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Reid, Media Pretend eBay Letter Dems’ Idea

From the DNC’s ABC News:


Bidding Over $2M for Dems Anti-Rush Letter

October 19, 2007

ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf Reports: Who says the political fingerpointing in Washington is all for naught?

[T]oday comes word that a Wasghinton, D.C. area philanthropist, Betty Casey (or bettyc588, as she is known on Ebay) is going to pay over $2 million for a letter Senate Democrats wrote to Mark Mays, President of Clear Channel, asking him to condemn Rush Limbaugh for the “phony soldiers” comment.

All proceeds from the auction of the letter will go to the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation, which distributes aid to the families to the children of fallen Marines on behalf of law enforcement officers.

Rush Limbaugh himself put the letter up for auction on EBAY. Limbaugh sits on the board of the foundation and he has reportedly said on his show that he will match the winning bid — a total of $4.2 million for the foundation…

Back on October 1st, Harry Reid brought the letter to the Senate floor and asked Republicans to join him condemning Limbaugh for saying that soldiers who oppose the Iraq war are “phony soldiers.”

No Republicans signed the letter and Limbaugh has made light of it. Also on Ebay, you can buy a t-shirt that reads “Phony 41″ on the back. 41 Democratic Senators signed the letter to Limbaugh…

At the time, Reid called on Republicans — who had condemned Moveon.org for the General Betrayus ad — to sign the letter condemning Limbaugh. But only 41 Democrats, including Reid, signed the letter.

Today, Reid was more conciliatory to Limbaugh and whoever is paying for the letter. Though he said on the Senate floor that as he had watched the bidding throughout the week, he never thought it would get to $2 million.

“Now, everyone knows that Rush Limbaugh and I don’t agree on everything in life and maybe that is kind of an understatement,” Reid said.

“But without qualification Mark May, [sic] the owner of the network that has Rush Limbaugh, and Rush Limbaugh should know that this letter that they’re auctioning is going to be something that raises money for a worthwhile cause. I don’t know what we could do more important than helping to ensure that children of our fallen soldiers and police officers who have fallen in the line of duty have the opportunity for their children to have a good education,” he said.

The bidding ends at 1:00 p.m. No mater [sic] what, Democrats are going to make a ton of money for a charity off their political vitriol.

Of course it is to be expected that Harry Reid would misrepresent the facts here. He is a pathological liar.

But this is our watchdog media at work:

No mater [sic] what, Democrats are going to make a ton of money for a charity off their political vitriol.

If they will misrepresent this affair, just think how far they will go to lie about something truly important.

(Thanks to Mark for the heads up.)

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This article was posted by Steve Gilbert on Friday, October 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pm. You can leave a response.

14 Responses to “Reid, Media Pretend eBay Letter Dems’ Idea”

  1. Enthalpy
    October 19th, 2007 at 7:04 pm

    Lame is lame, and Harry Reid is lame.

  2. Gila Monster
    October 19th, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    Dingy Harry is a scum sucking POS with the morals of a crack whore. Trying to steal credit for any part of the Rush auction is just plain despicable.
    Where is your money Harry? Or your 41 cohorts in the Senate? In your friggin’ pocket, right?
    Sewer dwelling asshats, all of em’ !!

    ABC, being a willing dupe in this travesty, isn’t much better. They may as well add DNC to their moniker.

  3. DEZ
    October 19th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    Ok Duuurty Harry, Lets start with that tie, Yes the purple clip on.
    It makes you look like a used car salesman from Somalia.
    Get a tie with more conservative colors, And one that you tie around that weak pencil neck.
    Now about that lapel pin, Ever hear of the US flag? Wear it, You represent America, Act like it.
    And finally that colostomy bag you call a mouth, Keep it shut or say something intelligent.
    Whats that, No I do not want an AMC Gremlin.

  4. Warmonger Infidel
    October 19th, 2007 at 8:29 pm

    Hissy Harry knows no bounds of dishonesty and has no clue of the meaning of shame. Shame on you Harris…or Hairy..oh yeah…Harry.

  5. sheehanjihad
    October 19th, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    harry looks and sounds like the capable hunchback gazing in awe of the Hildebeast rising from the table….but Dez has it better than anyone in what his decorum should be. (somalian used car salesman? LMAO)

  6. FAVORLESS1
    October 19th, 2007 at 9:46 pm

    Let them try and take credit anyway. It’s to late to backtrack from your attack on free speech of a private citizen of the USA. I really heard the collective gasp from all the moderate dem’s in the states.But the left wing neo-lib nutcases were temporarily sated. I know for sure that his adult diaper is full thinking about all the money going to the law enforcement/military families.Good for rush, If he get’s one more loyal listener because of this joke, it will have been worth it. I really don’t care about the main stream media because all 10 people watching them are kool aid drinkers anyway. I am enjoying watching the reactionaries of the left wing waste away while they are in the majority, it’s hilarious. they have not had an original thought or idea in decades. They take conservative ideas and pervert them and push them forward to die.Flacid,Flacid,Flacid.

