Because my initial post was to 24Troll....you popped in and defended him with your link to MM.

Gosh, the man talks for three hours a day, and has been doing a regular radio show for the past twenty years.  You think, maybe, he's said some controversial things during that time?

The point, in case you missed it, is that her part-ownership was pre-approved by the NFL (as I understand it, her deal has not yet been finalized by the Dolphins)....yet Limbaugh is being excoriated by the leftists for things that he didn't say, or which were taken out of context.

Sheesh.

I hope he fails, too.

Here's what you do:

You have a text file ready sitting on your desktop, then VOILA! you just cut-n-paste it all in.

limbaugh vs colin powell?

"the top ten racist things from ... "  which includes multiple items on that list including darfur, mcnabb... 

I could spend a couple more min on google picking out all the rest of the things I remember but I hope I've made my point?   I see possibly four things I've never seen before and I can say this because almost my entire education regarding Rush Limbaugh has been from watching you throw yourself against this board for the last year.

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The Emperor, he has no clothes

Wisdom, 24, Kengie, nwahs-the-Rush-hater, and the Media Matters crew...

Okay, so, in total at our friends at Media Matters is a compilation of 28 Rush quotes. I broke it down, and of these, 21 are neither racist nor "racially charged", while the remaining seven we can argue about. Really, NONE of them show him to be racist, but just his commentary in response to factual stuff and happenings in our country, for every single one of them.

That brings us to 75% of all of these comments/quotes being invalid with regards to any charge of racism, and which we can now remove from the argument. But I've taken the liberty of going through each one just so we're all clear...

So here goes, all the ones we can toss off the list, to start:

"We are being told that we have to hope [Obama] succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles ... because his father was black."

We absolutely ARE (conservatives/Republicans/non-Obama lovers) so he's absolutely right. Everywhere, we're told we are (or "might be") racist if we're not thrilled and not fawning over this man.

"I do believe" Obama is an "angry black guy."

Rush believes he is, and there are plenty of things to point to to back it up. Either way, it's his opinion about one man, who is black (sorry, half white/half black.)

"Obama's entire economic program is reparations."

It practically is. We've all documented extensively his political and social past, so there's no argument here. Again, Rush is pointing out facts, and many happen to do with race because, well, he's our first non-white president. Conservatives are AGAINST counter-productive (and racist) measures like reparations and affirmative action, and we yearn to have *everyone* on the same playing field with an opportunity to individually pursue our happiness, wealth, etc.. Of COURSE Rush should point this out.

Obama is "more African in his roots than he is American" and is "behaving like an African colonial despot."

As you can read below it, he simply offers his two cents after reading an article exposing Obama's background:

After reading extensively from an American Thinker column smearing Obama, Limbaugh said on June 26 that Obama is "more African in his roots than he is American" and is "behaving like an African colonial despot."

How is he being racist or "racially charging" anything here?

Obama is "Halfrican-American."

Obama is…. uh, yeah, Halfrican-American, if you will. He's half white/half black. Oh, "Halfrican" is offensive and insensitive? If people went around calling him German-American (assuming his mother is, say, from Germany) wouldn't blacks be rightfully furious and feel disrespected? Myself and many/most conservatives hate all the "-American" names for… um..… Americans.

"Obama has disowned his white half ... he's decided he's got to go all in on the black side." 

We've all tirelessly shown (or tried to) Obamabots just how quickly this guy threw his mother under the bus, went to a radical all-black and America/white-hating church for 20 years, is friendly with so many typical black race-hustlers who have no real desire to bring change to their struggling race and it's communities, but only to continue to exploit their minority status.

Sotomayor "a reverse racist" appointed by Obama, "the greatest living example of a reverse racist."

Once again, Rush is just standing up for what so many people see as a fact. He's not political correct, and cow-towing to the victimhood game of minorities, and being fair by calling them out where he sees wrongs on any side.

Latching onto LA Times op-ed, Limbaugh sings "Barack, The Magic Negro."

This one is so tired. Even they remind us that he sang this in RESPONSE to something a liberal op-ed writer wrote. Where's the racism?? What, Rush can't touch anything about race when responding to liberal race-mentioning?

