Video: Hey, maybe Rush is still on drugs, says Harkin Update: Harkin is a fake war hero himself
posted at 4:18 pm on October 1, 2007 by Allahpundit
Never have I been happier to send traffic to Think Progress, where they’ve momentarily suspended the Enlightened Finger-Wag of Shame to chortle at Tom Harkin getting very, very nasty on the Senate floor. Good stuff; bookmark it now because there’ll be plenty of nasty, personal digs taken by the GOP before this campaign is through (especially if Hillary’s the nominee) and you’ll want this at the ready the next time those very enlightened, very superior left-wing fingers start wagging. Click the image to watch.
Update (bp): Well, I’d forgotten about this — Tom Harkin is a bit of a phony hero himself.
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Things are just gonna keep getting more hostile, aren’t they?
Bad Candy on October 1, 2007 at 4:23 PM
Gee, these personal attacks were a lot more civilized when they were waged via ads in the New York Times.
Brat on October 1, 2007 at 4:24 PM
I’ve seen it all, therefore, I don’t need to “click-to-watch” mush heads, attempting to throw turds, anymore.
UNBELIEVABLE!
Mcguyver on October 1, 2007 at 4:25 PM
Man,does Soros pay all of these clowns or do they just do it for free ?
bbz123 on October 1, 2007 at 4:28 PM
What about governing the nation?
Kini on October 1, 2007 at 4:28 PM
Politics of personal destruction?
Nah..the target is conservative.
Asher on October 1, 2007 at 4:29 PM
This is what you get with a democratic congress…whoever said, ‘the politics of personal destruction’.
Chudi on October 1, 2007 at 4:29 PM
The Dems are absolutely desperate to turn the whole “General Betray-Us” fiasco around. First, they (via the New American Gestapo, MoveOn.org) struck out at O’Reilly, and pretty much failed. Now they going after Rush, and will undoubtedly fail.
It’s really pathetic. It’s just a shame that liberals are too cowardly to acknowledge the truth.
Mindcrime on October 1, 2007 at 4:29 PM
Hey, maybe he is. But what’s Harkin’s excuse?
Incidentally, is there a point at which this sort of thing could legally become slander? Or are “lawmakers” free to say anything about anyone on the senate floor?
Blacklake on October 1, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Dude…
askheaves on October 1, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Sen. Harkin, bravely using the speech and debate clause. Maybe he’s hopped up on goofballs, instead
albo on October 1, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Ummm… why are they talking about Rush when they havn’t got the Appropriations bills done for next year…. oh… wait… I mean THIS FISCAL YEAR!!!!
Romeo13 on October 1, 2007 at 4:34 PM
this. (see my post above)
albo on October 1, 2007 at 4:35 PM
I just heard Rushes interview with Justice Clarence Thomas. What a man.
dalec on October 1, 2007 at 4:35 PM
Hey, maybe Patrick Kennedy is too?
Topsecretk9 on October 1, 2007 at 4:36 PM
I guess these guys solved all of our nation’s problems the other day, huh?
Nothing else they had to deal with? No other pressing concerns?
Cause I have to think, why, this Congress wouldn’t seriously waste our time – it’s OURS, you know, as American taxpayers – by spending the day criticizing a political pundit, rather than getting on with the business of legislating the nation.
Vyce on October 1, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Rush has higher approval ratings than Harkin.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 1, 2007 at 4:37 PM
My thoughts, not exactly, but in paraphrase. What I thought was, “So much for doing the people’s business.”
Bigfoot on October 1, 2007 at 4:38 PM
Close. Politics of personal distraction. MoveOn’s ad really really hurt so, now, all the Soros employees in the Congress need to find a GOP equivilent to throw up the “everybody does it” defense- completely ignoring that defending a bad deed by pointing out other “bad deeds” is just plain stupid.
I don’t want to leave the impression that I think there is anything behind the attacks on Rush but what the strategy is. Harkin and the leftist loonies will just repeat the accusation over and over again. Just like liberals firmly believe that Kerry was somehow smeared by the SWIFT boaters. The reality, of course, is that they were giving a different version to Kerry’s carefully crafted stories.
highhopes on October 1, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Oh dear God, don’t spread the this thing.
