Right starts pushing back against Limbaugh’s ‘phony soldiers’ flap:
A variety of conservatives have apparently come up with a defense — Limbaugh shouldn’t have said those exact words, but it doesn’t matter because he was taken out of context.
Media Matters:
Limbaugh previously called Vietnam veteran Kerry "a fraud," "a total phony"Adding more context to Limbaugh's current statement:
CALLER: Well, I am a Republican, and I listened to you for a long time, and you're right on a lot of things, but I do believe that we should pull out of Iraq. I don't think it's winnable. I'm not a Democrat, but sometimes you gotta cut the losses. I mean, sometimes you really got to admit you're wrong.
Limbaugh can't stand it. He's beside himself. And as the call goes on, there's this exchange:
CALLER: I used to be military, okay, and I am a Republican.
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: And I do listen to you, but --
RUSH: Right, I know. And I, by the way, used to walk on the moon.
So he's calling Mike in Chicago a liar. Apparently, it's not possible to be a Republican and against the war (tell that to
these people), or ex-military and against the war.
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