Hello Everyone:

It is definitely my opinion that many mainstream media pundits do NOT seem to understand how powerful that Rush Limbaugh really is and how much that he is contributing to the very serious problems that we are facing today by influencing so many impressionable people in middle America!

These pundits in my opinion are either ignorant about how serious of an issue that Rush Limbaugh and extreme right wing Neocon talk radio are or if they are aware of how serious that this issue is, then they are not saying anything about it for some reason.  Either way it goes is not a good thing!    

Here is a list of quotes I have seen from some mainstream media pundits about Rush Limbaugh since the "Phony Soldiers" controversy started:

1) CNN political analyst John Dickerson said that the Senate is "wasting time" going after Limbaugh:

AMERICAN MORNING

Aired October 3, 2007 - 06:00   ET 

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/03/ltm.01.html

KIRAN CHETRY, CNN ANCHOR: "Well, is the Senate becoming the first amendment police? First they condemned an ad by moveon.org that questioned the credibility of Iraq commander General David Petraeus. You remember that. And now they're targeting Rush Limbaugh. Joining us from Washington, CNN political analyst John Dickerson...

So those were the comments that certainly stirred up a lot of emotion. Reid actually sent letter to the CEO of Clear Channel. He wrote back saying he will not condemn Limbaugh. And, you know, it got us thinking, with all the important issues going on in Congress, are they wasting time with this back and forth of a guy who gets paid to be a controversial radio talk show host?

JOHN DICKERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sure, they're wasting time, just as Republicans were wasting time in the middle of the Iraq debate by falling all over themselves to complain about the moveon.org ad. I mean, both sides are equating themselves terribly well in this debate. And it's clear that part of what's motivating Democrats here is getting Republicans back for their response to the moveon.org ad..."

2) Jack Cafferty of CNN criticized Congress for "worrying about Rush Limbaugh, and comments that this fat drug addict made on his radio show about, quote, "phony soldiers", unquote" on the Cafferty File from Tuesday, October 2:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/02/sitroom.03.html

THE SITUATION ROOM

Aired October 2, 2007 - 19:00   ET

CAFFERTY: "Yeah. It's no wonder Congress has such anemic approval ratings. All you have to do is look at some of their priorities these days. First, you remember, it was all about MoveOn.org, that ad that questioned the credibility of General Petraeus. Republicans spent two weeks criticizing the ad, and the Democrats, and then both Houses, approved resolutions condemning MoveOn.org.

Now, they are worrying about Rush Limbaugh, and comments that this fat drug addict made on his radio show about, quote, "phony soldiers", unquote. The Democrats are going to go after Limbaugh for attacking the courage and character of those fighting in Iraq. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asked colleagues to condemn what Limbaugh said. Limbaugh is a private citizen and today Senate Democrats sent a letter to the CEO of Clear Channel Communications, calling on him to publicly repudiate what Rush Limbaugh said.

But Limbaugh insists his comment was taken out of context. That he was referring to anti-war soldiers who falsely claim to have served in Iraq. And he also said of Reid, quote, "he's got to be a nut." Well, the truth is they are all nuts. Now, members of both parties are introducing resolutions, one commends Limbaugh, one condemns Limbaugh. They have nothing better to do? Aren't there some other serious issues facing this country that deserves the attention of these clowns in Washington? That we elect in good faith to do the country's business?

Here's the question. What should Congress focus on instead of MoveOn.org ads and Rush Limbaugh's commentaries on his radio show? E- mail

or go to CNN.com/CaffertyFile -- Wolf..."

3) Howard Fineman's dismissive comments about Rush Limbaugh are "who really cares?"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21083685/

'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Sept. 28
Read the transcript to the Friday Show

Guests: General Batiste, Elizabeth Edwards, President William Jefferson Clinton, John Ridley

HOWARD FINEMAN, SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, “NEWSWEEK”: "The Democrats really have the upper hand on the issue here.  If they want to try to score points on Limbaugh, I think they can.  If they want to try to score points on the “American Conservative” my point would be, who really cares?  They can do that, too..."

