Sharpton: Rush Limbaugh May Have to Attend FCC Hearings to Explain 'Racist' Remarks
Al Sharpton said Thursday he spoke to the Federal Communications Commission about holding public hearings next year that Rush Limbaugh would be forced to attend to explain so-called "racist" statements he's made on the air.
Chatting with MSNBC's Ed Schultz, Sharpton said he had a "very good meeting on Tuesday" with FCC officials and that "some of the commissioners" were interested enough in following up on his concerns that this could come to fruition in the coming months (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ED SCHULTZ, HOST: And finally tonight, Rush Limbaugh has a long history of using his radio platform to make racist comments. Today, Reverend Al Sharpton met with the Federal Communications Commission and asked them to take a stand on Limbaugh. Reverend Sharpton joins us tonight here on the Ed Show. How'd the meeting go, Reverend?
REV. AL SHARPTON: I had a very good meeting on Tuesday, and I think, Ed, that where we will go in the beginning of the year is the push for public hearings. We had a very fruitful meeting that they could not infringe upon free speech, but they can talk about standards, and can have open public hearings where radio owners and personalities, and certainly we would want Mr. Limbaugh to be one of them, would have to come in front of the FCC and answer direct questions on direct statements and how they may be offensive based on gender and race so that the FCC can then shape policy based on the results of those public hearings. So we're going to press the National Action Network to have those public hearings where the owners of these stations and people like Rush will have to explain in public before a public hearing of the FCC on exactly what the standards ought to be and explain their statements. Me, you, and everyone. I think that this kind of accountability would protect free speech but protect people from this kind of racism.
SCHULTZ: Is this what you wanted, Reverend?
SHARPTON: I wanted them to make an affirmative stand, but if we've got to go into the public hearings to see if they can do that, I think that that would be a very, very good thing for the American public to see these people have to do this.
SCHULTZ: Did you get a sense the FCC is serious about what you're saying to them?
SHARPTON: I think that some of the commissioners are, and all you need is some to have the entire commission to sit there and have to deal with this in public accountability. We're talking about public airwaves.
SCHULTZ: So this means that Limbaugh would have to step up or maybe one of his representatives or the people that carry his show and explain that it's okay to say racist things on the air.
SHARPTON: And explain why some of these statements are not racist, which I would, I would love to see them have to explain that.
SCHULTZ: It's going to be an interesting year. Reverend, good to have you with us tonight.
SHARPTON: Thank you.
SCHULTZ: Thanks so much.
As NewsBusters readers are well aware, Schultz and Sharpton have been on this crusade against Limbaugh for quite some time despite both of them consistently misinterpreting satire for racism.
Let's hope the folks at the FCC have a better understanding of what is and isn't racist than Al and Ed.
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Let me get this straight
Submitted by KC Mulville on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 9:40pm.
They want to have people come and ... explain themselves ... to the FCC.
What could go wrong?
I cannot imagine anything
Submitted by Average_JoeMN on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 9:41pm.
I cannot imagine anything more Nazi than the gov't calling in an American to explain their political speech. "Tolerant" liberals should start measuring for their brown shirt uniforms. Maybe they can get a group rate.
I could not agree with you
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 9:53pm.
I could not agree with you more. While it is true that Rush excessively fixates on Obama's race, his statements are not inherently racist. And hauling him before the FCC or any body of examiners to be grilled about the nature of his radio commentary is McCarthyism redux. You have nothing to gain and much to lose by peddling this silliness, Reverend.
Jer
I listen to Limbaugh quite
Submitted by Smartypants on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:12pm.
I listen to Limbaugh quite often and I have yet to hear him fixate on Obama's race, not really at all let alone "excessively". Most of Limbaugh's statements on race are usually in response to some left wing demonstration of sorts, just like the one referenced in this post by Sharpton. Obama's supporters are more fixated on race than his critics; this is exactly what Limbaugh is lampooning on the air. Virtually every time I've heard Limbaugh mention race on his show, it is in response to the left's obsession with it. LIberals like to keep score based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. True conservatives are not enamored with this in the least. The fact Limbaugh does not care about race is exactly why his critics accuse him of being a racist.
Mr. pants...please!
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:17pm.
In my best McEnroe: "You cannot be serious." Rush even turned the Somali pirate episode into a racially-themed morality play about Obama. Haitian earhquake relief was another instance where he associated Obama and race. Rush has referred to Obama as "that boy"..."that angry black man". There are dozens of examples.
Limbaugh may use different pretexts to raise the issue...including his little baiting the media gimmick. But his fixation is undeniable.
Jer
Perhaps "that angry black
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:22pm.
Perhaps "that angry black man" is Rush parodying the liberal media's fondness for referring to "angry white men" voters?
It may very well be in many
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:34pm.
It may very well be in many cases. I'm well aware of Rush's frequent use of parody as part of his schtick. I don't believe it was in that particular instance, but, in any event, parody is only peripherally relevant to the issue of fixation.
And, again, the princpal issue here is Sharpton and the FCC--which is sheer lunacy.
Jer
I think Rush is a very clever
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:44pm.
