Limbaugh lies in defense of his comments about Jewish people on Wall Street
Calling for Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to apologize to him, Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that he was referring only to what "Jew-haters" believe when he made comments about Jewish people on Wall Street. In fact, while Limbaugh did discuss what he said people with prejudice believe, he also clearly stated -- as fact and in his own voice -- that "a lot of those people on Wall Street are Jewish. So I wonder if there's starting to be some buyer's remorse there."
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Limbaugh falsely claimed he was referring only "to the Jew-haters"
Limbaugh falsely claimed his comments about Jewish people on Wall Street referred only to what "Jew-haters" believe. On January 22, Limbaugh responded to ADL national director Abraham Foxman's press release calling on Limbaugh to apologize for his January 20 statement that a "lot of those people on Wall Street are Jewish. So I wonder if there's starting to be some buyer's remorse there." On more than one occasion on January 22, Limbaugh said he "was referring to Jew-haters" in his January 20 comments. For instance, Limbaugh stated: "I was referring to the Jew-haters, the bigots. Twice I referred to prejudiced people":
LIMBAUGH: I was referring to Jew-haters, and Mr. Foxman, this is what's been omitted from what you read that I said. I was alluding to what you know exists. You know that there are Jew-haters out there and I know there are Jew-haters out there and many of them are in the Obama administration or in his circle of friends.
And Mr. Foxman, if you really want to go after anti-Semitism, you should first start looking at it on the left and within the Obama administration and within his circle of friends because that's where you're going to find it. You're not going to find anti-Semitism on this radio show. You're going to find nothing but love and respect and admiration for the Jewish people and an unwavering support for Israel. That has not ever shaken. I was referring to the Jew-haters, the bigots. Twice I referred to prejudiced people.
Limbaugh's comment that "a lot of those people on Wall Street are Jewish" was made in his own voice. While Limbaugh did mention what "people who have prejudice" think, he clearly made the following comment in his own voice: "[A] lot of those people on Wall Street are Jewish. So I wonder if there's starting to be some buyer's remorse there." From the January 20 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show [emphasis added]:
LIMBAUGH: If you have often wondered just out of, you know, a legitimately curious political sense -- if you have asked yourself why are so many Jewish people, liberal, what when it seemed so much of what liberals do would be anathema to Jewish people, particularly abortion, but any number of things -- taxes, tax increase. Look it -- you know something, folks?
There are a lot of people, when you say banker, people think Jewish. People who have prejudice, people who have, you know -- what's the best way to say -- a little prejudice about them. To some people, bankers -- code word for Jewish -- and guess who Obama's assaulting? He's assaulting bankers. He's assaulting money people. And a lot of those people on Wall Street are Jewish. So I wonder if there's starting to be some buyer's remorse there.
Anyway, if you've -- if you have often asked that question, if you've been puzzled by so many Jewish people vote liberal or vote Democrat, you -- give Norman's book a shot. It's called, Why Jews are Liberals? He's Jewish and he would know. And it's -- look, it's a good read. And Norman [Podhoretz] is a -- there's no other way to say it -- he's a profound intellectual but he's not an egghead elitist. And he's written this book with an effort to have anybody that reads it understand exactly what he is talking about.
Limbaugh: Many "Jew-haters" are "in the Obama administration." During his attack on Foxman, Limbaugh also said that many Jew-haters "are in the Obama administration or in his circle of friends":
LIMBAUGH: I was referring to Jew-haters, and Mr. Foxman, this is what's been omitted from what you read that I said. I was alluding to what you know exists. You know that there are Jew-haters out there and I know there are Jew-haters out there and many of them are in the Obama administration or in his circle of friends.
Limbaugh: "[O]ne of my closest friends is Mark Levin. Everybody knows this. Mark Levin is Jewish." On January 22, during his attack on Foxman, Limbaugh also stated: "I have to tell you, folks, one of my closest friends is Mark Levin. Everybody knows this. Mark Levin is Jewish. Mark Levin is disgusted with Abraham Foxman. What I've come to learn through this episode is how many Jewish people are disgusted with Abraham Foxman and have been for many years."
