OT: smear letter on ebay

by tj » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:10 pm

Up to $50,100. Only 3 days left.

by **frostbite** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:06 pm

RaiderFan wrote: And he is right 98.8% of the time.

I think the Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting lobby would take issue with that.

by **Rip Rokken** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:59 pm

RaiderFan wrote:
Liquid_Drummer wrote:RUsh Limbaugh is a (BLEEEEEPITY-BLEEP!) hypocrite. Do as I say not as I do...

Just because I'm not infallible doesn't mean right isn't right. And he is right 98.8% of the time.
Liquid_Drummer wrote:I feel badly for the poor brainwashed saps that listen to his (BLEEEEEEEP).

Yeah real brainwashed.
Just keep soaking in what the mainstream media decides to feed to you. Limbaugh provides a counterpoint to their "news"

I heard Rush say just yesterday that everybody has skeletons in their closet if you want to try to dig them up, and it's true. So he had a huge prescription drug problem... So do several people I know, thanks in part to doctors who are at the whim of the drug companies. Now, if it turned out he was abusing kids, that would be a different issue.

I know it's all a matter of perception, and what you belief depends on your viewpoint -- if you lean to the left, then yes, you have a better chance of disagreeing with him. Rush is one of the smartest and most talented guys out there, and I'm like RaiderFan -- I don't agree with him all the time at all -- I'm a completely free thinker -- but I probably do agree with him at least 93.756% of the time. And trust me, there are plenty of guys I can't listen to because I think they are either weak, shallow, cartoonish or just plain hacks -- these include Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter. I don't like hacks, and Limbaugh will call foul wherever it exists. He's given the Republicans hell for all the mess they've made. He sticks to an ideology, and not a party. I do love most of his guest hosts, and some of them even more than Rush -- Walter Williams and Roger Hedgecock are awesome (and hilarious).

I won't usually debate Limbaugh with anyone who hasn't listened to him for an extended period of time and can offer specific bones they have to pick with him, which is fine. Most people I've met that can't stand like him base their opinions on what they've read or what others say. I wouldn't have a clue who has and who hasn't listened to him here... haha. Just making a point.

by **RedWingFan** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:56 am

$56,000

by **RedWingFan** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:26 am

$100,100.
Rush also said he's going to match the winning bid and challenged the signing senators to match. Not holding my breath on that one.

by **strangegrey** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:15 am

What, the fact that he's going to match the bid or that the signing senators will do so?

The fact of the matter is that every senator that signed that piece of shit document will likely need every penny they have for their futile campaigns when it's time to beg the public to let them keep their jobs... :roll:

by **RedWingFan** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:32 am

strangegrey wrote:What, the fact that he's going to match the bid or that the signing senators will do so?

The fact of the matter is that every senator that signed that piece of shit document will likely need every penny they have for their futile campaigns when it's time to beg the public to let them keep their jobs...

The fact that the senators won't. Rush will match no doubt. Harry Reid is in deep doo-doo in Nevada he's going to go the way of Tom Daschle in 2010. Can't wait!!!

by **Rip Rokken** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:53 am

RaiderFan wrote:Harry Reid is in deep doo-doo in Nevada he's going to go the way of Tom Daschle in 2010. Can't wait!!!

Wish I could help kick him out, but I'm in a different state!

by **RedWingFan** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:12 am

$140,100

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by **conversationpc** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:40 am

I'm not a big Rush Limbaugh fan at all but this is hilarious. I especially liked the following bit in his description of the letter...

