Name-calling war overshadowing debate on Iraq

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Name-calling war overshadowing debate on Iraq
'General Betray Us' ad, Limbaugh's 'phony soldier' reflect tone of elections

By ROBIN ABCARIAN
Los Angeles Times


Brian McGough, a 31-year-old former Army staff sergeant who was wounded in a roadside attack in Iraq knew he wouldn't receive a warm response from talk show host Rush Limbaugh when he starred in an ad made by the anti-Iraq war veteran's group, VoteVets.org.

The ad, which featured a photograph of McGough's shaved head with jagged scars, was a response to Limbaugh's implication during his broadcast last week that anti-war vets are "phony soldiers," saying:

"Rush, the shrapnel I took to my head was real, my traumatic brain injury was real and my belief we are on the wrong course in Iraq is real," says McGough, looking straight into the camera. "Until you have the guts to call me a phony soldier to my face, stop telling lies about my service."

Limbaugh responded on air Tuesday, comparing McGough metaphorically to a suicide bomber. The ad, said Limbaugh, was "a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran, lying to him about what I said, then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media in a TV ad to walk into as many people as he can walk into."

Bickering on both sides

With the 2008 presidential primary season at a fevered pitch, both sides of the political noise machine are cranking up the volume, looking for opportunities to slam the other side for bad behavior, bad word choice or bad intentions. Schoolyard-style taunts flung by irrepressible partisans are blown up into national debates.

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1. And rush will get more and more hyper

as his right wing lying crap gets worst. He is the perfect shill for the republicans. HE LOVES MONEY AND POWER. And he will do anything to hide his sexual perferences like he did his drug addiction. He will toe the republican line to the end.