Via OhMyNews, Doonesbury, et al- Reality check from a Marine Rush Limbaugh, a man who avoided service during the Vietnam war (but a huge advocate of fighting in Iraq), accuses a Marine who served in Iraq of "resume padding".
"All right, we've learned a couple other things. This Paul Hackett is a trial lawyer, folks (laughing). He's a personal injury lawyer like [2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate] John Edwards. And it appears that, you know, he goes to Iraq to pad the resume, come back and run as a big supporter of the war, or at least finishing the project over there." - Rush Limbaugh. August 2, 2005

Paul Hackett did not mince words responding to Rush's words
"That's typical for that fat-ass drug addict to come up with something like that. ...Rush doesn't know squat about patriotism. He's typical of the new Republican. He's got a lot of lip, and he doesn't walk the walk. The fact of the matter is, I went to Iraq to serve my country. I left my nice house, my nice wife, by my choice because I thought it was the right thing to do. ...I think it probably says more about Rush Limbaugh than it does anybody else that he comes up with those thought processes. And I think it's indicative of today's Republican Party... They want to attack us. But the fact of the matter is, they can attack me, but I punch back just as hard as I get." - Paul Hackett. August 9, 2005  ¶ 8/14/2005 10:13:00 PM