Attacking Talk Radio

by Walter E. Williams - October 10th, 2007 - Townhall.com

The latest attack from the left alleges that Rush [Limbaugh] referred to our fighting men, who disagreed with our Middle East policy, as "phony soldiers."

The truth of the matter is that Rush was referring to people like Jesse Macbeth, who became the poster boy for the anti-war and anti-military movement. Macbeth passed himself off as an Army Ranger and a Purple Heart recipient. He said he participated in gruesome war crimes with other U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. An investigation proved that none of his claims was true; he wasn't an Army Ranger or a Purple Heart recipient, and he didn't serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, he was kicked out of the Army after 44 days of boot camp.

Last September, Macbeth was sentenced to five months in jail and three years' probation for falsifying a Department of Veterans Affairs claim and his Army discharge record.

Macbeth, idolized by the anti-war movement, is truly a despicable person. On a video translated into Arabic, for Middle East consumption, he said, "We would burn their bodies . . . hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque."

This is the real problem. After the Democrats made Macbeth a hero there are a huge number of idolizing quotes, from people like Harry Reid, endorsing this man. Macbeth and his supporters are still being quoted in the Middle East. The truth to refute his lies are just now becoming known in America. It will never be admitted in the Middle East and Muslim countries he was a liar. His lies will be accepted as truth by millions of Islamofascists for decades to come.

By the Democrats making him such a hero for a short period, they have crossed the line and become traitors. Who is surprised that they are angrily demouncing Rush Limbaugh for continuing to point out what a "phony" Macbeth is. He calls him a "phony soldier". Democrats go ballistic and denounce Rush claiming he is calling our soldiers "phony". Supporting Macbeth was despicable. Lying about Limbaugh is despicable.

I call his Democrat supporters traitors for both actions.