4) MSNBC media analyst Steve Adubuto said about Limbaugh's "Phony Soldiers" comment "In my heart, I can’t believe Limbaugh actually meant what he said" which I think is a very naive comment:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21151768/

Don’t rush to judge 'phony' soldiers' comments
Adubato: While Limbaugh should apologize, he should not be fired

MEDIA ANALYSIS
By Steve Adubato
Media Analyst
MSNBC
Updated: 5:05 p.m. CT Oct 5, 2007

"Look, like I said, I’m no fan of Limbaugh, and I’ll probably never forgive him for his Michael J. Fox “impression” (which has nothing to do with simply disagreeing with one’s political views.)  But I don’t want to see the guy taken off any radio station, including Armed Forces Radio.  To do that would strike a blow against real free speech, which often means defending and protecting the right of someone you vehemently disagree with. 

In my heart, I can’t believe Limbaugh actually meant what he said.  I wish that he had apologized immediately and owned up, but he didn’t.  But that doesn’t mean he’s guilty enough to be censored and that American soldiers, regardless of their political beliefs, shouldn’t get to hear him and decide for themselves."

5) Frank Rich of The New York Times said about Rush Limbaugh's comments "I don't know what the big fuss is... I don't see what the big deal is:"

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/07/rs.01.html

CNN RELIABLE SOURCES

Controversy Over Limbaugh's Statement; Justice Thomas Assails Anita Hill

Aired October 7, 2007 - 10:00   ET 

HOWARD KURTZ, CNN ANCHOR: "Frank Rich, Limbaugh says he was talking about one particular soldier, fraudulent soldier Jesse MacBeth. He had talked about the case the previous day and he talked about it about two minutes after the first part of that clip we just saw. So, what's the big fuss?

FRANK RICH, THE NEW YORK TIMES: I don't know what the big fuss is. As you sort of said in your introduction, it's a game we play where someone on left and someone on the right makes some outrageous comment, whether it be a Hollywood star or Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh or Bill O'Reilly.

We parse it and parse it. People have a right to say opinions even in my view idiotic ones as in this case where he sort of seems to be impugning the patriotism of soldiers who are against the war or critical of the war. But then people can respond to it and it's sort of, I don't know, a dog bites man story. I don't see what the big deal is..."

In this same transcript, extreme right wing Neocon talk radio show host Michael Medved brought up what he knows is really the bottom line to the issue of Rush Limbaugh and his "Phony Soldiers" comment which is The Fairness Doctrine if the Democrats in Congress and the mainstream media have enough courage and guts to follow through with this fight:

MICHAEL MEDVED, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: "Well, I think he is. And not only defend himself against that kind of rhetoric, but defend himself against the threat of re-imposing the fairness doctrine.

That it seems to me is the underlying issue here. There are a number of leading Democrats, not only in the House of Representatives, but in the Senate, where people like Dick Durbin who is in the Senate leadership have talked about -- John Kerry, talked about going back and looking at the fairness doctrine.

Look, the idea of trying to get the United States Senate or the Federal Communications Commission or some kind of federal bureaucracy to regulate the very free-wheeling comments that are made on shows like this one or on talk radio, whether it is Air America or the "Michael Medved Show" or the "Rush Limbaugh Show," that it seems to me as chilling and worth condemning.

KURTZ: I don't think there is broad support for that on Capitol Hill in either party..."

Rush Limbaugh, other extreme right wing Neocon talk radio show hosts, and Neocon Republicans in Congress greatly fear even talk of The Fairness Doctrine being reinstated as I have documented:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10583

Limbaugh & Hannity react to Democrats trying to bring back the Fairness Doctrine

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on January 18, 2007 - 2:51pm.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12455

AUDIO: Sen. Inhofe says Clinton & Boxer want a "legislative fix" for talk radio!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on June 22, 2007 - 1:45pm.