I think Rush is a very clever and careful man. I think he loves to skate close to the edge to infuriate the people who hate him, but I think he is far too smart to ever let himself say anything that would give them traction. That said, I don't think he is a racist yahoo as some in what was formerly known as the left would have us believe. He is far too intelligent and sophisticated for that.
Limbaugh skates close enough
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:51pm.
Limbaugh skates close enough to the edge that it will persuade hyper-sensitive race hustlers like Sharpton to contact the FCC. It exposes Sharpton's buffoonery, but it's not necessarily clever of Rush either.
Jer
Holy shiite! Jer is about to lose his DNC magic decoder ring!
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:01pm.
ROFL - He just referred to Al as a "hyper-sensitive race hustler."
Made my night, that did. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I beg to disagree. Rush is
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:29pm.
I beg to disagree. Rush is clever enough to draw laughs while making only the hyper-sensitive - or, more accurately - those who feign "outrage" - complain to the FCC. They're the ones who end up looking like jerks. Don Imus was not clever for his jackassery - the "nappy -haired 'hos" comment. Now, that was plain ugly, stupid and unfunny. You might disagree, but I think there is a big difference.
Well, Jer
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:56am.
... when you're dealing with "sheer lunatics" you tend to get "sheer lunacy."
Go back and listen to Rush again. I can't ever remember him saying anything "original" that was even close to being as racist as the crap he repeats from fools like:
Biden (clean and articulate)
Carville (drag a dolla thru a trailer pak)
The LA Times (the magic Negro)
Rev Jesse jackson (cut his nuts off)
Obama (my white grandmother afraid of blacks)
Hell, Rush doesn't need to make up stuff. He has a wealth of jewels thrown out by the left wing lunatics for him!
By the way, da Rev be betta off learning to say "this, that, these, and those" instead of "dis, dat, dees, and doze," yo? Go back and listen to da tape of de 'xample Br'er Al be settin fo da nex genetration, you know whut I'm saying?
Newsbubba
Submitted by sentry_99 on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 8:01am.
Very nice work on that last paragraph. This is an old posting but if they are still hiring, here is a job for you.
Angry black man is racist?
Submitted by ckc1227 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:15am.
Well, no wonder you feel Rush skates close to the edge....you're insane.
Hmm, let's see, genius...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:36pm.
1. I specifically said Rush's statements are not "racist", and 2. regarding Rush
"skating close to the edge", I simply repeated the phrase that someone else had posted and to whom I responded.
No wonder you make ridiculous, irrelevant comments...you can't read.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 7:52am.
1. What you specifically wrote was 'While it is true that Rush excessively fixates on Obama's race, his statements are not inherently racist." That's different than saying "Rush's statements are not racist."
2. You didn't simply repeat the phrase; you agreed with it and amplified on it: "Limbaugh skates close enough to the edge that it will persuade hyper-sensitive race hustlers like Sharpton to contact the FCC."
I know you're a stickler for detail, so I thought I'd help out a little.
Thanks for your assistance, 26CX.
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 1:12pm.
Thanks for your assistance, 26CX. I'm not sure if you're simply being facetious, but I'll address the points anyway.
1. Maybe. 'Rush and racism' has been a topic at NB many times in the past--mostly before your arrival here. My position has always been that while I do believe that Rush has made certain statements over the years which could be considered racially insensitive, I do not consider any statements I have ever read that he said or heard him say to be racist, nor do I believe him personally to be a racist. If you see a significant difference in the phrase I used on this thread--"not inherently racist"--that's fine, but I don't. However, I'll glady drop "inherently" if it will make you happy.
2. Yes...my words are right there for everyone to read for themselves. The poster, ckc, strongly implied I was the source of the statement. Obviously, I was not. That was the issue.
I am only a stickler for detail when it is important in understanding the context and meaning of words and assertions. That seems to me to be a good policy.
Jer
Thanks for your response, Jer.
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:37pm.
I am intrigued by your statement "'Rush and racism' has been a topic at NB many times in the past--mostly before your arrival here."
Do you know when I started reading NewsBusters? Are you assuming that I wouldn't have been reading Newsbusters until I registered? Are you suggesting that I am a novice when it comes to the topic, or are you being condescending about the amount of time I've been a registered user? If it's the latter, that would be the second time you've commented on that and it doesn't become you at all.
IMHO, of course, but if you are going to maintain that Limbaugh's comments aren't racist, then just say it. The phrase "inherently racist" gives a reasonable reader the impression that you are equivocating rather than making a definitive statement.
And just out of curiousity, when do you feel detail is not important in understanding the context and meaning of words and assertions?
Why the heck are you so
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 12:39am.
Why the heck are you so worked up over this, CX? That's what intrigues me.
By "arrival", I was referring roughly to the time since you arrived on the threads and began posting.
How long have you been a regular viewer/reader at this website? If it's been since the time I began posting 3 1/2 years ago, then you should be aware that I have posted on several occasions that Rush's comments aren't racist. Unequivocally. Can I make myself more clear? How about....
RUSH LIMBAUGH'S COMMENTS AREN'T RACIST!!!! Is that acceptable?
Geez....
You are also engaging in the most nit-picking word parsing I've ever encountered here other than Beukeboom's freakout over the letter "s". And, if you find that condescending, I'm sorry. But your entire post is not only condescending toward me, but it's a waste of my time and yours.
