Rush's forced conscripts (troops abroad fed Limbaugh)

[fujiyama]

Here's an interesting article on salon.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/26/rush_limbaugh/index.html

Rush's forced conscripts
American Forces Radio fires a daily barrage of Rush Limbaugh at its million uniformed listeners. So why are liberals kept off the military's airwaves?

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By Eric Boehlert



May 26, 2004 | President Bush has condemned the torture of Iraqi prisoners, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld labeled it "un-American" and a recent Gallup poll found 79 percent of Americans "bothered" by the abuses. But Rush Limbaugh was gleeful. For weeks, the conservative talk show host has been dismissing the scandal as a "fraternity prank," mocking Democrats and others for expressing outrage and suggesting the prison humiliation -- which he dubbed "a brilliant maneuver" -- was "no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation" at Yale. He described the images of torture as "pictures of homoeroticism that look like standard good old American pornography" and assured his listeners "there was no horror, there was no terror, there was no death, there was no injuries, nothing."


"He says things like, liberals hate Americans, and we're trying to undermine the war on terror," says comedian Al Franken, a host for liberal radio station Air America who has also entertained troops on four USO tours. "It's a bad message for troops to be hearing and is a very skewed picture of what liberals and Democrats stand for. They're broadcasting a very, very partisan guy -- nobody from the other side -- and they're using taxpayer money to do it."
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Here's the worst part. It was Clinton's first Sec. Def that allowed him on the station in the first place. Are we suicidal? I hope Kerry appoints people better than Les Aspin for any of his cabinet positions.

"Yet just three days later, as the controversy was stoked in conservative media and Republicans cried censorship, Aspin called Limbaugh to assure him that the Pentagon would find a way to get his program on the then-named Armed Forces Radio. "

[Karenina]

1. I'll betcha

good 'ol boy Charlie Graner is a B-I-G Rushbutt fan...

[UTUSN]

2. Should LIMBOsevic Have to Take Drug Tests for This?

Oh, and show some ------REMORSE??!

[fujiyama]

3. .

[keithyboy]

4. Be sure to let the troops know about Rush's boil-butt-chickenhawk self.

Send them letters in their care packages. Send them flyers with info. We can counter the wing-nut talking heads with a littel effort. Word of mouth among the troops is powerful.

[robbedvoter]

5. Brock has a petition on his site to get him off

Media Matters for America Asks Secretary Rumsfeld to Remove Limbaugh's Radio Show from Taxpayer-Funded American Forces Radio
Media Matters for America has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asking that he consider removing Rush Limbaugh’s radio show from the taxpayer-funded American Forces radio network. MMFA has also created a petition you can sign, urging Secretary Rumsfeld to remove Limbaugh’s show from the network.


* Read the letter
* Read the press release
* Sign the petition
* Gore on Limbaugh
* Limbaugh: "every day now somebody is out there trashing me"

http://mediamatters.org/