Wow...I have to admit Luvian, you're one of the last people I'd expect to find defending Rush Limbaugh. [img]smile.gif[/img] But good post, I say. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I've looked over the quote as well...the WHOLE quote, IN CONTEXT(same one you quoted), and I agree. I dont see that it's racist in any way. He's commenting on the sports media's desperate attempt to make an idol out of a black QB. That's not racist IMO, just the simple truth. But I agree. He will be demonized(again) by people who will get all in a lather and take his quotes out of context(on purpose). C'est La Vie(sp?)...I'm still a fan.
Another quote, also by Mr Limbaugh, which sums up the issue pretty well.
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"We supposedly have freedom of speech in this country, but if you don't say what people who consider themselves the arbiters of what can be said agree with, then they try to humiliate you and destroy your reputation."
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I actually wasn't aware that he was on Sunday Countdown though(dont watch enough ESPN, I guess). I dont know...while I am a fan of him, and his radio show, and was really excited at the prospect of him as color man for Monday Night Football(hey...I like Dennis Miller, but, lets fact it, his humor is a little...obscure for the average Monday Night Football crowd). He's good at color commentary...but as for analysis...I have to agree. I dont think that's a good place for him to be. Too bad he has to leave under the veil of this silly 'contreversy' though.