Jer
Thanks for the response, Jer.
Submitted by 26CX on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 11:37am.
Why do you think I'm worked up over this? Am I the one posting sentences in all caps and using bold font? Are you projecting?
Nope, I don't think that accusing me of "the most nit-picking word parsing" you've ever encountered with the exception of one other person is condescending. I think that's just you being angry. You know very well that there's a difference between saying someone's statements are "not racist" and "not inherently racist". The latter leaves "wiggle room" to go either way.
But you've cleared that up with your unequivocal, all caps and bold font, 4 exclamation point statement, and I am satisfied that you have made your position on Limbaugh's statements absolutely unambiguous.
And finally, your last sentence was a hoot! You could have saved some time by just writing "Nuh-uh! I'm not condescending! YOU are!"
I hope the rest of your weekend goes well.
Rush fixates on race, lol?
Submitted by ckc1227 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:12am.
"While it is true that Rush excessively fixates on Obama's race."
The msm says hi, lol.
Then by all means let's bring
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 9:44pm.
Then by all means let's bring in Rap artists so they can explain why they use racial epitaphs in ther "songs".
Please!
Submitted by jaywl on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 9:50pm.
Please, Please! I would love to have Rush testify. He would have so much fun and we could watch him toy with the bastards that brought him to the hearings. Even the action surrounding the thought that they could "force" him to appear would be fun. I can see him playing with his options for days during his broadcast. I would think, however, that after the flamboyant one left the room, an aide whispered in the chairmen's ear "Boss, you oughta think this one through."
Ditto!
Submitted by Poovey on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:36pm.
It would be thier worst nightmare.
jayWL
Submitted by Uncle Don on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:54am.
you are so right....Rush would eat them alive. as Rush would say "Bring it on"....
Bring it on.
Submitted by Dingbat on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:57am.
What a Christmas present that would be for Rush. If his rating could go any higher, they would explode with this. Bet Bo Snerdley would be sitting with him to speak on the subject as a man with slave blood and as the Official Obama Criticizer.
Rush at FCC
Submitted by trahantg on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:54am.
Rush would rip them a new one !!!
Rush vs. FCC is how that
Submitted by bassndude on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:57am.
Rush vs. FCC is how that should be billed on pay per view.
The morons at the FCC would be shreaded and Sharpton would be reduced to a quivering bowl of jelly....
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
Rush will....
Submitted by Timothy H on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:02pm.
be a 37-1 favorite with the odds-makers in Vegas, to be sure.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -Albert Einstein
And for blonde:Some days it just doesn't pay to chew through the restraint. -Timothy H
Even better!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:58am.
Rush could double his listening audience! These hearings would be the best comedy show to ever hit D.C.
I know for a fact that Rush
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 9:59pm.
I know for a fact that Rush has never dropped the N-Bomb on the air. I don't think he has ever used other terms either like jiggaboo, porch monkey, etc etc. All Rush has ever done is legitimately question whether the Democratic party is really helpful to black American's. All Rush has ever done is question whether playing the "victim" is really getting people in the black community anywhere. Rush has also made fun of certain people in the black community that said stupid statements. For example, "Barack the magic negro..." That was a stupid song that was intended to put Obama on a pedestal. Rush joked about it.
Are we not free to criticize anymore? Because if that is true, we are in trouble.
That Al Sharpton
Submitted by nadajiii on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:44pm.
I gotta tell ya, ol' Sharpton is gonna do his best to grab more glory for himself, eh? Mr. race baiter extraordinaire...what a piece of work...
I think if Rush was called to testify, he'd be respectful, incisive and articulate when deflecting whatever bovine scat gets flung his way...
Sharpton no prophet
Submitted by Wawaashkeshi on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 9:59pm.
Sharpton represents the flatulence of robust freedom. He's foul, he reeks of fecal partisanship, and his creep factor is off the charts - but we must tolerate him. Of course, when he targets legitimate free speech by others, his hypocrisy must be quickly slapped down his forever-gaping gullet.
Poor Al Sharpton...
Submitted by Winghunter on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:02pm.
...a racial extortionists job is never done. Enabling, bigotry and instilling hatred in an entire race is tough work and he should be rightly shown our full appreciation of all that he has given America.
Talk about a piece of crap calling the kettle black
Submitted by williamhenley on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:05pm.
Sharpton and a few others (Jackson, most of the congressional black caucus) should have the sh*t washed off of them. But then, if that happened, there wouldn't be anything left but empty suits.
Perhaps ally
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:45pm.
can get Jesse to round up some peeps from hymietown for poor little abused al to beat on.
These race hustlers, like
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:09pm.
These race hustlers, like Sharpton with the help of political jokers like Schultz have finally crossed the point of diminishing returns. From over-misuse, they have made the serious charge of "racism" into a yawning offense. No one, but themselves and a few skittish CEOs really take charges like these seriously anymore. I don't think even they take the charge seriously, from the way they toss the charge about so casually. They've killed the crime.
I just wonder if the
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:08pm.
