One of the most damaging accusations you can level at opponent is call that individual a racist in one form or another. And that's the tactic MSNBC and others left-wing opponents of Rush Limbaugh are taking to thwart his bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams.
During a segment on MSNBC on Oct. 13, former Pulitzer Prize winner Karen Hunter appeared to voice her opposition to the Limbaugh's NFL bid. She made one of the most outrageous - likening Limbaugh's ownership of an NFL team to being a plantation owner, a metaphor that invokes the image of antebellum South during the 19th Century, when slavery was rampant.
"I can just see the visions of plantation grandeur dancing in his head as we speak," Hunter said. "Yeah, it doesn't make you a racist to want to own a team. But, it does kind of with all his history question his power position over these players who make millions of dollars and his ability to be able to move them around, deny them contracts and do whatever he wants willy-nilly. It's the ultimate power position to be an owner of an NFL team."
Hunter is the author of notable works of literature - "Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game," "Don't Blame It on Rio: The Real Deal Behind Why Men Go to Brazil for Sex"and "On the Down Low: A Journey Into the Lives of "Straight" Black Men Who Sleep With Men," which to MSNBC makes her uniquely qualified to comment on Limbaugh having an ownership stake in the NFL.
The journalism teacher also used to a highly questionable quote to further her charge against Limbaugh that he's a racist. According to a post on the Smash Mouth Politics blog (cited by Limbaugh on his Oct. 12 radio program and his Web site) there's evidence a quote frequently cited, which Limbaugh appears to show remorse for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin, James Earl Ray, is completely fabricated.
In a related story, Media Research Center, the parent organization for CMI, challenged both MSNBC and CNN about another supposed Limbaugh quote. MRC President Brent Bozell today demanded that CNN and MSNBC prove that radio Limbaugh uttered a racist quote they have attributed to him as fact after Limbaugh publicly denied having ever said.
Hunter claimed the quote she used were available on the Internet. "The words you even put up - two of the statements that he said about the NFL looking like the Crips and the Bloods," Hunter said. "He even said that Dr. Martin Luther King, his killer, James Earl Ray should have a medal given to him, a medal of honor. He says, ‘We miss you, James.' You can go online as to the top 10 Rush Limbaugh racist comments."
As Hunter says, "You can go online" and find them, which is in itself a remarkable admission for a Pulitzer-winning journalist to use as a source when making such a bold charge. But, based on this evidence that Hunter has apparently found online, she said the NFL should be done with Limbaugh. According to her, Limbaugh's ownership stake, which she maintains is the "ultimate power position" is only a minority stake and therefore, he's easily replaced.
"I'm surprised they haven't put this issue to bed already," Hunter continued. "They could very simply say Rush Limbaugh is off the table and keep it moving. They don't need him to own this team. He's a minority owner. And they could replace him tomorrow and not have any blip in the screen at all. It could continue to go. Why do they not say anything? That's the question. With their history and all the controversy they have with their players, they don't need this."
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Funny how this affirmative
October 13, 2009 - 16:27 ET by mattmFunny how this affirmative action queen*, who has the intellectual capacity of a flea, can see into Rush's thoughts even though she's probably never actually listened to his show.
BTW this is not an effort to stop his ownership in the Rams, it is a purely politically-motivated smear campaign.
*I threw that in just to make the race-mongering bigots perk up a bit.
Hmm...
October 13, 2009 - 17:57 ET by Joe BlogsIf Karen Hunter could win a Pulitzer, then Obama can win a Nob...oh, I just remembered. Well, anyway, who cares what this airheaded bigot says.
The Rams football team is a business, not a Federal jobs program for black athletes. If they don't like the new owner they can all walk after their contracts are up.
addendum
October 13, 2009 - 17:58 ET by Joe BlogsIf they don't like the new owner [because of his race] they can all walk after their contracts are up.
