Rushing To Trouble - by Kurt Schlichter
Well, it was America. Apparently, that’s changed in the last few days because now it appears that Rush cannot be allowed to spend his own money as he wants to because his political views are unsatisfactory. He’s conservative, and therefore the rights, privileges and immunities or any other American citizen no longer appear apply to him. Just ask Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who urged the NFL not to allow Rush’s bid to buy some team (The Rams? The Raiders? The Yankees? I really don’t follow this stuff).
Let me get this straight, because this is more disturbing than the thought of having to attend a hockey doubleheader: An American political leader is demanding that a private business not do business with an American citizen because she does not approve of his politics.
Am I the only one who thinks this is kind of a problem? In fact, isn’t this kind of an assault on the very foundation of our political system?
Oh, well, it’s really because of his inflammatory rhetoric, not his politics – as if that was a distinction with a difference. You can be conservative, I guess – you just can’t talk about it. I sure wish someone had told me that my First Amendment rights came with an asterisk before I twice deployed with the Army to defend them.
What’s particularly interesting is how the words Rush has actually uttered turn out not to be so inflammatory at all. And the quotes floating around that he did not actually utter seem so transparently ridiculous – nonsense about slavery nostalgia and idiocy regarding giving James Earl Ray a medal – that it’s hard to believe that anyone would credit them unless they were either utterly unconcerned with the truth or the mainstream media. Oh, wait – that’s redundant.
Read it all here.
Bonus Rush vid via HotAir - running this story. (Hat tip: lincolntf) Rush asks, "Where's the fact check?" Good question, Rush. Indeed.
UPDATE: Link to ESPN story here. Thanks to PBJ.
UPDATE: Rush dropped like a Brett Favre pass. (Hat tip: Nana)
Oh c'mon must I ? - Forth! C²
ReplyDeleteHey Cal23 and everyone. This is an absolute fucking joke. The problem is that a lot of people see nothing wrong with going after el Rushbo. I hope he does this just to see how many heads explode.
ReplyDeleteWasn't "no fact checks" a big tagline a few years back?
ReplyDeleteI believe so, buzz!
ReplyDeleteNana just said downstairs that i's official. He's off, according to ABC News.
IT'S official. PIMF.
ReplyDeleteCC, if that's true, then his would-be partners are a bunch of cowards. I hope Rush sues everyone in sight. He has very deep pockets and no reason to settle out of court because he doesn't need the money.
ReplyDeleteHe's dropped. Here it is.
ReplyDeleteWhy is buying a sports team any more an issue than buying a pound of cheese--provided you have the money?
ReplyDeleteI really do hope that this whole mess is gonna blow the shit right into the faces of the liberal media and particularly the democratic politicians they are endorsing at the next elections.
ReplyDeleteHopefully enough American will wake up or have been waking up to the fact that they've got less buck in their pockets.
They cannot be running on HopeyChangey for eternity as lots of decision making has been taking place that effected the lives of the average Joe, financially.
Hopefully, until then not security-wise. Let's hope !
Unbelievable. This is just crazy.
ReplyDeleteWhy is buying a sports team any more an issue than buying a pound of cheese--provided you have the money?
ReplyDeleteBecause Jesse "I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust" Jackson says it is, apparently. Unless he has plans for conservative grocery shoppers, also.
buzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteWasn't "no fact checks" a big tagline a few years back?
No Fat Chicks was plastered over the broken bridge at Salt Creek beach when I hung out there in the '70's. Didn't know it was elsewhere!
Isn't their whole reason for not trusting blogs the fact that they are the "professionals" and bloggers can't fact check like they do? Spit.
ReplyDeleteI really don't think this is a big deal. The guy/group had to be confirmed by the other owners, and he didnt. Obviously because of the baggage he gets pushed out, but its not shocking.
ReplyDeleteStupid that he was blackballed, but whatever.
A friggin' disgrace!
ReplyDeleteCorrection it is a fucking disgrace.
buzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteWhy is buying a sports team any more an issue than buying a pound of cheese--provided you have the money?
It's about punishing someone for their political positions.
The left has become completely unhinged from the leader of the party down the line. Did you ever think you'd see the President and the Congress using their offices to demonize and punish private citizens? That's been their MO for the last few years and now that they have a lock on Washington, it's SOP.
Jesse "I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust" Jackson
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust, too. I'm tired of having to recall certain realities about it--like the distinction between slave-labor camps and death camps, and the fact the the death camps were built solely to provide the "Final Solution" to the "Jewish problem"--and I'm tired of having to explain that "Holocaust" with a capital "H" refers to the Nazi genocide and not to whatever some jerk of the day wants to make it apply to.