Rush Limbaugh tried to illustrate on his website what would happen if The Fairness Doctrine was ever reinstated by the Senate to his millions of followers on Tuesday, October 9 by showing a picture of himself with his mouth taped shut:  

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100907/content/01125117.guest.html

Armed Forces Radio and Rush

October 9, 2007

RUSH:  "Now, we come forward to the smear of last week, and the effort here is now to start pressure through, of course, the Fairness Doctrine to get me off of Armed Forces Radio..."

Here is why Rush Limbaugh is so dangerous and these are the key points which I think that the mainstream media pundits who I quoted above are clearly missing about this very important issue:

1) I have thoroughly and credibly documented that Rush Limbaugh openly claims to and does control who the eventual 2008 Republican Presidential nominee will be because he controls most of the Neocon GOP activist base who determines the outcome of Republican Presidential primaries:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12782

DOCUMENTATION: Rush Limbaugh claims to & controls who the GOP nominee will be!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on July 25, 2007 - 11:58pm.

Extreme right wing Neocon talk radio show host and author Hugh Hewitt summed this point up very well in my opinion when he quotes two of the major 2008 GOP candidates coming to Limbaugh's defense and says that "An attack on Rush is an attack on the GOP base:"   

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/28139037-19f7-4282-be75-650b7e445635

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

The New News Cycle: Romney and Thompson Defend Rush

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt  at 6:21 PM

"As the phoney "phoney soldier" controversy swirled today --and Rush is in no hurry to end it as it reflects well on him and poorly on Senate Democrats--  Fred Thompson released a statemnt blasting the attack on Rush.  Rush was discussing it today, and e-in-box began to fill up with complaints that Mitt Romney had abandoned Rush.  I shot off a query to the Romney campaign: What is this all about?

http://fredfile.fred08.com/2007/fred-thompson-on-harry-reid’s-attacks-on-rush-limbaugh/

Not only did the campaign respond immediately, Governor Romney called the show to discuss the controversy and state that Rush has "got a long record of supporting our soldiers. There’s no question that this is a man who has been very much on the side of our fighting men and women."  (Transcript here.)

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/talkradio/transcripts/Transcript.aspx?ContentGuid=046e967b-52a0-4be3-9dd7-10de3a538b32

An attack on Rush is an attack on the GOP base..."

If anyone disagrees with my post documenting that Rush Limbaugh has this much control over the Neocon GOP activist base and that he has the power to control who the eventual 2008 Republican Presidential nominee will be, then I gladly welcome anyone to show me where I am wrong. 

However if I am right about that claim, then Limbaugh really is as serious of an issue that I am claiming because any one person having that much power is extremely dangerous!

Rush Limbaugh and his activist base of millions controlling who the 2008 GOP nominee will be are the main reason why John McCain's Presidential campaign was never even a serious campaign to begin with and are why he will NOT win the 2008 Republican nomination:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/5563

ANALYSIS: John McCain has virtually no chance to become President in 2008!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on April 17, 2006 - 12:09am.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12141

GOP activist leaders are targeting McCain for defeat over his immigration bill!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on May 18, 2007 - 2:59pm.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12663

ANALYSIS: John McCain is imploding now because of the Neocon GOP activist base!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on July 13, 2007 - 11:20am.

2) Rush Limbaugh gets private meetings with Bush in the Oval office "To shore-up support among his conservative base" and he is used by the RNC on an official basis:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12971

Bush met with 10 Neocon talk radio hosts and in private with Rush Limbaugh!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on August 9, 2007 - 3:28am. 

http://www.gop.com/GetActive/CallTalkRadio.aspx

CALL TALK RADIO STATIONS

NATIONAL TALK RADIO SHOWS:

The Rush Limbaugh Show   Rush Limbaugh    1-800-282-2882

Rush Limbaugh is right at the top of their long list!

3) Check out the "Raw Data" to see that Limbaugh is "number one" on talk radio as being the most influential according to Talkers magazine with 20 million-plus listeners a week:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0704/10/acd.01.html

ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES

Aired April 10, 2007 - 22:00   ET

COOPER: "Don Imus is popular, of course, but, in talk radio, he's actually not the most influential. Here's the "Raw Data."

According to "Talkers" magazine, Imus ranks 14th as the most important radio show host in the nation. Howard Stern is 12th. Number five is Ed Schultz, at four, Laura Schlessinger, three, Michael Savage. Two is Sean Hannity, and, at number one, Rush Limbaugh..."

Rush Limbaugh has 20 million-plus listeners a week:

http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/radiotalk/entries/2007/02/21/221_top_100_tal.html

2/21: Top 100 talk show hosts

By Rodney Ho | Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 08:22 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"The top host is not surprisingly Rush Limbaugh, who has 20 million-plus listeners a week and has wielded more influence than virtually any other talk-show host this side of Howard Stern. He’s heard locally on WGST-AM."

4) Rush Limbaugh helped lead the charge to defeat the comprehensive immigration bill and then he took credit for it going down in the Senate:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12387

Democrats might win the White House in 2008 by giving Bush his immigration bill!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on June 15, 2007 - 4:17pm.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12492#comment-226309

Rush Limbaugh takes credit: "We Did It: Amnesty Bill Goes Down"

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on July 25, 2007 - 10:52pm.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_062807/content/01125106.guest.html

We Did It: Amnesty Bill Goes Down

June 28, 2007

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: "46 to 53, and it is over.  We have some audio sound bites from the debate that happened on the floor of the Senate this morning.  It's truly astounding, and I want to you hear these sound bites.  Here's what's going to happen next.  Just a little prediction here, and I told you, we went out on a limb yesterday and predicted to you this thing would go down in flames.  

There were 18, as I counted, 18 switch votes, and, by the way, I want to tell you one thing, everybody is going to try to portray this as a loss for the president, which it is.  And everybody is going to try to portray this as talk radio running amuck, "We gotta do something about it."  In fact, I know for a fact that Democrats were telling Republicans in the Senate yesterday, "Well, just go ahead and vote for this thing, by the time you're up for reelection, we'll have dealt with talk radio."  There were Democrats telling Republicans that they shouldn't worry about it because we're going to deal with talk radio.  Now they're really going to deal with talk radio.  This Fairness Doctrine stuff is going to really heat up..." 

5) This report from The Center for American Progress confirms what I have been saying all along about how very dominant and powerful that Rush Limbaugh and extreme right wing talk radio are:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/12446

Center for American Progress: "The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio"

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on June 21, 2007 - 1:41pm.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/talk_radio.html

The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio

By John Halpin, James Heidbreder, Mark Lloyd, Paul Woodhull, Ben Scott, Josh Silver, S. Derek Turner

June 20, 2007

Read the full report (PDF)

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/pdf/talk_radio.pdf  (40 pages)

This is how powerful that Rush Limbaugh really is and this is what many mainstream media pundits, many Democrats, and what many Non-Neocon Republicans are missing right now.  Rush Limbaugh is the kingpin and the undisputed leader of the extreme right wing Neocon media and the extreme right wing Neocon GOP activist base.  He is just like Al Capone to the mob or the Pope to zealous Catholics and just like a cult leader, he has that much power and control over his many millions of followers!

I think that it is very fair to ask why is Rush Limbaugh so powerful and how does he operate so effectively the way that he does?  Here are three people who I think help to answer these questions:  

1) Ed Schultz got it exactly right in my opinion when he said about Rush Limbaugh "this is not just some ordinary talk show host:"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21114452/

'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Oct. 2
Read the transcript to the Tuesday show

Updated: 10:39 a.m. CT Oct 3, 2007

Guests Sen. Jim Webb, Frank Gaffney, Robert Greenwald, Heidi Harris, Ed Schultz, Julie Mason, Bob Herbert, Matt Continetti

ED SCHULTZ, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST:  "And what you say, this is not just some ordinary talk show host.  This is a guy who has almost unfettered access to the president, one-hour personal time.  They go to him every time they need to do some P.R. mop-up, like Cheney or any of them, when it comes to communicating with the American people. 

He has been the White House lap dog for a long time..."

