[quote]Sloth wrote:
100meters wrote:
Sloth wrote:
100meters wrote:
BostonBarrister wrote:
Was there something in that almost 2 minutes of material that would indicate he wasn’t referencing Macbeth? Particularly given the amount of attention that had been paid to Macbeth during the week on the show, and the fact that he did, in fact, mention Macbeth within 2 minutes of the interaction with the caller in which the he uttered the phrase “fake soldiers.” Mind you, not two minutes after the end of the caller’s speaking, but two minutes from that point in the middle of the call.
I’ve read the argument that two minutes is “an eternity” of airtime, and I’m not convinced at all. It was the middle of a segment, not a correction after a break. It was one train of thought, one topic – and the idea seemed to flow naturally, not be a correction or a whoops moment.
In general, there’s no “there” there. The “gotcha” that he edited the tape to make himself sound even better doesn’t prove the original accusation.
I’m not saying the 2 minutes is the gotcha? I mean the gotcha I guess would be his comment “phony soldiers” which referred to the caller’s:
100 meters, ok, so you admit that 2 minutes isn’t the gotcha. You’re saying that the phrase “Phony Soldiers” is the gotcha. Now, who did Rush use as an example of the “Phony Soldier?”
So I admit…? so dramatic I feel like I’m on Law and Order or something…
but to answer…“phony soldiers” (the actual comment—you clearly want to keep saying “phony soldier”, but the actual issue is the “PHONY SOLDIERS” which factually was the response to:
Caller:"No, it’s not, and what’s really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media.
See now?
Once more. Who did Rush use as the example of a Phony Soldier? Did this Phony soldier talk to media? Did ABC do a feature on Phony soldiers and Heroes 2 days prior? Did they mention the same exact guy Rush used as an example? Can you answer directly?
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I answered directly with quotes.
Rush didn’t use macbeth as example of a 'phony soldiers" immediatedly after the 2 callers instead he said “fake soldier”—but I’ll admit later he did use him as an example of a phony soldlier, along with Murtha and Beauchamp:
"How about this guy Scott Thomas who was writing fraudulent, phony things in The New Republic about atrocities he saw that never happened? How about Jack Murtha blanketly accepting the notion that Marines at Haditha engaged in wanton murder of innocent children and civilians? "
but that only goes to make my case, that phony is a blanket statement covering those speaking out against anything Rush currently believes in.
Are Murtha and Beauchamp actual FAKE soldiers? I didn’t think so either.
Was the second caller really referring to actual FAKE soldiers? Doesn’t seem like it.
Was the first caller talking about FAKE soldiers? uhh…no. He was a soldier speaking out against the war…EXACTLY what the second caller was dissing.