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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (15941)	9/29/2007 11:04:51 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

Hillary is the dark force behind the current smear attacks on Rush Limbaugh & Bill O'Reilly >Edwards and Dodd Misconstrue Limbaugh's comments By SUSAN LEVEN, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 29, 2007 CLAREMONT, N.H. - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards criticized Rush Limbaugh on Friday for using the term "phony soldiers." Limbaugh said the words were taken out of context when he referred only to one military impostor who was recently convicted of lying about his service. Edwards and the campaign of fellow Democrat Chris Dodd took issue with the radio talk show host's remarks. Limbaugh was responding to a caller who argued that anti-war groups "never talk to real soldiers." "They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media," the caller said. "The phony soldiers," Limbaugh responded. Campaigning in New Hampshire, Edwards called on Republicans to denounce Limbaugh in the same way they came down on Democrats after the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org ran an advertisement slamming Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. "All these Republicans went running to the mic and the TV cameras when MoveOn ran their ad about General Petraeus. Now let's see if they really mean it," Edwards said. "Let's see if they'll speak out against Rush Limbaugh. Dodd's spokesman, Hari Sevugan, also weighed in. "It's ironic that Rush Limbaugh — who makes his living shooting his mouth off — would impugn the patriotism and service of American troops." In a transcript of Thursday's show posted on his Web site and a video on You Tube, Limbaugh said the comment followed a discussion of Jesse Macbeth, who was sentenced to five months in prison earlier this month for collecting more than $10,00 in benefits to which he was not entitled. Macbeth, 23, of Tacoma, Wash., tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes when in fact he was kicked out of the Army in 2003 after six weeks at Fort Benning, Ga. "He became a hero to the anti-war left. They love phony soldiers, and they prop 'em up," Limbaugh said Thursday. "I was not talking ... about the anti-war movement generally. I was talking about one soldier with that phony soldier comment, Jesse MacBeth."

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (15941)	9/30/2007 8:18:28 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

Gingrich Says He'd Have Been a Contender Sep 30, 11:20 AM (ET) WASHINGTON (AP) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday he could have been a contender, but has no regrets about skipping the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Gingrich said he'd had a Web site ready to launch this week and already had received several million dollars in pledges. "I think we would clearly have been competitive financially within three weeks, and we literally had not even set up the Web site yet," he said. "But what hit me was it would have been an underdog campaign. I mean, clearly, if you were going to come from behind, I think it would have been a real campaign. I think we would have had a chance to win." Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler said Saturday that Gingrich opted out of the race, a crowded one with nine candidates, after determining he could not legally explore a bid and stay as head of his tax-exempt political organization. Besides the potential legal difficulties, Gingrich said running would have wasted the effort spent building up American Solutions for Winning the Future, the tax-exempt political arm of his lucrative empire as an author, pundit and consultant. "To give up and kill an organization we spent a year on and that had 2,000 sites around the country where people had now invested their time and effort just to look at whether or not you could run, I thought would be irresponsible," he said on ABC's "This Week." Just last week, Gingrich said he had set an Oct. 21 deadline to raise $30 million in pledges for a possible run, acknowledging that the task was difficult but not impossible. He said Sunday that the deciding factor was learning he risked violating the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. "I thought there was a way that you could continue the momentum of those ideas while I began to prepare a presidential campaign," Gingrich said. "What we learned yesterday morning was, I mean, it's literally a go to jail, criminal activity." In a taped appearance broadcast on "Fox News Sunday," Gingrich also criticized the law. "The effect of the McCain-Feingold censorship act has been to weaken the middle class, to make it harder to have a middle-class candidate and to make it much, much harder to raise money and so I think you've got to be realistic about what it takes to campaign," he said. Gingrich said he would not align himself with any of the candidates. "I'm not going to endorse anybody. I'm going to try to offer ideas that hopefully all of them can look at," he said. Gingrich is the latest Republican to decide against joining the race. In early September, Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel announced he would not run for the White House or seek a third term. ---http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070930/D8RVRU9O0.html