Yes, it’s worse for the Evil Left than you’d expect.  Harry Reid and his Evil Leftist lyin’ buddies were busted within minutes of their anti-Rush shenanigans.  Check out Peter Wehner’s outing of Media Matters.  Well, actually, Rush beat him to it.  :)

“In the latest effort to target Rush Limbaugh, the left-leaning group Media Matters has manufactured yet one more false — and by now yet one more tiresome — controversy. This one has to do with Limbaugh’s use of the phrase “phony soldiers.” According to the Media Matters narrative, on his September 26 program Limbaugh accused troops who want to withdraw from Iraq of being “phony soldiers.” Once Media Matters published this charge, key Democrats dutiful echoed it. In a public statement, Senator John Kerry said this: “This disgusting attack from Rush Limbaugh, cheerleader for the Chicken Hawk wing of the far right, is an insult to American troops. In a single moment on his show, Limbaugh managed to question the patriotism of men and women in uniform who have put their lives on the line and many who died for his right to sit safely in his air conditioned studio peddling hate. On August 19th, The New York Times published an op-ed by seven members of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division critical of George Bush’s Iraq policy. Two of those soldiers were killed earlier this month in Baghdad. Does Mr. Limbaugh dare assert that these heroes were ‘phony soldiers’? Mr. Limbaugh owes an apology to everyone who has ever worn the uniform of our country, and an apology to the families of every soldier buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He is an embarrassment to his Party, and I expect the Republicans who flock to his microphone will now condemn this indefensible statement.”

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTdhNzdlNmVlMjQ0ZDY1ZTAxOWU0NmM4YWQzMTQyNzQ=

So, TheLeftIsEvil got involved by writing the following to the two senators from the great state of Minnesota, Norm Coleman and Amy Klobuchar:

Dear Senator:

Senator Harry Reid has just written a letter to the CEO of ClearChannel accusing Rush Limbaugh of denigrating members of the military who oppose the war in Iraq by calling them “Phony Soldiers.” 

A little honesty and investigative moxy by Senator Reid would have revealed the fact that Rush Limbaugh had outed one man named Jesse Macbeth last Friday on his program, a man who claimed that he had been an Army Ranger and a veteran of the Iraq War.  A many who was being used by the Left to denigrate our soldiers.  A man who claimed that he and his unit routinely committed war crimes against Iraqis.  A man who actually was kicked out of the Army after being declared unfit for duty.  A true Phony Soldier.  He never was an Army Ranger.  He never received a Purple Heart.  He never finished basic training.

Here is an outtake from the transcript of what Rush actually said:

The morning update on Wednesday dealt with a soldier, a fake, phony soldier by the name of Jesse MacBeth who never served in Iraq; he was never an Army Ranger.  He was drummed out of the military in 44 days.  He had his day in court; he never got the Purple Heart as he claimed, and he described all these war atrocities.  He became a hero to the anti-war left.  They love phony soldiers, and they prop 'em up.  When it is demonstrated that they have been lying about things, then they just forget about it.  There's no retraction; there's no apology; there's no, "Uh-oh, sorry."  After doing that morning update on Wednesday, I got a phone call yesterday from somebody, we were talking about the troops, and this gentleman said something which you'll hear here in just a second, prompting me to reply "yeah, the phony soldiers."  

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_092807/content/01125106.guest.html

Senator Reid is asking you to sign his letter to ClearChannel.  I’m asking you to refuse.  Please write and sign a counter letter praising Rush for outing a liar, one who defamed our brave men and women serving in Iraq and around the world.

Thank you.

More sources below.  Eat them and choke, Senator Reid:

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2007/09/rush-limbaugh-phony-soldiers-flap-abc.html

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/09/30/abc-reported-phony-heroes-three-days-rush-limbaugh-did

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/30/rush-limbaugh-phony-soldiers-and-the-lefts-desperate-need-for-its-own-betray-us-moment/

And check out this video from ABC News.  They busted a number of these phony soldiers, including Jesse Macbeth.  You will have to put up with a short commercial first:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3645227

For more background into Phony Soldier Macbeth (I like that appropriately Shakespearian name) check this outtake from Wikipedia:

Jesse Adam Macbeth (b. Jesse Adam Al-Zaid,^[1] in 1984) falsely claimed to be an Army Ranger and veteran of the Iraq War. He lied in alternative media interviews that he and his unit routinely committed war crimes in Iraq.^[2][3] Transcripts of the video were made in English and Arabic.^[4] According to the U.S. Army, there is no record of Macbeth being a Ranger,^[5][6] or serving in a combat unit: he was discharged from the service after having been declared unfit or unsuitable for the Army, or both,^[7] before he could complete basic training.^[8]

After his release from the Army in 2004, Macbeth purported himself to be a veteran, telling war stories and garnering attention from mainstream,^[9] alternative^[10] and student media outlets. He joined Iraq Veterans Against the War in January of 2006,^[11] and represented, or was scheduled to represent them publicly at various events throughout the country;^[12][13][14] the organization has since said it does not endorse Macbeth or his accounts of military service.^[11] Accounts in Macbeth's name appear on Military.com and Myspace.com, and both were used to post claims about military service in Iraq.^[15] On September 21, 2007 Macbeth admitted in federal court that he had faked his war record. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan declared that Macbeth had been in the Army for just 40 days and had been kicked out as unfit.^[16]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Macbeth