouthed mistake, pays $2 mil for it and it goes to a good charity. It's all good!

[NCclimber 0]

Yeah.

You've made it pretty clear that you feel any attacks on Rush, no matter how low-brow or dishonest, are completely justified.

Face it, this little exercise righteous indignation by leading Democrats has completely blown up in their faces. And Rush's claim of media bias is playing out as if it were scripted.

Sorry this little drama isn't playing out as you hoped.

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Here's a nice summary:

That's a "nice" summary? That article is nothing more than a full spin mental masturbation piece.
It's a "masterstroke" allright, and probably the most expensive hand job I've ever heard about

That aside, I really do think it's great. Rush makes a typical, arrogant, loudmouthed mistake, pays $2 mil for it and it goes to a good charity. It's all good!

first, where's the "spin"? it appears to summarize what happened prety accurately.

second, what "mistake" did rush make? the people he was refering to ARE phoney soldiers. he did nothing wrong. i also don't think rush has a problem with the $2 million. he's got plenty of money and will see far more than $2 million worth of publicity and at the same time exposing the democratic leadership for the jack-asses that they are. they screwed the pooch on this one.

"Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama
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Yeah.

You've made it pretty clear that you feel any attacks on Rush, no matter how low-brow or dishonest, are completely justified.

Yep. No problem with Rush getting a taste of what he dishes out.

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Face it, this little exercise righteous indignation by leading Democrats has completely blown up in their faces. And Rush's claim of media bias is playing out as if it were scripted.

Sorry this little drama isn't playing out as you hoped.

I didn't hope for any of this but it sure is comical to see the spin machines in action.
"Ok Rush, YOU WIN. Now pay up."

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first, where's the "spin"? it appears to summarize what happened prety accurately.

There's too much to list and I've got to step out to pick up my car. Maybe I'll put a little jiu jitsu masterstroking on another reply later.

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second, what "mistake" did rush make? the people he was refering to ARE phoney soldiers. he did nothing wrong. i also don't think rush has a problem with the $2 million. he's got plenty of money and will see far more than $2 million worth of publicity and at the same time exposing the democratic leadership for the jack-asses that they are. they screwed the pooch on this one.

You're right about the money. He's got plenty of money and any publicity can be good publicity. I would have preferred that he bit the head off of a dove but I guess this will do.

[Lefty 0]

Rush pretty much wins this match. Comedy points to Reid for trying to horn in on the credit for this idea, though. That's a shit-ton of money going to help the soldiers' families, in any case.

Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful.
-Calvin

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Rush pretty much wins this match. Comedy points to Reid for trying to horn in on the credit for this idea, though. That's a shit-ton of money going to help the soldiers' families, in any case.

Game, Set, Match.

If he was "spinning" as some here claim, why is the media silent on this?????? Don't bother to answer, cause you cant

(Last comment not aimed at you Leffty)

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Yeah.

You've made it pretty clear that you feel any attacks on Rush, no matter how low-brow or dishonest, are completely justified.

Yep. No problem with Rush getting a taste of what he dishes out.

So, you're okay with the United States Senate stooping to his level?

[rushmc 23]

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Yeah.

You've made it pretty clear that you feel any attacks on Rush, no matter how low-brow or dishonest, are completely justified.

Yep. No problem with Rush getting a taste of what he dishes out.

So, you're okay with the United States Senate stooping to his level?

ONLY, if is is someone he does not agree with. Otherwise it would be an abuse of power I love watch them squirm

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[1969912 0]

Fox is still the only news site reporting this. How can anyone claim the MSM isn't liberal biased?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303569,00.html

It's hard to believe that Fox is the one being biased when they post this misleading Headline a couple days ago?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301656,00.html

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