Rush Limpball's OUTRAGEOUS ebay auction (and what we can do about it)

That puke Rush Limpballs is running an auction on ebay for the letter he received from Harry Reid and other senators about his outrageous criticism of "phony soldiers."

That act in itself is atrocious enough; now they've written an inflammatory, highly offensive auction to sell the letter in which he refers to Reid as "Dingy Harry" and contains other vitriol such as this:

Up for auction is the original letter signed by 41 Democrat senators. This historic document may well represent the first time in the history of America that this large a group of U.S. senators attempted to demonize a private citizen by lying about his views. As such, it is a priceless memento of the folly of Harry Reid and his 40 senatorial co-signers.

The auction's been running for 3 days now. Why ebay's allowing it is beyond my comprehension. But there is something we can do about it.

Every auction has a "report" button on the bottom of the page. Let's report the hell out of it!

Here's a link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Harry-Reid-Rush-Limbaugh-S...

Press the "report" button at the bottom.
Choose "Listing Policy Violations"
Choose "Other Listing Violations"
Choose "Hateful, Discriminatory or Racial Language in an item description"
VERY IMPORTANT: do not stop here!
Press "email us"
(You will need to log in to your ebay account if you have one)
Press "send"

THANK YOU!

Ok I just got a copy of the scanned letter but who cares if they have the original LOL.

wow, I have never seen so much hate for a charity auction in my entire life.

I came here to learn about the democratic party, I guess I got a good lesson.

Smug asshole, isn't he.
Like a gift wrapped in dog poop.

I mean, is it the "Rush Limbaugh OxyContin Acquisition fund"?

These filthy bastards don't care where they get their blood money from.

National Pain in the Ass Association?

Big Mouths Anonymous?

Hemmorhoid Sufferers of the World?

Verbal Diarrhea Association?

Not all charities are good, not all charities help people or do what they say they're doing.

Perhaps we should check out the "Marine Corps -- Law Enforcement Foundation"'s Form 990.

Link:

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/223/357/2006...

They took in $2,826,439 in 2006 and gave away $1,814,249. That leaves $1 million for overhead costs.

At the end of the year they had over $7 million in assets.

On edit, president is Jim Kallstrom, who headed the Bushco FBI *cough coverup cough* investigation of the WTC Center.

Now there's a "charity" I certainly won't be donating to.

Their expenses are actually very low. They have a large surplus, which is not unusual for charitable foundations that want to be able sustain their mission through lean years as well as good years.

They are a very highly rated charity, with the CFC indicating that they only spend 4.7% on fundraising and administration. http://www.charitablechoices.org/guides/CAGuide2002.pdf

Hey don't confuse them with facts!

He advocates sending young men off to die for no reason, then starts a charity for the ones who die, in order to boost his personal reputation. War is just some perverted money game to him. He is the worst of the worst.

Would you turn down a diamond ring, even if it was smeared with dog poop? That's basically what he's giving to the charity.

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Oh, I forgot, Protestants, Jews, Muslims and other members of other faiths are beyond reproach. Always.

Whatever.

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create fake ebay ID. Bid crazy numbers on auction. Never pay for item.

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Halliburton briefcase and other little tidbits. I'd hold a press conference to say I bought it because I was proud of the Senators who signed and bid the auction way up so Limbaugh's Marines charity donation was HUGE.

If only...

That's a great idea though, I would love to see a Dem with a pocketbook pull a gutsy move like that.

Like I said in an earlier post, we need to get george soros to buy the items and destroy them.

Over $100,000 now. He's keeping Air America on the air. And he's bankrolling most of the Democratic candidates running for office. We need him to buy this as well.

the deal if you win the auction. And he can only do Second Chance offers 3 deep. That's the best way to kill an auction, though he can reject no feedback bidders, but it's not automatic.

Don't get me wrong - it's in bad taste for sure, but there's a lot on E-Bay that's in bad taste. I'd love to get it taken down, but I'm not sure where it violates the terms & conditions of E-Bay.

Any insight?

Hateful, Discriminatory or Racial Language in an item description


Do you disagree that it's hateful language?

Of course I don't disagree that it's hateful language. I just don't think it will meet the criteria for deletion by Ebay based on past experience with them.

I'll report it anyway.

Whether they choose to enforce them is up to them.

I do imagine, however, it will be slightly harder to ignore if they are deluged with complaints, don't you agree?

We'll see where it goes. I would like nothing more than to see it taken down!

You're cheapening hate when you try and report something a bigotry when it's just a wrong political opinion.

How would you feel if the rushbots were demanding that ebay stop selling copies of Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot?

because it's always ok if done against a conservative!
The hypocricy on here is astounding!

kept asking for a number which I proudly gave but for some reason they didn't seem to want to hear anything negative about rus

all I can say to ebay is be careful cause i'll quit buying and selling shit there in a heartbeat if I find they are dittoheads

And, yes, Meg doesn't want to go there with us!