Is there a black
October 13, 2009 - 19:38 ET by motherbeltIs there a black commentator anywhere in the country who can make an argument related in any way to race without using the word plantation?
It's not only a political smear campaign, it's the unbelievable arrogance of a group who claim that because of their skin color or aggrieved status, they have the divine right to determine who shall be allowed to participate in our capitalistic system.
They want to regulate who can buy and who should be allowed to sell to whom. Seriously, their arrogance is simply jaw-dropping!
What was HER price?
October 14, 2009 - 10:55 ET by TailgunnerNationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
Its in the bag
October 13, 2009 - 16:39 ET by nwahsYea, I see Roger Goodell and the NFL owners saying, "We want some more of this."
Rush knows he has no hope of getting the votes to be a NFL owner. This isn't about the NFL - its about Beck! He wants his magazine covers too!
If you are saying Rush has
October 13, 2009 - 17:23 ET by buddycIf you are saying Rush has no chance, you are correct. This is a shakedown for the black group that wants to buy the team.
That's very similar to the
October 13, 2009 - 17:36 ET by gmaniac1That's very similar to the quota system the NFL has for black coaches, whether they are the most qualified or not. It's funny how they don't do that with the players.
NFL is very picky about
October 14, 2009 - 01:04 ET by humanzeeNFL is very picky about their owners, just ask Los Angeles. The are ignoring the second largest media market in the country because they can't get the right piece of land or owner. They only care about the money, that's it. If Rush has the money and the right "package" he'll get the team.
Right now, these black and liberal politicos in the media are testing their limits. They want to see if this hoopla really works and if they can still bully powerful organizations by playing the race card.
Limbaugh is only guilty of being politically incorrect and not kissing their asses.
No, its pretty clear he won't get the team
October 14, 2009 - 08:33 ET by nwahsI just wonder if all of a sudden it will fall silent on this.
This is a public rejection of the antagonism Rush wants to bring into the GOP.
http://profootballta...
Colts owner, Jim Irsay :
"I myself couldn't even think of voting for him," said Irsay speaking from the NFL's fall ownership meetings in Boston.
Asked if he'd spoken to other owners about Limbaugh's candidacy,
Irsay said, "I haven't and I don't think I would even go to the point
of talking to Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, Dwight Freeney, talking to
those men and seeing what their positions are. I'm very sensitive to
know there are scars out there. I think as a nation we need to stop
it. Our words do damage and it's something that we don't need. We
need to get to a higher level of humanity and we have.
"I come from a different era where Marvin Gaye and John Lennon were
speaking about [certain things] and we've been doing a slow crawl to
some of the things they talked about. We don't need to go the other
way," Irsay added. "We can't go the other way where there isn't
forgiveness and understanding but we gotta watch our words in this
world and our thoughts because they can do damage."
Commissioner Goodell :
"I've said many times before, we're all held to a high standard
here," Goodell said. Then he continued: "I would not want to see those
comments coming from people who are in a responsible position in the
NFL -- absolutely not."
http://fifthdown.blo...
Rush isn't a stupid man. He knew he would never get the team. This was about getting the spot light back on him and off of Beck. It also shows how well his antagonism shtick goes over with those who aren't his hardcore fans.
So now what? The NFL has lost all credibility and you have to throw that under the bus? Your world will get mighty small if you have to reject everything that rebukes Rush's shock jock contortions.
Credibility?
October 14, 2009 - 09:18 ET by KarmaAn exclusive, monopolistic club of elitists who overcharge for the product they sell. I suppose you think our government is credible too.
I'm forced, for now, to buy the crap from one of the institutions. I simply refuse to buy from the other, at least until forced to buy a stadium for them. They were never on my bus and should not stand in front of it.
As an aside, your man Jimmy is turning into quite the shock jock himself, ain't he now.
Hi. My name is John Q. Public, but Jimmy just calls me racist.
Talk is cheap. And money talks.
October 14, 2009 - 10:53 ET by TailgunnerEven liberals don't believe NFL players' denials.