I just wonder if the mainstream media is ever going to stop bending over backwards for Sharpton and Jackson. Anything these guys do makes the news on every network (including FOX). It is truly ridiculous how the media give these attention whores so much attention. That is irresponsible to say the least.
I could argue that Fox has
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:14pm.
I could argue that Fox has them on to let them demonstrate to people just how clownish they have become, but maybe they don't. I don't know. I do know that , through their antics,Sharpton and Jackson have done real damage to whatever is now the cause of African Americans.
If you know anything about
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:20am.
If you know anything about Roger Ailes, you would know that it was always just a cynical ploy to portray race-hustling clowns like Sharpton as the 'face' of the Democratic party and simultaneously allow him to thump his chest about being fair and balanced.
Jer
Roger Ailes can't do
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:55am.
Roger Ailes can't do anything. Sharpton, with the defacto acquiescence of others in the black civil rights community, has made himself the "face" of all issues racial. He goes on these shows and makes an ass out himself without any help from Ailes. I have never heard a Fox Host or reporter refer to Sharpton as a leader or face of the Democrat Party.
Well...
Submitted by Servo1969 on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:19pm.
I think the MSM ceased bending over backwards long ago and now simply bend over.
It's MSNBC's new motto!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 11:01am.
LEAN FORWARD.
BOHICA
Submitted by BuffNBone on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:34am.
Til you put it in this context, I hadn't realized Lean Forward is code BOHICA.
brownshirts indeed
Submitted by michiganruth on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:10pm.
the whole "magic Negro" thing is actually a meme that Spike Lee talked about LONG before Rush ever did. Dave Chappelle satirized it in "Undercover Brother" talking about "the old black man who teaches the white villagers everything they know about shrimp fishin'"...Morgan Freeman plays a Magic Negro in almost every movie he does.
but blaming Rush is way more satisfying than actually looking into it. I have several black friends who have assured me that Rush made those racist comments about the NFL that he never made, and they will NOT believe me when I tell them that whole story was false.
as for who should be examing whom for racism, well, Al "Tawana" Sharpton is the second-to-last person* who should be doing that!
*Eric Holder is the first
Bloody morons scream freedom
Submitted by Darasen on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:11pm.
Bloody morons scream freedom of speech for anti-Christian "art" displays or leaking classified U.S documents. But, offend the left and they are all for limiting speech.
Exactly.
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 1:04am.
Old racist Al wants it both ways:
I think that this kind of accountability would protect free speech but protect people from this kind of racism.
How do you protect free speech while censoring it? Because "free speech" and "censorship" are mutally exclusive!!
That's the most absurd thing to come out of the idiot's mouth in a while.
It's all about agenda, agenda, agenda. IOW, free speech for me (liberals), but not for thee (conservatives).
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Wrong categorization.
Submitted by ELCore on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:13pm.
Limbaugh doesn't make any racist remarks. He does make intelligent remarks in witty and imaginative ways, which, quite frankly and quite literally, Sharpton and Schultz are simply too dumb to understand.
Here We Go Again...
Submitted by Maestroh on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:14pm.
I'm curious - why if Rush is such a big, bad racist and says all kind of vicious, hateful things about blacks....why don't they have any EVIDENCE of this? The guy is on the radio 3 hours per day, 5 days a week....let's cut it back a bit and say 45 weeks per year. That's 675 hours times 21 years (plus)....which means they have 14,175 hours of things they can cull evidence from. (Not to mention his TV show that was on 5 nights a week for 3 years or so back in the mid-1990s.
I saw Rachel Madcow recite the allegation sheet as well. She recanted the next night and then turned around and gave a list of "racist" things he said. Not one of them even qualifies.
How in the world if a guy is such a racist can they not produce even ONE quote that comes anywhere close to proving the case?
What?
Submitted by Servo1969 on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:14pm.
Wait, is Rush Limbaugh "licensed" by the FCC?
Does he have to answer to them?
Did he break a law?
Rush has been in radio long
Submitted by INRadioGuy on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:55pm.
Rush has been in radio long enough, I'm sure he has a "license." Back when he started, you could not be an on air announcer without one and an employyee regularly on air without one could jepordize the STATION license. When I got started in the early-90s, we were still required to apply and pay the $50 fee. HOWEVER, at a point within the past 15-20 years that requirement was tossed out and you don't have to go through that process to be on air.
So, yes, Rush has a "license" but in the current world of broadcasting it holds about as much weight as Sharpton's credibility.
Bring it on!
Submitted by Superman on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:19pm.
Rush would tear that place up. Hey Al, be careful what you wish for.
Yes!
Submitted by Servo1969 on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:21pm.
Darn right! Give Rush several hours of free time on CSPAN. Let's see how that works out for them!
One can only remember...
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:49pm.
The appearance of Lt. Col. Oliver North... He handed those bastards their asses on a stick... Rush would do the same...
Bring it on...
I wonder how many times Rush could buy "Reverend" Sharpton...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:30pm.
...lock, stock, and barrel, before it would start to actually change the numbers in his bank account.
And just where the Hell does this professional race-hustling fraud of a dem plantation slave-master of a pimp get off trying to use the police powers of the federal government to force a private American citizen to explain their remarks?
Rush Limbaugh is about as racist as I am, which is not in even in the very least.
