Help! I need some Limbaugh quotes defending torture.

[Leo 9]

I need some of your Limbaugh quotes denying excusing minimizing justifying or insisting on torture.

I had a local right wing radio host ask me if I could come up with any quotes of Rush actually selling torture.

Since I had not expected the question, I had none in hand and did not want to give anything less than an exact quote.

He said I could call back if I came up with any, so I'd like to take him up on that.

Thanks DUers!

Here's one to get started.


Limbaugh on torture of Iraqis: U.S. guards were "having a good time," "blow some steam off"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200405050003

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Just listening to him is torture.

Today he sounded like he was headed for a breakdown.

[Leo 9]

11. Here's a good response to his "phony soldiers" comments.

Limbaugh admitted to airing call from phony liberal-bashing Lt. Col. in Iraq but continued to hold out hope officer was real

Summary: On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh admitted he had aired a phone call from a purported Air Force officer in Iraq who the military says "oes not exist." The apparently phony officer, who Limbaugh said identified himself as "Lieutenant Colonel Luke Fitzpatrick" of the "336th Tactical Air Wing," delivered what Limbaugh described as a "profound" and "mov" message. But despite acknowledging that Pentagon officials and the Air Force told him they have no record of a "Luke Fitzpatrick" or a "336th Tactical Air Wing," Limbaugh nonetheless continued to float the possibility that the caller was in fact an officer in Iraq.

On the June 2 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, Rush Limbaugh admitted that, two days earlier, he had aired a phone call from a purported Air Force officer in Iraq who the military says "oes not exist." The apparently phony officer, who Limbaugh said identified himself as "Lieutenant Colonel Luke Fitzpatrick" of the "336th Tactical Air Wing" at "Tallil Air Force Base" in Iraq, delivered what Limbaugh described as a "profound" and "mov" message -- among other things, the caller stated that Limbaugh and fellow conservative Sean Hannity are the "only two" radio hosts who "are allowed to get broadcasts across" to the troops in his unit and declared that former President Bill Clinton "castrated" the military.

Despite acknowledging that Pentagon officials, as well as the Air Force, told him they have no record of a "Luke Fitzpatrick" or a "336th Tactical Air Wing," and that the Air Force "asked us to stop airing or put up any information about him," Limbaugh nonetheless continued to float the possibility that the caller was in fact an officer in Iraq. First, he suggested the possibility that the caller "genuinely is a member of the Air Force and was trying to hide his identity and using a fake name and giving some incorrect information just to protect" himself from retribution for speaking openly. He then appeared to question whether the military was being truthful in denying that they had any record of a "Luke Fitzgerald":

LIMBAUGH: Then, the other option we have is: Do we believe the military? The man did have some very pointed things to say. The man was very -- whatever. I mean, whoever he is, he had some very, very pointed -- like, "Let us go. Turn us loose. Let us out of the cages and do what we came here to do." So, who do we believe here? Who do we believe? Do we believe the military? Do we believe the caller?

From the June 2 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200606050007

[Buzz Clik]

2. Tell me -- are you really arguing with people who have supported Limbaugh and his 20 years of hate?

Waste. of. Time.

[Leo 9]

4. It's my time to waste, so I'll waste it as I like.

I think it's important to confront them, so that's what I do.

[Buzz Clik]

6. Well! You certainly told me.

I'll bet you storm out of here and waste twice as much time.

[Leo 9]

8. It wasn't my intention to annoy.

I was just telling you how it is.

And yes, I do have to go.

Have fun here this evening.

Thanks for responding to my thread.

[Emit]

3. Here

Michael J. Totten quotes Rush Limbaugh:


You know, if you really look at these pictures, I mean I don’t know if it’s just me but it looks like anything you’d see Madonna or Britney Spears do on stage. Maybe you can get an NEA grant for something like this. I mean this is something you can see at Lincoln Center from an NEA grant, maybe on Sex in the City: the Movie. I mean, it’s just me.

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2004/05/defending_torture/


"There is an all-out assault on the US military. Inherent in this is some of the most righteous indignation among some of the most ignorant people about what happens in war. The idea that war is as highbrow and as clean-cut as a bridge game at the Harvard Club? Spare me!

And these people who are writing all this outraged, righteous indignation over torture haven't the slightest idea what is at stake on the battlefield with this particular enemy, and we never, we never hear about the torture they inflict."

http://newyorkercomment.blogspot.com/2007/02/yeah-freud-was-out-to-lunch.html
audio: http://mfile.akamai.com/5020/wma/rushlimb.download.akamai.com/5020/clips/07/02/021507_3_24.asx

[LittleClarkie]

5. Every time he refers to "Club Gitmo" he's defending torture

and every time he refers to Gitmo at all, he calls it CLUB Gitmo.

I wonder if he'd like to be sent to that "spa" himself.

[Leo 9]

7. Thanks! That's very helpful.

I have to leave the library now.

I'll have to get back to this tomorrow.

[Whoa_Nelly]

9. To extend your original quote post:

Beating and killing Iraqi detainees, according to Limbaugh, is good fun. "I'm talking about people having a good time, these people , you ever heard of emotional release? You heard of need to blow some steam off?" Limbaugh asked a caller. "This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time."
http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo05082004.html

And further on that:

The day before, on his May 3 show, Limbaugh observed that the American troops who mistreated Iraqi prisoners of war were "babes" and that the pictures of the alleged abuse were no worse than "anything you'd see Madonna, or Britney Spears do on stage."

LIMBAUGH: And these American prisoners of war -- have you people noticed who the torturers are? Women! The babes! The babes are meting out the torture.

LIMBAUGH: You know, if you look at -- if you, really, if you look at these pictures, I mean, I don't know if it's just me, but it looks just like anything you'd see Madonna, or Britney Spears do on stage. Maybe I'm -- yeah. And get an NEA grant for something like this. I mean, this is something that you can see on stage at Lincoln Center from an NEA grant, maybe on Sex in the City -- the movie. I mean, I don't -- it's just me.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405050003

[rucky]

10. google "Camp Gitmo" n/t

[Leo 9]

12. Limbaugh repeated NewsMax.com's false claim that McCain "admitted that torture worked on him"

Limbaugh repeated NewsMax.com's false claim that McCain "admitted that torture worked on him"

Summary: Rush Limbaugh twice falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) had "admitted that torture worked on him" during his five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. The false assertion originated in a NewsMax.com article and is not supported by McCain's version of events.

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200512090006