Limbaugh, always smearing the troops

Daily Kos Staff

Friday September 28, 2007 · 11:42 AM PDT

2007/09/28 · 11:42

All those Democrats who voted to condemn that one ad in a newspaper, like Jim Webb, I'm sure will be lining up to pass another resolution condemning Rush Limbaugh for his repeated attacks against our servicemembers.

His calling of progressive members of the Armed Forces "fake soldiers" is just the latest in a long line of similar smears.

Paul Hackett served in the 1st Marine Division in Ramadi and Fallujah during 2004 and 2005. When he returned home, Hackett was a vocal war critic and ended up running for Congress in a special election against Republican Jean Schmidt.

The Huffington Post obtained audio of Limbaugh smearing Hackett on his radio show in 2005. Limbaugh calls Hackett a "staff puke," claims he went to Iraq "to pad [his] resume," and attacks him as "a liberal hiding behind a military uniform."

And now that Congress is in the habit of rebuking such attacks on our troops, I'm sure they'll spring into action, right?

Right?

Or is this yet the latest edition of "Its Okay If You Are A Republican"?

Update [2007-9-28 15:1:54 by Kagro X]: From the Deparment of ~~Knives~~ Sporks to a Gunfight comes word that Senate Dems will be issuing one of their trademarked "Sternly Worded Letters," demanding an apology from Limbaugh. Hold on to your hats!

Limbaugh, always smearing the troops

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