Former pirate hostage: Rush Limbaugh "disgusting"

[DrToast]

Shane Murphy, second-in-command aboard the ship seized by Somali pirates this month, is happy to be home. But he's not happy to be sharing turf with land-lubber Rush Limbaugh, who politicized the pirate affair by referring to the pirates as "black teenagers."

"It feels great to be home," said Murphy in an interview with WCBV in Boston. "It feels like everyone around here has my back, with the exception of Rush Limbaugh, who is trying to make this into a race issue...that's disgusting."

Limbaugh made the remark to suggest why President obama might have appeared preoccupied at church on the day of the operation to rescue the ship's captain, who was taken hostage by the pirates until Navy SEAL snipers shot them in a daring rescue effort.

"He was worried about the order he had given to wipe out three teenagers on the high seas," Limbaugh said. "Black Muslim teenagers."

"You gotta get with us or against us here, Rush," Murphy said. "The president did the right thing...It's a war.... It's about good versus evil. And what you said is evil. It's hate speech. I won't tolerate it."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/24/shane-murphy-freed-pirate_n_191290.html

:toast: Bravo, Mr. Murphy!

[MADem]

1. A Mass Maritme lad, well trained at " Buzz-id's Bay!!"

"You gotta get with us or against us here, Rush," Murphy said. "The president did the right thing...

I love it when ASSumptions are crushed!!!

[rvablue]

2. Something tells me we won't hear a word out of Pigboy on this. Hope the folks over at

Countdown picked up on it!

[Cha]

4. That would be the best if KO's

Countdown would give this Wider Coverage!

[Number23]

18. Please. Next Rush will be reporting on all of the man's unpaid parking tickets

And the "D" he got in 10th grade gym. Rush is nothing if not consistently idiotic.

[Cha]

3. I swear to all that's intelligent that

rushdicklimpbaugh is going shoot his big old mouth off one day and there will be a Tsunami of Backlash!

Thank you, Shane Murphy! It'd be nice to be able to write to him somehow and wholeheartedly agree:bounce:

[Honeycombe8]

5. A TRUE hero!!!!! He has me, and he didn't even have to say "hello"! nt

[Bluerthanblue]

6. Kudos Shane Murphy- glad your home, and appreciate your calling rush OUT-

:hi:

[Raine]

7. Cheers to Murphy

:applause:

[firedupdem]

8. Welcome home Mr. Murphy and thanks for speaking out! n/t

[mscuedawg]

9. Video of Mr. Murphy at this link..

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/cnn-news/19273935/detail.html

:toast:

THAT my friends is a TRUE AMERICAN!!! :patriot:

[Festusss]

10. Gotta love it!

Murphy looks right into the camera and tells it like it is!

[ellie]

11. Sweet!

[Jennicut]

12. Awesome! Most Americans get that Rush is a big loser.

Glad the Captain and crew are back home and safe now.

[rasputin1952]

13. Considering the closest Limbaugh came to a ship...

except for the plastic one in his over-sized bathtub, is about 15 miles, it does not surprise me in the least he would make this an issue involving race.

One thing Limbaugh doesn't have to worry about is drowning; for one thing, he doesn't go near the water, for another, fat floats...he'd be bobbing around for years...:D

[yellowcanine]

14. Woo hoo. Pimple butt chicken hawk gets a smackdown from a military hero.

awesome. About time Limbaugh gets called out by a genuine patriot.

[SpiralHawk]

15. Rush = disgusting republicon demagogic drug-abusing, draft dodger

Drug-abusing Republicon chickenhawks got no cred, no honor.

[WeDidIt]

16. The Freepers are calling Murphy an "ingrate"

because apparently if Barack Obama gives the order that saves your captain, Rush Limbaugh is who you should be grateful to.

I wonder about those Freepers and the whole "thou shallt have no other gods before Me" thing they profess. IT appears they worship Limbaugh as their messiah.

[Hansel]

17. Indeed, bravo Mr Murphy. Excellent statement.

We need more good Americans to stand up and speak truth to fools. That's change I can believe in.

[21st century fox]

19. Yes, it is disgusting to code one's message to slur both Blacks and Muslims

And it's nice to have a military man call out a neo-clown!

[fujiyama]

20. This is an awesome slam

Limbaugh is such an ass hole but injecting race into this is pretty much standard Limbaugh.

That image with the flag is amazing, showing a very multi-racial and multi-ethnic group of people. Limbaugh is a racist and a coward.