That's the Jewish cupidity sterotype, isn't it?
"a little prejudice"? Does that make it better Rush? "Oh, he's just got a cute little prejudice".
What's with all the repetitive "Jew-haters" terminology anyway? Is anti-Semite too much of an intellectual elitist term for Rush to wrap his head around?
See how much easier it is to live when people are just people and not just a collection of demographics.
Randy
Religion of Muslim Terrorists? Maybe that is because it is the twisted and corrupted teachings of Islam currently being spread inciting the terrorists? You do not see Christian terrorists very often, do you?
Im not sure what to say about the last part. o.o
Psst. Look at your bench. How many black faces do you see?
Tranlation: "Some of my best friends are Jewish!" Always a good dodge, right Rush? Like some of your best friends are black?
* "I was referring to Jew-haters, and Mr. Foxman, this is what's been omitted from what you read that I said. I was alluding to what you know exists. You know that there are Jew-haters out there and I know there are Jew-haters out there and many of them are in the Obama administration or in his circle of friends."
Who is Limbaugh referring to? Any of these people?
David Axelrod - Senior Advisor to the President
Jared Bernstein - Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President
Rahm Emanuel - Chief of Staff
Lee Feinstein - Foreign Policy Advisor
Gary Gensler - Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Elena Kagan - Solicitor General of the United States
Ronald Klain - Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Jack Lew - Deputy Secretary of State
Eric Lynn - Middle East Policy Advisor
Peter Orszag - Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Dennis Ross - Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia to the Secretary of State
Mara Rudman - Foreign Policy Advisor
Mary Schapiro - Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Dan Shapiro - Head of Middle East desk at the National Security Council
James B. Steinberg - Deputy Secretary of State
Lawrence Summers - Director National Economic Council
Mona Sutphen - White House Chief of Staff
Source: Jewish Virtual Library
* "You're not going to find anti-Semitism on this radio show. You're going to find nothing but love and respect and admiration for the Jewish people and an unwavering support for Israel."
Just as long as we know our place, right Rush?
I won't forget the old tales of years ago:
Jews control the media
Jews control Hollywood
Jews control government
Jews are secretive
Jews are always plotting
Change "Jews" to "liberals" and you have Rush's daily show
Mr. Limbaugh, thou protest too much. Es dreck, schtunk
/sarcasm
The change "Jew" to "Liberal" statement is absolutely true. I wish I had come up with it. Good going AB=001.
I used to tell my friends who were fans, "Subsitute 'liberal' with 'Jew' and what does that sound like?" He used to be more clever, wording things in a such a way that he could claim plausible deniability, then could use the outrage from his critics as "proof" of his point.
His inflammatory rhetoric has gotten bolder since Obama was elected. I don't know if this is because he's grown more desperate or because he feels emboldened. Either way it's disgusting.
ROFLMAO at this comment,thats like "one of my closest friends is black"Remember those days?
If he is going there I think that he realises that hey may have stepped in something.
Theres a saying in the hood"don't let your mouth sell a check your
A@# can't cash"
Despite unequivocal claims that he is on the cutting edge of culture, Rush is stuck in a fantasy of 1950's white, christian, patriarchal society where minorities and women knew their place.
And whoever writes his song parodies gets paid WAY too much (along with "white" comedian Paul Shanklin).
And Norman Podhoretz is a crazy man. "Rabid" is the word that comes to mind. In the year or so before his death, William Buckley told him so.
I play the ADL like a harp; like a fine, Orthodox Jew's Harp.
(Or is that too "last week" to trot out again, so soon?)
Racism totally defies the rules of both Judaism and Christianity and should be abhorrent to any thinking, kind person. But I guess that is just too much to expect out of bigots.
(You left out the most important part-- they're also smarter than the goyim.... actually, there's no need for you to defend Jews to idiots or trolls who think they're funny.)
You won't get an answer because there is none. The Jews did not do anything to "cause" such hatred by "a few" of the Germans. You clearly have no conception of what actually happened in Nazi Germany, or the rationale that Hitler used. Do you know what "scapegoating" means?
