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jwright...I thank you for that...and while I understand that some of what I listed didn't 'originate' from Rush's mouth, the fact that he picked up the baton as it were and ran with those thoughts and ideas, is offensive enough. Starting with what he said about Donovan McNabb who has been one of the MOST successful QBs (period) in recent history, Rush's statements were clearly out of bounds...no pun intended. He doesn't get credit for starting the fire but he sure as hell gets credit for fanning the flames. And he did say 'majority' ....if you consider youself a 'minority' , and not a racist, to his argument, then it's no big deal. |
While I didn't vote for Barack Obama, as an American, he is now my president. Why on earth would I want to see his policies fail? But I did find the following article (I'll link & give y'all a snippet) very interesting:
Charles Krauthammer is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (letters@charles krauthammer.com). Charles Krauthammer: Even Obama seems to understand how much Bush got right "WASHINGTON -- Except for Richard Nixon, no president since Harry Truman leaves office more unloved than George W. Bush. Truman's rehabilitation took decades. Mr. Bush's will come sooner. Indeed, it has already begun. The chief revisionist? Barack Obama. Vindication is being expressed not in words but in deeds -- the tacit endorsement conveyed by the Obama continuity-we-can-believe-in transition. It's not just the retention of such key figures as Secretary of Defense Bob Gates or Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner, who, as president of the New York Fed, has been instrumental in guiding the Bush financial rescue over the last year. It's the continuity of policy...." It's very easy to say, "I'm going to change this, and do that," when you don't have all the facts. Now President Obama does have the facts, so I wouldn't plan on any major changes overnight. But I do wish him the very best, as it would be in the interest of ALL Americans for him to do well. I liked your photos, too! |
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Limbaugh may indeed be "hateful" and "prejudiced" but his statement, as quoted in your OP, is neither. It is anti-liberal, a stance that is not implicitly hateful or prejudiced. What, did you simply go with whatever Bush said? No, not at all - you railed against the man, both politically and personally. Now Limbaugh does the same for his politics, standing up for the same things he's been preaching to the evangelical right for decades, and you resort to ad hominem and say it's racist - seriously? You don't see the irony? You're assigning personal motives for him, when you yourself do the same thing and REJECT ANY PERSONAL MOTIVE. Come on. It's not like Limbaugh didn't wish ill on Clinton politically. Context matters. You are reaching here, even with the comparison with the Jay-Z thread (which sucks too). At least "No more white lies" can be construed as "lies from Whites" - this thread is absolute tripe, DS, and contributes to the clusterfuck that political discussions have become on this board. Simply put: this discussion would be better if you were. That's the new mantra, not just for you, but for everybody. Think about that before you post. Jesus. |
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But Rush simply is not credible when making statements like that. Again, his track record alone proves that when he opens his mouth there will be questions and cringing behind whatever tends to fall out. Take it as you see it. |
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Indeed, even if you'd simply said "I can't take this bigot seriously" you would have been on the right path. You didn't. |
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In the interest of time and humility - it's the season for coming together. |
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Maybe you just don't want to believe that I said it or the fact that it was said. You just need to reconcile with the fact that Rush is not exactly a friend of Black America, in my view and as someone stated earlier, I think is racist and more than enough times his bias has come out and has been called into question and even in McNabb's case,(and to a huge degree Tony Dungy) proven wrong, what more do you need? So yeah, when he opens up his mouth and let's some stuff like that slide past his teeth, it's not wishful thinking that he hopes the POLICIES fails like you believe...he is hoping that the Black man who was elected and sworn in fails, just so in four years he can say, "I told you so." That is what I believe...you don't have to like it. |
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I don't get why what Rush said is racist.
Even if you accept your premise that he is a racist (which I think is at least arguable, but I don't listen to the man and don't really care whether he is or not) than what he said isn't racist. Rush didn't say "I hope he fails so that we don't ever elect another black president." He said simply "I hope he fails." In certain areas so do I. Why? Not because I'm a racist, but because big government policies are the opposite of what I believe in. Obama succeeding will mean an astronomical growth in entitlement programs, increased government ownership and control of US industry, sweet deals for the labor unions, tax "rebates" going to people who weren't paying taxes in the first place, and any number of other similar policies. If you are of the opinion that those changes, many of them nearly irreversible, will worsen America than you hope that Obama fails in getting them implemented. Simple as that. |
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