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How Rush Limbaugh Turned Lemons into Lemonade

October 22nd, 2007 at 6:40 am by marvin ·

About a month ago, Jessie MacBeth was sent to prison for six months for lying about being in the military and speaking out against the war. Rush talked about this in his show calling Jessie and any other person who fakes military service whilst making up wartime atrocities a phony “phony soldier.”

Forty-one Democratic Senators sent a letter to Limbaugh’s Corporate headquarters, Clear Channel Broadcasting, demanding an apology.

Limbaugh said he was speaking of real “phony soldiers” — men who had lied about their military service and invented stories of wartime atrocities.
In a classic move of turning lemons into lemonade, Limbaugh put the senatorial letter up for sale on eBay, with the proceeds going to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, one of the finest charities in the land.
Founded in 1995, the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation gives educational bonds to the children of Marines and federal law-enforcement agents who die while on active duty.

To everyone’s surprise, including Rush, the top bid for the letter was $2.1 million by Betty Casey, a long-time listener to Rush and a trustee of the Eugene Casey Foundation, a philanthropic organization. On Friday Rush matched the Foundation and donated an additional $2.1 million of his own money giving the organization a total of $4.2 million

Kudos Rush!

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Tags: Inspirational · Radio

3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Joseph // Oct 22, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    Yeah, then Reid tried to get credit for the huge donation. Typical.

  • 2 Joseph // Oct 22, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    Yeah, Kudos Rush!

    Then Reid tried to get credit for the whole thing. Typical. Thanks for the post!

  • 3 marvin // Oct 22, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    Thanks for the comment. I’m glad someone knew about Reid trying to take credit! Kudos!

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