And the rules specifically forbid making a sale that is just "an effort to get members to read a political diatribe"

http://pages.ebay.com.sg/help/policies/reviewsandguides...

though it will probably go nowhere telling ebay so called customer satisfaction that if they start selling material like that I wont use ebay anymore. and, being a dem and liberal, ill make sure to spread the word. Dont know if itll do any good but if enough noise is made they might decide to pull it. Remember that ebay is no longer the dominant force it once was so it cant afford to be snooty about things anymore.

Images of swastikas, for one, are strictly forbidden on ebay. There may be other restrictions as well.

Your efforts were not for naught, robinlynne.

they could be considered historical. their writings, for example, I think should be seen. But the idea of someone loving what teh Nazis did made me sick.

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And then soon the wing nuts will demand auctions like this one to be taken down, and soon enough you can't sell a damn thing on eBay except paper clips - and they'd probably be offensive to someone too.

Why are you against free speech?

Sounds like someone needs to learn some English and difference between nouns and adjectives.

K&R

that won't just disappear in the ether

I just saw "The Corporation" and I now realize there is no depth to which people like him will not go!

I disagree with the Democratic Party wasting OUR time by giving any attention to an asshole like Rush. I would prefer them to spend our time by addressing the problems of Media Consolidation, instead of feeding the residents of the slime pit.

Michael Moore, a private citizen, was attacked by Bush* from the podium during a State of the Union address shortly after the realease of F9-11. I believe that was the first time (at least in modern history) that a private citizen was attacked during a State of the Union address.

If anyone knows of any other example of a private citizen being attacked by a sitting president during a State of the Union address, please note them so I can add them to my collection.

Excuse me while I go .

n/t

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This just makes me ill...

Obviously another Repunklicant.

But have you notice that Rush is winning the propaganda war? He challenged The Good Guys to match the winning bid to their charity of their choice. And by their not saying anything he’s proven his point. It’s bad enough we couldn’t tell the difference between a fake soldier who never was in the service with somebody who was. He is milking it for everything he can.

And another way he’s winning the propaganda war: The bidding has been going on through the weekend and only now are we finding out about it. Over 200,000 viewers have seen it and only now are we doing anything about it. Has nobody bothered to “Know your enemy” and bothered to even listen to his show for a few minutes? We are being laughed at by the Wrong Wing!

We need George Soroes to buy the items and destroy them.
If he can keep Air America on the air he should be able to come up with the spare change and win.

Where is George Soros?

We need him again, and very badly.

I don't think MoveOn.org would have that kind of money.

and a good post to boot.

why not find copies of rush's arrest record... aren't those things public record?

offer it on ebay, but people have to pay with "currency" defined as

1. illegal oxycontin scripts icons
2. trips to sex tourism sites icons
3. icons of anal cysts over Rush's deferment from service.

whoever has the highest bid gets a physical copy of the record for the cost of copying and mailing.

or maybe not.

engaging in a fake bidding war in order to keep escalating the price - notice how you had to be "pre-approved" in order to even engage in bidding for this item? Hint-hint...wink-wink...nudge-nudge...say-no-more-say-no-more!

"MR. SNERDLEY...GO AHEAD AND ENTER A BID FOR FORTY-SIX FIVE! SUCKERS...ALL OF THEM! MUAH-HA-HA-HA-HA!!"

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of "The Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc." that they say the money will go to.

Link: http://www.mc-lef.org/Officers.asp

The Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc. is also registered to participate in the Combined Federal Campaigns (CFC #2134).


I have a suspicion that this means whatever money they receive can be contributed to the RNC. Anyone else have any ideas on this? I just can't imagine OxyRush doing anything with a lot of money involved that he or one of his hatemonger causes will not profit from, even at the expense of the *troops*.

http://www.opm.gov/cfc /

Do you know what the combined federal campaign is? It's a way for federal employees (including the military) to sign up for payroll deduction to the charity (or charities) of their choice on one single COMBINED form.

You can send $10 per paycheck to the "Save the Baby Seals" campaign, and $25 per year to the United Way, or any other combination you want, all by filling out a single form once a year.

It's actually a pretty good idea in that it makes it simple for federal employees to contribute to a variety of charities without having to look up addresses, research the validity of the charity, write and mail checks, etc. You fill out the form, turn it in, and they take care of the rest.

By providing their CFC number, this charity is showing that they have already been checked out and shown not to be a scam.

How you think this somehow ties them to the RNC is completely beyond me.

and bring the bid amount way up? Then at least the people who are selling it will have to deal with a lot of 2nd chance offers before they get any money for it.

i don't know what they require as a qualifier- but you can't just bid on it.

Here is my response to Ebay:

"States money is going to charity, however, the "charity" listed is a political entity. The Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc. is also registered to participate in the Combined Federal Campaigns (CFC #2134). These are illegal campaign contributions for the Republican Party. This is pure fraud. I also am concerned there are shills bidding for this."

It is the program by which federal employees and military members can make donations directly to their favorite charities and non-profits via payroll deductions.

The Marine organization saying they are part of CFC is simply saying that they accept contributions via CFC using the pledge number they listed.

No fraud whatsoever.

of charities. I've given to them when I was working for USPS, and could designate exactly were I wanted the funds to go.

I think there is a very basic misunderstanding of what the Combined Federal Campaign is. It is not a political organization, and donations to charities/non-profits that participate in CFC are most certainly NOT illegal contributions to a political party or entity.

