Limbaugh And The Phony Soldiers

October 10, 2007 | By Sniper One |

I haven’t spent any time on the fake Media Matters “controversy” over Rush Limbaugh’s comments about the phony soldiers like Jesse MacBeth. The attack on Rush was just silly when you boil it down to what really matters. Everyone who has heard of Jesse MacBeth knows that he was a fraud. Everyone knows that the left has a tendency to bring out “human shields” like MacBeth when they can’t argue on the merits of the bill.

Ok, well maybe not everyone… but anyone with a clue.

(NewsBusters) How disingenuous was this leftist attack on Limbaugh? Let us count the ways.
1. Before reviewing the facts of the case, one has to shake his head in disbelief that anyone would accuse Limbaugh of an anti-military bias. A day doesn’t go by when he isn’t praising our military on his radio program. He’s visited the troops on the battlefield in Afghanistan, and brought comfort to our wounded at the Walter Reed Army hospital. He’s raised and donated millions to military charities. It is no wonder that he is the single most popular personality on the Armed Forces Radio Network.
2. Less than two minutes after uttering the words “phony soldiers,” Limbaugh elaborated on the subject, explaining exactly what he meant by the term. He named one Jesse Macbeth as an example of a phony soldier. Macbeth had become an overnight darling of the far left, a self-described Iraq war veteran and Purple Heart recipient man who posted a YouTube video denouncing American military atrocities he’d witnessed. Except he was never awarded a Purple Heart. He was never in Iraq. In fact, he was never in the military, period. He was tossed out of boot camp after four months. Macbeth is now in prison serving a five-month term for falsifying Army records and applying falsely for veterans’ benefits. Limbaugh was right.
Limbaugh also pointed that that he wasn’t the first to discuss the Macbeth phony soldier story. Brian Ross had filed a report on this man several nights before, on ABC’s World News. Mr. Ross even used the term “phony soldier” — and not a soul on the left found fault with that.
3. So the left returned with another charge: Limbaugh had used the plural, “phony soldiers,” therefore Limbaugh’s sole example — Macbeth — was inadequate. So are there any other “phony soldiers” out there? Jeffrey Sullivan, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, thinks so. Besides prosecuting Macbeth, he’s prosecuted another five “phony soldiers.” Jim O’Neill, the assistant inspector general for investigations at the Veterans Administration, confirms that the federal government is presently conducting another 60 such “stolen valor” cases. Rush was right, in spades.
And when Rush fought back, that military hawk Sen. Tom Harkin took to the floor of the Senate to denounce him for engaging in a publicity stunt, for ratings. In other words, Rush had no right to defend himself.
4. The left knows Rush was correct, yet, just as with the spurious racist accusations against Bill O’Reilly the week before, the attacks continued for days, unabated. This is no accident, and no coincidence. Yesterday it was MoveOn. Today it’s Media Matters. This is the far left at its repugnant worst, perfectly content to destroy a man’s reputation through dishonest attacks if it will further its agenda. Josef Stalin would be proud of this movement.

The left just can’t handle the truth, so just like Stalin and every thing they accuse the Republicans of doing, they do themselves. They can’t silence the truth, so they try and silence the messenger.