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RedditRush Limbaugh has obviously learned nothing from the outrage and anger unleashed by Don Imus' unfortunate "nappy headed ho's" remark. Never one to shy away from unfunny "humor", Limbaugh recently played a song parody on his radio show in which an Al Sharpton impersonator (played with stereotypical gusto) sings a song filled with idiotic assumptions about black people and dripping with ignorance called "Barack the Magic Negro".
Perhaps this kind of garbage (set to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon") is someone's cup of tea. Limbaugh does have millions of listeners and they do adore of much of what the man says. Whether he's lampooning former President Clinton's daughter or suggesting Michael J. Fox is exaggerating the effects of his Parkinson's disease. So I don't expect his listeners to desert him over this. What does surprise me is that Vice President Dick Cheney among other major conservatives is still a regular guest on Limbaugh's show and I don't anticipate the kind of repudiations that Don Imus received over his transgression from him or anyone else on the right with regards to Limbaugh.
It is true that Imus was chided because he was on a national cable news network and was perhaps less associated with being a provocateur than Limbaugh. But I still think Cheney and his ilk should refuse to appear on Limbaugh's show from now on. I wonder, will there be any outcry? Are people becoming so desensitized to this now that they just don't care about the inevitable phony apology and/or Al Sharpton protest. I'd like to see calls for Limbaugh's removal not just from the black community but from the supporters of the president and vice-president who are not racist, who don't find "jokes" like "Barack The Magic Negro" funny.
But this will never, ever happen. Limbaugh's entire career and success is based on being petty and juvenile, so one more stupid act will most likely change nothing. Personally, I'm just disheartened that so soon after the Imus controversy came and went the so-called shock jocks and right wing nuts went right back to business as usual, didn't blink an eye and continued to use racism to insult and humiliate.
You've got to be kidding us! Comparing calling collegiate black women as whores with calling a shooting star black pol a "Magic Negro"?
Oh, I get it! You must be the Entertainment Section writer for The Nation....consider my leg pulled!
Posted by Happy at 04/25/2007 @ 2:41pm
Adam,
For the love of the First Amendment STOP IT.
There is an off switch on the radio.
Imus is a talentless piece of crap and Limbaugh is drug addicted hack, but I'll defend their right to be offensive and or racist. I won't listen to them, but let's not make political incorrectness a defacto crime that needs to be punished with firing.
Posted by freedomplease at 04/25/2007 @ 2:41pm
Adam, if you don't like it, don't listen to it. Yes it does seem Rush learned nothing from the Imus incident, or at least he didn't learn to be cowed by the PC police. Thank God for that.
Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 04/25/2007 @ 3:04pm
Yes, there is an off switch on the radio, and many have used that switch. Still, it is appropriate to point out the bigotry of those celebrities who practice it; otherwise one would think bigotry is acceptable.
Perhaps the commercial sponsors of Mr. Limbaugh's show will be civic minded enough to cancel their advertisements that support the bigotry espoused on the Limbaugh Show.
Does anyone know who are the sponsors of the Limbaugh Show?
Posted by oraibi1952 at 04/25/2007 @ 3:04pm
If I did ORA, I wouldn't tell you. That would be my contribution to fighting suppression, as your next action , (I assume because of your question) would be to enhance it. Frankly I hope the sponsors are farsighted ballsy types who won't pull their adds, unlike the cowards in the Imus case.
Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 04/25/2007 @ 3:23pm
This topic was first written in the LA Times. Where is the criticism of the LA times? Why do you just criticize conservatives? steelhead
Posted by steelhead at 04/25/2007 @ 3:29pm
Limbaugh is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else. Far scarier are the people who don't know that they are idiots. Due to conservative bungling the political pendulum finally seems to be swinging to the left. This is sorely needed to weed out the corruption that this country has suffered thru since 1994. However, the new powers that be are being forced by voices on the left to be more concerned with knee jerk reactions to Don Imus and Rush Limbaugh. I hope the left wing of this country will refrain from burying us all in another dictatorial PC craze like they did in the early 90s. We cannot survive another right wing / independent backlash against the shrill, sanctimonious voices of the PC crowd. Not everyone shares your taste or opinions. GET OVER IT.
Posted by sdslaw at 04/25/2007 @ 3:30pm
Rush's Bit about the reverand Al and reverand Jesse is even funnier......
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 3:31pm
Posted by DAVEBARLETT 04/25/2007 @ 3:31pm
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Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 3:36pm
Mr Howard, really....
Aside from a few die-hard dittoheads, there's nobody who seems to care MORE about what Limbaugh says than the Left. The man's fading fast and I'm not sure a seemingly inevitable Democratic sweep in 2008 will save the lout.
Posted by Mask at 04/25/2007 @ 3:36pm
Rush is a junkie liar hate monger. Fuck him and all like him.
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 3:37pm
Who flies to the carribean to molest young women with a suitcase full of viagra.
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 3:38pm
Poor little limpdick.
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 3:38pm
Uh, you do know that it's a film term?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_negro
I eagerly await articles blasting teachers for using the term 'niggardly' next. Thanks, The Nation.
Posted by phargle at 04/25/2007 @ 3:38pm
Posted by PHARGLE 04/25/2007 @ 3:38pm
let's try some basic logic here:
Rush is a junkie asshole.
You are defending a junkie asshole.
That make you a...... junkie asshole advocate?
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 3:54pm
Mr Howard,
Rush is certainly a complete idiot, but it is hard to judge his song if you don't actually present any lyrics from the song. For all I can tell from your description the point of the song may have been to lampoon the Left's beliefs about race; perhaps there was irony involved. Instead of just calling the guy a racist, why not show it? That would be better for all of us.
Posted by BlueSpark at 04/25/2007 @ 3:59pm
Seems like Adam wants to come down hard on Rush, but seeing him flap his feathers of indignation, he almost looks comical.
Come on, Barack is a politican selling himself for president, so politically sliming him is part of the game. If Barack can play the race card to his advantage then the opposition can play it to his disadvantage.
Imus gave a gratuitious display of stupidity. The song on the Limbaugh show, for all its crassness, is a calculated political comment meant to excite the huff and puff of Adam Howard. But he ain't going to blow his house down.
Posted by markws at 04/25/2007 @ 4:08pm
Spike Lee spoke at Vanderbilt about the "magical negro" phenomenon six years ago. Here's the wikipedia entry on the term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_negro . I don't think it's racist for someone to accuse the democrats of doing with Obama what movie directors do with black actors in "magical" roles. I happen to think it's wrong, because Obama's got some serious talent as a politician, and if he were white, things wouldn't be much different. But still, it's not racist.
Posted by utcareful at 04/25/2007 @ 4:24pm
From a conservative/libertarian I find this type of panic article frightening and one reason why libs are dangerous to our Constitution..they want to kill off free speech that offends them and they want to make it fair? Bullshit.
Rush is entertainment that comes with an on and off switch...I suggest Adam use it and let ME DECIDE WHAT I WANT TO LISTEN TO OR WILL BE ABLE TO LISTEN..YOU(and idiots like FRANK) ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANYTHING RUSH COULD THINK UP..