And if I have it right, NFL team owners have some sort of profit- or risk-sharing plan. Rush's millions make it very attractive in this case.
I'm sure the dotted line will rule the day.
Plus Rush is such a charismatic figure, notwithstanding the continuous, vicious hatred aimed at him, that many team owners would be honored to be in his company.
Could team owners be playing for a higher price? Hmmm.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
Out of the woodwork they come
October 13, 2009 - 16:42 ET by general company"I can just see the visions of plantation grandeur dancing in his head as we speak
What makes the other owners excuses from this type of racist thinking Karen?
"You can go online" and find them,
I doubt it, NWAHS has been looking all day, and hasnt found jack.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Ms. Hunter
October 13, 2009 - 16:49 ET by okiehawk44This ultimate power position is currently held by Barack H. Obama.
Got it?
This is what passes for news at MSDNC?
October 13, 2009 - 16:54 ET by KJ_sezInterviewing a never-was, racist, misandrist author about the ownership of a private enterprise? I wonder how long it will be before the spoiled little children in the Obamination administration take over the professional sports industries in the name of the player's unions, then let the players run the teams and watch them go bankrupt so they can initiate a government bailout.
These "people" make me puke.
OBAMA = One Big Ass Mistake, America!
This woman is a blithering
October 13, 2009 - 17:16 ET by HockeyKidThis woman is a blithering idiot. She didn't win a Pulitzer--she happened to be on a news team that won it while she was there. Woohoo! Brilliant.
Question: How does one get a position teaching at the university level when one only has a B.A. to her credit? Answer: Write liberal tripe about sex in Brazil, apparently.
I'm also fascinated that all her book collaborations are exclusively with fellow blacks. Racist.
BTW, Miss Hunter, since you're such a gifted psychic, please tell us next week's winning Lotto numbers. We'll wait.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Nothing like getting a
October 13, 2009 - 17:20 ET by gmaniac1Nothing like getting a racist black female to make racist accusations of a white male
My wife and I are born in
October 13, 2009 - 17:22 ET by buddycMy wife and I are born in America white conservatives. We are not "ditto heads"(SP). We occasionally listen to Rush Limbaugh. We do not agree with everything he says. Our children are also conservative. We are NOT racists. Two of our four children are adopted black children.
In the IMMORTAL WORDS OF TOM JACKSON (ESPN):
My 14 year old white son said to me last night after listening to all the criticism of Rush Limbaugh,"dad does this mean that when I grow up I can't ever be the owner of an NFL team simply because I am white"?
f/u Tom Jackson, you a/h.
No son, this only happens
October 13, 2009 - 18:52 ET by ReaverNo son, this only happens if you are a white conservative.
I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson
hmmm, hmmmm, hmmmph
October 13, 2009 - 17:24 ET by 10ksnookerYou wonder since the Democrat party is the party of slavery, racism, segregation and the KKK why they belong to it.I have never heard the Democrat apologixze for their racist ways.
Unless of course they still run the plantation, they just call it welfare now.
The point is moot;
October 13, 2009 - 17:24 ET by OneCleverCookiesimply for the fact that I don't watch sports dominated by these crybabies any longer. Most pro athletes take the average fan for granted anyhow. The public could put all of these overpriced crybabies on the curb just by simply stop watching them. You are their enablers, that right, you. The moment you live vicariously through their adventures, you are enabling their behavior.
So F*&k 'em and feed the fish heads.
She probably won the
October 13, 2009 - 17:30 ET by Mitchell BlattShe probably won the Pulitzer in the same way that Obama won the Nobel.
Are you saying Obama donned
October 13, 2009 - 18:08 ET by Roger the ShrubberAre you saying Obama donned some kneepads for his Nobel?
As a down payment?
October 13, 2009 - 20:37 ET by TailgunnerNationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
She gets her quotes from here.
October 13, 2009 - 17:41 ET by superconNews One For Black America.