Al Sharpton, however, is demonstrable a low-life, racist P.O.S.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Rush can't be compelled to talk to the FCC.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:30pm.
Rush isn't licensed. Is not required to be.
It's odd. Sharpton said all last week that he was meeting with the FCC last week. He had the meeting this week on Tuesday. Why is that? Did he do an "Oops" last week when he realized he was really digging a hole for himself, bragging to Shultz that he was going to do this and that with the FCC and realizing he did not have a meeting scheduled ,beg someone frorm the FCC to see him this week?
I hope when this shakes out Rush can sue Sharpton out of operation.
Anyone in the MSM who gives this man any credibility is as disgusting as Sharpton is.
Oh I'm sure
Submitted by dirtydan64 on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:37pm.
Rush is salivating at the opportunity to go before the FCC Commission, with Mark Levin at his side of course his Attourney and Levin along would tear that Commission to pieces intact Rush wouldn't have to say much of anything while he sat there listening to his counsel Levin tell rush say nothing I'll handle this, LOL !!!!! I just hope it's televisded whenever it happens cause that's one show I don't want to miss !!!Bo Snerdley would also be
Submitted by Dingbat on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:58am.
Bo Snerdley would also be sitting there
Popcorn ready!
Submitted by ginger on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:51am.
Rush will have them eating out of his hand before it is all over. These yahoo's don't listen to him on the radio, and don't have a clue what they will be up against. This sends a tingle up my leg!
Popcorn and soda, anyone?
Couldn't Agree More
Submitted by packman on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:07am.
Much of the criticism of Rush comes from those who have never actually listened to his show. What strikes so much fear in the heart of these libtards is that Rush deals in truth, a commodity sadly missing from most liberal brainthink.
So yeah...a match of wits between Sharpton and Limbaugh? I want front row seats...and er..uh...could you pass that popcorn? That would be a match worth watching!
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
I'm not sure that is what Racism means?
Submitted by Cae on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:41pm.
When Tawana's advisor apologizes for his racist past we will slap Rush's wrist for getting everybody all wound up.
He is a RACIST!!!
Submitted by HogTideRebelCats on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:46pm.
He is a RACIST!!!
Listen to everything he ever says. It is so obvious!!!
We are talking about Al right?
Who the he11 is Sharpton to
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:56pm.
Who the he11 is Sharpton to go to the FCC and make demands about Rush? I'd like to have a meeting with them to go discuss the B.S. on Schultz's show and how it offends me when he supports class warfare and killing unborn babies.
I doubt the FCC will take the meeting.
Rush would sit there and light up.
Submitted by Texndoc on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:59pm.
Did you hear his recent show about the phony battery powered cigarette that lights up and blows water vapor? Rush likes pulling it out in hotels and restaurants when he knows there's people to be irritated by it. And after he explains what it is and that it is completely odorless and just harmless water vapor, and they STILL are upset, Rush goes crazy with delight, and smokes another pack. Ha!
Schultz and Sharpton want to waste taxpayer money...
Submitted by Phryj1 on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:01pm.
...on government hearings and making Rush testify when he already makes full transcripts of his shows available for free. Even though it's readily apparent that Rush's statements are all satirical, and simply reading the transcripts shows that to be true. But Sharpton isn't going to be happy until he makes the FCC blow through a few milion dollars as part of his insane crusade to silence the most outspoken and popular conservative voice. Can Sharpton be de-frocked or something so nobody is allowed to call him "Reverend Al Sharpton" anymore? Seriously, his behavior is shameful, self-serving, and completely inappropriate for a clergyman. As for Schutz, well, leave him on the air. We're better than he is, so we won't try to silence him. We'll let his abysmal ratings do that for us.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
Sharpton is the racist
Submitted by Rousse on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:06pm.
The only way Sharpton can stay in front of the cameras is to attack Rush Limbaugh and accuse him of wrong-doing. No one is more racist that Sharpton---he thinks America's Black citizens aren't smart enough to think for themselves.
In other words they sent Al
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:06pm.
In other words they sent Al packing after basically laughing in his face while at the same time asking him ' What the f@ck " is your problem with white folks......really?
Barack_Must_Go.....
Racial arsonist
Submitted by dmann on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:10pm.
Take a long hard look in the mirror you charlatan!
Sharpton will blame
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:26pm.
Sharpton will blame Republicans when he fails to see Rush compelled to appear. But I can see Rush begging for it, so long as it is a public hearing and not one behind closed doors.
Al jumped the shark farther than Fonzi on this one.
Con Al did not meet with the FCC...
Submitted by bfrank on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:30pm.
It is another charade and con like the 'Tawana' fiasco. Al's radio show is 'non-existent' on the airwaves that the FCC could care less. Rush's show contributes more to American economy than MSNBC, CNN, NPR and BET combined.
Two Jerks in a Pod
Submitted by grammajane on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:44pm.
Watching sharpten and schultz rag about Rush is a riot. If they are not bashing Rush or Conservative Women, they have zero to blab about. Have listened to Rush for 23 years and he has never made a radist remark and only repeats what others have said in a very humerous way. Maybe the FCC should shut Fatso down about him saying he would vote 100 times in Mass. and also that he would love to rip Cheny;s heart out and step on it. These two blow-hards are so jealous of Rush and his fame and fortune when all they have is each-other trying to sound important. Either has a clue as to what life is all about.
