Limbaugh and the Rams

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KB5252 said:
This is pretty pathetic. The media has been so quick to demonize this man as a racist they are willing to invent quotes and prize willing journalists who double as psychics are eager to tell you exactly what he is thinking.





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You have selected one person to criticize for their version of RL, and I would not necessarily disagree with that criticisim. But I think you'd be hard pressed to say that RL has not, in fact, over the years made enough comments and snide remarks that it is really surprising that people are suspicious of him and find his entire personality, really, to be overbearing, pompous, antagonizing, dehumanizing, demaening, dismissive, and intolerant.
 
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lawgator1 said:
You have selected one person to criticize for their version of RL, and I would not necessarily disagree with that criticisim. But I think you'd be hard pressed to say that RL has not, in fact, over the years made enough comments and snide remarks that it is really surprising that people are suspicious of him and find his entire personality, really, to be overbearing, pompous, antagonizing, dehumanizing, demaening, dismissive, and intolerant.
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but the racist drivel is over the top.

The guy is generally anti-liberal press and does so for money. He goes out of his way to vilify them and be entertaining to his audience. Is he a nut at times for so doing? Sure. Does that make him a racist? No.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
but the racist drivel is over the top.

The guy is generally anti-liberal press and does so for money. He goes out of his way to vilify them and be entertaining to his audience. Is he a nut at times for so doing? Sure. Does that make him a racist? No.
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liberals love to imply that anyone conservative is a confirmed racist.
 
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#55
How can anyone argue that Rush Limbaugh shouldn't own a team, when you have players like Michael Vick, who is a convicted felon, on the field?

It's hypocrisy.
 
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droski said:
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As a young broadcaster in the 1970s, Limbaugh once told a black caller: "Take that bone out of your nose and call me back." A decade ago, after becoming nationally syndicated, he mused on the air: "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"

In 1992, on his now-defunct TV show, Limbaugh expressed his ire when Spike Lee urged that black schoolchildren get off from school to see his film Malcolm X: "Spike, if you're going to do that, let's complete the education experience. You should tell them that they should loot the theater, and then blow it up on their way out."

In a similar vein, here is Limbaugh's mocking take on the NAACP, a group with a 90-year commitment to nonviolence: "The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."

When Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL) was in the U.S. Senate, the first black woman ever elected to that body, Limbaugh would play the "Movin' On Up" theme song from TV's Jeffersons when he mentioned her. Limbaugh sometimes still uses mock dialect -- substituting "ax" for "ask"-- when discussing black leaders.

Such quotes and antics -- many compiled by Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) for our 1995 book -- offer a whiff of Limbaugh's racial sensibility. So does his claim that racism in America "is fueled primarily by the rantings and ravings" of people like Jesse Jackson. Or his ugly reference two years ago to the father of Madonna's first child, a Latino, as "a gang member-type guy" -- an individual with no gang background.

In 1994, Limbaugh mocked St. Louis for building a rail line to East St. Louis "where nobody goes." East St. Louis is home to roughly 40,000 residents -- 98 percent of whom are African-Americans. One of its 40,000 "nobodies" is star NFL linebacker Bryan Cox.

Once, in response to a caller arguing that black people need to be heard, Limbaugh responded: "They are 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?" That's not an unusual response for a talk radio host playing to an audience of "angry white males." It may not play so well among National Football League players, 70 percent of whom are African American.

Compared to some talk radio hosts, racism is not central to Rush Limbaugh's shtick. But there has been a pattern of commentary indicating his willingness to exploit prejudice against blacks to further his on-air arguments.


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Debunking some quotes, but proving he made the Bloods and the Crips analogoy to the NFL (pretty stupid if you want to own a team; also proving he made the bone in the nose comment, and the comment that wanted criminals posters look like Jessee Jackson -- snopes.com: Rush Limbaugh 'Racist Quotes' List
 
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BigPapaVol said:
but the racist drivel is over the top.

The guy is generally anti-liberal press and does so for money. He goes out of his way to vilify them and be entertaining to his audience. Is he a nut at times for so doing? Sure. Does that make him a racist? No.
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droski said:
liberals love to imply that anyone conservative is a confirmed racist.
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See cited items above.

Not all conservatives are racist. In fact true conservatives don't give a rat's azz about skin color, they only consider merit and hard work as reflected in conservative financial principles.

