What is going on with Rush Limbaugh?

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Did he really trash US soldiers? OR was he trashing some fraud who faked his military credentials?

I am sort of coming on this after the fact. Can someone who has been following this get me up to speed?

[Scott R. Brown]

I was actually listening on the days he made his comments.

It was VERY clear he was talking about one particular soldier and others LIKE him who PRETEND to be in the military and make FALSE claims about atrocities that DID NOT happen in the war and NOT the claims made by his detractors that he was denigrating REAL soldiers who differ in opinion from him.

Rush has been given many honors by soldiers including an award from a Marine/Law Enforcement foundation upon whose board he has served.

Soldiers who actually LISTEN to his show have no problem with his comments because it was VERY CLEAR what he meant at the time.

One must be either dishonest or mentally deficient to characterize his comments differently.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

I am not the biggest Limbaugh fan (I'm not the biggest fan of anyone really), but the accusations I was hearing on TV just do not sound right to me.

I heard his explanation, but I wanted to hear some opinions form those who actually heard him. My thought is maybe there were other comments made that he is not admitting to, to spin his way out of trouble.

Since I don't listen to him all that much, I figured I'd ask to see if someone else had.

Assuming his defense is true, what does that say about the news media today? They appear to be going on a which hunt and truth is totally out the window.

Makes me wonder if there are any places where the government and media has not gone insane? Maybe my idea to move to Costa Rica is not as far fetched as I think?

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

One thing I noticed, his attackers are NOT playing the sound bites of his actual words...highly suspect to me.

[Scott R. Brown]

You can go to his website and read and listen to what he said directly. You don't have to take anyone's words for him.

His comments were a culmination of a few days of comments about one particular guy who claimed to be a war vet Army Ranger, purple heart winner who came back from Iraq and told stories about the atrocities committed by American troops ala John Kerry. This guy was paraded around by liberal groups and lauded by Democrat politicians. His comments were broadcast in Arab countries to demonstrate how horrible American and our soldiers are only to find out he washed out of boot camp after only 44 days. He never served in the Army or went to Iraq. There are a number of these PHONY soldiers and there are numerous websites available to find out about them. This guy and others like him are the PHONY soldiers to which Rush was referring.

Anyone who thinks differently is reading into his comments what they want to hear and their opinion says more about them and how they think rather than Rush. Rush is well liked and respected by most men in uniform.

[Scott R. Brown]

Rush was commenting about how this guy was just sentenced to 5 months in jail for falsifying his military record. He was also commenting that those who supported him and enabled his FALSE claims to be broadcast around the world have NOT corrected the record or apologized for their not doing proper homework. They broadcast his comments because they wanted to believe in what he said and therefore did not do due diligence in verifying even such a simple matter as his military record.

This PHONY soldier damaged America through his comments and the media that broadcast his comments without substantiation participated in this. This is the heart of his comments.

[Scott R. Brown]

This was a smear campaign originated by Media Matters a Hillary Clinton front group. Some are thinking it is a response to the disastrous "General Betray Us" ad that was placed in the New York Times at half the going rate. This ad was meant to discredit General Patreaus's report on how the surge is going. It became an embarrassment for the Left so they are attempting the Logical Fallacy of "You're Another". Unfortunately, they have to lie in the the attempt and it is failing miserably as well.

All this is happening because of the political season and it will get worse before it gets better.