So when Rush got his new gig co-hosting the Sunday NFL Countdown show on ESPN, liberals just waited for him to make a mistake. Then came last Sunday- or more accurately, last Wednesday.
�I think what we had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.� Limbaugh said. �There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn�t deserve. The defense carried this team.�
Then everything went silent. The national press didn�t pick up on it until Wednesday, when I�m sure someone realized that they could use this against Limbaugh. The only problem was that this was clearly a criticism of the media, not of McNabb (other than to say he was overrated), but that�s okay since the collective IQ of the American people doesn�t even come close to that of a piss ant. In the rush to criticize, well, Rush as a racist, almost no one stopped to think that the majority of the players on the defense he was praising were black, and if they did, like Richard Roeper, they�d criticize Rush for not realizing it, not once stopping to think about his statement.
Now for some tough questions for any of you who still think you saw Rush march down the street in sheets:
1) What kind of Klansman would allow a black (Walter E. Williams) to fill in for him on his show?
2) Why would a racist hire a black (Bo Snerdley) to be his top staff member?
3) Would a bigot take a job where he knew he�d have to work on-screen with two blacks (Michael Irvin and Tom Jackson)?
Moreover, why on earth were three presidential candidates (Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, and Al Sharpton) demanding that a person be fired for expressing an opinion that may not agree with their�s? Is that not censorship and isn�t it all the more scary considering that one of those three might soon have the power to enforce it?
By the way, what business is this of the (sarcastic reverence Rush�s) Reverend Jesse Jackson? Why must he insert his name into every story? You think he might be a headline- grabbing race- baiter?
And finally, we come to the drug allegations. Personally, I think that it�s a late hit. The National Enquirer held onto the story for two years, supposedly to wait for an investigation to begin. Now I know that there are no psychics over there (despite what they may claim), but doesn�t strike you as odd that it comes out on the heels of the other controversy?
I don�t know if these drugs contributed to the hearing loss (I�d heard that they�ve been known to do so), or if he�d taken them to relieve pain from hearing loss (obviously I�m not a medical expert), but he should not get any worse treatment than any other celebrity, which probably won't happen, due to the double standard (see Cruz Bustamante's n-word almost non- controversy).