Limbaugh, cont.: Guess who just said wrong thing again?
Everybody's favorite potential NFL owner just opened his mouth. Again.
The thing about having blogs with open commenting from readers is it allows you to see immediately what touches a nerve. Some subjects are obvious. The three that come to mind: college football, Michael Vick and, well, college football.
Now, I can’t say I was stunned when Rush Limbaugh fans charged up the hill like torch-carrying villagers Tuesday after I outlined the reasons why he would be a nightmare as an NFL owner, amid reports he was in a group bidding to purchase the St. Louis Rams. But the venom spewed by his blind loyalists after I referenced things he had actually said and done was beyond amusing.
So attention Dittoheads: You should love this.
I was pointed to a website called MediaMatters.org, which I had never seen before. It includes an audio clip from just TODAY! In short, Limbaugh rails about the possibility of a one-cent sales tax to fight gang violence, but in the process refers to basketball as “the favorite sport of gangs.”
“My question — OK, a one-cent sales tax to fight gang violence. What do you spend the money on to fight gang violence? After-school program — don’t we already have after-school programs? Don’t we already have — what do you call it, extracurricular events? Midnight basketball — I mean, we’ve done it all. We’ve taken the favorite sport of gangs, and we put it at midnight to get them on the basketball court.”
The website did a little research and also noted this Limbaugh quote on the NBA from 2004:
“Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association. … They’re going in to watch the Crips and the Bloods.”
Remarks like this obviously are going to upset NBA commissioner David Stern more than they will NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
But I repeat what I said yesterday: Is this the kind of owner Goodell wants in the NFL?
Gotta go now. I believe I hear the villagers congregating.
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Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
8:33 pm
Jeff..you are the MAN!
Wow, what a coincidence. Too funny!
Keep on keepin on!
JTK
October 7th, 2009
8:37 pm
So what’s wrong with Limbaugh’s comments? Truth hurts, huh? Your little bleeding-heart can’t handle it, Jeff? I guess we should just round up the gang members and have a sing-along.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
8:39 pm
Jeff Schultz:
“But the venom spewed by his blind loyalists after I referenced things he had actually said and done was beyond amusing”
“So attention Dittoheads: You should love this”
Still laughing!! The sheep that were circling the pen will not be galloping.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
October 7th, 2009
8:42 pm
Gonna leave this one alone Jeff.
T-Bone
October 7th, 2009
8:50 pm
Not hard to see why he would be a nightmare…he gets paid a ton of money to say things that are polarizing, controversial, or .
When ESPN tried the Limbaugh experiment, he couldn’t keep from saying something polarizing, controversial, etc. So it is logical to think he will do that again.
It has nothing to do with politics or which side of the aisle he sides with – it is about whether shock jocks can make the transition to ‘jobs’ where the shick jock mentality is a liability.
I agree with Jeff on this – he will stick his foot in his mouth and cause trouble for the league at some point – just like any other shock jock would.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
8:55 pm
In my previous post I meant to type “will NOW be galloping”
I’m laughing so hard I could hardly make out the keys.
ignition
October 7th, 2009
8:56 pm
Rush is an EVIL, awful, worthless, human being (if you can call him one) I hope HIM and most of his fans (when they not having sex with their cousins) take one of those “Pain Killers” have a terrible heart attack and die a slow, slow, painful death… Only to burn in HELL….
DA
October 7th, 2009
9:00 pm
Jeff, stick to cushy things like sports articles. You are not in the same mental league as Limbaugh.
It's the Sheep Thingy
October 7th, 2009
9:05 pm
Here’s a guy making millions off of the sheep; convincing them that he’s revealing “truths”. Everything’s a vast leftist conspiracy. Incredible.
Eric
October 7th, 2009
9:06 pm
I’m still trying to figure out what is wrong with what he said. The NBA is just a league of degenerate thugs (see Ron Artest, Allen Iverson, etc) and I’m sure just as many thugs watch it. I sure don’t…
Tiny Tim
October 7th, 2009
9:07 pm
Rush Limbaugh is a pussilanimous pussyfooter and a hysterical
heartofdarkness
October 7th, 2009
9:07 pm
NFL doesn’t seem to have a problem putting a gag on its owners. No problem.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:09 pm
I friggin despise that racist, ignorant, hypocritical pig.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
9:12 pm
T Bone:
“I agree with Jeff on this – he will stick his foot in his mouth and cause trouble for the league at some point – just like any other shock jock would.”