Rush first publicly displayed this letter on the night of October 11th during a speech in Philadelphia, having a security operative carry it on stage, with the letter itself safely encased in a Halliburton Attache case handcuffed to the agent's right wrist.

by **RedWingFan** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:39 am

$511,100 with 20 hours left
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by **RedWingFan** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:08 am

$851,000

Unbelievable!!!! If I would have guessed, I would have said it would have gone for maybe $250,000
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by **Rip Rokken** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:10 am

What a nice gift for the Marine organization Rush is donating it to -- especially if matched.

by **RedWingFan** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:20 pm

$2.1 Mil

4 hours left!!!!
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by **Rip Rokken** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:38 am

RaiderFan wrote::shock: $2.1 Mil 4 hours left!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0170172469

US $2,100,100.00 now -- dang! You know, I actually thought about bidding earlier just so I could say I was one of the few who bid on it, but the risk of getting stuck with the tab, no matter now remote, was too scary... haha! No way in heck I'd try now! Wouldn't it suck if someone stiffed them on the sale? Happens sometimes on high-profile auctions like this (like John Schneider's General Lee). Some fool might do it just for the instant notoriety he would get in the news...

by **strangegrey** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:54 am

There was speculation by a caller to Rush's show this week, that Billery or someone else from MoveOn would bid up to 20-30 million....just to stiff Rush with a substantial bill...knowing that Rush promised to match it.

I get the impression Rush isn't hurting, financially....but I have to wonder just how much money he has in the bank...and how much he can actually afford to part with.

I'm really tempted to listen to the show this afternoon to hear his comments.

by **conversationpc** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:05 am

strangegrey wrote:There was speculation by a caller to Rush's show this week, that Billery or someone else from MoveOn would bid up to 20-30 million....just to stiff Rush with a substantial bill...knowing that Rush promised to match it.

I get the impression Rush isn't hurting, financially....but I have to wonder just how much money he has in the bank...and how much he can actually afford to part with.

I'm really tempted to listen to the show this afternoon to hear his comments.

If so, this is still a big win for Rush. MoveOn and the libs are probably wishing they'd never taken Rush's comments out of context.

by **Skylorde** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:19 am

strangegrey wrote:There was speculation by a caller to Rush's show this week, that Billery or someone else from MoveOn would bid up to 20-30 million....just to stiff Rush with a substantial bill...knowing that Rush promised to match it.

I get the impression Rush isn't hurting, financially....but I have to wonder just how much money he has in the bank...and how much he can actually afford to part with.

I'm really tempted to listen to the show this afternoon to hear his comments.

That's not the case, I'm certain of it...and for a very simple reason: the money spent for the letter is going to a military cause, The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation. We all know the left LOATHES the military. From their perspective, the money would be better spent on another smear campaign like they did on Petraeus.

by **Barb** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:02 am

Rush earns about $30M a year. He can match whatever they want to put up there, I'm sure.

by **Barb** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:45 am

Is anyone listening to Rush right now? Can you believe Harry Reid is trying to take credit for this? Unbelievable!! :shock:

by **conversationpc** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:05 am

Barb wrote:Is anyone listening to Rush right now? Can you believe Harry Reid is trying to take credit for this? Unbelievable!!

Reid used to be a somewhat reasonable Democrat but I think he's been possessed by Satan since becoming the majority leader in the Senate.

by **strangegrey** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:02 am

conversationpc wrote:
Barb wrote:Is anyone listening to Rush right now? Can you believe Harry Reid is trying to take credit for this? Unbelievable!!

Reid used to be a somewhat reasonable Democrat but I think he's been possessed by Satan since becoming the majority leader in the Senate.

He has always been and always will be a complete and utter piece of shit...in the most significant way possible. However, unless satan can possess more than one person at the same time, I think the person who is most likely the vessel for the root of all evil, is most definitely the world's biggest cuntrag, Nancy Pelossi.

by **conversationpc** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:06 am

strangegrey wrote:He has always been and always will be a complete and utter piece of shit...in the most significant way possible. However, unless satan can possess more than one person at the same time, I think the person who is most likely the vessel for the root of all evil, is most definitely the world's biggest cuntrag, Nancy Pelossi.