He and everybody alive knows he gets the exact response you give him here...actually, I think his paradoys are funny and witty...inside all humor there will be found a certain grain of truth...he also uses paradoy PRECISELY to make a point...if you poll his audience I think the demographics would surprise you along with the education level, left and right listeners, as well as income levels. Personally I like him..but I don't listen to him very much as his air time is when most people re working...I would submit if he were available at a different hour or medium he would be even more successful than he is today.. I give him credit for one thing...he earns his own audience...he pays his way.
I find Hannady the most irrirtating, O'reilly bombastic and Michael Savage absolutely hilarious...
and no one offends me or my intelligence as much as ol' Jesse, Sharpton, Farakan, most of the leaders of the NAACP..
Posted by john maasch at 04/25/2007 @ 4:31pm
I just heard/saw the video. Dave is probably the only one who will agree with me, but the thing is a freakin scream! Anybody who takes issues in this country so seriously that they can't get at least a chuckle out of this needs therapy
Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 04/25/2007 @ 4:32pm
Would Obama get any attention if he were not "black"? (And how is he an "African American" if his mother is white? It reminds me of the old laws concerned miscegenation.) You don't get to have your cake and eat it to.
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 4:33pm
By the way, ZERO the impeachment issue with Clinton had nothing to do with boinking or not boinking Lewinsky: It had to do with his lying to a Grand Jury.
Couldn't care less what he was doing with 'ole Monica. If I had a refrigerator for a wife like Hillary I'd be screwin' around too. What I do care about is he's a liar when it counts, just like Bush
Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 04/25/2007 @ 4:37pm
By the way, ZERO the impeachment issue with Clinton had nothing to do with boinking or not boinking Lewinsky: It had to do with his lying to a Grand Jury.
Couldn't care less what he was doing with 'ole Monica. If I had a refrigerator for a wife like Hillary I'd be screwin' around too. What I do care about is he's a liar when it counts, just like Bush
Posted by CHIP THORNTON
How did Starr go from Whitewater to Monica? Why was he even asked about Monica? It was nothing more than a trap to snare him in because the right could find nothing else. He never should have been asked the question. (And, technically, a blowjob is not sex.)
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 4:39pm
Rush is also in a position to pick his sponsers..they come begging to him since he has such a builtt in audience...simpletons like Frank sitting by the radio taking notes on an entertainment show as if he is planning some sort of coup and looking for a opportunity to "knock" Rush off only emphasise Rush's point about the silliness and panic of the left.
If a sponsors of Rush are upset and pull out, there are 50 behind him wanting the spots, and beginbg to pay Rush for the opportunity..Rush is a very clever business man, he has saved AM radio from certain death and is not a racist or bigoted..in fact from what I have heard he is the opposite and he seems to encourage Americans to use their own talents to succeed and points out through paraody the folly of PC, govt and industry.
Posted by john maasch at 04/25/2007 @ 4:40pm
Posted by CHIP THORNTON
And you wonder why I have no respect for fools like you? Either you're actually stupid enough to believe that BS, or you understand all too well what was going on and yet you continue this charade about "perjury".
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 4:41pm
MT, if I live to be 150 I will never be able to convey to you how little I care if you respect me. Clinton was a buffoon, as was his elitist lacky Gore, and the best thing about Bush becoming President that year was he kept it from Gore. Bad as Bush has been, he put a stop to the Clinton/Gore reign, which hopefully will never return
Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 04/25/2007 @ 4:47pm
(And, technically, a blowjob is not sex.)
Posted by MTSPENCE05 04/25/2007 @ 4:39pm
So technically your wife/girlfriend could hoover some guy and you wouldn't consider it as bad as him poking her?!?!?
(BTW, opposed the Clinton impeachment...just thought this was a BIZARRE statement...hehe)
Posted by Mask at 04/25/2007 @ 4:49pm
Posted by CHIP THORNTON
So you're really not that stupid? You just engage in this bs, vagina charade that Clinton was impeached for "perjury"? What all you fools fail to comprehend is that the little act the right pulled with Clinton set a precedent. Next time it might be one of the right's buffoons that get gigged (not that Clinton was a lefty--he is a DLCer).
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 4:53pm
Ya got a few hours?
I think that Rush is a racist, and that this has been shown on a number of occasions. But I am interested in why this particular song is considered racist. The article makes no attempt to defend its assertion that it is. I don't know a lot about Rush, but it seems possible that the point of the song is to lampoon left-wing beliefs about race (we can agree that the Left's take on race isn't beyond criticism, right?). After all, the voice in the song is meant to be that of Al Sharpton, not of Rush, right?
Posted by BlueSpark at 04/25/2007 @ 4:54pm
Hey folks....this is the kind of attention that RUUUSSSHHHHH loves. The more disgusting he is, the higher his ratings. Maybe if we stop discussing him his ratings will drop. His followers just love him because he gets under our skin. Out of sight...out of mind.....Only fools pay attention to fools.
Posted by OneVote at 04/25/2007 @ 4:54pm
Posted by MASK
Is fellatio sex? No, it's not. The law is extremely language specific--it has to be. Sex means intercourse. When you're dealing with lawyers you know you have to be very careful with the words you employ; you can't leave any wiggle room.
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 4:56pm
Posted by BLUESPARK
Just like how is "nappy headed hos" racist?
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 4:57pm
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Posted by oraibi1952 at 04/25/2007 @ 5:00pm
By Anne Gearan Associated Press Writer Monday, Oct. 1, 2001; 10:48 a.m. EDT Well technically, some lawyers might be inclined to side with Mask on this one.
WASHINGTON –– The Supreme Court ordered former President Clinton disbarred from practicing law before the high court on Monday and gave him 40 days to contest the order.
The court did not explain its reasons, but Supreme Court disbarment often follows disbarment in lower courts.
In April, Clinton's Arkansas law license was suspended for five years and he paid a $25,000 fine. The original disbarment lawsuit was brought by a committee of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
There are no fines associated with the Supreme Court action. Most lawyers who are admitted to the Supreme Court bar never actually argue a case there, but the right to do so is considered an honor.
Clinton agreed to the Arkansas fine and suspension Jan. 19, the day before he left office, as part of an understanding with Independent Counsel Robert Ray to end the Monica Lewinsky investigation.
The agreement also satisfied the legal effort by the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct to disbar Clinton for giving misleading testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case.
The Supreme Court followed its standard rules in the Clinton case, which include suspending Clinton from practice in the court and giving him 40 day to show why he should not be permanently disbarred.
The court order did not mention any vote by the justices.
"Whenever a member of the bar of this court has been disbarred or suspended from practice of any court of record, or has engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the bar of this court, the court will enter an order suspending that member from practice before this court," Supreme Court rules say.
Julia Payne, a spokeswoman for Clinton, referred calls to his lawyer, David Kendall, in Washington. Kendall did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
© Copyright 2001 The Associated Press
Posted by OneVote at 04/25/2007 @ 5:01pm
Rush's Bit about the reverand Al and reverand Jesse is even funnier......
Posted by DAVEBARLETT 04/25/2007 @ 3:31pm | ignore this person | WARN
You not knowing how to spell or capitalize is funniest of all!
Posted by habiba at 04/25/2007 @ 5:02pm
Bad as Bush has been, he put a stop to the Clinton/Gore reign, which hopefully will never return
Posted by CHIP THORNTON
You have any kids over in Iraq, Chip? Had any family members killed over there?
