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Limbaugh: "The charge of racism is losing its heft" and has been "overdone and overblown"

July 20, 2010 1:29 pm ET

From the July 20 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Rush: "The NAACP is as racist an organization as there has been and is in this country"

Limbaugh calls Obama administration a "racist" "regime"

After repeatedly calling Obama, others racists, Limbaugh says "I have had it with race baiters"

Limbaugh: Obama is "the greatest living example of a reverse racist"

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    • Author by IRONY 101 (July 20, 2010 1:33 pm ET)
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      Yea...because racism is so common on the right nowadays it's sort of expected. Kinda redundant to even point it out...

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    • Author by txthinker (July 20, 2010 1:35 pm ET)
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      Limbaugh: "The charge of racism is losing its heft" and has been "overdone and overblown"
      TRANSLATION: "The charges of racism are hitting too close to my secret underground bunker..."
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    • Author by MidnightWriter (July 20, 2010 1:44 pm ET)
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      It must be Unintentional Irony Day on the right wing, hate radio calendar. First Beck the the gang attack a report on Goldline for being "misleading," and now Rush offers charges of "overdone and overblown."

      I'm going to break a personal rule here and ask if God might be trying to get a message through to Rush and Glenn about being blind and deaf.
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    • Author by GBU-15 (July 20, 2010 1:47 pm ET)
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      Liberalism won? I did'nt get the memo! Blimpy's got his mojo workin' but it just don't work like it used to!
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    • Author by shaggles (July 20, 2010 1:50 pm ET)
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      Tell Glenn Beck. He's the one who keeps saying the President, Van Jones, Sonia Sotomayor, Eric Holder, etc, etc, etc are racists.
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    • Author by davemccarthymusic9410 (July 20, 2010 1:57 pm ET)
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      Translation: racism is now acceptable.

      What a clown!
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    • Author by David2012 (July 20, 2010 2:03 pm ET)
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      Then stop making the charge, Rush.

      Carl von Clausewitz, by the way, you ahistorical ignoramus, was not an historian but a general and a military theorist.

      That rant about sticking to the narrative, by the way, in its entirety, was about as good a description of Fox, you, Beck and the rest of the right wing noise machine that I have to date heard.

      You have a sort of reverse Midas touch, Rush. You cheapen and degrade anything that comes near you.

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    • Author by davemccarthymusic9410 (July 20, 2010 2:17 pm ET)
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      funny, I get bumped from saying something because one word was considered profane. I even used a $ for the "s" when I called Rush a dollar sign hithead.

      what's profane is the steady spew of toxic horror that comes from his studio on a daily basis.
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    • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 2:17 pm ET)
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      No, YOU are overdone and overblown. Racism is still rampant and you are one of the biggest purveyors of racism.
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      • Author by onementalgiant (July 20, 2010 3:18 pm ET)
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        Yeah! You tell 'em bintx! After all, you have said: "I have many, many Hispanic friends" so you surely can't be racist.

        But I digress. The bigger point being lost on so many from the Left is that your continual assertion of racism diminishes the validity of racism when it actually does happen. I'm surprised you people don't understand this. But then again, I suppose it can be complicated to some. For example my six-year-old grandson might not understannd it.
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        • Author by Hasa Diga Eebowai (July 20, 2010 3:38 pm ET)
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          For example my six-year-old grandson might not understannd it.
          I bet he he knows how to spell 'understand' though.
          If racists don't like being called racist, then they should stop being racist. It's really that simple.
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          • Author by onementalgiant (July 20, 2010 4:28 pm ET)
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            Call the sheriff! OMG went and typed yet ANOTHER typo! It seems typos are basically all the ammo you have in your liberal arsenal. Pretty pathetic.

            But maybe you can respond to my unanswered question which I have asked a number of times here on MMFA: Why does the Left look at the color of one's skin as opposed to the content of one's character? This has been proven time and again by the way the Left votes.
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            • Author by Hasa Diga Eebowai (July 20, 2010 4:35 pm ET)
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              Why does the Left look at the color of one's skin as opposed to the content of one's character?
              That's easy. We don't. By the way, when did you stop beating your wife?
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            • Author by Hasa Diga Eebowai (July 20, 2010 4:35 pm ET)
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              Why does the Left look at the color of one's skin as opposed to the content of one's character?
              That's easy. We don't. By the way, when did you stop beating your wife?
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              • Author by soze169880 (July 20, 2010 5:12 pm ET)
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                On the other hand, seems to me the Right is pretty damn obsessed with the color of Obama's skin, hence their insistence that every single thing he does somehow proves he wants to put white people in camps.
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              • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 20, 2010 5:34 pm ET)
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                He/she will never admit that one possible reason he/she couldn't find it within him/herself to vote for Obama was because of his race.

