The moral equivalent of the N-word at a Klan lynching.
“Sorry to say this, I don’t think [Donovan McNabb] been that good from the get-go,” Limbaugh said. “I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. 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.”
A statement about the media’s desire for a black quarterback to do well.
Yet this is hardly elicits a ho hum, nothing to see here moment.
“He (Reid) was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama – a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,’ as he said privately.
And who could forget this classic?
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,”
Look, Dingy Harry is an idiot, and I’m really not thinking that he is a filthy racist. In context, he was excited about Obama’s packaging and optimistic about a (mostly) black presidential candidate.
What is disgusting is that this gets a pass from the media who are quick impute racist motivations to code words like “elitist”, “arrogant”, “socialist”, “inexperienced”.
Really, have you ever noticed how principles become soft and malleable depending on whether it serves a particular agenda? Journalists are sensitive to injustice and racism as long as fits with their political ideologies.
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January 10th, 2010 at 3:13 am
Not to worry, Crankster. Reid’s racism is really just a sign of your racism and Mitch McConnell’s unspoken racism that he’s too savvy to come out and say.
So if you say something prejudicial about how Obama parlays his background then you’re a racist. And if the head of the Senate Democrats does the same thing it is also a sign that you are a racist as well.
Head’s I win. Tails you lose!
January 10th, 2010 at 3:35 am
Don’t forget about what happened to Trent Lott, either. For what it’s worth, Rush was 100% correct. McNabb is a good quarterback, but never deserving the high praise he has always received. If not for the defense over the last few years, the Eagles would never have sniffed the playoffs.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:15 am
The fun part about watching the Eagles play, is the GAACK! factor. McNabb was good for at least one GAACK! moment in each Eagles game.
Either he would bounce a pass off the turf, or overthrow his receivers, or take his own sweet time in a 2-minute drill, or something that would make Eagles fans say, GAACK!
Perhaps the most overrated quarterback, ever.