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Article: Lightning Rod: Seven takes on Rush Limbaugh's 'phony soldiers'
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 7, 2007
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WAR ON RUSH
Conservative talker Rush Limbaugh ignited a still-burning
firestorm when he called American soldiers who advocate U.S.
withdrawal from Iraq "phony soldiers" during the Sept. 26 broadcast
of his nationally syndicated radio show. A caller said on-air that
supporters of withdrawal "never talk to real soldiers. They like to
pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the
media," to which Limbaugh interjected, "The phony soldiers."
Claiming he wasn't denigrating all anti-war soldiers, just one
imposter, he replayed an excerpt from the show to prove his point.
The only problem? More than 90 seconds of the nearly two minute
discussion had been edited to support his ...