Rush Limbaugh: Cut out of the NFL
Why the radio host got dumped by a group of investors trying to buy the St. Louis Rams
Rush Limbaugh
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"It's official: Rush Limbaugh has withdrawn as a minority participant in a group that is trying to buy the St. Louis Rams," said John Hinderaker in Power Line. Dave Checketts, the sports businessman leading a group vying for the National Football League franchise, "dumped the controversial conservative talk-show host" after "Democratic Party outlets like CNN" dredged up fake quotes to paint Limbaugh as a racist and said he wasn't fit to be an NFL owner.
You can hardly blame Limbaugh's buddies for abandoning him, said Alex Koppelman in Salon. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had made it "crystal clear" that a talk-radio host with a habit of making divisive comments would not be welcome in professional football. "The odds that Checketts' bid will be successful are still small," but getting rid of the "radioactive" Limbaugh at least gives it a chance.
At what cost? said John Ziegler in Big Hollywood. The hysterical opposition to letting Rush Limbaugh into the exclusive club of NFL owners was based on the "incendiary claim" that he's a racist—based largely on his "legitimate observation" in 2003 that some of Donovan McNabb's positive media coverage stemmed from reporters' desire to see a black quarterback do well. "Quite simply, what is happening to Rush is beyond outrageous and frankly dangerous to the property and free speech rights of all Americans."
Get real, said Firedoglake. Nobody can honestly believe that "the most serious free speech issue in America right now" is that one rich white jerk is being told by other rich white jerks "that he can’t join their club." So listen up, all you "right-wing idiots now threatening to boycott the NFL." Rush Limbaugh is "toxic," and that's his own "tantrum-throwing" fault.
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Posted by Somnambulist, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 10:04 am Ho hum.
Posted by dj spellchecka, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 11:53 am on his radio show, jan 19, 2007 here's what potential team owner rush said about the sport: 'Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons.'.... sorry to break it to the crybaby at big hollywood, but what he thinks was a 'legitimate observation' angered lots of nfl players as well as the commissioner, who specifically cited that remark as offensive
Posted by Carl Square, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 1:40 pm DJ is right. In his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush has repeatedly spat out lots of racist nonsense about NFL players. His comments about Donovan McNabb were just the tip of his KKK iceberg. It's not cool for those in the NFL to make racist jokes or comments to each other in private. But as most NFL players are minorities, it is entirely unacceptable for a very public figure like Limbaugg, an avowed racist, to be an owner in the NFL.
Posted by RoosterHead, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 2:09 pm Yeah, right, he basically said McNabb was overhyped and/or overrated due to a media who were fixated on having more black quarterbacks stand out in the league. OOOHHHH!!! That's real racist! KKK stuff? Are you out of your freaking mind? The whiners, wackos, liars, and thinskinned sissies on the left throw words around to the point where they lose all meaning. Man, the slanderers and racebaiters on the left sure saw Carl and DJ coming. How's it feel to be brainwashed marks?
Posted by Michael J. Gorman, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 3:03 pm Anyone who has listened to the crazy rantings of this idiot and doesn't know absolutely for sure that he is a professional racist must be a racist himself or herself. Bill O'Reilly, phony draft avoider and war lover, demanded specifics on statements of Limbaugh that were racist. Rush's whole message, when looked at with any objectivity, is racist and more racist. The reason Jim Crow lasted so long over a century in this country AFTER the Civil War is that some demand proof that someone lynched a black person before we call someone a racist
Posted by brandig, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 3:44 pm Rush has said racist things and the result was hard feelings and no welcome mat into the NFL. Should it be that way? I dunno, but it is. Frankly, if my owner boss says racist things, but still pays me, I'm probably okay with it. It's his problem that he's racist. Further, we've all said racist things and are racist ourselves it's impossible not to be.The Right is distraught because of the obvious double standard. If a rich black man wanted to buy a team, but said all sorts of racist thingsno problem. You know it.
Posted by dj spellchecka, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4:20 pm i quote the commish and nfl players responding to rush and get called a racebaiter...crazy world.....lest we forget, espn canned rush after those remarks....
Posted by Bob, Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4:25 pm Yeah, social elite, you have saved the NFL. Now ride next Sunday through the slums to your sky boxes. Bigots! Pots calling the kettle blacka classic case. NFL is full of criminals, addicts, racists and let's look at Jackson and Sharpton as models of racial tolerance and multicultural support. The media just can't stand a successful competitor. Lastly take a look at owners who spew out rap lyrics that are racist, antiwoman, and even antiAmerican.
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