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Originally Posted by peragro
Yep, that's true. I guess folks can continue to speculate on did he or didn't he mean what he said when he said it. Luckily, we have groups now that tell us what a person means when they say something rather than deciding for ourselves. 110 seconds and whether it was "soldier" or "soldiers" is hugely weak evidence. But folks want their lynching. It's too bad that it'll be happening to someone else soon and maybe the next person won't be a political hack like Limbaugh. But the bars already been set way low.
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Rush is an idiot, but he's smart enough to lead you there without specifically saying it. Seems pretty clear to me he impugned the honor of soldiers who are anti-war, but you don't have to say, "I impugn the honor of soldiers" to do it.
For a while now, the right's had the market cornered on this kind of thing, and the kind of thing MoveOn printed. Limbaugh/Hannity/Coulter/O'Reilly, et al. sling some ridiculous crap. Well, the left doesn't have talk radio, but they've got their MoveOns and MediaMatters so the right gets a little tit for tat now. Congress jumps down MoveOn's throat with both feet, it's reasonable to expect it'll come down on Limbaugh - unless of course they're hypocrites who censure one and not the other.
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Likewise, I'm sure I'll be seeing lots of links from MediaMatters that point me to something or another of supposed importance. At least, for me, I've been educated somewhat on what MediaMatters is and who David Brock is. I'll treat the future links accordingly.
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I've done the same with those right-wing versions of MM that you used about the Pelosi/MILCON 'improprieties'.