Rush Auctions Spite for Charity

So Rush has put a letter signed by 41 senators up on Ebay to be auctioned. The amount raised will be matched by Rush and sent to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. A brief Google search seems to indicate this is a legit charity that gives to children of marines and law enforcement officers that have been killed in action.

The driving force behind he auction seems to be spite. I don't quite get it myself; how does helping children spite congress?

Anyhow, Rush is the patron saint of Free Republic, and while they don't see him as completely infallible, you had better make a strong point before contradicting him. So this letter was a cause for celebration!

Harry is such a sad, pathetic DESPERATE little man as are his other 40 cohorts.

For historical purposes, he’ll go down as a failure. A failure as a Senator, a majority leader, a U.S. Citizen, an American...and a man even stalin would want no association with.

thank you betty for your genorsity! And i thank the other bidders as well.

I'm sorry, did I say celebration? I meant hate and rage. Such a failure, even Stalin wouldn't like him? WTF?

Though some saw a happy side to this auction:

Love Capitalism!

Yes. All exchanges of money are capitalistic! Well, at least, if they occur between republicans in AMERICA!

Waitaminit...Did I hear Rush say someone condemned charitable giving because it “robbed the government of taxes”???????

These people are SICK, SICK, SICK!!!

Yeah...if someone said that, they are crazy. But somehow I doubt that counts as the Democratic position. But then when did Free Republic deal with reality?

Been a great week for Rush, the Foundation, and conservatives in general.

Very bad week, number five by my count, for Democrats/liberals.

I dunno...SCHIP, Pentagon incompetence, Hastert out, Bush's WWIII comments, conservatives fracturing over Rudy...And that's all in this week. I have a hard time seeing the Republican Ascendancy.

The only person(s) that raised this money was Rush Limbaugh and his friends. BTW, I despise Harry Reid.

The important thing about charity is who's doing the giving. That way those that don't get the credit can be hated.

Someone was lurking on the DU forums. DU is a much smaller Liberal forum which Free Republic loves to hate.

We need George Soroes to buy the items and destroy them.

Yep DUmmies, get Soros to buy the docs, then send them over to Sandy Burglar and his Trusty Scissors.

Or if Sandy's scissors need sharpening, you could always hold a good old-fashioned bra draft card burning ! Wear your brown shirts !

Start with Soros and and with Hitler. Nice, though I feel like the Burger-Burglar thing is getting old. Though the "help us Soros, you're my only hope" is pretty dumb. Course, that kind of crazy is why DU is pretty marginal, unlike Free Republic, which is crazy AND important.

He is matching the high bid out of his pocket 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? Perhaps because that would require GIVING money to a charity rather than STEALING money from a charity.

Do not notice that the liberal is acknowledging Rush's charity; use it as a hammer to BASH the opposition!

In the end, the winning bid was for over 2 Million. But who was it?

Oh, I hope the winning bid was placed by President Bush.

That would really rub Dingo Dingy's snout in it!

Leni

Another response was so hate filled as to be incomprehensible.

Harry Reid: Erect middle finger and silent fart launched in your general direction, you pathetic little insect.

Bear in mind, that was in response to announcing the winning bid. Orgasmed with hate, did you, Clintonh8r?

My guess is the winner is probably a big lottery winner from the heartland.

Now that's interesting; Free Republic's ideal Republican is blue collar, yet rich. Yet they do not hesitate to get behind rich white plutocrats every time. Daddy complex, natch?

In the end, Rush revealed that the winner was one Betty Casey of MD. But...

Betty Casey is the winner.

She’s gives money to Barak.

Oh noes! Luckily, Free Republic's denial shields were up:

..and she also has donated MORE money to Republicans running for office. Maybe she wants the weakest Dem to win the nomination.;)

So what? Barak didn't even get a smidgen of what she has dropped in between the couch cushions. She just gave $2+ MILLION dollars to a fantastic charity. And she's given much more to other charities.

Yea Betty Casey!

Read the link at post 1420. She's a libertarian and I suspect the reason she is contributing to Barak is to try to undermine Hillary....

whew! Dodged a bullet! If a true Dem had won the auction, all that spite would be for nothing!

But, just who is this Betty Casey?

BETTY CASEY
My son's one grandma's FIRST name (Betty) and his other grandma's LAST name (Casey)! How cool is that!

Well, that clears that up.