Limbaugh went all out against Hackett today, including calling him a "staff puke" because he served as a civil affairs officer.
Midway in the third hour, Limbaugh was talking to an active duty Navy officer from Houston and asked what "civilian" affairs officers do. The Navy guy said they are liaison with the local authorities.
"So he wasn't in combat," the anal-pimple chickenhawk asked.
The Navy guy said yes, then Limbaugh said Hackett was just a "staff puke," several times.
Made me want to puke all over the steering wheel.
BTW, Limbaugh was probably following the Rove plan for a last-day slime of Hackett because it is SO CLOSE.
Update [2005-8-2 18:44:14 by devtob]: The transcript from Limbaugh's Web site is now below the jump.
RUSH: Clark in Houston, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Good afternoon, Rush. It's an absolute pleasure and honor to speak with you today.
RUSH: Thank you, sir.
CALLER: Well, as an active duty Navy lieutenant, I've had the opportunity to work side by side with many Marines, and I tell you if all this is true, this is about as inconsistent as you can get with the ideals that are upheld by the Marine Corps, and I'd like to hear from anyone that has served with this guy to see what kind of Marine he was.
RUSH: Well, that I don't know. The only thing I've heard is that he was in the -- well, let me find it. He was in the Civilian Affairs Unit, and this is a Washington Post story (it says here) from July 30th. "A lawyer and a major in the Marine reserves, Hackett volunteered last year to serve in Iraq and spent seven months there in the civilian affairs job, including service around Ramadi and Fallujah. He returned to Ohio in March, decided to jump into the race for Portman's seat, seeking to become the first Iraq war veteran elected to Congress." So he volunteered to serve, spent seven months in a civilian affairs job. What is that, since you're -- did you say you're a Marine?
CALLER: I'm in the Navy, sir, Navy lieutenant.
RUSH: Navy. What is a civilian affairs job? You tell me.
CALLER: Civilian affairs is just basically a public affairs job where they interact with the civilian authorities from a military perspective. It's a military liaison, if you will.
RUSH: Oh, it's a military liaison. Is it a combat position or not?
CALLER: Negative. It is not a combat position.
RUSH: Okay.
CALLER: I just can't get over how... You know, Marines from day one, whether reserves or active duty, are taught to uphold the ideals of honor and courage and commitment, and not to mention the way he was so disrespectful to someone who was very recently his commander-in-chief.
RUSH: You mean by calling him an SOB?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: Well, he's out now. He can do whatever he wants.
CALLER: "Once a Marine, always a Marine." Isn't that what they say? That doesn't mean all those things that you learned... Those things are supposed to stay with you and it doesn't seem like -- he either never had them in the first place or he's not being true and have any integrity like you've already mentioned.
RUSH: Okay, call him a staff puke if that's what you want, but civilian affairs, staff puke. Bottom line is he's running a fraudulent, deceptive campaign, and the Democrats are saying this is a bellwether election. We've got two instances of huge fraud being perpetrated here, and I'm bound and determined they're not going to get away with this, whether the guy wins or not, they're not going to get away with mis-portraying the results of this when the whole campaign has been one of total fraud and lying and deceit, fooling people.