Here is the Hardball video link to watch this dialogue with Ed Schultz:

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&tab=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/&fg=&from=00&vid=47759d58-9c32-44bf-a146-a862a00888ff&playlist=videoByTag:mk:us:vs:0:tag:Source_Hardball:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A  (8:20)

Who’s right in the Limbaugh fight?

Oct. 2: Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid picked a fight with Rush Limbaugh calling the radio talk show host’s comments about "phony” soldiers "hateful" and "unpatriotic.” But now Limbaugh is hitting back.  A “Hardball” panel, Ed Schultz and Heidi Harris, debates: Who is right in the fight?

2) Rachel Maddow got it right in my opinion about how Rush Limbaugh operates and about how powerful that he really is: 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21149506/

'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Oct. 4
Read the transcript to the Thursday show

Updated: 10:16 a.m. CT Oct 5, 2007

Guests: John Dean , Chris Cillizza, Neal Katyal, Rachel Maddow, Alex Borstein

RACHEL MADDOW, AIR AMERICA RADIO:  "And it‘s much the same line that Rush came up with when I was still in preschool and he started this whole right wing talk radio thing.  He realized that telling people that the world is lying to you and every other form of media is lying to you, but I will tell you the truth—he realized that that is a great way to run a cult.  It‘s also a great way to run a talk radio empire...

You know, in the talk radio world, as much as I disagree with Rush Limbaugh, he‘s on a ton of stations, and he has a solid gold microphone, and he‘s supposed to be the grand pappy of the genre..."

Here is the Countdown video link to watch this dialogue with Rachel Maddow:

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&tab=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/&fg=&from=00&vid=bb5d29e4-6b6e-49aa-861b-09f27a823838&playlist=videoByTag:mk:us:vs:0:tag:Source_Countdown:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A  (6:42)

Limbaugh continues to face criticism

Oct. 4: Criticism against Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” comments continues to grow. Radio talk show host Rachel Maddow discusses recent developments.

3) Brandon Friedman of VoteVets.org credibly talks about how very influential that Rush Limbaugh is with people in middle America and how he operates in such an effective manner:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21192508/

'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Oct. 5
Read the transcript to the Friday show

Updated: 9:48 a.m. CT Oct 8, 2007

Guests: James Risen, Robert Baer, Joan Walsh, Brandon Friedman

BRANDON FRIEDMAN, VICE PRESIDENT, VOTEVETS.ORG: "I think it does, Keith. What you have—you had Rush Limbaugh at the top and you have people above him like the RNC. They push this kind of language that disparages veterans. And the problem with it is it‘s very influential. People in middle America hear this stuff and they repeat it. If I could, I am going to read you a couple of pieces of mail we‘ve gotten from Rush Limbaugh‘s listeners this week.

This is written to combat veterans. “Do us all a favor shoot yourself. You are a waste of human flesh. Tell the truth about Rush you phony piece of explicative. You traitorous bunch of explicative cowards. Rush Limbaugh is a great American and you are a phony.”

You know, people hear this and they hear it from Rush. And when that stuff is said enough times, it becomes accepted fact. This is what we saw happen to John Kerry in 2004. As combat veterans, we are just not going to accept this. We are going to defend ourselves. We are just not going to take this from people like Rush..."

Here is the Countdown video link to see this excellent interview with Brandon Friedman which I highly recommend watching:

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&tab=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/&fg=&from=00&vid=ce9ad235-4fc9-4f08-ae03-736d460f3e24&playlist=videoByTag:mk:us:vs:0:tag:Source_Countdown:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A  (5:28)

Bash a vet and make big bucks

Oct. 5: The RNC is turning Rush Limbaugh's ravings into hard campaign dollars. The committee is e-mailing supporters asking them to sign a petition to stand with Rush and his ravings and maybe click on a link where you can send money to the party. 

Rush Limbaugh is a master of "defining the news, defining the circumstances, defining personalities and so forth" which is the main reason why he is such an effective communicator to so many millions of people.  The people in middle America who Brandon Friedman talked about are the middle voters who mostly determine the outcome of elections and Limbaugh knows how to effectively talk to these people to make his points and to negatively define his political enemies!   

