Wednesday, May 26, 2004
"He is trampling out the vintage where His grapes of wrath are stored..."
David Brock over at Media Matters for America is taking the fight directly to Rush Limbaugh and Donald Rumsfeld.
Rush's show is broadcast for one hour per day to the troops on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. The Service is funded at taxpayer expense.
Brock has sent a letter to Rumsfeld requesting that Rush's program be removed from the the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. Brock asserts in the letter that Rush is broadcasting "pro-torture propganda" over the radio and that these comments are fundamentally unAmerican (not to mention against the direct orders of the military command). Brock also says that these comments could inflame anti-American sentiment.
Brock has a petition on his site where folks can sign on to the letter to Rumsfeld to request that Rush be removed from the Service.
Brock's letter is obviously very negative about Rush. Interestingly though..he draws on his former conservative hack roots to tug at the heartstrings of people in general to drive his point home:
As we approach Memorial Day, and as Americans honor our soldiers, the men and women of our military deserve better than to be subjected to a radio host who excuses the worst among their ranks rather than celebrating the best, and who continually uses prejudiced rhetoric that divides rather than unites Americans. I look forward to your response and hope the Department of Defense will send a clear signal to our troops that it does not sanction Mr. Limbaugh's remarks.
I think I can hear the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" playing in the background when I read that last paragraph.....
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Rush's show is broadcast for one hour per day to the troops on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. The Service is funded at taxpayer expense.
Brock has sent a letter to Rumsfeld requesting that Rush's program be removed from the the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. Brock asserts in the letter that Rush is broadcasting "pro-torture propganda" over the radio and that these comments are fundamentally unAmerican (not to mention against the direct orders of the military command). Brock also says that these comments could inflame anti-American sentiment.
Brock has a petition on his site where folks can sign on to the letter to Rumsfeld to request that Rush be removed from the Service.
Brock's letter is obviously very negative about Rush. Interestingly though..he draws on his former conservative hack roots to tug at the heartstrings of people in general to drive his point home:
As we approach Memorial Day, and as Americans honor our soldiers, the men and women of our military deserve better than to be subjected to a radio host who excuses the worst among their ranks rather than celebrating the best, and who continually uses prejudiced rhetoric that divides rather than unites Americans. I look forward to your response and hope the Department of Defense will send a clear signal to our troops that it does not sanction Mr. Limbaugh's remarks.
I think I can hear the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" playing in the background when I read that last paragraph.....
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