Fred Thompson has joined the battle over Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” remarks with this blog entry. Here’s Thompson:
By my count, Thompson is the third GOP presidential candidate to wade into the controversy. The first was John McCain, who had this reaction to Limbaugh:
Note the clause in bold: If Limbaugh really was saying that any soldier or veteran who is a critic of the war or the administration is a “phony soldier,” then McCain is right and Limbaugh was out of line. Except that doesn’t appear to have been what Limbaugh was saying at all. If you read the transcript, it’s clear Limbaugh is suggesting that some soldiers and veterans who are critics of the war or the administration have been exposed as phonies. That’s an important distinction–a distinction which shows that Limbaugh’s comments were not out of line.