                I hate dealing with stupid people.
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                • Author by dave (July 20, 2010 8:27 pm ET)
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                  Can you admit that that another possible reason that people voted for Obama was specifically the color of his skin?
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                  • Author by Hasa Diga Eebowai (July 20, 2010 9:40 pm ET)
                       
                    No
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                    • Author by dave (July 20, 2010 10:15 pm ET)
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                      So nobody voted for BO just because he was black?
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                      • Author by Hasa Diga Eebowai (July 21, 2010 4:12 am ET)
                           
                        Nope. Everyone knows the swing votes in every election are the independents. It's not credible to believe that these fickle folks would vote for Obama simply because of his race.

                        Consider that black people already voted Democratic overwhelmingly. The same is true for the supposed "bleeding heart liberals" such as myself who supported such great white candidates as Mike Dukakis and John Kerry. That leaves the independents. Those swing voters were very much turned off by the colossal catastrophe that was the Bush administration and they made their choice rationally based on the candidates who were running. Check out the demographics of the election and you will see this is true.
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                        • Author by onementalgiant (July 21, 2010 9:00 am ET)
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                          There you have it! According to NewBee, not a single person voted for Obama because of his skin color. Thanks for proving my point. Leftists have mental issues.

                          PS: Please leave my wife out of the conversation, you compassionate liberal.
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                          • Author by Hasa Diga Eebowai (July 21, 2010 6:26 pm ET)
                               
                            So you are still beating your wife. I thought so.

                            Show me one person who would have otherwise voted for McCain but thought, "Hey, wait a minute, that other fella is black. I change my vote.". This person does not exist.
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                            • Author by onementalgiant (July 22, 2010 1:16 pm ET)
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                              Not gonna waste my time on the simpleton you are. Anyone who thinks not a single person voted for Obama because he is black is a complete fool.

                              And thanks for the wife comment again. You are proving my point that liberals are the Party of hate.

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                              • Author by Hasa Diga Eebowai (July 22, 2010 1:42 pm ET)
                                   
                                I don't hate your wife. I pity her.

                                You can't assail my logic. I get it. You shouldn't be feel bad. You aren't the first and certainly not the last to be bested by simple logic; something anathema to all right-wingers.
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            • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 20, 2010 5:32 pm ET)
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              Stuff it. A sampling of what some on the right have been saying:

              **I believe Obama has a deep-seated hatred for white people (1)

              **The Obama DOJ gave the NBPP a free pass because they are black (2)

              **The Obamas should condemn the NAACP for its' racism (3)

              **President Lincoln, those coloreds want to return to slavery because they don't want to work (4)

              **This HCR bill will be bad for the people of SC, 30%(# might be off but statement is generally correct) of whom are African American (5)

              **Blacks want the government to take care of them (6)

              **This video proves Sherriod's racism beyond the shadow of a doubt (7)

              And the list goes on and on.

              Who said what?
              #1--Glenda and Limpy
              #2--Christians Adams, the non-news network, Limpy, rw media outlets
              #3--The unfair and unbalanced network--Sarah "I love money" Palin, rw media outlets
              #4--Mark Williams
              #5--Lindsay Graham
              #6--RW bloggers
              #7--Breitbart, the non-news network, rw media

              Every one of these statements was generated by someone on the right, and each one has a connection to race, specifically African Americans. And each one attempts to generate racial animus toward President Obama by connecting him to each group/action, no matter how tenuous the connection.
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    • Author by txthinker (July 20, 2010 2:20 pm ET)
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      Limbaugh: "The charge of racism is losing its heft"
      But El Blimpo isn't....
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    • Author by soze169880 (July 20, 2010 2:43 pm ET)
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      "Unless I'm calling Obama/black people in general racist. Then, like everything else contradictory I do, it's okay because I'm doing it."
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 20, 2010 5:13 pm ET)
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      IMO, the only thing that is "overdone and overblown" about this is Limpy himself.
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