Comments on: Rush: “Phony soldiers”

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:41:49 +0000

Hey Brian, I know it’s crazy, but you can cite the paragraph where Rush explicitly called 60% of American soldiers phony?

The closest I can find is where he called a specific solider, one solider, a phony. That solider was Jesse MacBeth.

Jesse MacBeth was a vet of the Iraq War. He had won the purple heart serving his tour, as a corporal in the Rangers.

Upon returning, Jesse detailed the atrocities he had seen as done by American serviceman, including torture & other atrocities.

There’s only one catch.

None of it is true.

Jess MacBeth never was a Ranger. He never went to Iraq (nor Afghanistan). In fact, he was kicked out of bootcamp after 44 days.

You’re saying he isn’t phony?

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:49:14 +0000

David - so you agree with Rush that 60% of American soldiers are “phony soldiers” because they think we should get the hell out of Iraq?

I dare you to go to Walter Reed and tell one of the kids there who has lost a leg or two in the war that because he thinks we should pull out he’s “phony”. I bet you he beats you to death with his prosthetics.

By: David Valdez

David Valdez — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:32:19 +0000

Rush is right again!

By: The Falcon of the Adirondacks

The Falcon of the Adirondacks — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:33:29 +0000

Maybe a phony special forces soldier could slip into Rush’s house silently in the night, chloroform Rush into unconsciousness and pretend to surgerically remove his arms and legs. Then he can pretend to wake Rush up and pretend to force him eat his own limbs at gun point.

Let’s pretend, Rush, let’s pretend together.

Rush, pretend you can stop thinking about who’s coming for you in the night!

LET’S PRETEND TOGETHER, RUSH!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:16:59 +0000

Shhhh…can you hear that?

Be real quiet. Listen.

Hear it?

Didn’t think so. That’s the outrage from the right over Rush calling dead soldiers phony. Dead silence - pardon the pun.

I would venture to guess (don’t know) that Rush reaches as many if not more people than MoveOn.org. Let’s follow the outrage vacuum shall we?

Consistency and intellectual honesty was never part of the wingnut toolkit, however. So don’t hold your breath.