I'd like to see Hannity and Limbaugh go on a USO tour to Iraq. I think it would really help the troops. Al Franken has gone on four USO tours. Hannity and Limbaugh never have. Limbaugh hasn't said boo about it, but Hannity's bio page says that: "He has gotten an offer to go on a USO Tour with Wayne Newton, but can't believe there is enough people who know who he is." Strange that, given that he repeats continuously that he is the number two radio show in America.
Let me pull a Rush and offer the real reason these guys don't want to go to Iraq; They don't want to die. They know the situation is bad there and getting worse. So they will keep their staunch support of the troops and Bush's foreign policy right where it ought to be, in the safety and comfort of their posh air conditioned studios. Sort of like Bush, who yesterday said, "...because I live in America where it's nice and safe and secure."
Or it could be that the USO can't pay Hannity's vaunted $100,000 speaking fee.
But I suppose, in Limbaugh's defense I should say that he doesn't bring much to the table for the USO. His act isn't funny at all, at least to me. Which is strange because every time he gets into hot water, like the Abu Gharaib "blowing off some steam" line, he claims that he is a comedian who is just trying to be funny. In fact this petition, which seeks to maintain Rush's exclusive contract with Armed Forces Radio, references him as a comedian and political satirist.
So they should be all good to go.
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