Bad Candy on October 1, 2007 at 4:40 PM
The only problem with this is that leftists are immune to shame. Point out their inconsistency, and they’ll respond without irony that Rush deserved it, so it was okay.
Kensington on October 1, 2007 at 4:42 PM
So, let me get this straight –
According to Dems, debate on, and a resolution condemning the MoveOn Betray Us advert is a waste of time, and occasion for Leftwing media morons to ambush Republican congresswomen with idiotic, wrong, war death trivia.
However, Limbaugh says something that is actually correct, it gets taken completely out of context, and the best thing our Congress can think of to do with its time is to debate the issue and demand apologies.
What the hell is wrong with these guys?
nailinmyeye on October 1, 2007 at 4:42 PM
Ironically, if Federal Judge Collyer’s interpretation of that clause in actions she took only last week — deciding that Murtha must testify in the libel case against him — the precedent would be established for Rush to go after Harkin.
Collyer basically drew a separation between this clause protecting legislators from criminal prosecution and not protecting them from civil actions. At least that’s how it seems to me.
chrisro on October 1, 2007 at 4:43 PM
It would be nice if they bothered to get their facts straight before they started the character assassination routine.
This is what you get with Democrats in power. Do they ever do anything constructive for the country? Anything at all? With the Democratic Congress approval rating at 11%, why do Dems think they are going to win big in 2008? This is an expamle of governing a nation?
katieanne on October 1, 2007 at 4:43 PM
HotAir really needs an edit function…
“…if Federal Judge[...]last week holds up — deciding that…”
chrisro on October 1, 2007 at 4:44 PM
One of the scary things which hit me last week…
ALL of the Democrat Candidates for President are or have been in Congress.
ALL of their “solutions” to our internal problems HAVE to start in the legislature… Border enforcement (oversite and money), Tax policy (congress), Schools (funding and rules), Energy (Pres. can’t do a dam thing)…
Sooo… they’ve been in the position to address these problems for YEARS… and have not… and now want an office where they don’t have the Legal Ability to address these problems….
Color me confused.
Romeo13 on October 1, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Investigations, non-binding resolutions, investigations, non-binding resolutions, investigations….
In some cases I’d be mad when government officals get paid for doing nothing. As far as Congress goes, keep it up, the more time they spend on this crap, the less time they spend reaching into my wallet with new legislation.
Oh, and in case they didn’t notice, this just drops the approval ratings for Congress even lower. Single digits, anyone?
On a side note, the Democrats have basically rendered themselves useless, and incapable of engaging in adult debates.
reaganaut on October 1, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Uh oh. Now it’s getting really nasty.
Bush Attacks ‘Hollywood Values’
Gotta love that AFP objective reporting:
Brat on October 1, 2007 at 4:45 PM
Methinks the dems saw the polling on their attempted betray-us smear and panic is setting in.
They are attempting to change the topic.
swami on October 1, 2007 at 4:46 PM
Mark Levin….Paging Mr Levin…Mr Limbaugh is on line #1
PappaMac on October 1, 2007 at 4:51 PM
FU, Harkin
ToddonCapeCod on October 1, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Un-friggin’-believeable.
Why are the Democrats sooo worked up over Rush? Retaliation over the MoveOn debacle?
JetBoy on October 1, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Communists never work for free.
OhEssYouCowboys on October 1, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Oh, dude, this is probably the tip of the iceberg and I’m already sick of it. The one-upmanship will be unbearable by next fall.
SouthernDem on October 1, 2007 at 4:55 PM
100% absolutely. They just have to get back at that other useless resolution, so they make an even more useless resolution.
SouthernDem on October 1, 2007 at 4:56 PM
So, he and Reid lie about Limbaugh in Congress and I am forced to pay their salaries, franking privileges, pensions, ad nauseam, for this transparent fraud and slander?
I want a refund.
And an apology from Harkins and Reid.
Can’t wait to hear the evening news expose their shameless lying.
/sarc. off.
profitsbeard on October 1, 2007 at 4:58 PM
Rush is da man!
Ropera on October 1, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Un-friggin’-believeable.
Why are the Democrats sooo worked up over Rush? Retaliation over the MoveOn debacle?
JetBoy on October 1, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Talk Raido is a source of truth and fact that the lefts msm will not give us. Socialists believe they MUST put a end to this for them to move forward. They are willing to do anything to shut us up.
allrsn on October 1, 2007 at 5:02 PM
Let’s pray that GOD is watching.
Let’s pray that GOD is listening.
Let’s pray that GOD Will act!
leanright on October 1, 2007 at 5:02 PM
Thanks a lot Allah, now I have to reformat my hard drive to get the liberal porn off of it.
srhoades on October 1, 2007 at 5:03 PM
Via The Swamp
Limbaugh did offer an apology today, but not for himself — rather for Media Matters, an organization that circulated his remarks about “phony soldiers” last week.
“I want to apologize to all of the members of the United States Military, both in uniform and out, active duty and retired, for Media Matters for America,” Limbaugh said today. “They will not apologize to you, and they will not apologize to me. I want to apologize to you on behalf of them. As all of you military personnel know, I, since (the) beginning of time and since the beginning of this program, certainly 19 years ago, have been one of the most ardent, loyal, in-awe supporters of any and all who wear the uniform — including those who disagree with the mission.”
CommentGuy on October 1, 2007 at 5:06 PM
Yes I heard that also.
allrsn on October 1, 2007 at 5:08 PM
Hey, AllahP and/or Bryan, can we please have some video of our military blowing up a bad guy(s)? Which service branch is up to you. Thank you in advance.
KelliD on October 1, 2007 at 5:08 PM
Via Powerline
I think that’s right. Media Matters knows that anyone who looks into its charges will know that they are bogus. But that’s almost beside the point. Their objective (i.e., the Clintons’ objective) is to arm fellow-liberal mainstream media outlets with excuses to ignore Limbaugh (“He insulted the troops!”) and O’Reilly (“He’s a racist!”) as the election approaches. It’s all about putting Bill Clinton back in the White House.
CommentGuy on October 1, 2007 at 5:11 PM
They keep making Rush and O’Reilly’s shows “must listen/watch” entertainment. Maybe tomorrow Rush will say tell Harkin to “Step off the Senate Floor and say that, tough guy”
NellE on October 1, 2007 at 5:11 PM
In an ideal world, the public would be educated that these phony anti-American soldiers exist and it will end up biting the Dems in the butt. I am sure Rush can achieve this.
It has been hard on Rush running defense for a liberal Republican president these last 7 years. We should have been on offense as in 1993-1994.
Valiant on October 1, 2007 at 5:13 PM
Maybe Harkin is Senile? But that shouldn’t be an excuse.
PappaMac on October 1, 2007 at 5:14 PM
I think it was abc did a report on this a couble of weeks ago. Any one know for sure which msm it was?
allrsn on October 1, 2007 at 5:17 PM
Via Glenn Reynolds
IT’S NOT A “SMEAR” — it’s better understood as “battlespace preparation.” And the target is the traditional media; the intent is to limit the ability of people like Limbaugh or O’Reilly to drive stories in the mainstream news as we get closer to the election. Expect more of this, with more targets.
CommentGuy on October 1, 2007 at 5:18 PM
If this has been mentioned already, forgive me:
A House resolution COMMENDING Rush for supporting our troops.
Rush is loving today.
Rightwingsparkle on October 1, 2007 at 5:19 PM
Sadly it isn’t ever going to happen. I know, there was a /snark there indicating that you also know this, I’m just sayin though…
doriangrey on October 1, 2007 at 5:19 PM
allrsn
It was ABC two days before the incident with Rush that got Media Matters panties in a bunch
Via Radio Equalizer
With congressional Democrats poised to introduce an anti-Rush resolution on Capitol Hill tomorrow, wouldn’t they do well to first take a look at the real story? Otherwise, they may end up with egg on their collective faces.
And given this new information, how will the Soros- funded Media Matters crowd keep this faux controversy alive?
Concerned that the clip in question might soon disappear from ABC’s website, your Radio Equalizer placed it on YouTube yesterday as a precaution:
CommentGuy on October 1, 2007 at 5:20 PM
The former, and $oro$ sure gets results.
steveegg on October 1, 2007 at 5:21 PM
Yeah, yeah, I know…blech. Honestly, I could deal with aggro rhetoric if there was anything behind it, but its all empty, so it just gets tedious and annoying. I was even getting to that point on the MoveOn Betrayus ad, after the ten thousandth pundit and politico feigned offense over the ad, I was starting to get annoyed.
Bad Candy on October 1, 2007 at 5:21 PM
I wont reformat because it owverwrote my Rosie porn
malkinmania on October 1, 2007 at 5:21 PM
How pathetic was THAT?!
Ignore the facts and talk about someone’s use or non use of drugs. What a complete joke. This is like high school pranks. Are you kidding me? UGH. It is NO WONDER that people like Achdmejinadadada (sp?-lol) “know’ that the USofA is troubled and an Easy target. This is embarrasing.
bridgetown on October 1, 2007 at 5:22 PM
Ref the update:
If he would have come out in the first place and stated his record I would be the first one to shake his hand and buy him a beer for his service. You strap a jet to your fanny you have served. But to embelish it….for what????? Only one reason…personal gain.
I’m taking back the beer Tom.
Limerick on October 1, 2007 at 5:25 PM
HAHAHAH…great update. Harkin lied about his fake flights to end a war, no wait, it was for the noble purpose of gaining elected office. Courage!!! Plunk, what a loser.
sunny on October 1, 2007 at 5:26 PM
Rush was more of a man on his worst day on pain meds than Harkin will ever be.
infidel4life on October 1, 2007 at 5:27 PM
From Rush Transcript on his website
They’re a Hillary Clinton front group. They will continue to be used as an accredited source by the Drive-By Media, despite the fact that they have now been demonstrated to make things up, take things out of context, and embarrass those who report what they say. They will continue to be a source, because this is the ’08 playbook that we saw break down last week, and the Democrats may still introduce their resolution in the House castigating me. I don’t know. The House doesn’t go into session ’til two o’clock. We’ll have to wait and see. I don’t know if they will do that or not. If they do it, it is just an effort to try to portray themselves as pro-military because they know they have to because they know the impression they have accurately created is that they’re not pro-military, from Jack Murtha to Harry Reid claiming defeat, to John Kerry’s lifetime of criticism of the soldiers. So they’re going to try to deflect the criticism away from their pet organization, MoveOn.org, whose “Betray Us” ad backfired totally on them. It was a Wellstone moment for them, as this will be. But since you will never get an apology from Jack Murtha for mischaracterizing you as murderers, since you’ll never get an apology from John Kerry, since you won’t get an apology from Media Matters for America or anybody that works there, to all of you in the US Military, I want to apologize to you for them for the, again, firestorm over something that did not happen regarding your valor and your commitment to freedom and democracy last week on this program. I really regret that it happened, and I apologize to you on their behalf since they won’t.
CommentGuy on October 1, 2007 at 5:28 PM
Mr Harkin lies about his service, going from a pilot who flew F-4′s and such in Vietnam then when challenged, admitting after several lies that he was only a Vietnam era vet. How dare he judge anyone, that piece of dirt. I am insulting my education and my class of character when I say that I am seeing an insurrection to take over this country as a viable alternative. I know Thomas Jefferson and James Madison would approve.
MNDavenotPC on October 1, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Aren’t Harkin’s statements about Rush on drugs libelous?
Any lawyers here?
JiangxiDad on October 1, 2007 at 5:30 PM
Between Vietnam and Cuba? Now that’s what I call a wide stance.
urbancenturion on October 1, 2007 at 5:31 PM
Rush has up on his site a transcript of his rebuttal to Reid and Harkin
Go read it
CommentGuy on October 1, 2007 at 5:39 PM
First, it was, “HotAir really needs a preview button.” Now, this. As much as I would like it, there isn’t a way to get it done, at least reliably, with WordPress.
Of course, there isn’t a way to do it with just about any other blogging software either.
steveegg on October 1, 2007 at 5:41 PM
So Harkin ‘the phoney soldier himself’ comes out of the woodwork. He has to be on drugs, what drug causes hypocrisy?
Wade on October 1, 2007 at 5:45 PM
So, Congress’ approval rating is at 11%…
Bush’s is at 33%…
You’re telling me that 3X the people approve of Bush over COngress?
Mazztek on October 1, 2007 at 5:58 PM
Steal any valor today, Tom? There wouldn’t have been anything dishonorable about Harkin’s service record if he’d just been man enough not to lie about it. And his little outburst up there is going to guarantee that a lot more people know what a worthless piece of crap he is.
ReubenJCogburn on October 1, 2007 at 6:00 PM
When it comes to the military, the Dems always get way out on the limb, and then they are the ones who cut the limb off!
Mallard T. Drake on October 1, 2007 at 6:07 PM
Harkin, a “phony soldier” himself.
ROTFLMAO!
Thanks for that AP!
doriangrey-
I can dream, no?
Katie Couric rips Harkin and Reid two new ones?
Bizarro World, indeed.
profitsbeard on October 1, 2007 at 6:18 PM
This is nothing less than astonishing hypocrisy.
Wouldn’t it have been nice to see the outrage at their own denigration of Petraeus? Now Democrats so quickly leap into this abyss as a collective of lemmings.
This one is going to bite them in the ass.
drjohn on October 1, 2007 at 6:44 PM
The Dems picked a fight they can’t win. This is a gift to the Republican party…don’t waste it.
right2bright on October 1, 2007 at 6:55 PM
How does one respond. It’s getting to the point that, well, why even bother twisting a statement someone said,, why not just completely make up false news. It’s all about the same.
Of course,, this is really about shutting up the people. This is really about getting control of talk radio and eventually the internet. They’re throwing a few matches out in the forest and seeing if it catches fire. That is what this is about. I wrote this earlier but, I will repeat it.
The Dems fear and hate talk radio and the blogs,, but should another Reagan like leader ever emerge while talk radio and the internet is still vibrant, it would spell doom for them for years to come. It would be their “perfect storm.” They would long for the days of Bush, and even long for the days of Reagan. Reagan accomplished so much without talk radio or the internet. But, another Reagan like leader WITH talk radio and the internet? Reagan accomplished so much on his own,, but would he have gotten away with a Sandra Day O’Connor appointment had talk radio and the blogs been around?? I doubt it very much. The world has not seen what a true conservative leader may accomplish while in tune and in check with the voice of the American people, which talk radio and the internet provides.
JellyToast on October 1, 2007 at 6:57 PM
So the score to date is:
Moveon.org: 0
The GOP: 3
Are we sure Moveon.org isn’t an RNC front group?
Rational Thought on October 1, 2007 at 7:26 PM
Harkin and Reid are sickening. Do either of those two idiots have any idea what that legislative body should be doing?
rplat on October 1, 2007 at 7:33 PM
Harkey-Boy, tell us again how brave you were in Vietnam. Oh, you just thought it was Vietnam, but you were brave wherever you were, right? If people in Iowa elect human trash like Harkins, why should their primary have any bearing on electing anything or anybody?
volsense on October 1, 2007 at 7:34 PM
We couldn’t think of this campaign. Truth is stanger then fiction…what a gift. And now the Dems, the lowest poll numbers in history, and they take on the #1 man on a issue they can’t win.
It doesn’t get better than this does it? I think it will.
right2bright on October 1, 2007 at 7:40 PM
People like Harkin have lied so much that they aren’t sure who they are, what they did or where they are. Do those idiot politicos really believe we’re totally stupid?
rplat on October 1, 2007 at 7:42 PM
Where is Dan Rather when we need him?
Dan-Hint-The Harkin story IS true…..
Nelsa on October 1, 2007 at 7:54 PM
this to will come back to haunt them .
Mojack420 on October 1, 2007 at 8:01 PM
Rush cannot beat this thing with us supporting him.
Time to light up the switch boards, spam the email, and jam the fax.
allrsn on October 1, 2007 at 8:05 PM
Harkin, of all people…oy
This man is one of my senators. When my husband deployed and I sent the necessary paperwork to a major corporation to request the Service members civil relief act be used on my husbands account.
The company responded that it wasn’t an “option”.
After 2 months of sending the company copies of the law and speaking to numerous customer service reps and supervisors, I still got nowhere.
I finally sent a copy of the correspondence to both of my senators as well as my congressman to see if they could assist me.
I received immediate replies from our Congressman (Steve King)and our other Senator(Chuck Grassley). I received nothing from Harkins’ office.
My Congressman had the problem taken care of within days.
Now I don’t know if they have some sort division of labor when it comes to these sorts of things, but even so, I find it odd that I received no response whatsoever from Harkins office.
Heh, when Hubs came home, I’ll give ya one guess which two of the three we received a letter from, and which one we didn’t.
Tink on October 1, 2007 at 8:07 PM
What effing hipocracy. They ignore Murtha calling our brave soldiers thugs and murderers. Now they take this spin from the left and run with it. What idiots.
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Topsecretk9 on October 1, 2007 at 8:19 PM
Call me crazy,but I got thinking ever since the third party
thread.
To me everything was civil,but when Bill Clinton was doing that interview on fox he became a un-hinged Moonbat,another words hey Lib’s see what I got away with,now step up to the plate.
We wonder why Christians in the Republican party are upset,
well the media has been doing hit piece after hit piece.
We had that story with MKH,we had Mitt and the Mormon hit pieces.Then CNN does a hit piece on ya you guessed it all
religions are bad,extreme Muslims,and surprise Christians
to the right are Duh,just as bad,maybe even worse.
(But thats a lie,we know better).
Now they move in on Rush Limbaugh,Ummm I wonder why,Oh ya
everyday he points out what the left are up to,and Hillarys scandals.The shoe is going to drop soon,they go after one more Republican and mark my words they certaintly will,because they can,t help it,you will see clearly the
media in colusion(meaning there in bed with the DNC)with the Clinton war machine.
It is really no surprise,at least to the Republican stratagists,you would think that after four years of the LIBERAL MEDIA hammering away at Republicans were in this boat now.Were all starting to argue!
canopfor on October 1, 2007 at 8:31 PM
Oh’Im still on a roll,one glaring media canidate Religion
question as an example.
CNN asking the question:
Hillary:Can you tell us how your faith guides you in your politics.
Mitt Romney:Do you really believe your faith should be mixed with Politics.
Thats what I mean by the media hit pieces.
canopfor on October 1, 2007 at 8:40 PM
Keep it up, maybe it was that Harkin made a paper airplane during the Vietnam era?
It takes a major, stupid, creep to lie about your service record. Yet the slime stays in office.
Hening on October 1, 2007 at 9:18 PM
What an amazing piece of Orwellian propaganda, truly. The greatest practitioners of this tripe are the ones who call for it to end.
eanax on October 1, 2007 at 10:39 PM
The ultimate phony soldier telling lies and making light of addiction on the senate floor. What scum.
oakpack on October 1, 2007 at 11:35 PM
Rush correctly described this whole affair as Kafka-esque. How true.
Mojave Mark on October 1, 2007 at 11:39 PM
Throwing rocks in a house full of glass
EricPWJohnson on October 2, 2007 at 12:33 AM
Maybe Teds going to lecture Rush now on safe driving habits or accepting personal responsibilty for ones actions
EricPWJohnson on October 2, 2007 at 12:35 AM
This is a show for the “base” and to stroke Soros.
Fortunatly (for us), it is going to backfire. Not only will it not help the Democrat’s popularity, but it will INCREASE Limbaugh’s ratings, raise his advertising rates, and reack even MORE Americans than the 20 million or so he reaches weekly. Plus, Hannity, Levin, and some others talk radio hosts are running with this, Levin says he’s going to Nevada to work for Reid’s opposition. Harken had better be thinking of retiring, because he’s embarrased himself with other Iowans.
And it will increase donations to the Republicans.
The apology to the troops on behalf of Media Matters by Limbaugh was a “masterstroke” of genius. The troops AND their families have their perceptions that the Democrat machine hates them reinforced. Limbaugh reinforces the perception that it is he and the Republicans that appreciate their sacrifie.
georgej on October 2, 2007 at 4:25 AM
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