On a personal note, I happen to be Jewish. I don't control the media, Hollywood or the government. I'm not secretive nor am I always plotting. Your hate-filled rant, full of stereotypes is so off-base.
As far as turning off the traffic lights in parts of LA, first of all, I'd like to see some proof please, and second of all, assuming your statement is correct, how does the actions of a small group of Jews have any bearing on the actions of Jews as a whole?
I don't know you at all, but your writings are disgusting. You seem about as antisemitic as your average klansman. Does your hate extend to all different ethnic groups than yourself, or do you reserve your venom solely for Jews?
From all I've heard about Hitler, he wasn't actually racist. Which makes him worse in my opinion as he was willing to commit horrid acts he did not believe in to further his agenda.
Maybe they're too cheap to pay for the power.
Is that the answer you want? On exactly what streets are these, too?
Yet he claims to be a friend.
His "best selling book" got there from the wingnut machinery that buys gobs of unread copies and gives them away to tesbaggers and churches. Haven't read it but I wondered if it was peppered with the vile insults and name calling he does on his little off hours radio show. My kids and I tune in for a few just to hear him lose it.
Buffoons being led by buffoons.
Do you have any facts to support your claim on his book?
Btw, as someone who DID read it, it is a very good book. There are no direct insults like you hear on his radio show. He simply outlines the facts and offers some opinions. His book truly is a Conservative Manifesto.
This idea is as old as the hills. In the Middle Ages usuary was outlawed by the Catholic Church. Jews, not being Christian, were allowed to charge interest on loans. Hence every King had his Jew in order to finance his wars.
"To some people banker is a code word for Jewish - and guess who Obama is assaulting. He is assaulting bankers. He is assaulting money people."
Hitler assaulted the Jews as being "money people."
This is a twofer as far as Limbaugh is concerned. He attacks Obama for for attacking corporate interests, but he also attempts to make Obama out, somehow, as an antisemite.
This is too twisted for me.
I have tried to understand Limbaugh's explaination. But it appears that Limbaugh has assumptions about Jewish people that are, at best, obsolete.
I guess it's up to us, then: Let's shame this fat bastard off the air. Let his sponsors know that his racist remarks are unacceptable. Write the station manager of your local radio stations and tell them you don't want Rush on the air anymore, and tell them why! Write his sponsors and protest their support of Rush Limbaugh, and let them know why! Don't bother writing Rush, that won't help. He's not listening anyways.
If you value respect and tolerance for all people, then let the people who prop up Rush Limbaugh know how you feel. We're all in this together. I urge you to do your part.
-You are aware he has lost a substantial amount of weight, right? Even if Mediamatters refuses to post updated pictures of him.
-He is super rich. Even if every leftist boycotted his show (Which is like vegans boycotting McDonalds), he could supplement his radio show with his own cash.
-Why would the station manager want to kick him off? Rush makes them a good deal of cash, what with their own sponsors put up between his SUPER POPULAR radio show.
-Odds are his sponsors wont care what you have to say. They know exactly who they are sponsoring.
Limbaugh said, "He's Jewish and he would know."
I don't know how many times I've heard an insult to Jews preceeded by, "A Jew told me this."
And one of his best friends is Jewish.
Limbaugh shows the symptoms of chronic bigotry.
Rush actually comes from a political family, no racism involved. They are from Missouri, not exactly a racist hotbed.
No. No he wouldnt. You have no way to support the idea he would ever do such a thing.
When is he being racist?
How is he anti-semitic? He has never done anything to insult the Jewish people.
How is he anti-black?
You are insane.
Sounds like Rush wants to stay on the air.
You get a fool who is shameless.
G. Gordon Liddy isw a pardoned felon.
His boyhood idol was Adolph Hitler!
Oliver North sold arms t0o Ahminejad's mentor, Ayatollah Khomeni!
Ahminejad denied the holocaust.
Both Ann Coulter's idol, Senator Joseph McCarthy, and Mr. Republican, Senator Robert Taft, whined that Hermann Goerring did not bget a fair trial at Nuremberg!
Did he?
Clifford Spencer