Sharpton slams Limbaugh's "repugnant and offensive" comments about Steinbrenner
July 14, 2010 9:16 am ET by Media Matters staff
From a July 14 statement posted at National Action Network:
The statements made by Rush Limbaugh about George Steinbrenner were repugnant and offensive whether they were intended to be facetious or tongue and cheek. The fact that he could make these comments less than 24-hours after Mr. Steinbrenner's death makes it even more offensive. For the last 20-years I have known George Steinbrenner and we have quarrelled over diversity and community programs but I always found him fair, direct, and genuinely prone to do what he felt was right. He generated a lot of money for a lot of players as well as for baseball as a whole and should not be disparaged in any matter. In later years, in a twist of irony, his granddaughter and my daughter became close which only brought me closer to knowing him and we developed a mutual respect. Mr. Limbaugh and his broadcasters owe his family an apology that the first day of their mourning to have to be subjected to this type of rhetoric. To think that just a year ago Mr. Limbaugh sought to be an owner of an NFL team and has now said this about a legendary baseball team owner. This says more about Mr. Limbaugh than it does Mr. Steinbrenner."
Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network
Previously:
Olbermann names Limbaugh "Worst Person" for his race-baiting about Steinbrenner
In his own misguided way, Limbaugh may be helping the "libs" he claims are "the enemy," in that he is showing a very public face to the ugliness that is unmitigated bigotry
In his own misguided way, Limbaugh may be helping the "libs" he claims are "the enemy," in that he is showing a very public face to the ugliness that is unmitigated bigotry
As with most undiagnosed racists, she lacked the self-awareness to understand that going back half a century to the DixieCrat era, or a century-and-a-half to Lincoln, to stump for the Republican civil rights record, is very self-defeating.
The best part was how she opened her call, along the lines of " Rush, like you, I'm just not wired to see race..."
Talk about the hypnotized. I don't think I could name a person I've ever encountered of who is more obsessed with race than Limpy.
-89 Tawana Brawley race/rape hoax
-91 Sharpton's culpability in the Crown Heights Blacks v Jews violence where Yankel Rosenbaum was killed.
-95 Freddy's Fashion Mart in Harlem was burned to the ground and a protester was killed urged on by Sharton led protests
-06 Duke LX players were accused of rape by a black stripper who later recanted her story, but not after Sharpton slithered down to Durham to fan the flames. He has done this at many other dubious race baiting stories.
-His association with the New Alliance Party, a anti-semitic and anti-white organization.
Who's the racist again? Nice job media matters. Better get the interns boned up on their history.
Waiting with bated breath, your friend TBSlickens.
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Racism is wrong.
I'm not defending anyone, nobody needs me to defend them. Just sayin' that your Hystery 101 might be more effective with the rubes at Freeperville.
Nice try, though.
Just look at the meme being pushed by mmfA and other left wing outlets. A "long hot summer of race baiting". Nearly 2/3 of the stories are racially tinged. Why?
Stirring up the base in hopes of stemming the bleeding come Nov? Framing the debate for the Town Halls next month? As mmfA has stated the BP story is "small potatoes" then why elevate it even more?
Questions, questions....
my parents taught us a valuable lesson: two wrongs don't make a right. we were pretty young when they started telling us that. probably didn't sink in for a few years but sink in it did.
how old are you?
as far as i can tell, mmfa simply posted what the man said. no commentary, no editorializing, just posted what the man said. and this bothers you how exactly?
my parents taught us a valuable lesson: two wrongs don't make a right. we were pretty young when they started telling us that. probably didn't sink in for a few years but sink in it did.
how old are you?
as far as i can tell, mmfa simply posted what the man said. no commentary, no editorializing, just posted what the man said. and this bothers you how exactly?