Limbaugh invented "racial component" to Hackett's decision to withdraw from Ohio primary race
February 15, 2006 7:18 pm ET

SUMMARY: Rush Limbaugh invented a racial element to explain Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett's departure from the Ohio Democratic Senate primary race against Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), asserting, "And don't forget, Sherrod Brown is black. There's a racial component here, too." In fact, Brown is Caucasian -- a point on which Limbaugh was corrected later in the program.






