Comments on: The MSM’s Rush Limbaugh horror story

By: Right Wing Nut House » THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN - DOUBLE PLUS GOOD EDITION

Right Wing Nut House » THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN - DOUBLE PLUS GOOD EDITION — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:47:43 +0000

[...] 1. The MSM’s Rush Limbaugh Horror Story by Bookworm Room [...]

By: Webloggin - Blog Archive » Salon.com 101 - A Lesson in Selective Editing from the Progressives

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:09:19 +0000

[...] of the things I landed on, hard, in my post about the great Rush Limbaugh smear was the fact that Media Matters, in order to smear Rush, did some very selective editing so as to [...]

By: ME

ME — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:16:11 +0000

“within seconds of having used that phrase”

I love how a minute and a half is “seconds”.

Can you post anything without fudging the truth?

By: More selective editing from the Progressives « Bookworm Room

More selective editing from the Progressives « Bookworm Room — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:16:43 +0000

[...] Posted on October 29, 2007 by Bookworm One of the things I landed on, hard, in my post about the great Rush Limbaugh smear was the fact that Media Matters, in order to smear Rush, did some very selective editing so as to [...]

By: Dodgeblogium » Blog Archive » Farewell Israel?

Dodgeblogium » Blog Archive » Farewell Israel? — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:57:52 +0000

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By: And you thought the multi-million dollar case against the dry cleaners was bad « Bookworm Room

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:03:11 +0000

[...] one recent post to you that best exemplifies the way I write and think, it would be “The MSM’s Rush Limbaugh Horror Story,” which analyzes the history of the Rush Limbaugh smear letter, right through Harry [...]

By: The Watcher’s results are in, and they are good « Bookworm Room

The Watcher’s results are in, and they are good « Bookworm Room — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:26:28 +0000

[...] For that reason, I am incredibly honored that, with the votes counted, my post called “The MSM’s Rush Limbaugh Horror Story,” ranked first. First is always nice, of course, but first in such an august field is [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:04:06 +0000

This is really great reporting and a definitive record of the event. I can’t remember the last time a newspaper reporter went to such ends to get to the bottom of something.

By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Eye on the Watcher’s Council

The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Eye on the Watcher’s Council — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:37:02 +0000

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By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:15:17 +0000

This will bear some thought. I’m sure Harry Reid, being half-witted, figured this would be free for him, (in other words, no legal ramifications) as Limbaugh is a public figure, and cannot sue for slander, lbel, etc.

But Reid doesn’t think very deeply, if at all. There may be a couple of other ways to go, if Rush is so inclined. Just noodling it a bit, it occurs to me that Reid may have a problem, here, if Rush wishes to drop it on his head. It goes to the public duties of public officials.

Rush was attacked:
a) publicly
b) by PUBLIC OFFICIALS (this is a biggie)
c) on public time, at their place of work (while you and every other taxpayer was funding their activities)
b) with intent to damage his contractual partnership and stop his work

All of which could well throw this into another arena than the merely slanderous and libellous. With very little tweaking it becomes an inter-state commerce and civil rights matter, and now it seems entirely possible that the FBI raises its head and says hello to Mr. Reid.

I would suspect that a writ of mandamus could certainly be sought and would certainly apply - and without much need of a crowbar, either.

In the immortal words of an old litigator/teacher: “if he leaves his (male appendage) on the table in front of you, chop it off for him.” I begin to suspect ol’ Harry may have done so. It seems to me there are a couple of ways to go with this, and Rush may not yet have begun to play with these idiots.