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Limbaugh Compares Purple Heart Recipient
In Vote Vets Ad To A Suicide Bomber
Think
Progress
Wednesday October 03, 2007
In a new Vote Vets ad released
today, Brian McGough, an Iraq war veteran who received the Purple Heart,
challenges Rush Limbaugh: “Until you have the guts to call me a
‘phony soldier‘
to my face, stop telling lies about my service.” Watch it:
In response, Limbaugh today attacked McGough, comparing him to a suicide
bomber and suggesting that someone “pumped
him full of these lies about what I said“:
This is such a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran, lying
to him about what I said and then strapping those lies to his belt,
sending him out via the media and a TV ad to walk into as many people
as he can walk into.
This man will always be a hero to this country with everyone. Whoever
pumped him full of these lies about what I said and embarrassed him
with this ad has betrayed him, they aren’t hurting me. They are
betraying this soldier.
In McGough’s case, Rush’s comments are especially tactless.
McGough’s injury in Iraq “resulted
from a real-life suicide bomber.” On DailyKos, McGough responds
to Limbaugh:
I can assure you that I am no suicide bomber and that I can think for
myself. […]
Rush, your phony soldier comments pissed me off. The audacity
of someone like you who never had the courage to stand and fight for
what you believe in makes my head spin. That is what made me
stand up and state my convictions in front of a camera. I wanted to
point out that you are wrong. I am not a phony soldier. […]
In the commercial I just taped, I told you unless you had the guts
to say something to my face, stop telling lies about my service. Well
you haven’t had the guts to say it to my face, but I am waiting
and the offer is still on the table.
Evidently, according to Limbaugh, pretty much everyone lies and has ulterior
motives…unless they agree with him.
UPDATE: Media
Matters and Digby
have more.
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