We're inching closer and
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:56pm.
We're inching closer and closer to, how shall I put this, "civil unrest" in this country aren't we?
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Rusty, we aren't inching toward it....
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:04am.
...we are sprinting towards it.
-At not a little of a merry clip, I might add.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Rusty---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:21am.
We are being slighted, defamed, insulted, pushed, forced, & ram-rodded towards a destiny that was fore-ordained once liberals took power and started a stampede towards socialism with a political victory that they mistakenly interpreted as a mandate.
The politicos in Washington, D.C., show themselves to be more foolish by the day.
The only ones who do not fit the foolish label are the professional political elite who despise and ignore the wishes of the proletariat when not involved in actively laughing at the idiots who elected them.
The latter group is by far the more dangerous.
The monstrous chasm between the electorate and the elected is more than doubled, because not only do the politically placed tend to look down their noses at the hoi-polloi, they truly do see themselves as royalty, as well.
I see no possible end to this sad state of affairs between the political haves and the ones who are forced to pay the taxes that support their spendthrift ways, except for what you politely, but prophetically termed, civil unrest.
MD
Sgt Schultz
Submitted by racer148 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:14am.
Has anyone, because I don't, ever listen to the hate speech Big Fat Ed does on his radio show? He's like Rhodes and her big racist mouth.
Schultz and Sharpton = 2 Asses
Submitted by ckc1227 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:21am.
Schultz and Sharpton = 2 asses that should be pulling a plow in someone's field.
Al "so stupid he is
Submitted by jdhawk on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:36am.
Al "so stupid he is dangerous" Sharpnot is more full of sh*t then the Christmas goose.
"Classic" Al is when he tried to run for president. He was so inane during the debates I think it was all the announcer and the other candidates could do to not burst out laughing at him.
Unfortunatley, it isn't a crime to be stupid. So, no FCC hearing for Al . . .
I've got popcorn for this
Submitted by Saint Zero on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:56am.
I've got popcorn for this one!
If ANYone needs to be called
Submitted by Rowane on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 1:04am.
If ANYone needs to be called out over racist remarks, its Sharpton.
You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything. (Aaron Tippin)
Smoke screen
Submitted by AGreer on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:15am.
This is a smoke screen for "Net-Neutrality" FCC vote. I bet this gets pushed past the Holidays until 1/11 or 2/11 and then gets dropped because they KNOW that Rush would blast them. It just manipulates the libtards into the 'racist mode' after they vote to SCREW the internet in a few days.
Has anyone else noticed that since they haven't been able to get us TEA folk to revolt so they can declare Martial Law, that they've been re-doubling (and then some) their racial and class warfare promotion ? It seems like they're trying extra hard to get the libtards and morons (sorry...same,same) to revolt instead, since they couldn't bait us.
"Rev." Al fun facts (Wikipedia):
Became a "Minister" as a 9 or 10 y.o. (child prodigy....yep, sure)
Has 'roots' (pun intended) with Strom "String that 'BOY' up" Thurmond. (Knows how to keep 'those darkies' in line)
Won't cry racism for Wesley Snipes for calling 'no taxation without representation' (The "Rev" owes the IRS a couple of bucks).
Is a racist a$$wipe (Me).
I am sure that panel of FCC
Submitted by ConservativeRex on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:00am.
I am sure that panel of FCC folks LTAO when ol' Sharton left the room. Al doesn't get me steamed. He's not worth the effort to me or Rush for that matter. Rush only points him out as the symbol for derision that he is. I honestly don't know one person who takes Sharpton seriously.
He's is just the loudest rooster crowing at the moment.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
"some of the commissioners"
Submitted by OxyCon on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:08am.
Gee...I wonder if race baiter Jim Clyburn's daughter Filet Mignon is one of these "some of the commissioners" Sharpton speaks of.
Ed Schultz is a Racist Thug that the FCC should take off.
Submitted by Avitar on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:41am.
Al Sharpton is a very odd racist in that he like many does not promote the betterment of the best of blacks in the United States like Clearance Thomas but does promote incompetent twits. This hurts Sharpton’s race.
Ed Schultz on the other hand follows the typical Democrat Racist strategy and promotes step and fetch it blacks who are not a threat to supplant the white Democrats in leadership positions.
Really? I think that would
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:51am.
Really? I think that would come as quite a shock to the hundreds of white Democratic political leaders who have been supplanted by black Democratic political leaders in Congress and across the country over the past few decades.
That "Democrat Racist strategy" sure did backfire on them. Or maybe that "strategy" is just a figment of your imagination.
Jer
Regardless of what the strategy might or might not be---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:49am.
I have not noticed an exceptionally large plurality of brainy individuals speaking out for the Dem platform, regardless of the color of their skin.
MD
Think about it Jer.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 11:10am.
White plantation owners always have more blacks than whites (their voter base) around. They even "promote" a few to overseer (give'em a driver) to give them the illusion of power. The white boys are still pulling the strings, even in Obama's case. He can't smoke a cig without Soros giving him permission.