Rush Limbaugh has issued this direct challenge to his political opponents that has largely gone unanswered which I think summarizes very well why he is so powerful and effective when it comes to communicating with so many people and influencing them:  

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184342,00.html

Transcript: Rush Limbaugh on 'Your World'

Thursday, February 09, 2006

LIMBAUGH: "Neil, there is a new media out there today that doesn't let the left get away with defining the news, defining the circumstances, defining personalities and so forth.

And they haven't learned how to deal with it. They haven't learned how to deal with people like me, the problems they think FOX News causes, and everybody else. They are still in their 30-year-old playbook, in which they think they still — all they have to do is, you know, portray somebody they want to portray them, and the American people will see it, swallow it, and like it..."

In the Rush Limbaugh article right below titled "Rush Limbaugh for President?" from Monday, October 8, Limbaugh arrogantly brags about these key points concerning himself which I believe are factually correct based on the documentation in this post:

RUSH: "See, the point is, I am the Mr. Big, because I am the one who gets to voters. I am the one who gets to voters in their hearts and minds and changes them, persuades them -- with the truth.  They can't handle the light of truth, folks.  That's why this program is a threat."

This is mainly why Rush Limbaugh is so powerful and so dangerous right now along with his ability to effectively organize the Neocon GOP activist base.  To deny these facts and to not deal with Limbaugh just because what he is saying is not pleasant to listen to is committing political suicide in my opinion!

The bottom line about Rush Limbaugh is that he is completely sold out to extreme Neocon ideology, he is not open to any form of negotiation or compromise with people who disagree with him, and he is on a mission to defeat his political enemies without showing them any mercy:    

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7018083

Building Bipartisanship? Not Limbaugh's Problem
by David Folkenflik

All Things Considered, January 25, 2007

"Getting along is not the objective. When it comes to the war on terror, when it comes to tax policy, to me, defeating, politically, people I disagree with is the order of the day, and I don't think I defeat them by compromising with them," he says..."

The good news about this which I see is that Rush Limbaugh has made many mistakes that I have documented and circumstances have recently come up where I think that he is especially vulnerable to legitimate attacks right now:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13497 

ANALYSIS: Why Rush Limbaugh is especially vulnerable to attack right now!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on October 2, 2007 - 9:44am.

Gen. Clark has started a fight with Rush Limbaugh and I think that we here at CCN need to offer our help to Gen. Clark to continue on with that fight by openly challenging Limbaugh to a public debate:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13510  

Neocon media rapid response has targeted Gen. Clark for attacking Limbaugh today

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on October 3, 2007 - 9:19am.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13535

Limbaugh called Clark "Orwellian;" I think Clark should challenge him to debate!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on October 5, 2007 - 9:37am.

Rush Limbaugh openly challenged Harry Reid to debate him on October 01, 2007:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5IjfIdVBR0

Rush Limbaugh urging Harry Reid to face him like a man  (04:03)

I think that it would be a very good idea for Gen. Clark to answer this challenge and offer to debate Limbaugh as Harry Reid's surrogate if it could be arranged.  We here at CCN would have to be ready to fully back up Gen. Clark if that debate were to happen.  I do not think that anyone here wants Limbaugh to get the last word in on Gen. Clark, especially when those last words were:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100407/content/01125110.guest.html

General Clark's Orwellian Solution

October 4, 2007

"Wesley Clark is upset about the tone.  He's a total moron.  He's a total ignoramus and moron..."

The more that Rush Limbaugh can be credibly weakened right now, the less influence that he will have over impressionable people in middle America during the 2008 election which will definitely help to stop another Neocon Republican ideologue from picking up right where Bush leaves off on 1/20/09 in my opinion!

I hope that the information in this post will help people not interested in Limbaugh and extreme right wing Neocon talk radio up until now to better understand why I have been talking about this as a top issue here at CCN for so long in so many of my posts! 