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 5:16pm
" Do you see the pattern here. This is a man who is so insecure that he has to put down everyone else who is accomplished just to keep his dittoheads listening."
Yup...its called political humor...you seem to have a problem, tho.
Posted by john maasch at 04/25/2007 @ 5:22pm
"(And, technically, a blowjob is not sex.)
Posted by MTSPENCE05 04/25/2007 @ 4:39pm
So, when your wife hoovers me or my buddys..you are cool with that? Or when Frank hoovers you, she would be OK with that , too?
Let her post here and some of us have some questions for her...
Posted by john maasch at 04/25/2007 @ 5:29pm
Yup...its called political humor...you seem to have a problem, tho.
Posted by JOHN MAASCH
Political humor for slow witted, insecure white males that are much to dim to recognize the fallacy of what's being said. I bet you yuck it up a lot while listening to the hypocrite addict, don't you, old lying bald coward?
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 5:30pm
By historical definition, one could certainly say that Mr. Obama is a "negro", and considering the attention the media gives him, and the adoration that has been lavished on him since the 2004 Democrat Convention, one could even say that he is "magical". I contend, however, that if he really were a "magic negro", he'd do us all a favor and just make Rush Limbaugh disappear.
Posted by craigcprod at 04/25/2007 @ 5:32pm
Let her post here and some of us have some questions for her...
Posted by JOHN MAASCH
I'm divorced, you moronic old lying bald coward. I'd like to ask your old lady how she likes screwing an old, bald, flabby schmuck like you, though. (Do you have to use Viagra or Cialis, old man?)
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 5:32pm
"magic negro", he'd do us all a favor and just make Rush Limbaugh disappear.
Posted by CRAIGCPROD 04/25/2007 @ 5:32pm
DOH! Wouldst that he couldst!
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 5:45pm
"I'm divorced,"
What a surprise.
Posted by john maasch at 04/25/2007 @ 5:49pm
Might have something to do with that "BJ isn't sex arguement? or your calm loving personality...
Posted by john maasch at 04/25/2007 @ 5:50pm
Sorry for the run on text. That was seperated into paragraphs in the original posting.
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 4:21pm | ignore this person
you figured this out. now?
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/25/2007 @ 5:53pm
So, when your wife hoovers me or my buddys..you are cool with that? Or when Frank hoovers you, she would be OK with that , to
Maasch, this is unbelievably disgusting of you, and lands you on my ignore list.
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/25/2007 @ 5:54pm
JR,
Sorry, but MT is a prick..apologys to all for my language...
Posted by john maasch at 04/25/2007 @ 5:58pm
Oh, don't be such a prude, Johannes.
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 5:59pm
That pathetic little attempt at a shot is nothing compared to the inane, ignorant garbage he usually posts. Talk about disgusting...
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 6:04pm
Don Imus should get a show on right wing radio, Imus always hated Bill Clinton, Imus said he endorsed Rudy Giuliani "because Giuliani is enough of a man to drop nuke Tehran".
Hey you racists, switch to another blog if you dont like it, FUCCK DON IMUS, THE RACIST. He can get a job with Fox News, or some right wing radio station. Fucck these racists, fucck racsits, fucck racists. Sure, they have free speech - so what - fuck them. Racists go to Hell. I am sorry if you are offended by my political correctness, Racists Go to Hell.
Posted by conshame at 04/25/2007 @ 6:09pm
I still don't understand how "nappy headed hos" is "racist"?
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/25/2007 @ 6:11pm
will Limbaugh do a flip-flop? Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 6:22pm
we will know by the seismic disturbance created.
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 6:23pm
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 6:36pm
Hey, maybe they'll shave his head and make him a Gitmo resident!
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 6:49pm
I believe that "Zero" made the most pertinent point when he said that it was silly that the mouth diarrea of a few idiots steals all the airtime while real crimes and events go unreported. Limbaugh is a hypocrite and a douchebag- Imus too- but, as others have stated, if you don't likle it don't listen. I am weary of the thought police (left and right) dictating what constitutes appropriate speech while the world burns. I am strongly socialist in many aspects of economy, but can't everyone let the market work this insignifiucant tripe out and focus on issues that have the potential to cause grievous PHYSICAL harm to wide swathes of the earth's populace?
Posted by entropy at 04/25/2007 @ 6:52pm
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 6:55pm
Well, if he's going to sponsor it he should indulge in it. Freaking junkie jerk that he is.
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 6:57pm
i'm a BIG fan of free speech and expression...but this really was objectionable.
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 6:58pm
I mean, I loathe these reactionaries as much as the next leftist, but i believe free speech should be as close to an absolute as possible, and think that a far greater problem is the structural bias of the media machine, as has been addressed by herman and chomsky as well as many others. The concept of acceptable discourse is far more damaging than the drunken meanderings of a few semi literate "pundits."
Posted by entropy at 04/25/2007 @ 6:59pm
verbal spewage...road map to the soul...
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 7:00pm
I don't think we'll see too many wingers enter debate on this thread. Limbaugh is a very hard guy to defend. The typical winger will disavow and time spent listening to Limbaugh but when they make their arguments here, their words are almost exactly those of Rush. They don't fool me.
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 6:51pm
I listen to Rush every time I get behind the wheel between the hours of 11 to 2 (CDT)! I love every bit of his "formerly nicotine-stained fingers" & "every inch of my glorious body" BS! And the more he gets under your skin, the more I love it! His taunting is sometimes overdone but his political insight is Grade A....he tries too hard--but, that's part of his `formula'!
Posted by Happy at 04/25/2007 @ 7:08pm
Posted by HAPPY 04/25/2007 @ 7:08pm
PT Barnum was right - there's one born every fucking minute.
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 7:10pm
Are you happy in your ignorance? Is that what makes you smile, your stupidity?
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 7:11pm
Frank, I was teasing you. evidently any paragraphs not created by doublespacing disappear when transmitted. I intuited that about a year and a half ago.
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/25/2007 @ 7:14pm
Hey racists, the Union won the civil war. Are you still pouting about that? We can do it again if we have to. The rule in this country is that you have the right to do anything you want to as long as you do not interfere with the rights of others. People have the right to not be discriminated against because of race, religion or national orgin. It's the law. Limbaugh is using the public airways to spew his discrimination and should be kicked out on his big fat butt.
Posted by mhhensel at 04/25/2007 @ 7:19pm
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 7:24pm
I found both statements quite fitting.
Posted by Dr Decibels at 04/25/2007 @ 7:27pm
I'm confused. Imus canned? Limbaugh, et. al, allowed to continue the same - or worse - trash? Why do the people who brought down Imus allow this to happen to Limbaugh?
Posted by Richard Owe at 04/25/2007 @ 7:45pm
Frank- I appreciate your heartfelt, and often spot on posts. I despise limbaugh, but as the cliche goes, i will defend to the death his right to turn my stomach. You misunderstand wahat i meant by acceptable discourse- perhaps i was too flippant. In the book manufacturing consent, herman and chomsky put forth a "propaganda model" to diagnose media behavior, and one of the aspects of their model is that there are acceptable and unacceptable lines of discourse. EX. It is acceptable to question the execution of the Iraq war in the MSM, but unacceptable to state that the motives were anything but good intentions gone awry.
