I don't have a problem with a right wing shock jock owning a sports franchise. As long as the Goodell realizes that if he allows it, its not only going to alienate fans of that team, but players as well. That alone makes me think there's no way Goodell allows it. I'm not sure the loser wants a team anyways. I think he's seeing what kind of reaction he would get if he threw his name out there.
http://maaadddog.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/quotation-attributed-to-rush-limbaugh-is-a-damnable-lie/ http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/msnbc-and-cnn-slander-rush-limbaugh.html He says a lot of crazy and stupid stuff, but the slavery quote and the James Earl Ray quote are fabrications.
I doubt anybody would have a problem with Condoleeza Rice or George Will or Dennis Miller owning a team. I suspect a few people would have problems with Howard Stern or Michael Richards (Seinfeld Kramer guy) owning a team. It's not a vast conspiracy against conservatives. It's a vast conspiracy against assholes.
Here's the Snopes summary as of right now regarding Limbaugh's aforementioned statements, fwiw: http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/limbaugh.asp [FONT=Trebuchet MS,Bookman Old Style,Arial][/FONT]"I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark." The only source we've turned up so far that putatively documents this quote is the 2006 book 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America, which attributes it to Rush Limbaugh but itself cites no source. On his program of 12 October 2009, Limbaugh disclaimed this quote as a fabricated one: There's a quote out there that I first saw it in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last week that I somehow, some time ago, defended slavery and started cracking jokes about it. And, you know, you say a lot of things in the course of 15 hours a week, over the course of 21 years. We've gone back, we have looked at everything we have. There is not even an inkling that any words in this quote are accurate. It's outrageous, but it's totally predictable. It's being repeated by people who have never listened to this program, they certainly didn't hear it said themselves because it was never said. "You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray. We miss you, James. Godspeed." Likewise, this statement is attributed (without sourcing) to Limbaugh in 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America. Although it is often cited as something he said on his radio program on 23 April 1998, we haven't turned up any references to this quote from earlier than 2005. "Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela — who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing." Media Matters for America documents this statement (with an audio clip) as one made by Rush Limbaugh in the course of his radio program on 21 August 2007. "Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it." Media Matters also documents this statement as one made by Rush Limbaugh in the course of his radio program on 19 January 2007. "The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies." This putative statement dates at least as far back as 1992, so the only documentation we've been able to locate for it is indirect. All the sources we've found that reference it cite the January 1993 issue of Flush Rush Quarterly as their source. "They're 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?" This statement has been indirectly referenced as something Rush Limbaugh once said on the air since at least as far back as 2000, but we have found no documenting source for it. "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?" "Take that bone out of your nose and call me back." Rush Limbaugh acknowledged making these statements in a 1990 Newsday article (although the latter, at least, occurred not on Limbaugh's now-familiar talk and political commentary radio program, but at the beginning of his broadcast career back in the early 1970s when he was hosting a Top 40 music show under the name "Jeff Christie" on either WIXZ or KQV in Pittsburgh): For all his bravado, however, Limbaugh is immensely sensitive to charges of insensitivity. When asked about the racist they-all-look-alike connotation of a statement like "Have you ever noticed how all newspaper composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?" this professional talker from a family of lawyers pleads total innocence. "You may interpret it as that, but I, no, honest-to-God, that's not how I intended it at all. Gee, don't get me in this one. I am the least racist host you'll ever find." Recalling a stint as an "insult-radio" DJ in Pittsburgh, he admits feeling guilty about, for example, telling a black listener he could not understand to "take that bone out of your nose and call me back." "I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there's a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn't deserve." Rush Limbaugh made this statement about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb during a September 2003 broadcast of ESPN television's Sunday NFL Countdown program. The controversy generated by the remark prompted Limbaugh's resignation from his position as a commentator on that show. Last updated: 13 October 2009
The problem here is that despite Rush's sometimes bombastic ways, he's an entertainer and that's part of the job. To discriminate against him for being conservative (and that's really what it boils down to- he's a thorn in the side of liberals) is just flat out wrong. There's no excuse or defense for it.
a couple years back there were rumors of Condi possibly running the 49ers in whats said to be a pretty liberal/PC section of the country. The reaction of the local populous was a collective meh. Local sportstalk mostly debated whether she'd be able to push through a stadium deal. STOMP
since he's one of the 32 people who has a vote on this, like it or not he definitely is in a position to judge. STOMP
You can keep saying that, but it doesn't make it true. Who is discriminating against him? It would be the commissioner and the other owners. Are they liberals? As a group, almost surely not. barfo
Not really sure where the controversy is. Goodell hasn't said anything about Limbaugh's political philosophy or views. What he has mentioned is the divisiveness of his comments. I think we can all agree that Limbaugh thrives off intentionally making controversial, bombastic statements. The NFL has put a lot of effort in micromanaging its image over the past few years. That's been consistent throughout the Goodell tenure. Avoiding an owner that shows the potential to disrupt that goal is understandable, IMO.
really? Besides your political biases/hopes, what concrete evidence do you have? Once an impression of being a racist is set, it's a near impossible thing to disprove. in public life, perception often does equal reality for the masses. Thats why the Republicans have tried so overtly to push the Obama is a fascist/communist/terrorist/black power/Arab stuff time and again. Well Rush has been pushing the envelope with his race baiting comments for years and the impression has been formed for much of America that he is indeed a racist. Certainly he's a drug addict/complete hypocrite and certainly the NFL isn't embracing him and all his dirty laundry. Though I find the radio character he plays/is to be a divisive scumbag, I also realize he's a bright enough guy to realize this ownership bid would go over like a led balloon. Not a chance that the owners would bring a public relations nightmare like Rush into their circle. He's got a higher public profile then Paul Allen, Jerry Jones or any of the other owners so he would become the face of ownership... his views would be attributed to them collectively. So why would he go for it? Does he want more publicity even if it's almost uniformly bad? Even Fox sports has articles pointing out all his outrageous statements and condemning the idea. Maybe he wants to portrait himself as some sort of victim... STOMP
You know that meant that Rush wants Obama's agenda to fail because were it to succeed, he believes it would be bad for the country, right?
Dude, You've got to read the thread before you post. There are 10 racist Limbaugh quotes on the previous page.
Several of which are fake, and the rest of which are either intentionally placed in the wrong context, or aren't racist at all...
You should listen to him some time before jumping to conclusions based on what his political opposites say about him.
