Meet Rush in St. Louis?
October 05, 2009 8:54 pm ET by Karl Frisch
Almost six years to the day after radio host Rush Limbaugh resigned in disgrace from his brand-spanking new gig on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown for, as CNN reported at the time, "his statement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed," El Rushbo confirmed today that he's interested in buying the St. Louis Rams.
Seriously.
From KMOX News Radio in St. Louis:
Rush Limbaugh issues a statement confirming he's seeking to buy a stake in the St. Louis Rams.
Limbaugh is now responding to reports that he and Blues owner Dave Checketts are trying to buy the Rams:
"Dave and I are part of a bid to buy the Rams and we are continuing the process. But I can say no more because of a confidentiality clause in our agreement with Goldman Sachs. We cannot and will not talk about our partners. But if we prevail we will be the operators of the team."
Marge Schott, eat your heart out.
UPDATE: This could get interesting. According to an OpenSecrets.org review of Federal campaign contributions between 1989-2009, the Rams are the bluest team in the NFL giving 98% of its contributions to Democrats. (H/T to S.L.)
I CANNOT and WILL NOT continue to support them if this ends up happening.
Cue Macaulay Culkin's Home Alone Face.
And their Super Bowl win came under Vermeil, not Martz.
It will be interesting to see what the NFL owners do about this. Most of them are conservative and Republican, but given the current rift between the so-called "true" Republicans and the wild right hate talkers, this could give us a small look at how one powerful group of conservatives views one member of the talkarrazzi.
The NFL is very image conscious...so a few missives of protest to the Commissioner, Roger Goodell wouldn't hurt either.
I really think the NFL would take a lot of heat if they allowed Limbaugh to purchase a team. The last thing the NFL would like to see is political protests at their games...along with drunk, unruly fans fighting about Rush Limbaugh. This could be more explosive than it might appear.
Limbaugh - God No.
My Rams fandom will be in crisis.
I thought Rush was a Steelers fan?
Is there really any harm in just reporting something? Putting aside their "parting Schott," the piece wasn't even all that liberally biased. (The McNabb, quote, fair enough but that is and will always be part of his legacy.)
What on earth is your problem with this? It's a interesting piece of news. WTF?
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RE-LAX! Take a deep breath!
Now taking that in context it is not racists at all. He is saying that the team specifically the defense (which is composed of many black players) is not getting the credit they deserve. So really he gave multiple back players complements by saying they were underrated.
Coming from that man, at that time, the comments amounted to a really stupid thing to say. Racist in and of themselves? No, probably not. But coming from a man with his level of racial enlightenment, and history of making similar comments? Yeah, it's pretty hard to swallow giving him the benefit of the doubt.
And you're addition to the end of the quote doesn't help him all that much.
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In 1988 Isaha Thomas and Dennis Rodman said the same/reverse thing about Larry Bird: He's overrated becasue he's white. And you know what? That b*llsh!t too. I wodner what Rush thought about THOSE comments?