Saturday, June 24, 2006

Limbaugh peppered the panel over whether “24” influences public perceptions about counterterrorism, and whether the actors are snubbed by Hollywood liberals for participating in what Limbaugh called a “pro-America show.”

Gregory Itzin, who plays the nefarious President Charles Logan, said he has had to defend himself from one or two people “about the fact that the show does have torture issues and how could I live with that.”

“It's a show!” he said. “I've done Shakespeare and have killed people with a sword.”

Later, Limbaugh went back to the program's creation, saying: “You got lucky with 9/11 happening shortly after the show started.” He quickly stopped himself, saying: “Sorry – not got lucky – bad choice of words.” At another point, he offered a story line for a political cameo: Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a tough critic of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, as “head of the new KGB.”