(D)Sen. Salazar calls for a Rush Reprimand for Riot Statements

[Ichingcarpenter]

In the letter, addressed to Lee Larsen, Senior VP of the Rocky Mountain Region of Clear Channel Radio, Sen. Salazar complains about what he sees as a "clear exhortation" of rioting and violence in the streets of Denver in the wake of the Democratic National Convention.


Dear Mr. Larsen:

I was disappointed to hear the incendiary comments made this week by Rush Limbaugh, one of the voices on your station. As I read Mr. Limbaugh's comments about riots at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, they appear to me to be a clear exhoration that those riots are exactly what he wants to happen. For that kind of incendiary comment, I ask Clear Channel to reprimand Mr. Limbaugh.

It is wrong to have political partisans of any stripe suggesting that violence is somehow an acceptable outcome of our political conventions. Political commentary on our public airwaves - heard by millions of Americans every day - should speak to the great strength reflected in the peaceful exercise of democracy at the national conventions in Minneapolis, Minesota and Denver, Colorado.

Please call me if you have any questions.

Respectfully,

Ken Salazar,
United States Senator


http://www.850koa.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=261777&article=3602553


You ask me............. this is fricking weak letter by Colorado's Democratic Senator.

[lisa58]

1. I'm glad he at least knows about it, but it is weak.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Well, it does help get it national exposure

So, you are right, it is a step.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. I think it's a good letter.

As a Senator, he needs to show restraint. Calling for Rush to be fired might be interpreted as him using his office to intimidate the station. Just my interpretation of it. :shrug:

[librechik]

3. It seems Sen. Salazar may come out of hibernation

he responded to my email about torture, too--almost as strongly as the above!

all we need is a good stiff cup of coffee for the old mummy to get him going....

[MiniMe]

5. I think the dems should do exactly what the repukes did with Media Matters

What Rush is doing is far, far worse.

[movonne]

6. well it's about time...

[Richard Steele]

7. Weak, but at least it's a start. Lets hope he gathers some backup. nm

[jody]

8. Limbaugh's call for riots at the Dem Convention is an act of terrorism but he's exempt from laws.

He still hasn't been prosecuted and convicted of illegal drug possession that in Florida carries a mandatory sentence of 20 or 25 years.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. "It is 'wrong' to have political partisans of any stripe suggesting that violence"

It is 'wrong' to have political partisans of any stripe suggesting that violence is somehow an acceptable outcome of our political conventions.


That statement bugs me the most......... I thought he needed to state the law and say it is illegal.

[Usrename]

9. Where is Nancy Pelosi on this?

Oh yeah, she only bashes our side, like the way she did with MoveOn.org.

Where is the outrage?

[Ian David]

13. Outrage is off the table. n/t

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Ms.Pelosi

is busy boiling the noodle with which she may or may not deliver a withering non-rebuke.

[chill_wind]

25. You put that quite well, I fear. n/t

[Ian David]

11. Drug-addled gasbag Rush Limbaugh committed an act of Domestic Terrorism. n/t

[Ian David]

12. Why do our tax dollars pay to broadcast this cretin's show to our armed forces? n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Here is Sen.Ken Salazar's contact page... Send him a letter

You make a good point especially after what Rush advocated.
http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

[Ian David]

17. Done! n/t

[burythehatchet]

14. well remember, these are the folks that open up a can of "sense of the senate" on your ass

[stillcool]

16. Rush Limbaugh..

sounds like a terrorist. Intent on destroying the country from within. Is it on all the news shows?

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. Every progressive radio station has pick up on this story

But nothing on their hourly news feeds. Don't expect CNN, ABC, CBS, Faux or NBC showing the story on your TV.

[chill_wind]

26. KO on it right now! It may take another day or two, but I bet it will get (more) traction

You've done a lot right here at DU getting this story some exposure. I saw quite a few responses of DUers who did go the FCC links to register a complaint. That's an important step.

[laylah]

18. Well, chalk up one

for the DINO :eyes:

[XOKCowboy]

21. It's because he's a weak Senator...

One of his first public acts was to nominate his good friend Alberto Gonzalez for AG.

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. Yeah, he's a dino

but at least he 'wrote a strongly worded letter' He should have mentioned the FCC and
other legal recourses he could look into when writing that letter, but he didn't

Boy, that 'strongly worded letter' has worked a lot these days by our Congress!


:sarcasm:

[XOKCowboy]

23. Wasn't that one of Rob Riggle's rants the other night?

I've sent him several emails but all I get back are form "thanks for your comments" replies. We had high hopes when we elected him. We hope to do a lot better when Wayne Allard finally retires.

[swishyfeet]

24. There's no point calling out Rush...

He feeds off outrage from the left, all the better if it's from a Democratic Senator.

If there's a law broken, by all means, go get his fat ass.

If there's no law broken, just let it sink.