Nah, Satan just sends some of his more powerful minions to do his dirty work in those cases. :lol:

I don't really know much about him before his becoming the majority leader but I had heard a few times that he used to be "reasonable". Apparently not? :lol:

by **RedWingFan** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:14 am

Rush said that he's gonna present the letter to Betty Casey who won the auction in a big ceremony. Possibly on the steps of the Capitol building. Can't wait.

As far as that clown Harry Reid trying to take credit for the money raised. He does deserve alot of credit, along with all the other 40 senate clowns that signed (which includes my own Sens. Levin and Stabbenow who took time out from running Michigan into the ground)
This document is a perfect example of an abuse of gov't on a private citizen. The exact thing the founders warned us about in the bill of rights. The letterhead of Harry Reid's office will mark him as the one who spearheaded this abuse. Congratulations Senator :roll:

by **weatherman90** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:25 am

Its over - $2.1M! Go Rush!

by **Barb** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:27 am

Politics aside, there is now $4.2 MILLION dollars going to a very great charity! Maybe more if Mr. Reid will put his money where his mouth is. :lol:

by **RedWingFan** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:03 am

Barb wrote:Is anyone listening to Rush right now? Can you believe Harry Reid is trying to take credit for this? Unbelievable!!

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Here's the transcript of what Dingy Harry said and we're looking for it, we'll have the audio, but this is what Dingy Harry said on the floor of the Senate at noon Eastern time today:

"Madam President, earlier this month I came to the floor to discuss some comments made by Rush Limbaugh. Following my remarks, more than 40 of my Senate colleagues and I cosigned a letter to the chairman of Clear Channel, Mark May [sic--Mays], telling him we wanted him to confer with Limbaugh regarding the statements he made."

Is that not audacious? The United States Senate getting hold of the CEO of a private corporation to confer with me over words that I had uttered.

"I've since spoken to Mark May about this. Mark May in fact called me regarding this letter. This week, Rush Limbaugh put the original copy of that letter up for auction on eBay. Mr. President, we didn't have time, or we could have gotten every Senator to sign that letter."

What is that? Yeah, if we only had time, we could have gotten everybody to sign. How come not one Republican signed it? They had a couple of days to do this. I tell you, that's an amazing statement. Had we had more time, well, was it not worth taking the time, if this was such an important issue? If you would have taken the time, Senator Reid, wouldn't a hundred signatures really have had an impact on Mark Mays, the CEO of Clear Channel, more than 41 and totally partisan signatures since it was all Democrats.

"He put the letter up for auction on eBay and I think very, very constructively, let the proceeds of that to go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. That provides scholarship assistance to Marines and federal law enforcement personnel whose parents fall in the line of duty. What could be a more worthwhile cause?"

Rehabilitating Senator Reid is a worthwhile cause, which is I think what this is.

"I think it's really good that this money on eBay is going to be raised for this purpose. When I spoke to Mark May, he and I thought this probably wouldn't make much..."

So he's been involved in it now, huh? (laughing) He's now wormed his way into this! He's not matching. I don't think he's going to match, and he hasn't apologized for this, by the way.

"When I spoke to Mark May, he and I thought this probably wouldn't make much money, a letter, written by Democrat Senators, complaining about something. This morning, the bid is more than two million for this. We've watched it during the week. It keeps going up and up and up. There's only a little bit of time left on it, but it certainly is going to be more than two million. Never did we think that this letter would bring money of this nature. And for the cause, Madam President, it's extremely good. Now everybody knows that Rush Limbaugh and I don't agree on everything in life. Maybe that's kind of an understatement. But without qualification, Mark May, the owner of the network that has Rush Limbaugh, their auction 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."

Think of this. He's using the word "we". He has inserted himself into this, ladies and gentlemen! It's going so well, it's something nobody by his own admission ever imagined, they want in on it! We've got the audio now. Let's just listen to it rather than me read it.

HARRY REID: Earlier this month, I came to the floor discussing comments made by Rush Limbaugh. Following my remarks, more than 40 of my Senate colleagues and I cosigned a letter to the chairman of Clear Channel, Mark May, telling him that we wanted him to -- to confer with Rush Limbaugh regarding the statements he made. I've since spoken to Mark May about this. Mark May in fact called me regarding this letter.