Posted by entropy at 04/25/2007 @ 7:53pm
Also Frank- while i can appeal to no higher power, I give you my deepest wishes that your son and others return from this tragedy safely, and that the amount of Iraqi casualties is also as minimal as possible.
Posted by entropy at 04/25/2007 @ 7:56pm
WHY DO DEFENDERS OF NEOCONSERVATE IDIOCY ON THIS BOARD...
Always end up talking about Clinton's BJ? I'll tell you why. Because that's exactly the level on which their minds usually operate and exactly the level on which Rush Limbaugh's mind ALWAYS operates. Why I Am Not A Conservative.
Posted by w_m_bear at 04/25/2007 @ 8:08pm
That should be "neoconservative" idiocy, of course. It's been a long day. Still and all....
Posted by w_m_bear at 04/25/2007 @ 8:09pm
ERRATUM #2...
Did I actually write "Rush Limbaugh's mind"??!! It HAS been a long day!
Posted by w_m_bear at 04/25/2007 @ 8:12pm
Frankgrits....dude..you watch more Fox News and listen to more Rush Limbaugh than anyone I know. And you fume and hate the entire time.
Seek treatment, get a hobby, or buy a puppy. Life's too short, man. I agree with exactly .01253% of what you spout here, but for your own safety, and that of those around you, I don't want you anywhere near the kitchen knives.
Posted by Sliver at 04/25/2007 @ 9:10pm
mr limpburger still can't quite get it up, what he really needs is a magic negro since voodoo is the best choice to assist his slipping mental abilities. significant amounts of particular drugs do have physical as well as mental downsides. it seems that these are coming to the fore
Posted by jimharris at 04/25/2007 @ 9:40pm
Now in the eyes of Limbaugh and others, more than have the country is un-American and unpatriotic because they think their president is a fool for starting this war and is incompetent. He says that democrats, the majority party in the country is invested in the defeat of America. This kind of hate speech is meant to incite. Free speech allows him and others to get away with it but don't ever underestimate the damage that this man has done to the country
Posted by FRANKGRITS
GRITS,
You can sure dish it out, but you just can't take it from Rush, or apparently, from yours truly.
My post at the beginning of this tread really got the loony lefties riled up tonight, and all of my favorite looney lefties are posting now! But why the hell do you save your posts for future reference? Planning on writing a book someday of all your looney lefty blogs?
The one you regurgitated from a couple weeks ago really wasn't one of your better efforts, and the one above is certainly revealing...you seem to be advocating one of the most un-american things possible, that is censorship....
And, nothing could be more true than the fact the the democrats are invested in defeat in Iraq.....
And, when rush says some of the things you claim to be lies, he's not talking about all democrats, just people like you........
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 10:11pm
On some of these posts, I'm reminded of some lines from Aaron Sorkin's "American President"--
"America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours."
Posted by Mask at 04/25/2007 @ 10:14pm
UHHHHHHHH......Maddie, is there a point in there somewhere?
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 10:25pm
Gritty, So, what makes me a coward? I'm here, ain't I????
Bring it on.......
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 10:38pm
Radio censorin, cut and runnin, looney lefty you......
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 10:41pm
1. its bad, truly offensive humor...
2. rush is kinda washed up anyway...going down the pat robertson trail...
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 10:45pm
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 10:51pm
i would shed not a tear at his wash out. he is a detestable liar.
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 10:53pm
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 10:53pm
the student finds the teacher.
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 10:54pm
You liberals are all fuckingidiots. This one post has got you all fired up because it invokes the name of Limbaugh.
Yet, not once does this post mention that Rush got the term "magic negro" from an article written by LA Times columnist David Ehrenstein, himself a black man. If you knee-jerk morons actually took the time to read Ehrenstein's article, you will realize that the entire parody is made up of statements that Ehrenstein made!
Posted by usc1 at 04/25/2007 @ 10:57pm
Posted by USC1 04/25/2007 @ 10:57pm
well fuckity fuck fucky fuck!
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 11:02pm
GRITTY,
"lies" 1 & 2.....Lib democrats are unpatriotic and unamerican..... not all libs, again, just libs like you, who oppose just about everything America stands for, and claim to be patriots for so doing.....
" lie 3" Democrats are invested in the Defeat of America....Harry Reid, The Democratic leader of the Senate just declared this week that the war is lost....... 'nuff said.
" lie 4 " George Bush is in no way responsible for the aftermath of Katrina.....In my original post I was critical of Dubya's handling of the Katrina aftermath, but the weak links in the chain were clearly the state and local leadership, preperation and responses to the flooding, not the federal response in the immediate aftermath...(Those weren't state or local helicopters rescuing all of those people from the rooftops, and those weren't federal school and transit buses that were left on low ground to be flooded instead of used to haul people out of town)
"lie 5" Nancy Pelosi has no business visiting foreign leaders... you left out the part about her presuming to execute her own foreign policy, in violation of the constitutional seperation of powers, which leaves diplomacy to the executive branch...Congress can approve or disapprove treaties, but it can't negotiate them...
"lie 6" Saddam did have weapons of mass destruction and plotted with Al-Queda to attack america......
Saddam did have WMD's, and had used them on Iran and his own Kurdish population...as a condition of the ceasefire of the 1991 Gulf War, he agreed to destroy them, problem was, he kicked out the inspectors that were to verify the WMD destruction, which led to the UN resolution authorizing force against him in 2003......
As for the Saddam-Al-Queda link, never proven, granted, but never conclusively disproven, and Saddam ain't talking,that's for sure...
"lie 7" Democratic congressmen are planning for the defeat of America......well, maybe that's a stretch, but not by much, especially when they're getting ready to approve a bill that acknowledges defeat by placing a withdrawal timetable into law.....
Good enough for you, Gritty????????
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 11:08pm
Now, off to the showers!
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 11:09pm
Posted by USC1 04/25/2007 @ 10:57pm |
that was actually a really good article, whether one agrees with it or not. it was an intellectual excercise, and dare i say it...articulate and relevant.
was rush on that level? hmmmm....
he's still a marginalized rightwing voice screeching in the wind...outside the mainstream, you know?
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 11:13pm
Did I mention I was a Nuclear/Biological/Chemical warfare specialist in the army reserve from 1989 to 1995, and trained with many who had first hand knowledge and experience in Iraq and knowledge of it's WMD capabilities from 1992, especially destruction of chemical munitions?
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 11:13pm
Posted by FRANKGRITS 04/25/2007 @ 11:16pm |
drawn like moths to the light...
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/25/2007 @ 11:17pm
Who's running now, Gritty????
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 11:21pm
he's still a marginalized rightwing voice screeching in the wind...outside the mainstream, you know?
Posted by IBBLEBLIBBLE 04/25/2007 @ 11:13pm
...And from the looks of things, LOTS of libs tune in all the time. Really...I don't know how you guys find the time.
Posted by Sliver at 04/25/2007 @ 11:23pm
Gritty, If you went to high school, you would know that any nation with the industrial capability to produce bug spray can produce Sarin Gas.......And Saddam's capabilities to use chemical weapons are much less in dispute than man-made global warming.......
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 11:24pm
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee...............