  7. BillK
    October 19th, 2007 at 9:47 pm

    Note in CNN’s article on the story, Reid just can’t let go (emboldening mine):

    Reid’s spokesman Jim Manley later told CNN, “The irony of the situation is that this charity managed to benefit from [Limbaugh's] completely outrageous and offensive comments.”

    http://politicalticker.blogs.c.....1-million/

    Note also that Rush invited each of the signing Senators to match the eventual sales price as a donation to MC-LEF as he was going to do; to the best of my knowledge none of them have done so, and as far as I know none have donated dime one.

  8. johndrock
    October 19th, 2007 at 10:46 pm

    Dirty Harry is beyond the pale, spends taxpayers time blasting Rush in a speech on the Senate floor, getting the letter drafted, signed and sent, then compounds it with the asinine speech about “talking to the owner of Clear Channel” about how much the letter would bring on ebay, as if to take credit for thinking of putting the letter up for bid.

    What a “piece of work”.

    Any wonder those asinine, obscene congress-critters have an 11% approval rating?

  9. SG
    October 20th, 2007 at 3:13 am

    Here is a perfect example of the New York Times in action:

    Critical Letter to Limbaugh Fetches $2 Million

    By STEPHANIE STROM
    October 20, 2007

    After Rush Limbaugh referred to Iraq war veterans critical of the war as “phony soldiers,” he received a letter of complaint signed by 41 Democratic senators. He decided to auction the letter, which he described as “this glittering jewel of colossal ignorance,” for charity, and he pledged to match the price, dollar for dollar…

    [Snippage of a dozen paragraphs.]

    Mr. Limbaugh has said that he was referring only to one soldier, who was critical of the war and had served only 44 days in the Army, never seeing combat.

    Marcus S. Owens, a lawyer who headed the Internal Revenue Service division that oversees charities and foundations, said the Casey foundation might incur taxes on its purchase because it would have difficulty demonstrating that buying the letter furthered a charitable purpose. “They’d have to establish the link between the transfer of money for that letter and promoting free speech,” Mr. Owens said, “and that’s going to be tough.”

    http://tinyurl.com/35dwyr

    Note that we never hear the truth of what Limbaugh was addressing until the penultimate paragraph.

    Oh, and yes, Jesse MacBeth’s crime was that he was “critical of the war.” Sheesh.

    There are lies, damn lies, and the New York Times.

    And isn’t the final paragraph a kicker?

    But no, you can’t question the “charity” status of MoveOn, Media Matters or the ACLU.

  10. Greg England
    October 20th, 2007 at 7:04 am

    This whole kerfuffle is the most blatant piece of liberal demagogy I have encountered in recent times.

    The ‘phony soldiers’ phrase was made on the Rush Limbaugh show during a telephone conversation:

    Wednesday September 26, Hour 2
    25 minutes 34 seconds (into the MP3 of the show, obtained from the Rush Limbaugh website BEFORE all of this kicked off)

    It is a real stretch of the imagination to read the Media Matters interpretation into Rush Limbaugh’s show.

    Both in the context of the telephone conversation, the context of the show, and the context of the morning update (September 25th) it is obvious that Rush Limbaugh did not intend to impugn the honour of left wingers who serve in the military.

    This is actually quite frightening.

  11. Zeusshiloh
    October 20th, 2007 at 8:05 am

    Dingy Harry strikes again. As already mentioned, if it was the “we” (and not the Imperial WE as Dingy Harry sees himself) I want to see him match the final bid on this letter. Let him put his money where his mouth is.

    Also, it has been suggested that Rush make official copies of this letter, autograph those and sell those letters.

    This entire episode isn’t finished yet. Dingy Harry is very well named.

  12. ptat
    October 20th, 2007 at 8:52 am

    like Daschle before him, Reid is such a phoney, with his faux meek and pious little mumble voice, very odd inflection, he will lie and slither with obfuscation….one mistake Rush made, though, that puzzled me: why not sell the document on e-bay for personal profit? Wouldn’ that have driven Reid crazier, if that is possible? Then, Rush could turn around and donate it to charity. Of course, it wouldn’t have raised as much, which may explain Rush’s decision…..

  13. texaspsue
    October 21st, 2007 at 1:24 pm

    What are Reid, Pelosi, etc. going to do if we actually succeed? http://online.wsj.com/article/.....65565.html

  14. Lipstick on a PIAPS
    October 21st, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    Take full credit, what else?! These jerks think the American people are stupid and based on the ‘06 election results they may have a point.


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