But socially, guys like RL have made a name for themselves with the snide little remarks that, over time, certainly give that impression. I think over time that he has done that. And at any rate has skated that line so many times in order to become the leader that he is of the social policy or white male contingent, that point is he cannot be surprised by this.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Dan Patrick put it very well this morning: Limbaugh's anti-minority comments over the years should not be viewed as an automatic disqualifier for his application because he has a right to say whatever he wants. At the same time, he has to acknowledge that his comments have consequences. That is, he cannot make a living by saying controversial things, and then be unhappy when those things come back to haunt him in this fashion.
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I do not listen to RL but I believe he is upset that people are using invented quotes and lies specifically to discredit him and slander him.

For what it's worth I believe the things he actually was guilty of saying over the years would probably make it difficult for him anyway, the fact that things were made up about him are even more pathetic for this reason.
 
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lawgator1 said:
You have selected one person to criticize for their version of RL, and I would not necessarily disagree with that criticisim. But I think you'd be hard pressed to say that RL has not, in fact, over the years made enough comments and snide remarks that it is really surprising that people are suspicious of him and find his entire personality, really, to be overbearing, pompous, antagonizing, dehumanizing, demaening, dismissive, and intolerant.
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perhaps but trying discredit him by being equally overbearing, pompous, antagonizing, dehumanizing, demeaning, dismissive, and intolerant kind of makes the person doing it with lies and false quotes look even more idiotic doesn't it?

And it wasn't just this one woman saying things like this. It was multiple people on MSNBC and CNN doing it.
 
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Little piece of trivia. Rush Limbaugh is part of the only drinking game approved by Alcoholics Anonymous.

Whenever you're listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show, take a drink whenever you hear Rush say something positive about Obama.
 
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oklavol said:
Little piece of trivia. Rush Limbaugh is part of the only drinking game approved by Alcoholics Anonymous.

Whenever you're listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show, take a drink whenever you hear Rush say something positive about Obama.
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I propose that we all take a drink when Obama actually does something positive for America.
 
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Everyone listening to RLfor more than 30 seconds at a time, everyone with a Glenn Beck for Prez t-shirt, bumper sticker, or hand-made sign, or anyone who owns and has read a book by Coulter or Hannity, shoot themselves.

Flowers would bloom, unemployment would end, beer and top shelf bourbon would flow in friendly streams amongst the glaciers, women would go topless, and it would perpetually be 68 and sunny everywhere on the planet at least 5 hours out of every day. In short, nirvana.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Everyone listening to RLfor more than 30 seconds at a time, everyone with a Glenn Beck for Prez t-shirt, bumper sticker, or hand-made sign, or anyone who owns and has read a book by Coulter or Hannity, shoot themselves.

Flowers would bloom, unemployment would end, beer and top shelf bourbon would flow in friendly streams amongst the glaciers, women would go topless, and it would perpetually be 68 and sunny everywhere on the planet at least 5 hours out of every day. In short, nirvana.
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gee thanks. and to think I once defended you as being classy despite being a Gators fan. :the_finger:
 
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lawgator1 said:
Everyone listening to RLfor more than 30 seconds at a time, everyone with a Glenn Beck for Prez t-shirt, bumper sticker, or hand-made sign, or anyone who owns and has read a book by Coulter or Hannity, shoot themselves.

Flowers would bloom, unemployment would end, beer and top shelf bourbon would flow in friendly streams amongst the glaciers, women would go topless, and it would perpetually be 68 and sunny everywhere on the planet at least 5 hours out of every day. In short, nirvana.
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What a moron
 
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lawgator1 said:
Everyone listening to Bill Ayers for more than 30 seconds at a time, everyone with a Che for Prez t-shirt, bumper sticker, or hand-made sign, or anyone who owns and has read a book by Pelosi or Reid, shoot themselves.

Flowers would bloom, unemployment would end, beer and top shelf bourbon would flow in friendly streams amongst the glaciers, women would go topless, and it would perpetually be 68 and sunny everywhere on the planet at least 5 hours out of every day. In short, nirvana.
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FYP.....

:hi:
 
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lawgator1 said:
Everyone listening to RLfor more than 30 seconds at a time, everyone with a Glenn Beck for Prez t-shirt, bumper sticker, or hand-made sign, or anyone who owns and has read a book by Coulter or Hannity, shoot themselves.

Flowers would bloom, unemployment would end, beer and top shelf bourbon would flow in friendly streams amongst the glaciers, women would go topless, and it would perpetually be 68 and sunny everywhere on the planet at least 5 hours out of every day. In short, nirvana.
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Or you could shoot yourself and VolNation would rejoice.
 
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