Phony Outrage

I haven't listened to Rush Limbaugh in a long time. He's so predictable that I don't get too much out of his show anymore.

But, this flap over his "phony soldiers" comment is ridiculous.

Here's a Seattle Times story on one of the men who Limbaugh was referring to. (link)

Man who posed as military hero sentenced to 5 months in prison

A Tacoma man who falsely claimed he was a decorated war hero when he took the stage at demonstrations held in opposition to the U.S.'s role in Iraq was sentenced this morning to five months in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Jesse MacBeth, 23, was also sentenced to three months in a halfway house after his release and three years of probation. MacBeth claimed that he was an Army ranger who killed more than 200 people, many at close range, including some as they prayed in a mosque. He spoke at an anti-war rally in Tacoma and appeared in a 20-minute anti-war video that circulated widely on the Internet.

In reality, MacBeth made it through only six weeks of Army basic training and never set foot in Iraq...

Sure sounds phony to me.