RUSH: It's Mays.

HARRY REID: This week, Rush Limbaugh put the original copy of that letter up for auction on eBay. Mr. President, we didn't have time or we could have gotten every Democratic Senator to sign that letter. But he put the letter up for auction on eBay. And I think very, very constructively, let the proceeds of that to go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. What is the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation? It provides scholarship assistance to children of Marines and federal law enforcement personnel whose parent dies in the line of duty, as well as health care assistance for disabled children of fallen troops. What could be a more worthwhile cause? And I think it's really good that this money on eBay is going to be raised for this purpose. When I spoke to Mark May --

RUSH: Mays.

HARRY REID: -- I think that he and I thought this would probably not raise much money, a letter by Democratic Senators complaining about something. This morning, the bid is more than two million on this. We've watched it during the week. It keeps going up and up and up, and there's only a little bit of time left on it. But it's certainly going to be more than two million. Never did we think that this letter would bring money of this nature --

RUSH: Stop the tape here, stop the tape. Do you see what's happening here? This is a clever move, rather transparent, to totally take the credit for this. Had he not sent the letter -- "we" didn't think it would ever generate this kind of money, "we" think it's great to raise this kind of, "we" think this -- he's hoping that this is the angle the Drive-Bys will cover. Harry Reid is taking credit for writing the letter that gets this money raised for the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. Resume tape.

HARRY REID: -- the cause, Madam President, extremely good. Now, everyone knows that Rush Limbaugh and I don't agree on everything in life, and maybe that's kind of an understatement. But without qualification, Mark May, 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 really worthwhile cause. I don't know what we could do more important than helping make sure 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. Think about this. More than $2 million, this is going to really help. And that's, again, an understatement. There's only a little bit of time left.

RUSH: Wait 'til you hear what's coming.

HARRY REID: -- so I would ask those that are wanting to do more, that they can go to the Harry Reid, search -- actually go on say "Harry Reid letter," this will come up on eBay. I encourage anyone interested in this with the means to do so to consider bidding on this letter and contributing to this worthwhile cause.

RUSH: Hang on here.

HARRY REID: I strongly believe that when we can put our differences aside, even Harry Reid and Rush Limbaugh, we should do that and try to accomplish good things for the American people.

RUSH: Okay. Put our differences aside? Has he apologized? He is trying to horn in and act like he's part of this whole thing, folks. This is unbelievable! And now he's out there soliciting contributions on eBay, and believe me, this is what he hopes, of all of the past two weeks, that the Drive-Bys pick up on. Well, I wasn't going to do this. I wasn't going to go back in time. But let's go back, Monday, October 1st, 17 days ago, on the very same Senate floor, Harry Reid said this.

HARRY REID: Last week, Rush Limbaugh went way over the line, way over the line. While I respect his right to say anything he likes, his unpatriotic comments I cannot ignore. During his show last Wednesday, Limbaugh was engaged in one of his typical rants. This one was unremarkable and indistinguishable from his usual drivel, which has been steadily losing listeners for years, until he crossed that line by calling our men and women in uniform who oppose the war in Iraq, and I quote, phony soldiers. This comment was so beyond the pale of decency that we can't leave it alone. And yet he followed it up with denials and an attack on Congressman Jack Murtha, who was a 37-year active member of the Marine Corps, a combat veteran.

RUSH: I wasn't going to go back and relive this because it's ancient history, and we've been moving forward. Senator Reid, you did not mention that I am matching whatever the final total is. That is "we." You were offered an invitation to come on this program and say to my face what we just replayed you saying, that I am unpatriotic, and all of the other smears and lies that you believed from Media Matters for America or whether you knew were smears and lies and just went ahead with it anyway. So now all of a sudden this is "we"? You and I have buried the hatchet? You haven't even apologized for this yet and now he wants credit for helping raise this money, as though he's been involved in it all along. It's Orwellian. It's surreal. It's alternate universe. It continues. Senator Reid, I asked you, I suggested that you and Senators in the Senate who could afford this match it. I haven't heard whether you want to match the final total. I pledged to do so from the get-go. By the way, one more time, it's Mays. It's Mark Mays. There's an S on the end of his name.

