Harry Reid wants to punish Rush’s First Ammendment Rights

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Need we say it. The Dems can lie and slander our troops with baby killers, murderers and the occupation forces of an imperial regime. Rush says the words “phony soldiers” and someone gets their underwear all in a bunch. Sounds like they are a bit sensitive. Could it be because they are guilty of saying untrue things while Rush simply said the truth?

[Blog Baltimore Sun] The Democrats rush in where Rush fans wish they wouldn’t tread: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is taking the Senate floor today to seek support for a letter rebuking Rush Limbaugh for his “phony soldiers” commentary. More than a typical Limbaugh “rant,” the Senate leader said today, Limbaugh’s remark about war-protesting soldiers was “drivel.”

Limbaugh is the radio talk show host who made mention of “phony soldiers” during a discussion about people calling for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq last week.

This drew howls of protest from Democratic Party leaders, followed by Limbaugh’s own howl of protest that he was misunderstood. Limbaugh maintained later in the week that he had been speaking of only one “genuine phony soldier” who had made up stories about atrocities he witnessed though he had never even served in Iraq.

And then Limbaugh went on to add a couple more phonies to his roster, including Rep. Jack Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat, decorated Vietnam veteran and retired Marine colonel who opposes the war. And Limbaugh’s fans cried foul about the media’s reporting of what Limbaugh had said in the first place — he had spoken of “phony soliders,” not one phony, and it wasn’t clear at all that he might be labeling just one impersonator with that tag.

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