"God does not have a birth certificate. Neither does Obama"; Obama "has yet to prove he's a citizen."

Precisely. Obama has yet to prove he's a citizen. (And even if he did… the racism??)

Limbaugh on Gates controversy: "Here you have a black president trying to destroy a white policeman."

We all know what Obama came out and said in his response to this laughable situation. Later, he did not apologize for it and only vaguely portrayed the whole thing as a misunderstanding between the two parties. Uh, no, this was about a racist and completely disorderly black man verbally assaulting a good cop who was white.

Limbaugh suggests Democrats, media believe "you can't criticize the little black man-child."

While maybe he didn't need to go there with "little black man-child", we all very much believe that the media indeed behaves this way, as do all our Democrat friends we all know and Dems everywhere. He was also using "man-child" because he sees Obama as coddled because of his mixed race, and he very much is.

"The government's been taking care of [young blacks] their whole lives."

They absolutely have, as they have been doing to many people. And look where that's gotten these people?

"The days of [minorities] not having any power are over, and they are angry."

Yep, he's right. They've come such a long way, and still, they act like little to nothing has changed. Total BS.

"[M]inorities never do anything for which they have to apologize."

It's a generalization, but it's indeed how a lot of people -- myself included -- genuinely see it, regarding the PC climate we're in, and how we coddle minorities and treat them specially, so they never feel the need to take responsibility for their situation at all.

Limbaugh invented "racial component" to Hackett's decision to withdraw from Ohio primary race.

Reading further, it appears Rush was mistaken about someone's race, and that's all this was. Non-issue, it appears to me.

Limbaugh suggested Colin Powell only supported Obama because of race.

Perfectly fine to be curious about this. We all wondered why Colin Powell jumped ship head-first, especially when it's an endorsement for what we all know has to be one of the biggest fraudulent presidential nominees in the history of this country.

Limbaugh: Gates is an "angry racist."

Gates IS an angry racist. How much more did that ranting idiot have to do to prove to the American people what he is?

Limbaugh called illegal immigrants an "invasive species."

They invade our country by, literally, the daily truckloads, and it hurts our country, and the left side of the political spectrum appear to not be concerned about this, but would prefer to welcome illegals in.

Limbaugh says Democrats' interest in Darfur is securing black "voting bloc."

We all know how the Democrats have no shame when it comes to exploiting and sucking up to blacks and minorities solely for vote gain.

Limbaugh says that if "feminazis" had remembered to oppose "affirmative action for black guys ... they wouldn't face the situation they face today."

Sure, a bold statement, but again, affirmative action is seen by many as a horribly wrong and counter-productive measure in this country, and one that's made things worse over the decades since the civil rights days.

Obama "wants us to have the same health care and plan that he had in Kenya" and "wants to be the black FDR."

He's essentially giving his commentary on how he's the next FDR, only he's black (uh-duh… oh, sorry, half black) and he's looking to bring down our economy so he can prop up bigger government and make people more dependent on the government to "fix things". Racist??

As for the remaining seven, it's a mixed bag of his opinions with some stereotyping thrown in, but all of them valid when you disengage from being political correct. And like Blonde points out, the guy -- an entertainment and political opinion personality -- has been on the radio every day for 20 years, and all we have are six..…. SIX..….. questionable/controversial statements, and none of them revealing him to be racist by nature, at all.

....... My pleasure.

Yep. "Rural" is code. ;-)

"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows."  --Boris Epshteyn

For example, consider the following exchange:

Man 1:  My wife is really angry at me.

Man 2:  Why's that?

Man 1:  She mistakenly claims I said, "Women should be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen."

Man 3: (Entering room as  "Women should be.." comment begins)  I can't believe you just said that!

Man 1:  But...but...

Man 3:  You are quite simply the most vile, sexist man ever!  (Storms out)

Man 1: Oh boy...

Context is critical to any comment's true meaning.  Otherwise, every "journalist" or commentator who has chimed in on what Rush "said" is guilty of racism.  See?  Isn't that silly?

Signed, Corny McPoo