I'm tired of having to remind people that the Islamists in the Middle East were trained by the Nazis, and that the Israelis are, in fact, fighting the closing battles of WWII more than sixty years after VE Day.
And I'm tired of having to keep guard against the onset of new variations of the Holocaust--hello, Iran--because the Leftists of the world love the dead Jews of sixty-odd years ago but aren't too hepped on keeping the Jews of today alive.
Some place I used to go for news called him a "race-baiter" as a fact. Weak, PC minds.
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ReplyDeleteWord
Rush - Self Made Man
ReplyDeleteLeft - Can't have that.
Correction :
ReplyDeleteRush - Self made Conservative Man
Buzz, word ²
ReplyDeleteJack said...
ReplyDeleteI really don't think this is a big deal.
NOT A BIG DEAL? Did you forget to add a sarc tag?
Back in a bit (quick errand); we'll leave this one open after the Pub opens up in case anyone wants to update or discuss it further.
ReplyDeleteI just think it's terrible. It's based on a lie.
And for the third time today: I hope he sues their asses off. ('They' being a number of different people.)
Nah Erik..
ReplyDeleteLike I said, it sucks that this happened and that he was blackballed (is that racist?!!?!///) but what are you going to do? Of course those pieces of shit Sharpton and Jackson are going to get involved and of course people are going to want to distance themselves from a polarizing figure such as Limbaugh.
I guess the NFL can stick to having Leonard Little in the league still, who's actually murdered someone. Whatever, what can you do?
buzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteDon't ever stop talking, buzz.
Ever.
Here's another hot topic. Well, who really expects anything different, anyway:
ReplyDeleteUNHRC draft resolution slams Israel
A draft of a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution, published on the council's Web site on Wednesday evening, slammed Israel, while failing to mention Hamas, or Palestinian terror organizations.
Titled A draft resolution on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including east Jerusalem and supported by the Palestinians, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tunisia, the document cited "deep concern at the Israeli actions undermining the sanctity and inviolability of religious sites."
Undermining the sanctity of religious sites? How? By being the target of rocks thrown from a religious site?
I guess it would be news if the UN didn't condemn Israel.
Jack said...
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly discriminatory. And based upon false allegations it's also slanderous (or libelous, I always mix them up). Not to mention it's creepy that a private citizen doing business in the private sector was forbidden to participate because of political views. That's one of the worst things I've witnessed in a long time and never though would be possible in America. It's a "big deal" to me.
Jack, so where do you draw the line? I have a big problem with anyone telling me or anyone else how I want to spend my money. If they don't like it don't support my business. Next thing you know they will be saying certain groups can not own liqour stores, gas stations or supermarkets.
ReplyDeleteWho is this "Jack" that people are referring to? Is that Jesse Jackson's new nic?
ReplyDeleteJack, it is very much a big deal, unless you're okay with allowing a bunch of race baiters like Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Sheila Jackson Lee intimidate private parties in their private business dealings. Rush was invited to participate by other partners. When the word leaked that he was involved, they dropped him out of fear of a bunch of liars and thugs. I think he's got cause for action because it's not merely libel; it's libel that deprived him of a legal business opportunity and probably cost him millions of dollars. All based on lies. Do you think it's okay if your rivals go to the people you do business with and tell lies about you that make them quit doing business with you? Maybe you're okay with that, but most people wouldn't be and there's no reason Rush should tolerate anything of the kind.
ReplyDeleteIf it was just an application denied, then that would be bullshit. But he (the ownership group) has to go through a confirmation process and I guess the other guy realized that in order to get it, he'd have to drop Limbaugh. I'm not denying it's not fucked up, but it's not just a "right to refuse service" type of situation I dont think.
ReplyDeleteRuss, do you have a link to how the quotes have been lies? I havent been keeping up with the quotes--Rush is not my preferred talk show host mainly because he's on way too early for me, hah.
Oh. We have a poster whose nic is "Jack."
ReplyDeleteWhere the hell have I been?
We're just shy of 9 months.
ReplyDeleteWhat a clusterfuck.
A clusterfuck? Cane toads!
ReplyDeleteYou know me, Buzz. Let's leave it at that for now.
ReplyDeleteJack, I didn't see your nic by a post. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteIf I know you under another name from somewhere else in the ether, that's fine too.
Cane toads!
