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Crazed by Rush

Lazy Democrats don't know the first thing about Armed Forces Radio. Also: Mitt's Mormon moment on hold. Plus: Setting a trap for Sununu.
p> IGNORANT AS USUAL br> Senate Democrats who’ve spent the week attacking Rush Limbaugh received much of their information about the controversy from David Brock ‘s Media Matters as well as from MoveOn.org, which jumped on the attack-Rush bandwagon when it saw some potential for fundraising. That Democrats had not done their homework became clear on Wednesday, when Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid had his staff call over demanding that the Pentagon put liberal radio hosts on Armed Forces Radio. The problem: Armed Forces Radio already broadcasts extensive shows from National Public Radio, as well as the Ed Schulz radio show. /p>

“They didn’t believe us,” says a Pentagon staffer based in the media affairs office.

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark was also unaware that Schulz and NPR were staples of the military’s entertainment and information broadcasts. And Clark headed the NATO command.

Reid and other Democrats in the Senate are now planning to start trouble for Limbaugh and other conservative broadcasters at the Federal Communications Commission, where current chairman Kevin Martin has been looking for issues to hold hearings on that would assuage Democrats on Capitol Hill.

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