The Beam in The New Republic’s Eye
Charles Johnson
Tue Oct 2, 2007 at 6:13 pm PDT • Views: 415
In one of the most tone-deaf hypocritical statements yet from The New Republic, Eve Fairbanks crows about the great “karmic satisfaction” she gets from the stupid controversy over Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” remark—ignoring the gigantic beam labeled “Scott Beauchamp” in The New Republic’s eye: The Plank.
I can’t help but find it incredibly karmically satisfying that Rush Limbaugh is getting spoon-fed a little bit of the same bitter medicine Democrats swallowed when MoveOn dared to call someone wearing a military uniform less than honest. Now, what Rush did was worse — he called the many Iraq war veterans who consult with antiwar Democrats “phony troops” — and the outcry against him is less wild: Some press releases, a little play on CNN, and today Harry Reid went on the Senate floor to denounce him, which probably only makes Rush more popular with his listeners. Still, good for Reid. In these difficult days we find our scraps of pleasure where we can.
Also see:
Hot Air: The New Republic, phony soldiers, & genuine chutzpah
UPDATE at 10/2/07 6:40:54 pm:
And now the Kos Kidz are launching a new attack, promoted to the front page by the Great and Powerful Kos himself: Daily Kos: Digging a Deeper Hole: Rush Responds to Our New Ad.
Frank says: