Mark Steyn:

Re: Harry Reid & Co matching Rush's E-Bay take for charity, more than a few readers have suggested the easiest way for the Dem Senators to match the funds would be for Hillary to arrange for some itinerant in Chinatown to "bundle" a quick four mil.

There was a World War II charity campaign called "Bundles for Britain". Senator Clinton needs to launch "Bundles for Harry".

The real point, of course, is that Rush is donating his own money. The entire Democrat philosophy, though, is to do charity with other peoples' money.

[Saturday morning update]

Harry Reid and the Letter of Doom.

It is absolutely unbelievable to me how little attention this has gotten thus far. Over $4 million raised for MC-LEF, actually donated by just 2 people (Mrs Carey and Rush), and hardly a peep from the national media. They're afraid if they focus too closely on this story they will be forced to reveal the lie that 41 of their own signed their names to.

And now Rush is going to sell copies of the letter, personally signed by Rush, for $1000 each with all the proceeds also going to MC-LEF. This was a suggestion by a caller today who put his name down for the first copy. The final total raised will most likely exceed five million dollars.

And thus far not one of the 41 democrat Senators has come forward to say he/she was donating even one dime to this cause. Harry Reid came to the Senate floor and faintly praised Rush for coming up with this auction idea and encouraged others to donate to MC-LEF but made no indication whatsoever that he was going to do so.

I think you guys need to build small shrines in your homes to the Virgin Limbaugh. Heck, why keep it small, build big ones.

I think you should grow a pair and stop being an cowardly moron.

They just can't stand it. They try to do the character assassination thing yet again, and it fails yet again, and they can't stand it because they just don't have anything else.

It's a great day to be right-of-center.

I saw the sound bite of Reid tonight. The way he made it sound was like he was in on the auction for charity idea.

No name,
most of us have shrines to Rush already. We worship by teaching our kids and / or grandkids right from wrong, and about actual American history, not the revisionist kind and we teach them to never be ashamed to voice their opinion. Oh, and we teach them to sign their name, not to be lazy or scared.

The real point, of course, is that Rush is donating his own money.

Anyone who thinks that Rush Limbaugh stops with his own money in this cause has the arithmetic sense of a poodle. The Iraq war will cost at least a trillion dollars in direct government money. Limbaugh has egged it on. Compared to that, his own contribution is trivial, a drop in the bucket to vindicate himself.

Moreover, the divisive nature of the war has put money in his pocket. He can describe a separate reality to his faithful audience. (Of course he has always done that, but the war makes them more eager for it.) Since they are a fairly suggestible crowd, they are then a fertile source of advertising revenue.

"The real point, of course, is that Rush is donating his own money.

Anyone who thinks that Rush Limbaugh stops with his own money in this cause has the arithmetic sense of a poodle. The Iraq war will cost at least a trillion dollars in direct government money. Limbaugh has egged it on. Compared to that, his own contribution is trivial, a drop in the bucket to vindicate himself.

Moreover, the divisive nature of the war has put money in his pocket. He can describe a separate reality to his faithful audience. (Of course he has always done that, but the war makes them more eager for it.) Since they are a fairly suggestible crowd, they are then a fertile source of advertising revenue."

.....and that Ladies and Gentlemen, is an example of a moonbat spouting sour grapes, minsinformation and denigrating his moral and intellectual superiors in only two paragraphs.

So much psychosis in so little text! Bravo Jim!

Jim Harris - and just how much have you contributed to MC-LEF? In dollars and cents?

Thought so.

OK, how much have you contributed to the American Red Cross or any similar charity for disaster relief?

Thought not.

Since you ask, Zoe, I do give a higher fraction of my income to charity than $2 million is of Rush Limbaugh's income.

But that is beside the point. If I egged on a self-defeating war, no amount of charity from my pocket could make up for it. I'm sure that William Randolph Hearst gave to charity too, but it doesn't make up for his international mischief.

Trolling on blogs, so much easier than picking bar fights, and avoiding the nasty bruises and cuts that come from acting stupid in person.

"Anyone who thinks that Rush Limbaugh stops with his own money in this cause has the arithmetic sense of a poodle. The Iraq war will cost at least a trillion dollars in direct government money. Limbaugh has egged it on.
Posted by Jim Harris at October 19, 2007 05:55 PM"

*shakes head* glad your not my accountant. Hopefully not anybody else's for that matter.

Mr. Harris, who do you think ought to win the war?

Mike:

I've been watching this thread. "Who do you think should win the war?" is entirely missing the point, which is that this war is the wrong war against the wrong people for the wrong reasons, and the main reason why it is all those things is that starting the right war against the right people for the right reasons would have cost Bush's family and buddies money. Can't have that!

Fletcher Christian is welcome to encourage his country to fight what he feels is the right war at the right time in the right place.

What? His country can't do it?

How about demonstrating competence by solving a problem that is in said country's capability?

What? There aren't any?

What is the Euro-equivalent of "Monday-morning quarterback"? You know the type, they've never been on the field yet two days later they know exactly what split-second decision someone else should have made under pressure.

Hmmm...

It would appear that achieving peace in the Middle East is not within American capacity either.

And the argument about split-second decisions doesn't wash. You had months, and you knew who the culprits were. It was just inconvenient to go after them.

In any case, it was America that was attacked. So, logically, it was and is your problem. As for the mess that Iraq is in now - you broke it, you fix it.