The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson attacked the bid by Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams on Monday, saying the conservative radio host's track record on race should exclude him from owning an NFL team.
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Anyone else feel this is just another case of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson making a stir just to get more publicity?
Sharpton, Jackson Attack Limbaugh's Rams Bid - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
Anyone else feel this is just another case of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson making a stir just to get more publicity?
Sharpton, Jackson Attack Limbaugh's Rams Bid - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
Anyone else feel this is just another case of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson making a stir just to get more publicity?
It's highly likely that Rush's application is going too be denied because of his racist statements and it should be. But this is only going to stoke his fire and he is going to use it as ammo because he was picked on by the mean ol black establishment and that is what he will scream to his wacko base.
I for one wouldn't take my kid or any other kid to see a game that is being played by a team that is owned by a loudmouthed racist.
I for one wouldn't take my kid or any other kid to see a game that is being played by a team that is owned by a loudmouthed racist.
I predict they are going to tell Rush to take a hike..and go learn some manners.
There are plenty of good people out there with money and fact is Rush isn't one of them.
I predict they are going to tell Rush to take a hike..and go learn some manners.
There are plenty of good people out there with money and fact is Rush isn't one of them.
That's your choice.I for one wouldn't take my kid or any other kid to see a game that is being played by a team that is owned by a loudmouthed racist.
It's not just them, as alot of NFL players are pissed at some of his comments(one quarterback only got the job because he was black, and NFL games look like "the Crips vs the Bloods"), but it is still much ado about nothing. If Rush has the money and makes the best bid, why shouldn't he own a football team?
Also, lets be fair if you're going to throw out quotes and give context or full things. Rush was not simply criticizing McNabb. He was stating that he was overrated due to a media who desired to have a black quarterback hoisted up as one of the best in the league. At the time, McNabb was generally overrated, if for no other reason than his inability to stay on the field healthy ever. Additionally, go back and watch the entire coverage leading up to the Superbowl with the Colts and the Bears and tell me there's not an over arching sense in the media of needing to push iconic african american figures in the sport. If I didn't know better I'd have figured Tony Dungy's team won the super bowl becasue of the civil rights movement rather than the fact that Dungy is a great coach. Controversial comment? Yes. Inappropriate? Based on what they wanted him on the show for, probably. Racist and off base comment? No, not racist, and a legitiamte argument to what he was saying could definitely be made.
The "Bloods and Crips" one I'd need to go back and look at, but if my memory serves me of the last time this came up it was a tongue in cheek sarcastic (in Limbaugh's way) comment responding to a story put out that there were a great number of cases of gang signs and colors being brandished on the football field. But that latter part is never actually brought up, because then it may give a bit of context and insight into him possibly joking around a bit rather than just sounding like he's going "black men hitting each other...oh, I know, gangs, bloods and crips".
It's not just them, as alot of NFL players are pissed at some of his comments(one quarterback only got the job because he was black, and NFL games look like "the Crips vs the Bloods"), but it is still much ado about nothing. If Rush has the money and makes the best bid, why shouldn't he own a football team?
I for one wouldn't take my kid or any other kid to see a game that is being played by a team that is owned by a loudmouthed racist.
What racist comment? The McNabb thing was true at the time. People were talking all about that. He didn't say McNabb wasn't good, or didn't deserve to be in the NFL, or that he got his position because of his race. His comment was that McNabb was overrated because people wanted to see a black quaterback excel. I mean, is any criticism of black people considered racist? I think the real racists in this story are Shartpon and Jackson.
Limbaugh shouldn't lose this bid because some people construe his statements as racist. He should be judged by the merits the NFL puts forward for bids on team ownership and nothing more. Some people just want to punish the guy for who he is.
He sure did say that he wasn't good! I know, I remember it well. He said (though I paraphrase) that he was highly overrated an that he only got publicity because of his colour. Limbaugh deserved to get fired from that job.
Here's the video:
YouTube - Rush Limbaugh 2003 Comments on Donovan McNabb
But this notion that the NFL needs to step in and deny him it on the basis of nothing but his "controversial" speech is just asinine. Doubly so when coming from the same people that said how Mike Vick has a RIGHT to play in the NFL again regardless of potential impact it would have on the leagues image.
Also, lets be fair if you're going to throw out quotes and give context or full things. Rush was not simply criticizing McNabb. He was stating that he was overrated due to a media who desired to have a black quarterback hoisted up as one of the best in the league. At the time, McNabb was generally overrated, if for no other reason than his inability to stay on the field healthy ever. Additionally, go back and watch the entire coverage leading up to the Superbowl with the Colts and the Bears and tell me there's not an over arching sense in the media of needing to push iconic african american figures in the sport. If I didn't know better I'd have figured Tony Dungy's team won the super bowl becasue of the civil rights movement rather than the fact that Dungy is a great coach. Controversial comment? Yes. Inappropriate? Based on what they wanted him on the show for, probably. Racist and off base comment? No, not racist, and a legitiamte argument to what he was saying could definitely be made.
The "Bloods and Crips" one I'd need to go back and look at, but if my memory serves me of the last time this came up it was a tongue in cheek sarcastic (in Limbaugh's way) comment responding to a story put out that there were a great number of cases of gang signs and colors being brandished on the football field. But that latter part is never actually brought up, because then it may give a bit of context and insight into him possibly joking around a bit rather than just sounding like he's going "black men hitting each other...oh, I know, gangs, bloods and crips".
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