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After playing Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's criticism of his comments about McNabb, Limbaugh accuses her of "spread[ing] lies"

October 14, 2009 2:55 pm ET

From the October 14 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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    • Author by all your eyes (October 14, 2009 3:04 pm ET)
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      That's it, Rush. You're not a racist, neither do you make racially offensive comments as a matter of routine. No, it's those radical socialists spreading lies and taking you out of context. Liberals are the real racists...
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    • Author by snoopy (October 14, 2009 3:07 pm ET)
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      Sure Rush, that's why all the minority players have all said they would quit your team if you were their owner. Because according to you, they are too stupid to think for themselves.

      Sounds like a lose lose situation to me...
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      • Author by jeter2 (October 14, 2009 3:15 pm ET)
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        Snoop, I doubt any players would actually give up their multi-million dollar contracts & quit. Sounds good. And maybe they should. But I'll only believe it if I ever see it.
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        • Author by snoopy (October 14, 2009 3:25 pm ET)
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          But I'll only believe it if I ever see it.


          We have soo much in common! ;)

          I think they would though. I mean, either they think he's a racist so they won't work for that, or in Rush's words, they are too stupid to think for themselves. Who wants to work for a boss who tells a national audience that any player who doesn't agree with him is an idiot? Rush is killing his investment before he makes it, not too bright in my book.

          But no one ever accused me of thinking Rush was smart! ;)

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          • Author by jeter2 (October 14, 2009 3:37 pm ET)
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            Snoop, I would like to see it. But I just doubt we would. People often talk a good game but when it comes to $$, or the loss of it, I think players would back down going through with it.

            But I don't think Limbaugh will end up being an owner so it's probaly moot anyway.
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            • Author by snoopy (October 14, 2009 3:45 pm ET)
                 
              That's probably true. It's more likely that I would decide to undergo personal hardship by leaving my family in Austin and driving all the way to Ohio for a job so I can keep a roof over their heads during this economic downturn than it is likely he becomes an owner!
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              • Author by jeter2 (October 14, 2009 4:27 pm ET)
                   
                Hey Snoop,

                Miz Julia told me about your job. Happy to hear you'll be working but it sucks you have to be away from your family. Hope something opens up closer to home for you :-)
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                • Author by snoopy (October 14, 2009 5:35 pm ET)
                     
                  Thanks Jet. I'm pretty good at bouncing back, and at least the offer made the job worth it!
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      • Author by Don Hussein Fabuloso (October 14, 2009 3:32 pm ET)
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        Hmmm, I'll bet MM cut this clip off right before Rush listed all those lies. just kidding, I know he only has to say there are a bunch of lies without pointing any out.

        On a related note, I saw something interesting at Red State.In an item entitled Media Smears Rush Limbaugh, Considers Wikiquote to be a Reliable Source., RedState shows only one source to support this headline. That source is FoxSports, specifically an article by Jason Whitlock.

        Whitlock , supposedly writing an opinion on Rush's racism, focuses on two statements by Boss Hogg that seem to be unverified, largely ignoring the long list of documented racist remarks by Rush.

        Whitlock also includes the source for his quotes, and adds that they're disputed.

        Judging by the comments at RS, none of the posters BS detectors went off at all.Is Fox using their Sports division to throw red meat at the wingnuts, having a black man write inflammatory articles using the least verifiable Rush comments to pose as another "Race Hustler"?

        The quotes in question are described as "self-evident fabrications" and "de-bunked". They're actually simply not verified, dependent on proving a negative, and that would have been the responsible way to describe them.

        Referring to one writer at FoxSports as "The Media" is pretty slimy as well. Compare to MMFA, who, when referring to "The Media" in a headline, normally cite several mainstream news outlets, and when reporting on a single source, identify that source in the headline (Hannity falsely claims..")

        Additionally, Rush's McNabb comments are described as decidedly not racist at RedState, so I'd guess that even if remarks like the posthumous Medal of Honor for James Earl Ray were true, the faithful Dittobots would be unable to see racism there either.

        This may be a new tactic from the Fox/GOP machine, installing stooge columnists on their affiliated sites, using the weakest attacks against Rush to create ready-made strawmen for the Fox and Rush supporters to go after.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 14, 2009 3:13 pm ET)
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      Oh...I see, Rush, you've DEFENDED these "CRIPS" and "BLOODS" in the NFL. Gotcha... Rush, you are so fuil of it, it's a wonder you're not dead from fecal poisoning.
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    • Author by shaggles (October 14, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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      Well she did play a recording of what he said about McNabb (and black QB's in general) and what Rush said was not true so I guess in a sense she was spreading lies.
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    • Author by AB-001 (October 14, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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      Rush's chickens are coming home to roost and he's proving that he is both covered in and a total chicken doody
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    • Author by LoriW (October 14, 2009 3:44 pm ET)
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      When Limbaugh is being hoisted by his own petard, he always lies.

      Remember when he mocked Michael J. Fox? There was a video that was all over the internet, and he STILL denied it.

      What a putz.


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    • Author by TX (October 14, 2009 4:53 pm ET)
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      Why, with all of the issues facing the country right now, is Rush Limbaugh's bid to purchase an NFL team being discussed on the floor of the Congress? A complete waste of time and tax-payer money!
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