Things NEVER change. They just get better at it. It's been true since the beginning of the world.
If the liberal white boys had absolute and complete control guaranteed tomorrow, a lot of blacks would be in for a huge surprise, brother.
Sharpton is one of the
Submitted by Richard B. on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 6:07am.
Sharpton is one of the biggest race baiters in the nation. The left will do anything to shut conservative radio off. Freaking communists is what they are.
I can almost hear the FCC's
Submitted by ant on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:31am.
I can almost hear the FCC's questions now; "Were you dancing naked in the woods?", " Have you ever cavorted with the devil?". Then it's off to the river to see if he floats.
Sharpton, still waiting for your apologize ......
Submitted by obamaotp on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:10am.
Al baby, still waiting for your apologize to the Duke lacrosse players, until then, STFU!
Televised Hilarity
Submitted by telecaster on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:19am.
This is rich coming from Sharpton. He's been in the race baiting, fraud game for years and has never had to explain his sorry self to anyone. I mean look at the guy....just another carnival barker in the big wide wacky world that is liberalism. Put him together with mental midget Shultz and instant credibility right? Riiiiiiiiiight.
Did he really say....
Submitted by Uncle Don on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:51am.
"I'd like to see them Do Dat"????
Sharpton and Leftists:
Submitted by BigAlSouth on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:02am.
Free speech for me, but not for thee.
Sharpton beware
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:08am.
Al Sharpton should be very concerned about his arrogance. I believe he is in a rather delicate legal position himself concerning the court ordered settlements in the infamous Tawana Brawley fraud he perpetrated. Did he comply with the law? Can he be considered a lawbreaker because his IRS tax filings for the past several years have been suspect? I think old Al better stop pointing too many fingers at others. Wasn't he is the guy caught on video doing a cocaine deal? Sharpton is a fraud and worse. But if you want to dance Al let's start the music.
Sharpton
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:49am.
Has Sharpton ever had a real job? How is it he gets to parade around without working for a living? Where does his money come from? What a load.
Let's flip it...
Submitted by Wawaashkeshi on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 11:09am.
It's my sense of things that if Sharpton keeps up his hypocritical meddling, HE may become the target of an investigation for extortion. He's pulling too many strings for all of them to be legal.
Can anyone say...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 11:11am.
... Tawana Brawley?
Here's the Honorable Rev's true self:
Submitted by desertphreak on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:25pm.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/honest-officer-those-drugs-hidden-my...
Scroll down to the Morton Downey Video from the Dec 16th post.
Fund raising gimmick
Submitted by Model850 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:28pm.
IMO this likely is little more than Al ginning up support and, he hopes, contributions for the National Action Network.
On the other hand, instead of Rush in front of the FCC I'd like to see a live, televised debate between Rush and Al. Let Al pick the topic(s) if he wants. I'd even buy a $49.95 PPV of something like that!
...That boy...
Submitted by fed3rd on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:16pm.
Put up or shut up. When did Rush say ....That boy...? And if so was it a quote of some lib.? Give us date and time if you can. I'm Black (NOT African-American, no thanks Jessie) and i have not heard rush say anything racist, unless it wwas a lib quote.
FEDIII
Are you addressing me, fed3rd?
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:55pm.
My recollection is that at least one occasion was when Rush was reading a college senior thesis that Obama had purportedly written--which turned out to be an internet hoax that Limbaugh initially and eagerly bought in to--and, while excoriating Obama over its content, sneeringly referred to him as "this boy" or "this little boy".
I'll see if I can track it down for you.
Jer
Rush Limbaugh is a low down dirty rotten smelly trud.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 8:56am.
And I will never listen to him again based upon the college thes... Wait. Wait a tick. What is this?
Later in the same program, when Limbaugh learned the report was a hoax, he corrected the record, alerting listeners that the quotes from the thesis had been fabricated.
So if I was listening that day, he would have corrected the record in the very same program. Hmmmm.
Hmmmmm. Wait. There's more. From the actual transcript of that day while his researchers were scouring the internet to find out if it was true, he said this.
So we have to hold out the possibility that this is not accurate. However, I have had this happen to me recently. I have had quotes attributed to me that were made up, and when it was pointed out to the media that the quotes were made up, they said, "It doesn't matter! We know Limbaugh thinks it anyway." Sort of like Dan Rather said, "I don't care if these documents are forged. I know that Bush did what he did at the National Guard. I don't care if the documents are forged." I don't care if the Limbaugh quotes are made up. So, I can say, "I don't care if these quotes are made up. I know Obama thinks it. You know why I know Obama thinks it? Because I've heard him say it." Not about the Constitution, but about the Supreme Court. Again, 2001, FM radio station interview in Chicago when he was a state senator in Illinois.
Now dang it, we know, from nwahs and others here that a lot of the racist remarks from Limbaugh floating on the internet are simply made up or taken out of context. A friggin' lot. More from the show ----
I'm also told that the blog containing the passage on Obama's thesis is a satire blog. So it's one of these sites like ScrappleFace or The Onion or some such thing. So I shout from the mountaintops: "It was satire!" But we know he thinks it. Good comedy, to be comedy, must contain an element of truth, and we know how he feels about distribution of wealth. He's mad at the courts for not going far enough on it. So we stand by the fabricated quote because we know Obama thinks it anyway. That's how it works in the media today.
