Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from the group he joined seeking to purchase the St. Louis Rams under a fire-storm of controversy regarding racial comments attributed to him. In 2003, Limbaugh made comments on ESPN regarding the media treatment of Donovan McNabb, the black quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, which resulted in his forced resignation from his commentary position at the network. Now the way he phrased it wasn't the wisest thing in the world and, having watched the broadcast, I seem to remember Tom Jackson and Michael Irvin, both black and former NFL players, agreeing to some extent with the comments because they related to media, not the race of the involved player.
Since the announcement of Limbaugh's bid to be a part owner of the Rams, such racial harmonisers as Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson jumped in (when don't they if they can allege race problems?) to attack Limbaugh. This is the same Jessie Jackson who arrived just in time to smear some of the already dead Martin Luther King, Jr.'s blood on his shirt so he could tell the media that he'd died in his arms, fathered a daughter in an extramarital affair while counseling President Clinton on the Lewinski scandal, and said he wanted to cut off Barack Obama's nuts while calling him the n-word. I won't even bother with the golden jogging suit that is Al Sharpton. You can read more about his accusers here. It's worth watching Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D. Tex.) talk about minimum standards on that link as well. You know, the lady who took cell phone calls during her town meeting while a cancer survivor was talking to her and has her staff searching for funerals to speak at.
Limbaugh has been accused of far worse than the McNabb comments. He has been attributed with strong racially divisive comments. Stuff about King assassin James Earl Ray and a bit of backhanded praise for slavery's role in building the South. Funny thing is, no one can find them to cite a source. Really? Rush Limbaugh can't cough without a transcript. It's purely invented crap and I'll go out on a limb having listened to the man on and off for almost 20 years that his word is better than theirs. Not to mention, if Chris Matthews and MSNBC is all over the story, it's likely to be a lie. If MSNBC widely reported that I write this blog I wouldn't believe it.
Thank God we live in the post-racial America.
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