Top Ten Rush Limbaugh Racist Quotes.
None of it is source or linked. I guess when you have a Pulitzer you don't need no stinkin' sources.
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
Certainly I am not the only
October 13, 2009 - 17:55 ET by stormy67Certainly I am not the only one seeing the racist attacks launched against Rush Limbaugh. And make no mistake, they are racist attacks.
Trying to destroy an individual, by using allegations of non-existent racism, is in itself racism at its most base level. These people are really showing their own personal biases and bigotry against a certain type- a white male.
"Pulitzer-prize winning
October 13, 2009 - 18:01 ET by samhermanmd"Pulitzer-prize winning journalist" is journalist-speak that means "anti-psychotic patient" in med-speak.
oh em gee
October 13, 2009 - 18:05 ET by katainkentThat's the same newsone article that Acts quoted from in March. If only Ms Hunter could grasp what realm of crazy that puts her in.
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The Emperor, he has no clothes
Rush is the new
October 13, 2009 - 18:27 ET by rockyracoonRush is the new Bork!!
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
I'm not even a fan of
October 13, 2009 - 18:50 ET by Kat Outta the BagI'm not even a fan of Limbaugh, but this sort of crap against him is getting out of hand and really p!ssing me off because they can easily do this to anyone they disagree with...they're only starting with the most vocal first.
msnbc
October 13, 2009 - 20:25 ET by tblotTo bad no was watch that bunch of crap. I thought Rush was buying St Louis not the Raiders
Right. Rush is practicing with his new bullwhip right about now.
October 13, 2009 - 20:42 ET by TailgunnerThis vicious, lying little low-rent twit is accusing Rush of buying slaves?
That's what her 'plantation' comment means to me.
Someone please try to tell me that's NOT what she meant.
There is NO 'low' on the left.
NONE.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
Affirmative Action in Action - Damnable Lie Becomes Truth
October 13, 2009 - 20:53 ET by AbraxosHere's exactly what Rush said:
"McNabb is overrated... what we have here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback can do well—black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well." "There's a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."
McNabb started the ball moving with his offended reaction the next day. "It's somewhat shocking to hear that on national TV from him," McNabb said. "It's not something that I can sit here and say won't bother me."
McNabb didn't hear what Rush really said, all he heard was that he was being dissed because he's black.
Then the real race mongers smelled blood, saw an opening, grabbed their torches, and with the media's help, quickly spread the firestorm. Democrat presidential candidates Wesley Clark, Howard Dean and Rev. Al Sharpton called for ESPN to fire Limbaugh.
The National Association of Black Journalists called for ESPN to "separate itself" from Limbaugh. NABJ president Herbert Lowe said in a news release, "ESPN's credibility as a journalism entity is at stake."
The unforgivable sin: A conservative can never use the word "black" without instantly being hoisted up on the gallows. And if that word comes anywhere near the slightest hint of negativity, thence comes the rope around the neck. Next, the hooded media fan and spread the flames, pull the lever, and down goes Rush – an honest, knowledgeable lover of football, unjustly hung to shame. It happens all the time.
At least one place saw it for what it was. Quotes, facts, and stats.
http://www.slate.com...
It didn't matter what Rush really said or what he meant. It's how liberals could twist it into the destruction of a perceived enemy.
And today, Conservatives still cannot say anything critical or negative about a black person without being called a racist. Isn't that right Mr. Obama?
You know how many black men would give anything
October 13, 2009 - 22:24 ET by Worriedto play ball for millions of dollars for the plantation owner named Rush Limbaugh?
This idiot wants to keep the black man down because it makes the uppity biatch feel superior.
This is one way the SINS OF THE FATHERS reach down ...
October 14, 2009 - 06:00 ET by Jayke... even to the 4th generation (Exodus 20:5). Today if you're a certain color your ancestors were slave owners. Yeah, right.
What about the Racist comments by Barack Obama?
