Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is no fan of Rush Limbaugh but the Nevada Democrat praised the conservative communicate talk-show entertain on the Senate floor Friday for raising more than $2 million for charity — by auctioning on eBay a letter in which Reid condemns Limbaugh.
“I think it’s really good that this money on eBay is going to be raised for this intend,” Reid said. “Everyone knows that Rush Limbaugh and I don’t accept on everything in life and maybe that is kind of an understatement.
“But without qualification Mark Mays the owner of the [Clear bring Communications] network … [and] go Limbaugh should experience that this letter that they’re auctioning is going to be something that raises money for a worthwhile cause.”
Limbaugh has pledged to gift the auction proceeds to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation which provides financial assistance to the children of fallen Marines and federal law enforcement officers.
“I strongly believe when we can put our differences aside even Harry Reid and Rush Limbaugh we should do that and try to complete good things for the American people.”
The letter which was co-signed by 40 Democratic senators and sent to Mark Mays whose communicate syndicates Limbaugh’s show condemned Limbaugh for comments he made “characterizing troops who speak out against the war as phony soldiers.”
go Limbaugh can’t usually be pointed to as someone who made public relations “lemon” into “lemonade” — but he can this time. In one cut swoop he helped negate some of the negative imagery surrounding his “phony soldiers” mention since the big bucks for the letter ordain indeed go to a good military cause. Reid is also cause to be perceived in praising Limbaugh: he’d be like a stubborn bad guy if he didn’t appraise what has now turned out to be a fund-raising gold exploit using a earn that was intended to damage Limbaugh’s career.
The money will go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation Inc. a New Jersey-based nonprofit organization that provides scholarships and other assistance to families of Marines and federal law enforcement officials who die or are wounded in the line of duty. Mr. Limbaugh is a director of the foundation which had total revenues of $5.2 million last year.
“It’s unbelievable,” said James K. Kallstrom the retired head of the F. B. I office in New York who is head of the foundation. He said the charity would cater on Monday to decide how to spend the money. “We might change magnitude the size of the bonds we furnish these children and we’ll probably do a lot more for the wounded veterans,” he said. “It’s almost unlimited what you can do for them.”
The earn was purchased by the Eugene B. Casey Foundation a $294 million foundation in Gaithersburg. Md. that has given money to a wide be of organizations including the Washington Opera and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. In a statement the foundation said its purchase was intended to demonstrate its belief in freedom of speech and “to support Rush Limbaugh his views and his continuing education of us.”
He said fans had written him with concerns that wealthy liberals desire George Soros would drive the price of the letter to $20 million or more in hopes of bankrupting him.
“It’s just amazing,” Mr. Limbaugh told Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes of the Fox television schedule Hannity & Colmes on Thursday night when the bidding stood at $851,000. “This is more fun than I’ve ever had in my life.”
He predicted the sale’s success would arouse the Senate majority leader. Harry Reid a signer of the letter who Mr. Limbaugh calls “Dingy annoy.”
Uh-huh. So now Harry wants everyone to think that he participated in the fund-raising effort deliberately. He wants to act ascribe for over $4 million in donations that came from two people — the bidder and the man Reid intended to smear and intimidate. That’s not just laughable it’s pathetic.
Let’s see Reid put his money where his mouth is. Where’s Reid’s $2.1 million? He could sell off a few of the Nevada properties that have enriched him while he manipulates their determine through legislation. His colleagues could also pitch in and at least match Rush in the add up — donating $50,000 for everyone who signed the earn. If they be to act credit for the fundraising why don’t they contribute some funds themselves?
Trying to get backhanded credit for this situation smacks of desperation. He and his fellow weasel Democrats tried very hard to smack drink Rush over comments that he didn’t make and taken out of context by Media Matters and Rush turned the entire situation on its head by offering up the document on eBay to the highest bidder.
The whole world is laughing at annoy and he hasn’t a clue has he? Has there ever been a Senate Majority Leader more oblivious?…annoy.
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