Posted by davebarlett at 04/25/2007 @ 11:25pm
Here we go again with white people telling black people that they shouldn't be offended by racist behavior! Where or when does it end? It doesn't. Offending black people en masse is still safe for many conservative commentators who make a living off of the prejudices and bigotry of their audiences because it is rare that they will face negative consequences for it.
Imus' choice of target (the Rutger's basketball team) was emotionally out-of-bounds and conservatives were easily able to pat themselves on their backs for condemning the statements, providing them that delectable "see, I'm not a racist" feeling. Obama, however, is considered fair game, so black people are just supposed zip their whiney mouths and stop trying to keep white folk from saying whatever offensive thing they can imagine.
Limbaugh and other conservatives don't attack Jewish people in such fashion because they know their targets can punish them for the offense; black people, in general, have insufficient power alone to punish offenses, so we must grin and bear it. I have total confidence that those of you who abhor "political correctness" so much will learn to veil your racial biases better when black people have enough power to make you pay for it.
Posted by amandla99 at 04/25/2007 @ 11:31pm
FG:
Oh, I get it. If a columnist writes it, it's social commentary. If someone (particularly someone you don't like) makes a parody of the commentary, it's racist. It's obvious you are blinded by your hatred of all things conservative to see your own hypocrisy.
Posted by usc1 at 04/25/2007 @ 11:45pm
Amand
No one is saying you have to zip your whiny mouth. We just want you to acknowledge that it was a black columnist that first called Obama a "magic negro" and no one said a word about it...until Limbaugh turned it into a parody.
Posted by usc1 at 04/25/2007 @ 11:50pm
USC and DAVE,
From Frank..
"I've been monitoring Limbaugh for a long time."
You and I have been trying to engage Frank in a serious discussion concerning free speech and are met with high school logic, people are brainwashed, can't think for themselves, free choices and shutting down Limbaugh or anyone else...it is a lost cause. He can't see it..even as he recommends we all run to the Nation, Mediamatters,Keith Obermann, ect for the truth. He is incapable of seeing he is in the same position as those he points fingers at..
..uncomfortable embarassment.
Both of you are should know better than try to exchange ideas, logical challenges,thoughts, God forbid, philosophical differences, multi dimensional views on our national path and how it intertwines with our personal life..with Frank..I mean, really, everyone here has read enough of my posts, your posts, Zeros, everyones ones posts to make some sort of a judgement or measure of our individuals attributes from intelligence to emotional state, strengths/weaknesss.. whatever....and that includes Frank and his posts..
in short..you are wasting your time...you should know better...
..there is an uncomfortable feeling I experience when reading his posts that is identical to the feeling I have when watching Al Franken in the Saturday Night Live skit, where he is trying to convince himself that he is "ok and people like him"...I get the feeling Frank is trying to convince himself, and us, that he has great intellectual prowness, that we are blown away by his logic and depth, in short, he is, "OK and people recognize I am brilliant"...all the while he is missing the obvious in your posts that everyone, even those who disagree vehemently with you/us , yet understands the point...
Proof?
"I've been monitoring Limbaugh for a long time."..
..and he has managed to miss Rush's entire point, schtick, parody,humor and thoughts..completely..he is the only one I have ever met(?)who has missed the entire thing..
...it is so painful..
and then you guys(Dave and USC, et al) try to joust..
...it is so uncomfortable to "watch"..
Posted by john maasch at 04/26/2007 @ 01:03am
"Rush Limbaugh makes alot of money doing nothing but tearing the country down. He serves no other useful purpose other than to make money for his sponsers and himself. He's been married and divorced at least three times that I know of. He's a drug addict who escaped doing time by the skin of his teeth. He's a draft dodger who escaped Viet Nam because he had a hemmeroid. He flys around with illegeally prescribed drugs, (Viagara), so that he can get it up in case he decides to buy a prostitute for the evening and he was born into wealth and really never worked an honest day in his life. He gets by with his mouth and his mean spirited comments. If he were on a playground, he'd be the bully who eventually gets his ass kicked. That's how Limbaugh will end up one day. Count on it"
Sounds like old Bill Clinton in many ways...I don't agree with him, but I like him.
Posted by john maasch at 04/26/2007 @ 01:05am
For all of those who think the "PC crowd" is overbearing and are cheering Rush for his 'courage' :
I think I will finally agree. Let's get past this PC bs. Why gee, speaking as an African American male who has worked in majority white environments for most of my adult life, I'm sick and tired of tip toeing around the petty feelings of white people. I don't think a day goes by when I don't watch what I say lest I rub someone the wrong way. I think it's time that FOR ONCE I say exactly what's on my mind and EXACTLY what I think of them. In principle, I should not suffer any adverse consequences for being honest.
Thanks guys for helping me to find liberation from political correctness.
Or didn't you realize that civility and respect - otherwise known as "political correctness" - cuts both ways?
Posted by mnash at 04/26/2007 @ 02:28am
First of all, anyone who brings up the first amendment in this context is completely off base. The first amendment protects speech from government regulation. What is being discussed in this article is purely market reaction to offensive speech and in no way involves government regulation of speech.
Second of all, advertisers should be embarrassed to be associated with a person like Rush Limbaugh. If those advertisers do not yet understand this, we should be pointing it out to those advertisers. Those who are arguing that we should just change the channel are simply missing the point. Those of us who are offended by Limbaugh don't have to simply change the channel. We have the right, and in my personal opinion the obligation, to speak out against speech that we find offensive. It is completely appropriate for us to try and convince advertisers that the cost of supporting offensive speech outweighs the benefits those advertisers receive from supporting Rush and those like him.
Posted by wontread at 04/26/2007 @ 03:34am
Sorry for the bold text.
Posted by wontread at 04/26/2007 @ 03:49am
I'm confused guys and gals. This "Puff" thing is one of the most racist things I've ever heard in my life. Is the right-wing really so awful that open racism is acceptable? I swear I didn't know that. What is wrong with these people? Can someone please explain?
Posted by jeffreyw69 at 04/26/2007 @ 05:52am
Big difference is that Rush is his own boss. True that he syndicates with cooperation with ABC and Premiere and other networks, he pretty much calls his own shots. This is the opposite of Imus who was hired by CBS and MSNBC (NBC). Imus's reincarnation choice is, of course, to set up his own independent network.
Technicalities aside, Rush would dearly love to have Rev. Al and Rev. Jesse march in protest as it would be just so much material for him. He doesn't care and they can't touch him.
Cheney et al love Rush because his audience is the GOP base. it is almost pure. If the prez and vp have a 30% cummulative approval rating, the 20+ million Rush listeners are probably 90% pure to the approvers.
Frankly there isn't anything Rush could do or say that would make any difference and you know the FCC won't step in.
Posted by hdhouse at 04/26/2007 @ 06:07am
I would love to see Rush get his comeuppance like I[gnora]mus, but the article provided no evidence for the serious charge of racism. Negro is not an abusive term. Political satire is protected by the first amendment. Satire to music is an old tradition I have participated in myself:
http://www.dailykos.com/user/Albanius
If it is sharp, some people will be offended.
But the charge of racism should not be hurled lightly at the risk of diluting it. Please show evidence.
Posted by Albanius at 04/26/2007 @ 06:34am
Just like how is "nappy headed hos" racist?