October 14, 2009 - 08:23 ET by Latino1If you read Barack Obama's book "Dream's of My Father" Obama is apparently a racist, using the same examples the Left does for everyone else Obama is a racist.
In fact Barack Obama reads his own book for audio showing that many of
his quotes expose that he had hatred and disdain for white people.
Obama even tells a story about how he has disdain for the white
blood that runs through his veins, and talks about how he hid his
disdain for whites when he is around them.That sounds pretty racist to
me.
Here is Obama reading his own book;
http://www.youtube.c...
Now for those who want to say Rush has said racist things, just look
at what Barack Obama has said, and these are from his own mouth as he
reads his book for audio recording.
I would say what Obama has said is pretty racist. He also states he hides his racism towards whites, when he is around them.
*many will say he has a white mother, but like the majority of
African-Americans living in the United States, they also have white
ancestors. He still says he has disdain for the white blood that runs
through his veins.
SHE TEACHES JOURNALISM????
October 14, 2009 - 08:25 ET by Latino1I can't believe she teaches Journalism. She has not done her research? Plus she show her bias.
Rush should sue her and everyone who spreads that lie
October 14, 2009 - 08:46 ET by Latino1Rush should sue each and every person who published or re-published this slander.
Every news cable station, newspaper writer, and every pundit who has been pushing that out right lie should be sued for promoting that lie. It is not a small mistake or error, it is a career killing LIE, and could effect his business dealings or career; like buying the NFL team. He could ask for damages on that alone if that lie prevented his deal from going through.
Jason Whitlock- I can't
October 14, 2009 - 09:17 ET by stormy67Jason Whitlock- I can't believe Fox lets this guy write for them.
Check out his brilliance posted at Huffington Post (yes, he's a contributor there - apparently- not that truth and fact matter).
Quit Crying Double-Standard Over Phelps
October 14, 2009 - 09:32 ET by jessieHRush should back out of the deal. Let the loosers stay loosers. He needs to buy a real football team, not this one. They play like high schoolers.
Actually, he's really buying the Cubs
October 14, 2009 - 09:44 ET by Great DebaterWhile the liberal attack dogs are busy bashing his fake effort to buy the Rams, Rush is secretly trying to buy the bankrupt Cubs quietly and quickly.
Seriously, this is a teaching moment to show where journalism is in this country. People are trying to prevent a man from owning a minority stake in a sports team because of, primarily, two quotes they say he said ... which he never said. In high school lit., I got hammered for not fully documenting my at least 2 sources of each fact. These "professional" journalists are repeating "facts" from 1 source that they've never met or even heard of previously.
Yea
October 14, 2009 - 10:27 ET by nwahsRush is just itching to get into any organization that will muzzle him.
:D
Think
Boycott NFL
October 14, 2009 - 10:23 ET by slickwillie2001If Rush Limbaugh is blocked from doing business with the National Felons League, he should push a boycott of the NFL and work on promoting college football.
Rush Limbaugh
October 14, 2009 - 15:23 ET by sharinliteThis is the value of a pulitzer...just like the nobel, it is given to ideologues and fascists of any kind. This female obviously deserved hers.
The irony of course is Ms.
October 14, 2009 - 15:41 ET by deerjerkydaveThe irony of course is Ms. Hunter says this while her feet are firmly planted in the ideological plantation of white progressive liberalism. Conservative African Americans are excoriated for leaving the plantation by white progessive liberals, even though Republicans are the ones who freed the slaves, out-voted the Dems on the civil rights act, support school vouchers, and support traditional marriage!
The African American community has been told by white progressive liberals that they can't achieve in this country without the help of big government entitlements. And since the evil conservatives don't want to use government for entitlement causes they're racist and actually somehow pro-slavery!
This is also a perfect example of the Republican party failing to preach conservatism (Bush family, are you listening?) The Republican party would only need to make a few inroads into the African American community and the Dems would never win an election.