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Article: DCCC: Chairman Chris Van Hollen Condemns Rush Limbaugh's Outrageous Comment that Soldiers Who Support Withdrawing From Iraq Are 'Phony Soldiers'

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September 27, 2007
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release:

"Rush Limbaugh's personal attack on our men and women in uniform is reprehensible. It minimizes the sacrifice our troops in Iraq and their families are making and has no place in the public discourse. Rush Limbaugh owes our military and their families an apology for his hurtful comments that minimize their service to our country."

Excerpt of "The Rush Limbaugh Show" (September 26, 2007, Premiere Radio Networks):

LIMBAUGH: "Save the -- keep the troops safe" or whatever. I -- it's not possible, intellectually, to follow these people.

CALLER: No, it's not, and what's really funny ...

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