Um, no, it has been made clear by those who wrote about it why Imus's comment was racist. My complaint about the present article is that it contains no defense of the claim that Rush's song is racist. I wouldn't be surprised to see that the song is in fact racist, but the article gives me no reason to believe that it is. The mere phrase "Magic Negro" doesn't prove that the song is racist as it is drawn from a black, liberal columnist's work. The song is in the voice of Al Sharpton and might--might--be aimed at mocking the Left's view of race (as Rush sees it). These considerations complicate things here. We should be interested in the truth and make the effort to see through our fog of hatred of Rush to find the truth. When we are lazy and just say, well, the song says Negro so it must be racist, that's when the Right can pounce with their, "The Left is just interested in hating, not the truth." And that's bad, because it works.
Posted by BlueSpark at 04/26/2007 @ 08:12am
Posted by SLIVER 04/25/2007 @ 11:23pm
lol - yeah, and lots of cons post here too...
which is a good thing. preaching to the choir is ever so wearisome...
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/26/2007 @ 09:08am
Um, no, it has been made clear by those who wrote about it why Imus's comment was racist.
Posted by BLUESPARK
Really? Nappy headed hos. There is not a single reference to race there.
And again: How is that Obama is an African-American if he mother is white? Would Obama have all this buzz around him if he were not an "African" American?
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/26/2007 @ 09:30am
and let me say this...a few forays into liberal/progressive webland, like kos, has reminded me of the lurking terror of a reinvigorated symbionese liberation army growing on the left, every bit as obnoxious and noxious in their rage filled goody goody crusade to flip the table of civilization and force fairness and goodwill down every one elses throat.
despite the fact that i share a bit more in common with them than the rightwing talking point spewers, i actually find the SLA'ers to be more disgusting and irritating.
lets take a point from john carpenter, find a city we can all agree does not need to exist, fence it off and dump all the irritating frothy mouthed ideologues (right and left) down in it, arm them with medieval weapons and let them have at it? could even set up camaras and watch the fun. fascist vs commernist! win win for the rest of us...all day long.
Posted by ibbleblibble at 04/26/2007 @ 09:33am
Frankly there isn't anything Rush could do or say that would make any difference and you know the FCC won't step in.
Posted by HDHOUSE
Why should they? Why should the Dems and the left want it to? Limbaugh is a shining example of what the Repubs really stand for.
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/26/2007 @ 09:35am
And from the looks of things, LOTS of libs tune in all the time. Really...I don't know how you guys find the time.
Posted by SLIVER 04/25/2007 @ 11:23pm
I have the same thought on the right-wingers who post here.
Posted by Hman23 at 04/26/2007 @ 10:10am
Posted by HMAN23
Just the sound of the fat addict's voice makes me nauseous. While he was on ESPN I stopped watching whenever the fat bastard was on.
Posted by mtspence05 at 04/26/2007 @ 10:18am
I have the same thought on the right-wingers who post here.
Posted by HMAN23 04/26/2007 @ 10:10am |
We have great jobs.
Posted by john maasch at 04/26/2007 @ 10:25am
Really? Nappy headed hos. There is not a single reference to race there.
Um, perhaps you should read some of the reactions to his comment. Explanations on why the use of the phrase "nappy headed hos" in reference to african-american women is racist are widely available. There are any number of racist comments that I could think of (I won't relate them here, out of courtesy) that don't explicitly mention race but that refer to racially sensitive topics. I bet that if you gave a moment's thought to the issue you might be able to think of some, too. That may be asking too much of you?
And again: How is that Obama is an African-American if he mother is white?
And his father isn't. What's your point? You don't have to have two african-american parents to be african-american. Tiger Woods is an example. You seem to be getting your racial rules from the Nuremberg Laws.
Would Obama have all this buzz around him if he were not an "African" American?
I don't know. Does it matter? Perhaps the fact that we've never had an african-american President has something to do with it. What do you have against african-americans, anyway?
Posted by BlueSpark at 04/26/2007 @ 10:57am
what's so amusing is that the right wing who is usually more than a little racist, keeps trying to say that Obama is not black enough. he's certainly black enough for the racists to never vote for him.
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/26/2007 @ 11:17am
Simply put- the gross majority of Rush listeners love his racist humor. Rush and his sponsors know this. The only part that bothers me is when he feigns innocence or disapproval of the characterization. Man up Rush- Putting away your robes and torches doesn't clean the slate.
Posted by phillymark at 04/26/2007 @ 11:42am
I support the first amendement, but free speech DOES NOT mean those with a platform can use it to attack others with racial and sexist crap. Do we have the right to incite a riot with our speech? No. Do we have the right to talk about assasinating the president with our speech? No. And those given a media platform like Imus and Limbaugh should be held to a standard of decency that means ignorant crap that has no purpose except to belittle others should be rejected by those that pay their salaries.
Posted by mikeyB at 04/26/2007 @ 12:13pm
To any (Like MIKEYB) who want to censor Limbaugh....a simple question-
WHO decides when somebody has "gone too far" and needs to be taken off the air?
Posted by Mask at 04/26/2007 @ 12:17pm
I support the first amendement, but free speech DOES NOT mean those with a platform can use it to attack others with racial and sexist crap.
Actually, Mike, I think that's exactly what the First Amendment means. Popular, correct viewpoints don't need protection; free speech rights have value only to the extent they are extended to the most repugnant of opinions.
Posted by BlueSpark at 04/26/2007 @ 12:29pm
PUBLISHED IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ON MARCH 19, 2007
Obama the 'Magic Negro'
The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man.
By David Ehrenstein, L.A.-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics. March 19, 2007
AS EVERY CARBON-BASED life form on this planet surely knows, Barack Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, is running for president. Since making his announcement, there has been no end of commentary about him in all quarters -- musing over his charisma and the prospect he offers of being the first African American to be elected to the White House.
But it's clear that Obama also is running for an equally important unelected office, in the province of the popular imagination -- the "Magic Negro."
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.st ory?coll=la-opinion-center
Posted by TruthPolice at 04/26/2007 @ 12:42pm
I think what we are talking about with Imus and Rush, whom I have never listened to, is commercial speech. Imus is hired by CBS because he has an audience, which translates into sponsors' bucks. if his ratings go down he is fired. when he is fired he has no recourse to the free speech argument. he is welcome to mount a soapbox in union square, this is merely a figure of speech now, incidentally.
now cut to a racially insensitive remark. the audience and others are outraged. the sponsors are getting nervous, fearing a backlash from consumers. end result, Imus is fired. there is no violation of his free speech rights. he has no right to a spot on commercial airwaves.
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/26/2007 @ 12:45pm
Posted by JOHANNESROLF 04/26/2007 @ 12:45pm
JR, I HOPE that's what you (and the others) are talking about.
Of course those have been tried, with no success (atleast on Limbaugh's part). In fact, it tends to energize his diminishing listenership as he plays it off as "lib activists trying to shut me down with threats to my sponsors....Let US show them that we support the people who support me!" and Sleep Comfort mattress gets a bunch of calls saying "We love Rush, if you dump him we'll buy Posturpedics!"
But if it starts drifting into Fairness Doctrine or even "we need to criminalize 'hate' speech on the radio"....then that's not liberalism, or even Americanism.
