In WSJ op-ed, Limbaugh compares media coverage of Donovan McNabb to that of Obama's presidential candidacy
October 17, 2009 11:29 am ET by Media Matters staff
From Rush Limbaugh's October 16 Wall Street Journal op-ed, headlined "The Race Card, Football and Me: My critics would have you believe no conservative meets NFL 'standards.' ":
The sports media elicited comments from a handful of players, none of whom I can recall ever meeting. Among other things, at least one said he would never play for a team I was involved in given my racial views. My racial views? You mean, my belief in a colorblind society where every individual is treated as a precious human being without regard to his race? Where football players should earn as much as they can and keep as much as they can, regardless of race? Those controversial racial views?
The NFL players union boss, DeMaurice Smith, jumped in. A Washington criminal defense lawyer, Democratic Party supporter and Barack Obama donor, he sent a much publicized email to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell saying that it was important for the league to reject discrimination and hatred.
When Mr. Goodell was asked about me, he suggested that my 2003 comment criticizing the media's coverage of Donovan McNabb -- in which I said the media was cheerleading Mr. McNabb because they wanted a successful black quarterback -- fell short of the NFL's "high standard." High standard? Half a decade later, the media would behave the same way about the presidential candidacy of Mr. Obama.
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Limbaugh's "colorblind" history of racially charged comments
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Shut up and man up.
Yep. And the NFL loves money, much more than it loves football.
Pigboy and his dildohead followers like to think of themselves as mainstream, but this is a pretty definitive statement that they simply are nothing of the sort.
that doesn't bother you that he was a victim of bias?
Goddess of Renown or of Fame!
...
"Madam," said they. "we be
Folk that here beseechen thee
That thou grant us now good fame."
...
"I warn you it, quoth she anon; ...
Geoffrey Chaucer
The House of Fame
Ok, before anybody accuses me of being an elitist intellectual, I'm not. That quote has been buzzing in my head for days,although I couldn't place it. I finally Googled it. I had to plow thru this poem when I was in school. It was pretty painful.
Anyway,it is a fitting quote for Limbaugh's most recent debacle. Rush wanted to be famous, he wanted or needed the attention that fame brings. Like those in the poem who seek the goddess of fame, it was not earned, it was sought. BTW, the goddess bestows some with fame - others not.
Limbaugh has achieved his goal. He is famous, or is it infamous?
Who wrote this for him, anyway? When has Limbaugh ever treated anyone but his own as precious human beings?
Geez, MMfA, why must you bring race into it every time Rush demeans a minority?!?!?
Which ain't true, Rush. It ain't true when people claim it here - it's not true from our side.
Now, from your side, yeah. Your side will censor info if it supports the opposite political philosophy.
One recent example? When Sean Hannity, Rush and others continued to claim that the student of Kevin Jennings was 15 years old, and failed to ever present the contradictory information about the teenager's age that indicated he was 16.
I could give you countless examples, going back for years.
Funny, he also ends his piece by once again bring up race by defending his 2003 comment. Dude, get a clue the NFL is afraid you will say something stupid and insensitive. I've said it before, if you really want to own a team clean up your act buy a minor league franchise and in a few years we'll see.