The Political Chase

Phony Pundit Limbaugh Gets $2 Mill for Letter

Phony Pundit and Comedian Rush Limbaugh donating the $2.1 million proceeds from the auctioned letter that Harry Reid sent him may be the only honorable thing Dumbaugh has ever done. That is of course assuming what he did was honorable. Certainly giving the receipts from the auction and his alleged matching funds is an honorable deed and therefore a foreign concept to Dumbaugh, but in a rather indescribable way, I find the prevailing context of the matter disgusting and disgraceful. It’s a blatant mockery.

Pardon me for a moment while I stoop to the same level as the Phony Pundit. There’s always that magical if, so, if I had the wealth of Bill Gates, for example, I would have run the bid up so high Dumbaugh would not have enough money to purchase a single Vicodin for the remainder of his days.

What Dumbaugh needs to do is give the money, or a substantial sum, to the honorable soldier he slanderously declared a phony. But, if nothing else is gained, the Phony Pundit’s uncalled for remark reduced his dope discretionary fund by $2.1 million.

Critical Letter to Limbaugh Fetches $2 Million

After Rush Limbaugh referred to Iraq war veterans critical of the war as “phony soldiers,” he received a letter of complaint signed by 41 Democratic senators. He decided to auction the letter, which he described as “this glittering jewel of colossal ignorance,” for charity, and he pledged to match the price, dollar for dollar.

On Thursday night, Mr. Limbaugh, the conservative radio talk show host, said he thought the letter would bring in as much as $1 million. He was wrong.

When the eBay auction closed yesterday afternoon, the winning bid was $2.1 million. It is the largest amount ever paid for an item sold on eBay to benefit a charity.

The money will go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization in New Jersey 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 organization, which had total revenues of $5.2 million last year.