ReplyDeleteOK, I admit it, I had to use the Google machine for that one.
sasquatchonsteroids said...
ReplyDeleteWe're just shy of 9 months.
What a clusterfuck.
That is being kind Sas. I don't even think a saying has been made up yet, on how bad this is going to be.
Just saying "cane toads" makes me laugh. I am easily amused.
ReplyDeleteETR: one expression from the Vietnam war might come close. A "Chinese Fire Drill".
ReplyDelete/it's a start.
Of course, they also remind me of the old "Mondo Cane" documentary from the Sixties, even though that's pronounced "kon-ay" instead of "cane."
ReplyDeleteLoved "Mondo Cane." It introduced me to knowledge of the Cargo Cultists.
It may be 9 months, but if you think about it in "election day" terms, he's been around for a year, potentially 25% done!
ReplyDelete/or 12.5%, ugh
Russkilitlover said...
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly discriminatory. And based upon false allegations it's also slanderous (or libelous, I always mix them up).
Libel is written, slander is spoken.
/defamation covers all the bases
Jack said...
ReplyDeleteRuss, do you have a link to how the quotes have been lies? I havent been keeping up with the quotes--
You'll have to wait for the discovery phase. The only sources I have are to stories about someone named Cobra who posted those "quotes" on Rush's Wiki page and the fact that if these were, indeed, ever said, they would have been front page news years ago because the left has been monitoring his site with a telescope since the early nineties.
'Nite all, gotta hit the road.
ReplyDeleteBar is open, boys and girls and aliens!
ReplyDeleteListen you little people, the msm is too far busy fact checking egregious SNL spoofs to bother verifying their own accusations against Rush Limbaugh.
ReplyDeletePriorities folks: who's the enemy here?
CC
ReplyDeleteThanks for the hat tip...it was on the ABC Nightly News, almost as a bulletin. I wonder what he will do.
I am not a football watcher or fan, nor do I particularly a fan of Limbaugh's, but this is supposed to be a democracy...whoops, my bad...I forgot The One was in charge.O'Reilly is going after someone from the NAACP, and challenging him to produce even one sound bite, or evidence of what Limbaugh allegedly said. Not a one was presented.
Limbaugh's legal options on O'Reilly in a second or 2....
Limbaugh is not going to take it, according to O'Reilly.
Nana, thank YOU. I might have missed the update if you hadn't pointed that out.
ReplyDeleteTechnically, I'm an NFL owner (I have Green Bay Packer stock), so I'm about to make a highly controversial statement:
Jesse Jackson is an anti-Semitic piece of shit.
Maybe they'll take my stock away now.
Careful CC, that's racist!!!
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Just a drive-by y'all!
ReplyDeleteNow lets see here, Jesse (I'm sick of hearing about the Holocaust) and Al (Remember Tawana Brawley) block Rush's involvment as a LIMITED PARTNER in a group looking to buy the Rams and that's not racist? Limited Partners by law have no say in the management of the Limited Partnership or LLC that would have owned the Rams, but if one of them had said what WAS true at the time- that the NFL WAS INDEED hoping that McNabb would succeed at least partly to show that Blacks could succeed at skill postions - there had been few black QB's in the NFL prior to him - wasn't paying attention AT ALL. 96% of Black Voters voted for Obama but that's not Racist. Had 96% of White Voters voted for McCain that WOULD have been racist. And people don't think that denying Rush a limited partnership postion was a racist move by the NFL, probably also think that Michael Vick actually got Justice, too.
Sorry I haven't been around much folks - too much on my plate I'm afraid - but I did want to welcome Buzz to C2 and all the other new commenters as well.
And now I have to go eat - and medicate and etc., I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
Jack - I see your sarcasm but it made me think: It wasn't intended to be, but these days, intent doesn't seem to matter. It's getting that bad.
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ReplyDelete'Jesse Jackson is an anti-Semitic piece of shit.'
No one can go after you for speaking the truth...there is enough evidence from his foul mouth. Re what I think of him? [Deleted.]
And we have some lawyers posting here. ;)
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ReplyDeleteThis is a drive-by and I'm sorry I haven't time to read all the comments on the thread.
ReplyDeleteI want to know one thing.
Why is everyone so willing to play football with Michael Vick? This is a man who tortured dogs to death by his own hand and ran a business that made money off their torment.
And people are faux concerned about 'racial' comments by Limbaugh they can't prove?
How about a PROVEN animal abuser that so many people postured about giving a second chance?
This is all bullshit.