Posted by Mask at 04/26/2007 @ 1:24pm
A large percentage of Rush listeners and FOX "news" viewers believe Obama was educated in an Al-quada run madrassa. This bleeds into the real world where most people are generally clueless about the candidates. I find this type of speech far more calculated and dangerous than the dim-witted comedy bits. Rush loves a smoke screen.
Posted by phillymark at 04/26/2007 @ 1:34pm
I think that Obama's eclectic and varied background can be a great asset for him and the country. educated at a madrassa, which by the way means only "islamic parochial school", that should read well with the world's muslims, whose good will and cooperation we need more than more aircraft carriers.
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/26/2007 @ 2:27pm
CALLING SOMEONE LIKE LIMBAUGH A RACIST IDIOT...
Is NOT the same as attacking his First Amendment rights! Why is criticism of someone like Imus or Limbaugh always equated with this? To echo Jesse Jackson re his protest of Imus's remarks, I'm using my free speech to protest his free speech (but NOT his FREEDOM of speech!)
Posted by w_m_bear at 04/26/2007 @ 2:27pm
Sure is interesting how The Nation, Adam Howard and most of the posters completely ignore the article originally published by The Los Angeles Times on March 19, 2007 entitled "Obama the 'Magic Negro'"
Anyone interested in the true source of the term "Magic Negro" can read it at http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.st ory?coll=la-opinion-center
Posted by TruthPolice at 04/26/2007 @ 2:35pm
Rush is a Ku Klukker just like Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and the rest of the far right.
Posted by davewinps at 04/26/2007 @ 2:39pm
Posted by TRUTHPOLICE 04/26/2007 @ 2:35pm
I didn't ignore it...in this case, you're right, Mr Howard fails to note that the ORIGINAL use of the term was by that LA Times columnist (original for this go-round, that is).
I just think the whole topic of Limbaugh is wasted effort. Liberals aren't going to "stop him"...Mr Howard is mostly preaching to the choir that already hate Limbaugh....and conservatives who like the guy aren't going to see their minds changed over THIS issue, if any.
Now when the discussion gets into "ways to get rid of Limbaugh et al"...I get interested....and worried.
Posted by Mask at 04/26/2007 @ 2:43pm
Corrected Weblink to the original "Magic Negro" story at the LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.st ory?coll=la-opinion-center
COPY THE ABOVE LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER ADDRESS BAR, THEN DELETE THE BLANK SPACE WHICH HAS AUTOMATICALLY BEEN PLACED IN BETWEEN THE LETTER "T" and "O" IN THE WORD "STORY" FOUND IN THE LINK. THAT WILL FIX THE LINK AND WILL TAKE YOU TO THE CORRECT WEBPAGE.
Posted by TruthPolice at 04/26/2007 @ 2:46pm
You nailed it MASK.
Posted by TruthPolice at 04/26/2007 @ 2:47pm
Here's the link to the LA Times article on which the parody is based: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.st ory?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
David Ehrenstein is the writer. I look forward to all the fashionably angry liberals to go after Ehrenstein with as much gusto as they spend on that mean ol' Rush. Go get him!
Posted by dzodge at 04/26/2007 @ 3:07pm
Rush did not make this up. A BLACK writer for the LA Times wrote this about Obama. Get your facts straight. Maybe if you would listen to his show you would know that he didn't make it up.
Posted by AutBusiness at 04/26/2007 @ 4:29pm
Rush did not make this up. A BLACK writer for the LA Times wrote this about Obama. Get your facts straight. Maybe if you would listen to his show you would know that he didn't make it up.
make up what? context please.
Posted by phillymark at 04/26/2007 @ 4:39pm
Picture it: Joe sixpack, belly protruding between undershirt and trousers, trying to bend over to reach for his fat-filled lunch in the back seat of his beat-up truck....A portrait of the Limbaugh/O'Reilly fan yukking it up, and knee-slapping at tasteless Jokes.
Posted by J. Nessler at 04/26/2007 @ 8:04pm
Posted by J. NESSLER 04/26/2007 @ 8:04pm
J. You think, maybe, possibly, could be...that the reason ol' Joe doesn't listen to Air America or vote Democratic....is because he hears or READS the people who want him to join him...
calling him names, instead of trying to engage him and respect him?
Wild, wacky theory, I know...but maybe one to think on???
Posted by Mask at 04/26/2007 @ 8:15pm
This is news because? Stop the "liberal speech code" routine. The left is the ideology of freedom for individuals - against the death penalty, pro gay rights, pro-choice - as they should be. When the left talks of gun control, and whines about damaging speech, I tend to think of the nation as less of the ideology of freedom and more of the ideology of Stalin, which feeds into's the right's valid argument against a "nanny state".
Posted by cammycam at 04/26/2007 @ 8:57pm
C'mon now Cammy. outrage at offensive speech is hardly limited to the left. remember the work of art "piss christ" by Serrano? the howls could have reached heaven.
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/26/2007 @ 11:06pm
First of all, numbers do not lie. People listen to Rush because he makes sense. Secondly, it was *someone else* in the liberal media that called Barack "the magic negro", then another liberal media entity incorrectly reported that Rush has been playing the song for months. People that don't listen to Rush are always reacting to a dumb story like this instead of listening to the show. Rush uses witty humor to entertain and inform, and it's funny that he's always the one being lambasted when he reports the idiotic and racists comments that liberal media guys make all the time. It must be a slow news day when you guys have to write nonsensical rants like this. Get a life!
Posted by Newsjuunkie at 04/27/2007 @ 09:29am
I love it..did I accidentally find a comedy and political satire blog instead of a real political blog..I don't know which is the lesser of the lessers..Mr. Howard or his worshippers at the altar of liberalism..Really guys, It's time for another Tea Party"..how about Washington instead of Boston?
Posted by spencerl at 04/27/2007 @ 10:35am
Rush Limbaugh should never have been allowed on the air to begin with. The law says that the airwaves belong to the people. And until Reagan came along, the "Fairness Doctrine" was an imperfect attempt to protect the public interest. But without the "Fairness Doctrine" we get Rush, Imus and all the other hate-clowns. Nothing should be allowed on the people's airwaves which doesn't improve our community and help our citizens to live harmoniously in a democratic society. Of course there will always be debate and disagreement, but name-calling and gutter humor add no value to the national debate. It's simply intolerant and divisive. But of course, our media system isn't really interested in democracy or community. American media was designed from the beginning to maximize advertising revenue. Period. If you are as fed up as I am, go to freepress.net and join the media reform movement. Help us create a new media community, from the ground up. A community that includes the voices of all our citizens, not just the corporate overlords and their shills.
Posted by agentj at 04/27/2007 @ 11:15am
Entertain and inform? Sadly I do listen to Rush- mostly to get my blood moving during a slow day. After the third time I catch myself yelling at the radio- I turn him off. The whole time I'm thinking who in their right mind would believe for even a second most if any of what this blow hard moron is talking about. I laugh when I hear the moronic callers expressing their awe and devotion- why would anyone admit that on the radio? Similarly to televangelists, Rush speaks in simple absolutes and colorful buzz phrases that make regular listeners feel part of the show, part of the cause. A multi, multi, millionaire Huckster whom travels on private jets to Haiti- popping Viagra like tic tacs, golfs with A-list celebrities-all along he's claiming to be "one of the guys". Rush, like George and Dick, know nothing about true American life, yet all three spend way too much time trying to convince us otherwise. Half this country voted twice for a moron, I guess it's why Rush stays on the radio and I keep turning him off.