You’re right on with the “shock jock” analogy. A shock jock wannabe that is on the outside looking in and wants to move from C List status to A List status by being linked to a professional sports organization.
Rush Lintball is irrelevant in society and the thought of it is making him more delusional by the day.
It’s just a matter of time before this guy steps off of the deep end.
It was quite obvious after his last foray into sports that he doesn’t have a clue about football.
Lintball is a boil on the a.. of humanity.
You morons that idolize this douc.ehole are brainwashed. Why don’t you try formulating your own thoughts for once.
Hal
October 7th, 2009
9:12 pm
Boy did Rush hit a nerve. I like some things he says and detest other things that he may say, but in this matter, he is pretty much on target. Not all players fit in this catagory (especially the older more established players) but the younger ones coming up give credence to his statement. Sorry Jeff, you got this wrong. Or is it because he said something that you did not say. But over the years Jeff, I’ve seen your left side, bleeding heart, bed wetting thought process.
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:14 pm
Didn’t Stern put a “dress code” on his players because even HE thought they were too “Thuggy”? It hurt the relationship with sponsers, so Stern caved. I’m assuming the sponsers weren’t people that think tats/wife beater T’s/more tats/Ron Artest are awesome!!! So Jeff, like it or not, Rush might actually be right on this. Bro…get a grip. It’s a big word for big people…and you and I are not in that group.
I bet Rush HATES my bowtie.
Glenn
October 7th, 2009
9:15 pm
*yawn*
Love the hatred of Rush. People don’t hate ineffective people, so Rush must be doing something right.
Though we would love ineffective politicians. Ever notice how August is the most productive month for Congress?
Spiro Agnew
October 7th, 2009
9:16 pm
Limbaugh is a pussilanimous pussyfooter……… nattering nabobs of negativism.
ryan
October 7th, 2009
9:16 pm
So basketball is not the sport of gangs? I played a lot of basketball in high school and whenever I played pick-up ball at the park near my house there were usually a lot of gang members there. What is the criteria for being an NFL owner anyways? You have to have liberal views?
ivy
October 7th, 2009
9:16 pm
He has a valid point! I love baskeball but can see what he is talking about each time I attend a hawks game. Nothing but trouble outside and inside the arena.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
It’s like saying bridge is the preferred sport of yentas. It’s just stupid. This moron doesn’t even have a college degree. He’s just a mean-spirited blowhard.
Mary Wanna
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
SCHUUUUUUULTZ!!! Media Matters… THAT explains it. Right there on their site “help us fight conservative misinformation.” They are nothing if not MISINFORMATION about conservatives.
Rush has a website where you can do your own research, even get a glimmer of context. Otherwise you’re going to sound like “ignition” – completely uninformed.
You’re fighting a losing battle, Schultz. Rush fights for individual liberties and minimal gov’t regulation and taxation, i.e., what this nation was based upon. The reason he is so wildly popular (and hated by the clueless) is that he built a niche exposing the liberal media bias.
When Rush got busted for pain killers, he took complete responsibility. Of course, most libs reserve their compassion for their own kind. Anyone else with a drug problem is a hero.
Watch the libs on this blog follow the lib recipe. Ridicule, lie, villify. When and if Rush turns the Rams around, whatsay then Mr. Impartial?
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
Perosnally, I’m more angry that they let Jennifer Lopez be an owner. Her last CD is WAY more offensive than anything Rush has said.
Schultzisanidiot
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
Keep this up Jeff! Won’t be long until you and everyone at AJC is out of a job because of liberal crap like this.
Fo.Co.GT
October 7th, 2009
9:18 pm
i dont get whats wrong with anything he said?
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:18 pm
I just called Rush to ask him what he thought of your article, JS. He said “your momma” then hung up. I thought that was kinda rude…
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:18 pm
Peggy – he probably has Vicodin-d**k
ryan
October 7th, 2009
9:19 pm
The dude’s brilliant, he makes $50 million per year, he’s the most successful member of the media EVER, and basically created talk radio. You don’t have to like him but he is far from insignificant or a .failure
IC Atlanta
October 7th, 2009
9:19 pm
Ignition speaks for all liberals – wishing death on anyone with an opposing view. Why is that post allowed on the AJC site? Talk about out of control and offensive.
