Rush Limbaugh Spins Reid's Letter Into Charity Gold/"But we're not political at all,"
fc
Washington Post Staff Writer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101902667.html?sub=AR
Petty bickering about patriotism and Who Loves Our Troops More has
never been seen as a financial growth industry, but there's no
stopping American capitalism. This is why a perfunctory bit of
political grandstanding, committed to U.S. Senate letterhead this
month, became worth a reported $4.2 million yesterday, instantly
becoming one of the most valuable printed documents of the modern era.
The letter in question is an Oct. 2 two-pager from Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to Clear Channel Communications CEO Mark
Mays lambasting the syndicate's Rush Limbaugh, who had recently
criticized U.S. troops who were against the war in Iraq.
"Phony soldiers," blasted Limbaugh.
"Beyond the pale," Reid blasted back. "Unpatriotic," he added.
Forty-one Democratic senators signed the thing, put it in the mail
and, really, that should have been the end.
But Limbaugh decided he had been "smeared" by left-wing evildoers. He
put the letter up for auction on eBay, with the benefits going to the
Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, a New Jersey-based charity
that primarily gives scholarship money to the children of service
members either killed in war or in the course of public duty. Limbaugh
sits on the board of directors.
The letter drew bids from more than 60 people and was bought yesterday
for $2.1 million by reclusive D.C. philanthropist Betty Brown Casey,
who has heretofore shown more of an interest in the Washington
National Opera than Washington mudslinging. Limbaugh said yesterday on
his radio show that Casey was a longtime fan, that he would match her
bid (bringing the total raised by the letter to $4.2 million) and, on
his show, he graciously poked Reid in the eye:
"It got this kind of money because it represents one of the most
outrageous abuses of federal power in modern American history, and
that is what makes it a collector's item. This letter that Senator
Reid wrote will forever memorialize him as a demagogue."
We have only a few hours, but you get the idea.
Brendan Sullivan, Casey's attorney, did not return calls yesterday.
Yesterday on the Senate floor, Reid said Limbaugh had "very, very
constructively" raised more than $2 million with a letter "signed by
this senator and my friends." Limbaugh, not to be out-grandstanded,
took to the airwaves to blast Reid for trying to "horn in" on the
publicity coup.
"We've gotten donations in the million-dollar range before, but this
is by far the biggest," James Kallstrom, chairman and co-founder of
the 12-year-old charity, said yesterday in a telephone interview.
The foundation has awarded more than $27 million in scholarships to
children of slain troops and law enforcement officers, Kallstrom said,
as well as support money for disabled veterans and their families.
"But we're not political at all," he said.he said.he said.
Mentally Ill GOP
"fc" <lol...@msn.com> wrote in message
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> By Neely Tucker Saturday, October 20, 2007
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101902667.html?sub=AR
Bullshit. Rush didn't get the check yet.
fc
"This is strictly a promotional marketing"
was at the end of the Fox article. According to Kieta, the vice
president of American Memorabilia, the $4.2 million paid was for
promotional marketing.
I think Limbaugh is the director or on the board of the charity the
money goes to. The whole drumbeat of great charity, midas touch needs
more scrutiny. The NYT & WaPo stories were instantly labeled in
negative terms, rhetoric like "lie" et al. There was a mistake that
could be corrected, but not enough to negate the whole story.
All the 61 bids were from an elite group with NO limit credit cards.
Betty Casey is a case herself...
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/browse_frm/thread/acd76b7479dfc6de/07532e75428e0a8a#07532e75428e0a8a
Ebay gives 3 days for people to pay. If Limbaugh is director of the
charity, will we know what happens? Betty Casey represents a
foundation that gives to foundations. There are so many charity
rackets no one examines. When people hide behind "I love children" "I
give to charity" it's not always alturistic.. but others let it go
because they don't want to be accused of not being charitable, I'd
like to see more investigative reporting. But that gets nasty: We
Might Know Whom Rush Limbaugh Threatened
http://nymag.com/daily/movies/2007/10/wanks_for_the_memories_we_migh.html
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/8fa5b526077039fe
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/ccedddf91ecb60ab
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/05a603d268608cb1
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/b8d61edd9d3967a1
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/46489b279c42c602
We tried to research the "phony soldier" saga.. the Media Matters has
transcripts but you know the reactionaries repeat "lie" et al. All the
right wings sites were convoluted and indirect
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/af844e8d7d6d9991
Most news stories don't get told at all. This was on a local blog:
http://blogabarbara.blogspot.com/2007/10/community-post-stabbing-last-night.html
We have a bad situation where we live.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara_News-Press_controversy
Living here you get to see some of the chartity gamers. This isn't
new, but Laura Schlessinger has brought up the worst of it again.
http://zzwt.blogspot.com/search/label/charity and more recent. Not to
say needy people don't get anything. There are other motives at play.
