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Rush Limbaugh Sacked

Tricky said:


So having people outraged by something you say is the measure of how right you are? I guess Al Sharpton must be right about everything then.
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And Clinton DIDN'T have sex with Monica.:wink8:
 
IT'S ELECTION TIME.

They're desperate and going for any angle they can get.

The liberal media blitz continues.

it makes me proud of not being a liberal.
 
Nie Trink Wasser said:
IT'S ELECTION TIME.

They're desperate and going for any angle they can get.

The liberal media blitz continues.

it makes me proud of not being a liberal.
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Ohhh. The "Liberal" media made Rush make his boneheaded comment. Now I understand.
 
Nie Trink Wasser said:
IT'S ELECTION TIME.

They're desperate and going for any angle they can get.

The liberal media blitz continues.

it makes me proud of not being a liberal.
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I'm proud that you are not a liberal, as well.
 
Nie Trink Wasser said:
IT'S ELECTION TIME.

They're desperate and going for any angle they can get.

The liberal media blitz continues.

it makes me proud of not being a liberal.
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And I am glad that people like you are "conservatives"!
 
Evolver said:


Ohhh. The "Liberal" media made Rush make his boneheaded comment. Now I understand.
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wrong.

you just lost more points on your iq test.

the liberals in the media are spinning a comment about them into a racial issue, because their logic is racially dependent and they need to smear rush for the 2004 campaign against Bush and anything republican.
 
Wow. A quarterback in the NFL is overrated! Ohmigod!!! That NEVER happened before those uppity blacks ruined the game...

Next week: Rush gets fired from his job as a weatherman, for blaming a tornado in Oklahoma on the jews in the meteorology service.
 
Skeptic said:
Wow. A quarterback in the NFL is overrated! Ohmigod!!! That NEVER happened before those uppity blacks ruined the game...
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It isn't that. I think Limbaugh might have stepped on some toes. The NFL probably was intentionally pushing the player's visibility because of criticism in the past about the lack of black coaches, qbs, etc.

For the record, Rush made the comment on a program with two black broacasters and they did debate it.

I think the sharks smelled blood with this story and no sooner had Tuesday gone by than a respected general and a civil rights activist had lumped onto the pile.
 
corplinx said:
For the record, Rush made the comment on a program with two black broacasters and they did debate it.
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thanks for pointing that out.

a lot of people are ignoring this point and it's a good example of how free speech in the media is selective.
 
It seems to me that he expressed an opinion. I also think that there is every possibility that a player might be hyped because of his race. Novelty means $ in entertainment.

Sports are stupid at their core so who really cares?
 
Nobody ever was fired in my recollect for pointing out that a white guy was only covered because he was white in a majority black sport.

Anytime a white heavyweight boxer wins one match it seems he becomes a sensation. Anyone remember Tommy Gun Morrison?

In this case, I think the backlash at Rush's comments (even if they are pure supposition on his part) show how far we have to go as a country on the issue of race.
 
remember when the black baseball coach made the statement about how black people can last longer in the sun ?

I really didnt care about his statement, but I did care about how the liberals in media chose to ignore that.

Its interesting to compare that to whats happening now.
 
corplinx said:
For the record, Rush made the comment on a program with two black broacasters and they did debate it.
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Actually, they didn't debate it and that was one thing that ticked off McNabb so much.
McNabb, the subject of Limbaugh's criticism, was shocked not only by Limbaugh's comments, but that no one on the pregame panel counterattacked.

Among NFL Countdown's commentators are former players Michael Irvin and Tom Jackson, both of whom are black.

"I'm not pointing at anyone but someone should have said it," McNabb said of the panelists, who also include former quarterback Steve Young. "I wouldn't have cared if it was the cameraman."
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Tricky said:

Actually, they didn't debate it and that was one thing that ticked off McNabb so much.
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you're missing the point.

there is a difference between debating the issue and stopping the conversation in order to call someone a racist. Especially when it's fairly absurd to do so.
 
Nie Trink Wasser said:

I really didnt care about his statement, but I did care about how the liberals in media chose to ignore that.

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You say that as if nobody reported the story. There was actually alot of controversy over that, as well. The coach was saying that black players perform better in the heat, in his observation. Rush's comments were different in that he was accusing the media of giving preferential treatment to a quarterback because the quarterback was black.
 
Time for moi to chime in I guess....

I think Rush tends to complicate issues which are not complex. I also am a football fan. Do I think McNab is overrated? It's possible to hold this opinion without being racist. A case (flimsy case mind you) could be made after going 1-3 that McNab has not played as strong as he has in the past. But judging a guy on 4 games is pretty weak, hell, even Dan Marino had slumps longer than that and I never heard anyone say he was overrated. But in the end, even die hard fans had to admit it was past time for old Dan to bow out.

So, IMHO, calling McNab overrated after 4 games is pretty weak logic. Stupid even for a sports analyst...but even for a mere fan it's lame. Then, taking his first assertion as gospel...he goes on to blame it on the "liberal media conspiracy" and bases the whole thing on race. Now that's just plain old woo-wooism.

If he'd have just claimed McNab was overrated he would have had an arguable point. The rest of it just showed a penchant for knee-jerk political and racial bias. ESPN will be better off without him. We get plenty of divisive politics all day long, football is one of the places we go to escape that kind of crap. (at least I do)

Good-riddance Mr. Limbaugh!
-z
 
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