I question the timing…

“SEEKONK, Mass. — Shane Murphy, the second-in-command aboard the American merchant ship seized by pirates, lashed out at Rush Limbaugh for the talk show host’s racial characterization in discussing the rescue of the ship’s captain by the Navy.

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Murphy, who returned to his Seekonk, Mass., home Friday, called Limbaugh a purveyor of “hate speech.”

In commenting on the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips by the Navy Seals who shot and killed the three Somali pirates who were holding him captive, Limbaugh generated controversy when he called the pirates “black teenagers.”

“There you have it, three teenagers shot on the high seas at the order of President Obama,” said Limbaugh according to a transcript of an April 14 broadcast on his Web site.

“Just imagine the hue and cry had a Republican president ordered the shooting of black teenagers on the high seas,” Limbaugh said.

Murphy said Limbaugh’s remarks were unacceptable.”

Well thanks Murphy the Limbaugh basher! But it seems that – although you survived a harrowing time on the high seas and we’re glad you did – you don’t have much grey matter between those ears. If you had listened to the entire broadcast you would have picked up the irony of the moment. Because you didn’t is more telling than not.

The pirates WERE teens and black and you can bet your sailor hat that if Bush had ordered the hit it would have been Katrina number two all over again.

This got me to thinking about this though. This was last week’s news and it really makes no sense for Murphy to come out now without a – you know – a prod or two.

First, Murphy is according to voting records a Democrat, likely not a Rush fan, and more than likely an Obama supporter. That he uses the term “hate speech”, tells me that it’s a bet that someone farmed that term off to him.

Gee, I wonder who?