Good one!

You obviously don't have a clue what the Combined Federal Campaign is. You might consider looking it up and then, to save yourself further embarassment, deleting your post.

Here's how it might work.

Limbaugh's phony charity get the proceeds of this sale. Obviously, the "charity" has a sky-high overhead.
But we'll never know what happened to all that "overhead", will we?

Perfect for getting around Campaign Finance Laws.

Just ask Tom Delay.

It's not a phony charity.

This particular charity has an extremely low overhead.

Will keep checking to see if it's taken down.

This is one silly thread.

it just made me uncomfortable, and I don't think ebay should host the auction.

I don't like it. But its no more "hateful" than ebay auctioning copies of "Rush Limbaugh is a BIg Fat Idiot". And if someone objected to the sales of that book on ebay, I would think they were a fool.

To sell his book it's only necessary to include an ISBN # and a brief condition description. The buyer either wants it or s/he doesn't.

This auction, otoh, is political hype for the sake of publicity. Do you really think the insults and condescension contained in the listing are just "business"? If so, you're pretty naive.

This isn't about free enterprise. It's about allowing hateful divisiveness to masquerade as business as usual. I'm just calling them on it. You're free to participate, or not.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trks...

WTH?

"Dingy Harry"
"...U.S. senators attempted to demonize a private citizen by lying..."

You honestly don't find anything hateful with that? I guess we're in bigger trouble than I thought.

Which, by the way, I don't find "hateful" at all. Good grief, by the standard being tossed around in this thread, 90 percent of what is said about repubs on this site would qualify as "hate speech" which is truly ridiculous.

Are you really claiming the stupid phrase "Dingy Harry" is the same as calling for genocide.

You do realize this is why Republicans take stuff from this website and use it in their ads and fundraisers. Trying to shut down a charity auction for veterans because political opinions are "hate"?

Just shut up about it, let them get their cash and stop drawing attention to it. Are you sure you don't work for Limbaugh?

If we alerted or banned everything just because we don't like the one offering it, we'd be as immature as they are, like a toddler screaming and rolling around the floor at the KMart because he can't get a toy.

"immature jackasses"? I think that's a bit harsh. I take offense at the wording of the item up for sale, and as a long-time member of eBay I have every right to alert them if I so desire. But thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the corrective.

I still disagree with you, though, about alerting and banning on things just because we don't like the seller/messenger/whatever it is that is in front of us at the time that we don't like.

But I do see your point. And I respect it.

Isn't it Rush Limbaugh's right to this? And he is giving the money to the children of military people who die in battle. You may hate that Rush is doing this, but why the hell do you feel the need to dictate Rush's life. Besides, if you get it banned, he will be on the radio the very next day saying Democrats hate children.

this is political bullshit. The $45,000 this will bring is chump change to him.

and has challenged the signers to do the same. Like it or not Rush is rubbing Reids nose in it, and maybe even poking his thumb in Reids eye.

Why doesn't some progressive radio star do something to counter this?

With all due respect to those like Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy, the left has NO one with the clout Limbaugh wields.

And its tacky. But he has the right to do this, and I dont feel the need to control Rush's life. If he wants to sell his Senate Condemnation letter and give the money to charity, I have no problem with it. Its his life. Its better hes giving the money to charity than his drug dealer.

As with most things Repug, this "charity" is a fundraising arm of the GOP.

"Not all charities are good, not all charities help people or do what they say they're doing.

Perhaps we should check out the "Marine Corps -- Law Enforcement Foundation"'s Form 990.

Link:

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/223/357/2006 ...

They took in $2,826,439 in 2006 and gave away $1,814,249. That leaves $1 million for overhead costs.

At the end of the year they had over $7 million in assets.

On edit, president is Jim Kallstrom, who headed the Bushco FBI *cough coverup cough* investigation of the WTC Center."

This is a legit charity.

Absolutely untrue. Its a legitimate charity. One with a good record. Maybe you and I don't like the folks that run it or are its board, but there is not a scintilla of evidence it is anything other than a legit charitable foundation that supports families of soldiers/law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. And its financial records show that it spends a very small amount on fundraising and management -- far less than, say, Habitat for Humanity.

He wants you to try and ban him. And there is no doubt freepers will do the same to progressive minded auctioners. Would any of you be upset if Mike Malloy auctioned off something for charity on E Bay and freepers made an attempt to ban him? Just playing devils advocate, and this is a double edged sword you are playing with.

he smeared!

I think he went to jail because he really was pretending to be something that he wasn't.

He was not talking about Jesse MacBeth. He cleary insulted true soldiers. At first I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but then called "Vote Vets" which is an anti war group of Iraqi veterans to suicide bombers. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020014


He also altered his transcript to make it look like he was talking about MacBeth

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280013



He also called both John Kerry and Jack murtha Phony Soldiers

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280002

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280011




I think now after all the real soldiers he called "phony soldiers" on his show and all the insults he throws at them, we know his true opinions. He cant hide behind this Jesse MacBeth excuse when his True unaltered transcripts say otherwise.

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