Ignoring Limbaugh will not make him go away, that will only help to empower him and make him even more influential and dangerous because he will have no opposition when he negatively defines his political enemies and lies about them! 

As I have documented in this post, many people in middle America (the people who mainly decide elections) will continue to listen to Rush Limbaugh and believe him unless we start to seriously fight back in an ogranized manner on a national level.  Even though Democrats, Non-Neocon Republicans, and the mainstream media never should have allowed Limbaugh to become this powerful to begin with, RIGHT NOW is the best time to step up to the plate and deal with him!

If John Kerry and the Democratic leaders in Congress had dealt with this issue back in 2004 and if there was some kind of serious action taken to credibly fight back against Rush Limbaugh and extreme right wing Neocon talk radio, then Bush would have had a much more difficult time winning that election and we would probably not be in as much of a mess that we are in right now in my opinion!       

Mitch Dworkin

http://www.securingamerica.com/

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10756
StopIranWar.com: "War is not the answer"
Submitted by Wes Clark on February 21, 2007 - 11:40am.

http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn/node/7191
Listen to Gen. Wes Clark fight for Dems on Sean Hannity's radio program: An excellent example for all of us to follow and what we all need to be doing to help fight back against extreme right wing Neocon smear propaganda!

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http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100807/content/01125111.guest.html

Rush Limbaugh for President?

October 8, 2007

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: All right.  Richard in Monticello, Minnesota, you're next on the program today, as we go back to the phones.  It's great to have you here.

CALLER:  Rush?

RUSH:  Yeah.

CALLER:  From the land of 10,000 liberals, I'm a conservative island.

RUSH:  Thank you, sir, very much.  I understand how you feel.

CALLER:  I want to humor you for just a second.  I've listened to you for decades.  How's that sound?

RUSH:  (laughing) Exciting.

CALLER:  I used to cover the Midwest traveling a lot, and I still carry in my car the radio station directory from the AM stations where you started.  I used to bounce around. As I ran out of one zone, I'd have to pick up another zone.

RUSH:  Well, I appreciate it. That's tremendous loyalty, sir.  What was it you called about?

CALLER:  I think the liberal base has made a marketing and strategic mistake by making you the focal point of this attack.  I think they've taken their eye off the ball, and if you press them for as long as possible, I believe the conservative base overall will come out ahead.

RUSH:  Well, what you're saying is -- and you're right -- the Democrats have made me their No. 1 obstacle.

CALLER:  You are not running for election.

RUSH:  I know.  I'm not running for office. This is what is... On one hand, it's amazing, but on another hand it's totally understandable if you know who they are, folks.  Now, it is astounding that they are attacking me.  I'm not running for anything, and yet they think I'm their biggest obstacle.  They have as much as admitted this, because, not only do I influence you, I influence elected officials, they think, and they fear.  So I have to be the focal point.  In the process of this, what Richard's theory here is, is that other Republicans actually running for elected office will be ignored and can sneak by these Democrats while they're distracted attacking me, and so I should continue to make myself a target and take them off their focus.  There might be a fun way to do that, to actually start doing campaign-type rallies with the balloons and all that, and the signs that say, "Limbaugh '08" and just go out and do speeches now and then, as campaign appearances.  (laughing)  That would shake 'em up, and then Waxman's investigation of me would have a little bit more ammo he could look at. "Am I mingling politics with my radio program?  Am I using my radio program to advance my candidacy?"  (laughing)  Well, if you didn't hear that, Henry Waxman has assigned his investigative team in the House to monitor me, and Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin for "irregularities," and to report back to him, ladies and gentlemen. 

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RUSH:  So Henry Waxman will now use government money to do what Media Matters is doing, and the power of government to threaten radio talk show hosts like me and Sean Hannity and Mark Levin.  Bring it on, Congressman! Just bring it on.  You're going to make me start my own campaign if you're going to treat me like I'm running for office.  See, the point is, I am the Mr. Big, because I am the one who gets to voters. I am the one who gets to voters in their hearts and minds and changes them, persuades them -- with the truth.  They can't handle the light of truth, folks.  That's why this program is a threat.  

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