Jeff I encourage you to stick to sports and not some polarizing comment made by Rush Limbaugh.
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:20 pm
I bet Rush could have gotten Chicago the Olympics…Bowtie power!!!
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:20 pm
Yeah Ryan – shows you where the country’s at mentally and morally. All hail the great white hypocrite!
JDW
October 7th, 2009
9:21 pm
I am still not sure whether Rush is a symptom or a cause of what ails this nation. For sure he is part of the problem and would certainly be a detriment to the NFL or any other reasonable organization.
DAVID
October 7th, 2009
9:21 pm
LIBERALs have absolutely no sense of humor.,,,NONE…ZERO…NADA
JDW
October 7th, 2009
9:22 pm
BTW Ryan at 9:19…he may or may not be brilliant but he is damn sure a parasite.
DAVID
October 7th, 2009
9:22 pm
JDW………Guy…you are a WUSP….
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:23 pm
DAVID – How many wingnuts does it take to screw in a light bulb? Two, but you gotta get them into the light bulb. And they can’t have Oxy-d**k.
SOUTHERN ATL
October 7th, 2009
9:24 pm
Too funny!!
Mary Wanna
October 7th, 2009
9:25 pm
Hey Ross – explain “hypocrite.” Rush has a consistent message based upon principle and logic. It never changes. Too much gov’t and emotional libs worshipping the elite: bad. Equal opportunity for all Americans, and exceptionalism via freedom: good.
Have any of you Rush haters ever listened for more than an hour?
Eric
October 7th, 2009
9:25 pm
Actually Rush didn’t say the wrong thing again, I think it’s very clear to anyone that the man is a “Racist”.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:26 pm
OK I’ll explain “hypocrite” – for example, when a drug addled fat-a$$ says “Jail all drug addicts”! That good enough for you? You need more help?
IlliniBrave
October 7th, 2009
9:27 pm
Uh… guess I missed something, because the quotes you cited seem accurate, if not politically incorrect, to me. BTW, you might be surprised at the reaction (or non-reaction) you would get from many of those supposedly “offended” by this remark. Several of my black friends despise the NBA simply because it carries with it an image of urban (and gang) culture that they do not want to be associated with.
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:27 pm
I have more respect for Rush Limbaugh than most of the people responding to this site. At least I know where I stand with Rush Limbaugh. But the people on these blogs sit behind their computers and write their racists comments then go to work the next day among other races and act like they are not prejuduce when they really despise the people they work with brcause of the color of their skin.
Fleischman in Chattanooga
October 7th, 2009
9:28 pm
the NBA IS A BUNCH OF THUGS! Tattoos, gold teeth, baby mamas, fighting, ebonics and the list goes on and on and on and on. I wouldnt pay a penny to watch those bunch of losers.
“Cue the I’m a racist comments” its the truth. out
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:28 pm
Ross..are you still mad that you and Rachel didn’t get together and she fell in love with Joey?
Da Hood Rats
October 7th, 2009
9:29 pm
J-Shoo:
Me and my hommies dig yo article man.
We cool with you. We good.
Richard Christy
October 7th, 2009
9:29 pm
Rush’s ratings: 20 Million listeners on 632 Stations
Howard Stern (Back when he was on terrestrial radio): 19 Million listeners on 53 stations
Who is the most influential radio talent? Baba Booey to you all.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:29 pm
Yeah, but I got my grudge on with Sarah Palin.
Spiro Agnew
October 7th, 2009
9:30 pm
“Hatchet Man”
BnB
October 7th, 2009
9:30 pm
Rush may be “brilliant.” So was Hitler. This guy is such a hypocritical clown and the people who hang on and regurgitate his every word are….I don’t know…what do you call people who follow hypocritical clowns?
Tech says
October 7th, 2009
9:30 pm
Let’s see, we know a solider because he wears a uniform, we know a cop because he wears a badge, we know a nurse because he/she wears a smock—–I think we know a gang member when he has a crips or bloods gang tattoo (in prison font) all up and down his arm, shoulder or chest. Far be it to actually call it what they intend it to be—A note for other members to read !