Schlessinger both brings up the charity issues and the NOnews-Press
issues. Her son Deryk Schlessinger's recent example
http://www.bigozine2.com/features07/SBkid.html
The month before her son's case was completed (HE WAS NOT CLEARED) she
got an "award" from DoD. The man that runs the charity deserved it. It
was timely PR for her. Deryk's KingOf*Hearts*
http://kingofheartsmaybeschlessinger.blogspot.com/search/label/cartoons
My Space was immediately purged
http://wonkette.com/politics/dept'-of-america/dr-lauras-cretin-son-having-fun-torturing-people-in-afghanistan-262247.php
"The 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan shuttered the pages on
Friday. The Pentagon managed to immediately cleanse all evidence of
the MySpace pages, including whatever copies and cached versions were
kept by Google and the Internet Archive."
"I think scrubbing this story is a mistake. Here is a link to an
August 31 2007 article in the Santa Barbara Independent by Matt
Kettmann reporting that the Army investigation is closed and that the
Army is not releasing the results The article quotes Lt. Col. David
Accetta, Army spokesperson in
Afghanistan. So 70.188.224.207's claims of "likely slander" don't seem
to have much merit but are notable for the rhetoric. Being that this
woman makes her living telling others how to keep their houses and
affairs in order, yet may be failing in these endeavors on her own,
makes it worth adding, don't you think? Dent.earl 19:40, 15 October
2007 (UTC)"
http://www.independent.com/news/2007/aug/31/military-investigation-dr-lauras-son-complete/
His situation is slight compared to others: US soldiers allegedly
trading pictures of dead Iraqis & Afghanis for porn
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/browse_frm/thread/e2eeda4cc7410281#
Thanks for keeping up on these matters.
NPR and Other National Media Outlets Continue To Ignore The Lavena
Johnson Case
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/browse_frm/thread/11e688c211abc94b#
"Lest we Forget"
Ciara Durkin Juan Torres Pat Tillman Lavena Johnson
On Oct 22, 8:08 am, "Mentally Ill GOP" <AssB...@WH.net> wrote:
> "fc" <lol7...@msn.com> wrote in message
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> news:1193029508.4...@e34g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
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> > By Neely Tucker Saturday, October 20, 2007
> > Washington Post Staff Writer
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR200...
David Hartung
Rush putting the letter up for auction was a class act.
gc
YIKES! It's a slimy class.
They won't look at the transcript where he says "phony soldierS", the
"one" soldier spin came later... "logical fallacy" is kind.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/af844e8d7d6d9991
http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270010?f=h_top
The letter was falsely advertised as "smear" and the auction was all
Fatso's no limit credit card elitists.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=260170172469
I heard Rush is on the board of the $29,000,000.00 foundation who is
allegedly to get the money from Betty Casey's $294,000,000.00
foundation.
http://www.mc-lef.org/
What a set up. How are they documenting when the orphans get the
money? Shouldn't there be more disclosures? It's a coincidence Casey
has a pet EAR doctor? http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/06/15/bad_medicine/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33744-2004Jul7.html
This is the statement Casey Foundation had in Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303569,00.html
"The Eugene B. Casey Foundation believes freedom of speech is a basic
right of every citizen of this country. Their purchase of the smear
letter was to demonstrate their belief in this right and to support
Rush Limbaugh, his views and his continued education of us."
What about the orphans?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/us/21parent.html?ex=1350705600&en=8329196a8ba542a1&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
She's more interested in Limpballs freedom of speech, "his views and
his continued education of us."
He has no platform? He knows he's entertaining a small ideologically
simplistic audience, but they are clueless.
They keep making things up to spin this off of Fatso's first lie:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200710230005
"Glenn Beck falsely claimed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-
NV) wrote a letter to Clear Channel Communications CEO Mark P. Mays
"calling for Rush's firing" in response to Rush Limbaugh's
characterization of service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from
Iraq as 'phony soldiers'."
The letter stated:
[...] Although Americans of goodwill debate the merits of this
war, we can all agree that those who serve with such great courage
deserve our deepest respect and gratitude. That is why Rush Limbaugh's
recent characterization of troops who oppose the war as "phony
soldiers" is such an outrage.
Thousands of active troops and veterans were subjected to Mr.
Limbaugh's unpatriotic and indefensible comments on your broadcast. We
trust you will agree that not a single one of our sons, daughters,
neighbors and friends serving overseas is a "phony soldier." We call
on you to publicly repudiate these comments that call into question
their service and sacrifice and to ask Mr. Limbaugh to apologize for
his comments. [...]
Where is the whole so-called "smear" letter? Fatso did mischaracterize
the troops who oppose the war as "phony soldiers". He's lied and
misrepresented the letter, all on the backs of orphans. They should
get the money and more.
............
Give the orphans the MONEY AND MORE
Put schemer Fatso in prison, the hoax auction was a set up.
On Oct 22, 6:16 pm, David Hartung <dhart...@quixnetnone.net> wrote:
> fc wrote:
> > By Neely Tucker Saturday, October 20, 2007
> > Washington Post Staff Writer
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR200...