Posted by phillymark at 04/27/2007 @ 11:35am
It must be a slow news day when I have to write nonsensical rants like this. I must Get a life!
Posted by NEWSJUUNKIE 04/27/2007 @ 09:29am | ignore this person
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/27/2007 @ 11:39am
Adam,
Get a life. The kind of rasical tendencies have been around for centuries and will continue to be that way as long as blacks continue to put themselves in the position to warrant such abuse.
Posted by hhusted at 04/27/2007 @ 11:56am
Mr. Limbaugh is a Genius...The point of a parody is that it is a deliberate distortion of an already exaggerated characteristic, thereby calling attention to the strangeness of that characteristic. In the case of Mr. Obama, the emergence of an inexperienced first-term US Senator as a serious candidate for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination during a period of worldwide warfare against terrorist threats strikes many thinking people as bizzare...explainable only by some non-logical factor or factors. Hence the "Magic Negro" allusion, which was not coined by Mr. Limbaugh, but rather by another media darling, Spike Lee of hand-held camera fame. Mr. Limbaugh, who is constantly defamed in angry lefty blogs, is a brilliant observer of American political and media behavior and most of the really smart people appreciate his perspective, even when not agreeing with every word. Mr. Limbaugh has amassed a considerable fortune and a massive following (which does not include the current writer)by being articulate, insightful and never mean-spirited, even in the face of frequently horrible vitriol. His attackers can learn much from his approach to controversy...nooooo, never happen.
Posted by cdejazz at 04/27/2007 @ 12:10pm
as long as blacks continue to put themselves in the position to warrant such abuse.
oh really? or perhaps I should say O'Reilly? blame the victim, you racist bastard.
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/27/2007 @ 12:31pm
Your right it is racist fortunately Rush didn't come up with it. He is just parodying an LA Times article written on March 19th, 2007 by David Ehrenstein. I completely agree this is racist, stating that the only reason white libs like Obama is because it makes their own racist tendencies feel better. Or maybe that is true? Try listening to Rush before you make up stories about what he is saying.
Posted by ou65tx13 at 04/27/2007 @ 12:31pm
Posted by CDEJAZZ 04/27/2007 @ 12:10pm | ignore this person
you live in a dream world. next thing you'll tell us is that Ann Coulter is mother Teresa.
or perhaps your post is parody?
Posted by johannesrolf at 04/27/2007 @ 12:32pm
how could rush learn from imus when the song has been on his website since late march? it amazes me how out of touch you really are and yet, it doesn't seem to keep you from commenting.
Posted by kookville at 04/27/2007 @ 1:12pm
Sometimes it is a good thing racists have the freedom to declare their racism, otherwise unsuspecting targets might never have a clue.
Posted by flagstaff at 04/27/2007 @ 3:05pm
Where can one find a list of Bumlaugh's advertisers?
Posted by thogatthog at 04/27/2007 @ 3:28pm
I find it slightly hypocritical for leftwingers to be so intolerant toward toward free speech. They insist that they have free speech to criticize and satirize Catholics, Protestants, Conservatives, Capitalists, and Republicans, but when the shoe is on the other foot, listen to them howl! Makes you sound like a hypocrites and hate mongers.
Posted by atlasraging at 04/27/2007 @ 5:50pm
Some people just don't have the capability to be enlightened or educated and Rush Limbaugh, like Bill O'Reilly, happen to be one of them. Freedom of speech and censorship are oxymorons, however, to make fun of someone's ethnicity, is going beyond the boundaries of good taste. Other than previously dating a former CNN employee, I've never been aware that Limbaugh has good taste.
Posted by censorship at 04/27/2007 @ 10:56pm
Why bother with commenting on anything that "comedian" Rush Limbaugh says. He is the biggest bore (boar) the right has. I can't remember the last time he had an intelligent thing to add to a conversation.
Posted by wgmadden at 04/27/2007 @ 11:54pm
Meh. Anyone who slanders someone else because of their color has no honor and is simply an idiot. Let Rush build up his bad karma; he'll reap the results eventually. He's got enough for his next 1000 lives!
I'll dare to suggest that if Imus were to have been a prominent right-wing radio host such as Rush, he wouldn't have been fired. As a TRUE patriot, and someone who honors the constitution, these two men's 1st amendment rights should be retained no matter what they say; Imus's ejection was irresponsible and flies in the face of the constitution. He has an opinion, be it inflammatory or ignorant, and he should be allowed to express it.
Rush is just sick, through and through. A better representative of the republican party you'll be hard pressed to find, fellow bloggers. It's a good thing that we have true patriots on the air such as Mike Malloy and Randi Rhodes to balance out the right-wing nonsense.
Posted by Grognard80 at 04/28/2007 @ 07:44am
Why is it racist to be retarded?
Posted by antiPartisa at 04/29/2007 @ 02:12am
Hmm, you know what's interesting? Isn't Rush (insinuating) if not saying outright what Biden said? He's different; in this case, "magical"?
Posted by antiPartisa at 04/29/2007 @ 02:17am
As a skeptic and as a political libertarian, I thought "Barack, the Magic Negro" was a hilarious parody that poked very gentile fun at sanctimony, political correctness, and the high-minded idiocies of what passes for Liberals these days. I've listened to Rush for years, on and off, and I have to say that parodies and humor, as well as penetrating insight into Democratic Left politics are what make the program valuable to me. You miss the point and popularity of Rush's program. My only wish is that someone half as entertaining and perceptive would arise in talk radio that would skewer the folks Rush carries water for.
Posted by TVAnderson at 04/29/2007 @ 3:12pm
I'd add, TVANDERSON, that the rush (no pun) to scream, "Racist!" may be counter-productive and just egg on people like Limbaugh.
Posted by antiPartisa at 04/29/2007 @ 3:35pm
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. Soren Kierkegaard
Stop abusing the amendments and use your dang common sense that God gave you all supposedly.
Posted by spydee at 04/30/2007 @ 5:52pm
How would we react were the song, "So and So the Magic Jew?" This is a slippery slope. We don't call each other on our bigotry and gradually, it becomes enhanced.
In the seventh grade I watched a film on the Holocaust and we asked a survivor how we could prevent something so horrible from happening again and I'll never forget what she said. She said don't tell racist or religious jokes, don't laugh when you hear them, and tell others you don't think they're funny.
So many posters recommend "turning the station or turning off the radio". I do change the station. I turn off the radio. I believe the vast majority of us would rather eat dirt than listen to Rush, but nevertheless he has a syndicated show that airs across the nation. Why? Who is backing him? GOPs that's who. He's their talking head. Who owns the stations? the syndicates? They're all in the same club.
Posted by lurkier20 at 04/30/2007 @ 11:28pm
Rush is worse than Imus because his "jokes" come with hatred towards minorities and pushing policies that are harmful to them. I think firing Imus was like picking one driver out of the Indy 500 and giving him a ticket for speeding! What I hate most is this website giving me an ad with Ann Coulter's face staring at me like some sick anorexic transsexual giraffe.
Posted by htiek at 05/01/2007 @ 12:47pm