HARRY REID: Rush Limbaugh took it upon himself to attack the courage and character of those fighting and dying for him and for all of us. Rush Limbaugh got himself a deferment from serving when he was a young man. He never served in uniform. He never saw in person the extreme difficulty of maintaining peace in a foreign country engaged in a civil war. He never saw a person in combat. Yet he thinks that his opinion on the war is worth more than those who have been on the front lines. And what's worse, Limbaugh's show is broadcast on Armed Forces Radio, which means that thousands of troops overseas and veterans here at home were forced to hear this attack on their patriotism. Rush Limbaugh owes the men and women of our armed forces an apology.

RUSH: Right. And he wants to pretend now that he's all supportive of this and very happy about it, and that this is "we" and we've buried the hatchet. I still haven't been apologized to for any of this.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: This attempt by Harry Reid to take to the floor of the Senate at 12 noon Eastern Time today to personalize this and make it about himself, you just know the mainstream media, the Drive-Bys, will get on this story now and Reid will end up being very positively portrayed. He has quotes about how "we" never thought that the letter would generate this kind of money. "We" never thought...? "Mark May and I..." It's Mays! "Mark May and I talked about this, and Mark May and I..." Senator Reid, let me be clear about this one more time -- actually, as many times as it takes. It wasn't your letter that raised this money. It was your abuse of power that is responsible for raising this money. No other letter you have written would be... People wouldn't pay a dime for it, Senator! This one represents an abuse of power: a federal government official, a US senator, getting hold -- after besmirching me and smearing me by name personally from the Senate floor, gets hold -- of the CEO of my syndication partner and asks him to "confer" with me about something Senator Reid thought was said that was improper? Words? First Amendment? Free speech? That, sir, is an abuse of power. That is why your letter is historic, not because you signed it, not because 40 other people signed it, not because you wrote it. It is because of what that letter represents: a full-fledged, undeniable, 100% abuse of power, and that's how this letter will be remembered by historians forever.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Translation for Harry Reid's speech on the Senate floor today: "You win, Rush."

END TRANSCRIPT

by **rubyglare** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:33 am

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/20 ... ng-graeme/ videos of Rush-gotta love it 12 year olds don't have a chance agaist him

by **Barb** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:26 am

rubyglare wrote:http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/20/limbaugh-caught-mocking-graeme/ videos of Rush-gotta love it 12 year olds don't have a chance agaist him

It's too bad liberals have to force their words into the mouths of children in a pathetic attempt to gain sympathy. What that kid said was fed to him, no doubt. Answer me this, if a family earning $83K a year is eligible for "FREE" healtchare, why is a family who earns that same amount of money considered "RICH" as far as income taxes go?

BTW.. Rush didn't mock that specific kid, he is mocking the way Democrats program kids to deliver their propaganda. :roll:

by **conversationpc** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:05 am

Barb wrote:
rubyglare wrote:http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/20/limbaugh-caught-mocking-graeme/ videos of Rush-gotta love it 12 year olds don't have a chance agaist him

It's too bad liberals have to force their words into the mouths of children in a pathetic attempt to gain sympathy. What that kid said was fed to him, no doubt. Answer me this, if a family earning $83K a year is eligible for "FREE" healtchare, why is a family who earns that same amount of money considered "RICH" as far as income taxes go?

BTW.. Rush didn't mock that specific kid, he is mocking the way Democrats program kids to deliver their propaganda.

Exactly. I'm no Rush and have only listened to his show about a handful of times but these recent smear attempts on him are really ridiculous.

MR

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