Oh wait. Dang it. There is more. Rush got this whole thing from Michael Ledeen. A serious foreign policy guy that has written some pretty serious books. He got fooled by it and Rush picked it up from him. So it ain't like he just wandered in from the interboobs and started reading from some random blog.
Shoot. Come on. More? No. COME ON. Really? More? Why would Rush be able to be fooled by this? Surely we can go to Harvard or Columbia or whereever and get a copy of President Obama's thesis? Surely we can do that? Right? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. President Obama and the colleges he has attended REFUSE TO RELEASE ANY MATERIAL including grades, thesiseses, pictures, receipts, transcripts, telephone logs, scribbly notes, sticky notes, posters from dormrooms and used toilet scrungies.
Oh poo. I guess Rush ain't so bad after all. Looks like I will be tuning in on Monday.
Putting up, fed...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:13am.
Here is an audio of the incident I referred to. It is just one of several where Rush has referred to Obama as a "boy", "little boy", etc. To repeat, I'm not claiming Limbaugh is a racist.
Here's another:
Have I "put up" enough for you, or would you like some additional examples?
Jer
Love the Uncle Jer. Loves him to death.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:11am.
What are we gonna do? He's blood. Gotta love blood. No one else will. Because that strange Uncle always has some quirk that scares the neighborhood kids. Ok. So he eye pops out of his socket at random intervals. He can pop it right back in with zero damage for heavens sake.
And there is that other thing. He links to audio recordings that we have to spend precious moments of our day wading through to find the exact quote he mentions. Man, that drives the neighborhood kids and their dogs ba-friggin-na-friggin-nas. We try to tell Uncle Jer. Uncler Jer, We call him Uncler because it rymes with Jer, Uncler Jer, please, Rush puts out transcripts and if you link to them, all we have to do is hit the old Ctrl-F, type in the letters B and O and Y and hit return and BAZAMBOS there is the proof -
...and this little boy in college is writing about it with utter disdain, and he still shares those feelings.
Oh, and Uncler Jer, one more thing, we feelz to pop a vein when we see the link is to mediamatters. Man, we see someone, even a beloved Uncle, our very blood, linkin' to that stinkin' and we just wanna pop a friggin vein.
Love ya big guy, See's you at Christmas. Oh and please make sure Aunt Bethany don't wrap up the cat again like last year.
Russ: Dad.
Clark: Yeah.
Russ: This box is meowing.
[Clark takes the present, shakes it, and a cat wildly meows]
Clark: She wrapped up her damn cat.
Ellen: Well, take it out of the box.
Clark: Then we'll have a cat running around the house.
Russ: Why would someone put a cat in a box?
Ellen: She's old. She and Uncle Louis don't have much money, so she takes things from around the house and gives them away as presents.
Russ: Great! Can't wait to see what I got.
Eddie: [comes in with another of Aunt Bethany's gifts] This one here, it's leakin'. [Ellen touches the liquid coming out with her finger and Eddie lick it] It's lime!
Ellen: That would be her Jell-O mold.
In all fairness
Submitted by jdlybrand on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:28am.
What's worse. Boy or punk faggot.
http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/17/vintage-al-sharpton-footage-you-a-punk-faggot-now-come-on-and-do-something/
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
In fairness to Sharpton, the
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 1:20pm.
In fairness to Sharpton, the article notes that to their knowledge the Reverend hasn't used that term in years.
In fairness to me, I think my negative view of Sharpton has been made, and should be, well known by this point.
Jer
Uncle Jer. Uncle Jer. Uncle Jer.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:08pm.
I got a new Best of The Vet forum in the basement. Now I know it is a Best of The Vet forum, but please, can we get Uncle Jer's yearly Rush Limbauh and the Drive across Alabama in a Rented Dodge Dart. That is my favorite Uncle Jer story and I can never get enough of it.
Plus I am a little saddened you did not respond to me here. I opened up my heart. You can make up for it though if we get my favorite Uncle Jer story in my Best of The Vet forum.
"Alabama and the Dodge Dart" is a special family memory...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:17pm.
But I wasn't finished responding on this thread, Vet. My wife made me go to the kitchen and help with lunch. Right now I'm taking a quick break from slaving over a hot stove.
Jer
Stove? Do you do wine tastings at lunch, too?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:19pm.
Lunch = sandwich, if you're lucky.
Talk about elitists.
Okay...I exaggerated
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:22pm.
Okay...I exaggerated my contribution. But I did toast the bread.
Jer
Ok. You promised.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:44pm.
We need it. We need it bad. All the old comments have been deleted and we ain't heard it in soooooo long...
I don't believe the FCC has that power.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 6:39am.
I do not believe the FCC has the power to call hearings and compel testimony.
Yep. Pretty sure. The courts, like Congress, can compel the production of evidence and testimony through the use of a subpoena.
Only Congress and the courts can compel testimony.
racist
Submitted by dieselpop1 on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:48pm.
Everything the liberals don't like is racist. What else is new?