krotchdog
Rookie
- Apr 7, 2009
- 480
- 46
- 0
- Banned
- #1
http://www.qando.net/ - Letter and Limbaugh raise 4.2 million for charity
Dittoheads, we know who Rush is, let the threads die that spew the lies. Create your own Ditto head thread with a positive title, dont post in the trash, ignore it, your are falling into a trap. the libs present a false premis and we waste our time responding giving weight and momentum to the lies and hate.
you remember the Media Matter attempt to make something out o nothing with the Rush Limbauh "phony soldiers" claim. You remember Harry Reid getting all huffy on the floor of the Senate and getting a group of Senators (including 3 presidential candidates) to sign a letter of protest to the president of Clear Channel Broadcasting?
Here's the outcome:
The conservative radio talk-show host turned an inflammatory letter written by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and signed by 41 of his fellow Democrats into a more than $4.2 million gold mine for the kids of Marines and law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty, all courtesy of eBay.
The Eugene B. Casey foundation Betty Casey coughed up more than $2.1 million to be the sole owner of the letter sent to the radio host's boss demanding that Limbaugh be reprimanded for a "phony soldier" comment he made on air. Limbaugh has pledged to match whatever was paid for the letter.
Limbaugh described Betty Casey, a trustee of the foundation, as a loyal listener to his show.
“She gives significant sums to hospitals, hospices, colleges and private schools,” Limbaugh said during his radio show Friday afternoon, just after the eBay auction ended. “Betty has been a listener to my program since its inception, and we can't thank her enough for her support. This was kind of the last straw for her, what Harry Reid did here.”
The money will go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation which provides scholarships to the children of those from both the Marine Corps and Law Enforcement who have fallen in the line of duty.
Harry Reid tried to take some credit for the huge sum on the floor of the Senate.
However Limbaugh quashed that as well:
“Harry Reid in a speech on the Senate floor at 12 noon today, a little over an hour ago, attempted to hone in on all this and take some credit for it, claiming that he and I had buried the hatchet, or implying that that had been the case, and then kept using the pronoun "we" in discussing how good this was, the money going to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation,” Limbaugh said on his show.
“Three words, that means, ‘Rush, you win,’” Reid told his colleagues on the Senate floor. “I asked Sen. Reid to match and all the other senators who can afford to do so. I haven't heard from them on that. I asked Sen. Reid to go on the program and discuss his discussion of me as "unpatriotic." He did not accept my offer to do that and now has the audacity to climb aboard this, praising the effort, saying that "he" never knew that it would get this kind of money.
All that sounds wonderful and good and heartwarming, but the bottom line is Limbaugh is paying out 2.1 million of his own bucks to a charity, something I would guess was completely unplanned for this year. I'm sure it won't hurt him to do so, but Reid had to have a little bit of a smile at the way this turned out. If you can't get 'em in the ratings, or win the PR war, get 'em in the wallet - and that's something for which government is the expert.
Dittoheads, we know who Rush is, let the threads die that spew the lies. Create your own Ditto head thread with a positive title, dont post in the trash, ignore it, your are falling into a trap. the libs present a false premis and we waste our time responding giving weight and momentum to the lies and hate.
Last edited: