RUSH RESIGNS FROM ESPN!

[GregW]

Just announced on KCBS radio!

WooHoo :bounce:

[travisleit01]

1. Yaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhooooooooooooooo!!! n/t

[bigwoody]

69. I'm as happy as a little girl! That is some funny shit..HAHAHA!

The lemmings will light up the phones tomorrow. See what happens when neanderthals are let out of their caves? 1st that anal cyst keeps him out of Vietnam and the NFL, and now THIS!:toast:

[saigon68]

85. THE BOIL ON THE FAT ASS IS LANCED

I knew he wouldn't last 2 months before he opened his big fat mouth and inserted his foot. But 3 days!!! The jerk hardly got going.

Remember Cossell and his "Little Monkey" reference to Joe Washington of the Colts (Baltimore at the time)

[playahata1]

121. No, it was Alvin Garrett of the Redskins

about whom the "monkey" reference was made.

[_NorCal_D_]

113. Oh yeah!

I can watch ESPN again!

:bounce:
:bounce::bounce:
:bounce::bounce::bounce:
:bounce::bounce:
:bounce:

[Doug Decker]

2. One down, 5,000 to go...

like Amb. Wilson, I want to see Rove "frog-marched" out of the White House, followed by Crashcart and *, all in shackles.

I can dream.

[dArKeR]

63. LOL you nut! Humor is the only way to defeat these evil people!

I'm sure. Keep us smiling DD!

[Doug Decker]

99. Thanks, dArKeR, I've gotta laugh...

or I'd just be crying.

I'm an eternal optimist - just can't help it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

117. Can I share your dream?

:hi:

[LSdemocrat]

3. Yay! I get to see NFL Countdown again! Woo hoo!

If you can't tell I'm somewhat pleased.

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[benfranklin1776]

5. Nah Nah Nah Nah Hey Hey Hey Goodbye!

As the famed sports anthem by Steam goes. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Glad ESPN lanced this buttocks boil!

[KamaAina]

134. There's a special remix of that just for Rush...

Na, na, Nazi,
na, na, Nazi,
Hey lard-ass,
Goodbye!

[TSIAS]

6. Here's the link

http://msn.espn.go.com/gen/news/2003/1001/1628537.html

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[Rooktoven]

55. What was Imus response? --nt

[Mz Pip]

7. Good

He was using his position as Sportscaster for further his political agenda of bashing liberals. There is no place for that in sportscasting. If he couldn't separate his ideological bent from his commentary he had no bsuiness being there.

MzPip
:dem:

[cally]

8. Wooohooo!

Let me guess, it's for family reasons. Ha.

[Newsjock]

9. Link to story here

http://msn.espn.go.com/gen/news/2003/1001/1628537.html

ESPN.com news services


In the wake of his controversial statements regarding Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Rush Limbaugh has resigned from his position on ESPN's NFL pregame show. ESPN has accepted the resignation.

Limbaugh issued a statement late Wednesday night in which he wrote:

"My comments this past Sunday were directed at the media and were not racially motivated. I offered an opinion. This opinion has caused discomfort to the crew, which I regret.


more

[rocktivity]

35. He regrets "causing discomfort" to the ESPN crew?

Well, seeing as most of them are ex-pro athletes, he was very wise to get out of there before THEY caused HIM some "discomfort" in return!!!!


rocknation

[JewelDigger]

58. Exactly!

He regrets (and didn't anticpate) the 'discomfort' of the crew....but he DIDN'T say that he regretted ever making the statement!

[pruner]

10. here's a link

Limbaugh resigns from NFL show

ESPN.com news services

In the wake of his controversial statements regarding Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Rush Limbaugh has resigned from his position on ESPN's NFL pregame show. ESPN has accepted the resignation.

<snip>

http://msn.espn.go.com/gen/news/2003/1001/1628537.html

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. BUSH RESIGNS!!! (let's see that one please)

just one small letter change...:)

[dArKeR]

65. Boycott ESPN and all of Murdoch's Whore Media. Chapter 11 Murdoch.

Don't dream, Just Do It! Organize the United States for action against the evil in our land!

[Avatar13]

106. ESPN is owned by ABC/Capcities, which in turn in owned by Disney

But screw MurdochCorp anyway.

[dArKeR]

141. Oops, sorry. In Asia it's Star(Murdoch)/ESPN joint Satanism.

ESPN Asia
http://www.newscorp.com/management/startv.html

ESPN USA
http://vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2003/08/64582.php

[mndemocrat_29]

142. BUSH RESIGNS!

That'd be great!

[Flying_Pig]

12. Now, if we can just shut down his radio show, or at least get him

to allow dissenting views (highly unlikely), it would be a real victory!

[TacticalPeek]

41. dissenting views (highly unlikely)

If the Fairness Doctrine is revived (as some candidates have advocated), it could have such effects.

Demagoguery is deflated with lucid opposition, a reason The Cyst long ago foreswore the occasional 'guest' ACLUer or whoever. He had a plainly discernible tendency to shrivel on air (quite a feat, but I heard it whenever he allowed debate, way back when).

[Flying_Pig]

50. Reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine would be sweet ....

revenge. I have sent letters to all of the candidates, urging them, if they win the presidency, that they will, first thing, and by executive order, reinstitute the Doctrine. Without it, our democracy is doomed. The Fourth Estate must be restored, and brought back into the service of the citizens, rather than a corrupt elite.

[Pallas180]

130. YESSSSSSSS. Shut down his radio show - email Clear Channel you

want Mr Morality, 200 pill a day of illegal oxycontin

OFF THE AIR ...............PERMANENTLY

[EFF BrandyWine]

136. Pallas...

I am certain that if Cyst took 200 pills of anything a day he would be "laid to waste". The drug he was taking is very dangerous. And isn't it the same drug Miz Bush was hunting for in the rahab center?

[FubarFly]

13. Aw did the big bad media attack hurt you Rush?

Couldn't happen to a more bloated lying sack of shit.

:nopity:

[flamingyouth]

14. Time for a party, I'd say!

Those damn liberals, picking on poor PigBoy. I'm sure he'll take the blame squarely where it should reside ... right on Clinton's penis.

Good riddance to smelly trash.

[komplex]

15. What the Fuck!!!!

Does he think we are that fucking stupid?
Somebody tell him that opinions can be bigoted!!!!

Typical Conservative, when the going gets tough they resign.
God damn pussy.

[bluestateguy]

16. Damn you folks are fast

More punishment! It's not enough! What about the drugs? Don't get complacent! Punish! Punish! Punish!

[Yavin4]

17. The Beginning of the End For Pigboy

Bye bye piggy!

[goforit]

18. OMG!!!........What a milestone!!!!.....Get out of Dodge Limbo!!!

CHEERS!!!!!!
To all the DUrs who suffered knowing that scumbag could
possibly be of a human existence!!!!

We should have a ticker-tape parade!!!!

:toast:

[10digits]

19. Great News!

It was a poor fit. Let's never forget he is an asshole. He touched the hot stove and wondered way it hurt.

[FlemingsGhost]

20. You lose, freeps!

Get used to the feeling. There's a lot more coming your way...

[LeighAnn]

26. Pretty rough going in freeperland

See for yourself

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/993445/posts

Oh happy day!!!

[Snazzy]

78. Astounded by Freepland

I'm only up to about message 250 so far in that twisted bizarro alternate universe they have over there. Get ye over there and check out the chatter there right quick before they decide the whole thing is too damn embarrassing and zap it.

Pigboy's big debut on the tee-vee and the f'er implodes (granted that's not much of a physical possibility). Self implosion, lit his own damn race-bait fart and kerrrplooey! Yee-ha!

Cognitive dissonance now controls both the horizontal and the vertical in freeperville. Don't miss this show.

[_NorCal_D_]

115. Ugh, I took your advice and went on over.

This guy speaks for all of them.

Post 21: Yeah he was doing it because he loved football. Now I REALLY HATE THE LIBERALS!!!!!!!!!!! Wardaddy if you thought I hated libs before, I HATE HATE HATE THEM!!!!

I'm glad you feel that way friend. :)

[SammyWinstonJack]

124. LOL!

Whatever it takes! :-)

[King_Crimson]

96. "We Need To Heckle Howard Dean andThat Clark Guy"...

What a bunch of cheap shot, irresponsible assholes. "And Chris Berman's a Democrat"....what the hell does Berman have in it. He's been with ESPN practically from the get go!
The way i'm understanding this is that they were going to bring the hammer down on Pigboy anyhow.

George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN and ABC Sports, issued the following response:

"We accept his resignation and regret the circumstances surrounding this. We believe that he took the appropriate action to resolve this matter expeditiously."

[_NorCal_D_]

126. Here's what Clark had to say

about the pigboy:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=142508

No doubt Clark is now going to be pinned on the freepers most hated list. But any enemy of the Pigboy and dittoheads is a friend of mine.
:)

[bloom]

112. Free Republic using this to solicit donations! WTF!

"To: All

I would like to take a moment to ask for donations.

It should be clear to all conservatives by now that the left intends to demonize us. They don't just disagree with us, they hate us. And worse, they want to get other people to hate us.

Places like Free Republic drive the left batty.

Please donate. Thanks for your consideration.

14 posted on 10/01/2003 9:01 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)"


Does Limbaugh OWN the Free Republic or something?

[SammyWinstonJack]

125. CONServatives sure are great with projection

Too bad they can't see it!

[rocktivity]

131. Maybe the reason why the left wants to demonize you

is because you ARE demons!


rocknation

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

128. Freep server b0rked -- TOO funny!

But alas, I wanted to read (and archive for later reference) some of their hatespeech.

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [e-mail] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

[Unknown Known]

21. So Rush being a white rascist is something new?

These bozos knew what they were doing when they hired him:mad:

[Cooley Hurd]

22. If Drudge is right, tomorrow is going to suck for pigboy...

From Drudge...

BLITZ ON RUSH LIMBAUGH TO INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY WITH CHARGES OF DRUG ABUSE...

AFTER DAY OF INTENSE MEDIA BASHING ON LIMBAUGH SPORTS QUOTES /// NATIONAL ENQUIRER TO ALLEGE IN BOMBSHELL REPORT: 'RUSH LIMBAUGH IN DRUG RING'... HOUSEKEEPER WORE WIRE IN SET-UP, SUPPLIED PAIN PILLS TO DEAF TALKSHOW HOST... ENQUIRER ALLEGES ABUSE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PILLS...

[phillydem]

29. Headlines in New York Daily News !!!!!!!

not exactly a pillar of journalism either--- but certainly far more credible than Drudge.

Thursdays edition have it as FULL PAGE headlines

I wonder if the housekeeper is an ***illegal ** immigrant?????

[radfringe]

83. His arrogance is doing him in....

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20031002001109990004

Limbaugh did not back down during his syndicated radio talk show Wednesday.

''All this has become the tempest that it is because I must have been right about something,'' Limbaugh said. ''If I wasn't right, there wouldn't be this cacophony of outrage that has sprung up in the sports writer community.''

---snip---

Limbaugh on Wednesday reiterated that he doesn't think McNabb is a bad player, just that he isn't as good as some media members think he is.

''This is such a mountain out of a molehill,'' he said. ''There's no racism here, there's no racist intent whatsoever.''

---snip----

Seven black quarterbacks started games last weekend. Two other blacks who regularly start, Daunte Culpepper of Minnesota and Michael Vick of Atlanta, were out with injuries.

Asked about Limbaugh's comments, Eagles defensive end N.D. Kalu said: ''He speaks well, he's well-read, but he's an idiot.''

[phillydem]

31. Headlines in New York Daily News !!!!!!!

not exactly a pillar of journalism either--- but certainly far more credible than Drudge.

Thursdays edition have it as FULL PAGE headlines

I wonder if the housekeeper is an ***illegal ** immigrant?????

[phillydem]

33. Headlines in New York Daily News !!!!!!!

not exactly a pillar of journalism either--- but certainly far more credible than Drudge.

Thursdays edition have it as FULL PAGE headlines

I wonder if the housekeeper is an ***illegal ** immigrant?????

[Richardo]

44. "National Enquirer"? Oh come on. What, Bat-Boy was his pusher?

Why does Drudge matter at all?

[Cooley Hurd]

49. Drudge now saying NY Daily News headlining w/ it tomorrow

I could give a shit about Drudge... But if what he's saying is true, pigboy is toast!

[truthisfreedom]

72. it's about time. no wonder he's such an insensitive a**hole. he's a junky

and burned-out at that.

[piece sine]

88. Drudge matters because

he gets a couple of BILLION clicks a year ande very single newsroom and TV station as well as countless reporters get important cues from him. Many DUers feign to avoid his site but end-up reading it by default because every move Matt Drudge makes is reported here anyway.
Besides, Drudge primarily recycles other outlets headlines...and he's been all-over the outing of Valerie Plume.

[ClintonTyree]

23. A shallow victory..................

He'll still be spewing his hate and intolerence on hundreds of radio stations this afternoon. If anything he'll probably gain more listeners to his "show", you know, the old "oppressed white man" syndrome. I won't be happy until this festering sack of shit's voice is silenced forever.

[Richardo]

46. You got, DumpGump - the Waaaaaahmbulance will be loud and clear

tomorrow. :nopity:

[proud patriot]

24. Well well well

:D

[Dr Fate]

25. His radio advertisers could care less though..

...he has said much worse on the radio.

[xray s]

32. Ahh...but now EVERYONE knows he is a racist pig!

That is the beauty of this whole deal. I know everyone was upset when he was given the ESPN gig, but it was only a matter of time before he spewed his ignorant hate on the air.

And it reached a whole lot of people who would never crawl into his "EIB" sewer to hear him say it.

A lot of people now will be very interested in who is paying to advertise on this pig's show.

Man, I feel good about this!

[LiberalFighter]

139. And maybe it might had been better for us if he had been on longer

So that more of the public can see his true nature.

How many people don't listen to wind bag that call themselves repugs? And if they heard his trash they might convert to Democrats?

But ESPN could not allow wind bag to remain with them without suffering the consequences. Sure they had a rise in their viewers but how long would that had continued?

His resignation. How much you all want to bet that he didn't resign on his own. That he was forced to resign or be fired.

[w4rma]

27. Good grief that was fast! (n/t)

[rocktivity]

28. Top Ten Replacements for Rush on NFL Countdown

Anna Nicole Smith
Trent Lott
Ted Nugent
Fred Durst
Madonna
Gary Coleman
Mo'Nique
Stat Boy (Pardon The Interruption)
Ozzy Osbourne
Noelle Bush

You heard it here first--You would have known it was the beginning of the end if you'd read my post about ESPN blinking.


rocknation

[alphafemale]

30. He got "Dixie Chicked!!!!"

And he didn't have half their courage even though they faced a far fiercer storm.

They stood their ground, and sold out concerts because they knew in their hearts they were right.

Limbaugh's not only a racist idiot he's also a whining wuss. And he knows in his heart he's wrong.

[NashVegas]

36. Which is Why I'm not Happy

Far better for them to come down on him and tell him to can the racist commentary, and remove his schtick from his toolkit.

this just gives him more "PC" fodder.

Then again, maybe that's what they tried to do and he really did quit. Dunno.

[Pale Blue Dot]

43. I disagree.

If he was FIRED, he could claim he was a victim of the liberal media. He could claim that he stood up to them until they forced him out.

But he RESIGNED. He QUIT. Appartently, even he doesn't really believe the shit he is spewing, or he would have stuck it out.

He is a frightened, whiny, spineless, no-nothing hack, and by RESIGNING, he proved it.

[alphafemale]

47. Yep. A crybaby wuss.

[_NorCal_D_]

118. You bet.

The pigboy can dish it out but obviously he can't take it.
:bounce::)

[tlb]

48. I recall the days people on the board thought " dixiechicking" someone

was a bad thing to do.

[alphafemale]

51. But he couldn't deal...he folded like he held a pair of dueces.

He didn't have the spine to handle even a shadow of what they went through.

The Dixie Chick's were courageous in the face of all.

Rush is a cowardly quitter.

[SlutBunwalla]

71. uh...slight difference there....

The chicks didn't make racist slurs, tlbshow...

Limbaugh, like Savage and all the other hate jockeys out there, got exactly what he deserved.

[dArKeR]

64. LOL! you double nut! I can't stop laughing!

[ktranz]

37. hahaha

he still in philadelphia, somebody gonna egg hime tomorrow

[TreasonousBastard]

38. Resigned....

yeah, right.

Don't ya just love it when someone gets his ass kicked out and they gloss it over with "resigned?"

Good MSNBC article about this by Mike Celizic, a sports guy:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/974626.asp?0sl=-11&newguid=F06922CB0B774FBF8C3EEB998376FDF0&cp1=1

Or, if that huge link breaks:

http://tinyurl.com/pert

[Cha]

39. Like this part...

"We accept his resignation and regret the circumstances surrounding this. We believe that he took the appropriate action to resolve this matter expeditiously"

[frank frankly]

40. so wonderful

i am having a lovely evening here!

[bluestateguy]

42. His show tomorrow will be pathetic

It'll be 3 hours of whining and blaming the "liberal media" (they'll have to roll out that old 1970's catch phrase), not to mention the sychophant callers who will call up to massage his ego.

[VolcanoJen]

45. Keith Olbermann called this earlier tonight.

Following the segment on Rush, Keith (who has always provided excellent and insightful sports commentary) looked at the camera, paused a moment and said, "Look, folks. He's going to get fired. It's just a matter of when."

:-) Quitting is good enough for me!!!

Hooray!! I can watch ESPN Sunday Countdown again! And it only took FOUR WEEKS to get rid of Pigboy!!!!!

:bounce:

[SlutBunwalla]

73. I love Olberman...

The only downside to this--and I mean the ONLY downside--is that Rush will whine like a little titty baby over how he was a victim of the "liberal media."

Of course, he uses that tired old saw on a daily basis anyway, so I'd say it's a wash.

[TacticalPeek]

52. Jeez, a couple of Dem candidates call for ouster and . . . poof!

Or rather . . . splat!

The ESPN suits must sense a New Boss on the way.

OK, Savage, Rush . . . who next?

Maybe they should demand at least one of the whiney twits on Faux morning news be replaced with Pee Wee Herman.

[jus_the_facts]

53. boom boom *clap* boom boom *clap*....WE are the CHAMPIONS.....

.....NO time for LOSERS..cuz WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS. :bounce:

......ANOTHER *RUSH* BITES THE DUST!! :evilgrin:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

54. Bye bye Blimpo

I liked Phil Hendry's description of the fat boy. Lush is like a guy in a hospital robe who doesn't know enough to keep his ass covered.

[delete_bush]

56. If he resigned

then the DRUdGe story must be true and he knows he's on borrowed time.

By the way, his only non-repuke supporter seems to be Alan Colmes. The Fox Liberal aka Hannity's punching bag.

[angka]

57. a hahahahahahahaha

one more pond scum racist rightwing blowhard bites it.

[ILeft]

59. Maybe now the fans of these Right Wing freaks will catch on...

The dishonest, hateful talk spewed by the likes of Rush and the creatures at FOX just doesn't fly when they leave their carefully controlled studios. Your hero is a freak, dittoheads.

[Nottingham]

60. Oh that rocks

the best news all day

:bounce:

[SmileyBoy]

61. Sorry I posted a dupe. It said "no topic", anyway.

I didn't see the story buried.

[symbolman]

62. Ever notice that when they make those

composite crime photos of white guys that they always end up looking like Limbaugh or KKKarl Rove?

Hey folks, in case any of you remember I outed Rush on the O'Reilly show as a Racist not all that long ago..

[Norquist Nemesis]

66. It's GREAT!

I'm so happy this happened...either way NO MORE RUSH on Sunday mornings! He never belonged there!

[opihimoimoi]

68. He didn't want to RESIGN, it was a gracious thing for the ESPN guys to

let him do that,


OR BE FIRED.

Come, the bar is open, drinks on the house. Ribs too.

[janx]

67. It was only a matter of time.

And it will be only a matter of time before the guy gets stale in the radio market; by then, he will have made even more millions, but at least the country will have learned not to trust ignorance.

[SiouxJ]

70. Yeah, resigned as in, "resign or you're fired"

Guess our letters worked! :bounce:

[olmy]

80. Exactly, and give us back the life-sized mouse, you freak!

[underpants]

91. African-Americans go to Disneyworld too

The "ears" don't like controversy. The last thing they want to do is to be see comforting a racist. It's bad for business.

[truthisfreedom]

74. now all we have to do is move that first letter back about 16 letters to B

and have him resign too.

[SammyWinstonJack]

127. Resignation should not be an option for Bush*

He should be impeached, thrown out of office and ...............

[fortyfeetunder]

75. Common sense deprivation syndrome

Now Rush:

You know how you like to rag on us black folks on your radio show, but you don't call us "black folks". You like to call us "welfare queens" and "pimps, bums, gang-bangers, juvenile delinquents" and the like. And since you have sponsors that support your opinions you can probably say anything you damned well please on your talk show.

Now, you wanna be in the NFL. I take it physically and mentally you couldn't hack it in football in even an airconditioned room with the big boys like Warren Sapp, Dave Butkus, Refrigerator Perry. Instead you swing a deal with ESPN so at least you can pretend you know something about sports. I don't listen to your radio show and I don't watch ESPN. But I can tell once you felt comfortable with the ESPN set, you let your common sense lapse. You paid for it with this resignation tonight.

However, lemme give you a clue I have about your audiences. I daresay that the ESPN audience is far more ethnically diverse than your radio show. WTF were you thinking when you made the assumption that the media was playing up McNabb only because he was black? See what you said plays into your talk show rhetoric when you describe us as "Welfare queens and pimps". We can't be ever good on our own merit right? (Unless we are Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas or Ward Connerly) And when we just happen to be good, it's got to be an effing fluke or the media wants us to look good. See you couldn't call McNabb a "former (any derogatory classification for black folk)" so you had to discount any abilities he had. That is where your lack of common sense shows.

Rush, don't blame the liberal media, it was YOU who opened your big mouth. No one put you up to this, this was your big ass problem. Hope you don't lose your day job over it. Get over it and entertain your freeper crowd...

[et in Arcadia ego...]

76. Was ESPN so desperate to boost ratings they had to hire

that big-mouthed idiot? Sheesh, is sports sucking that much these days?

[_NorCal_D_]

120. Welcome to DU October Surprise!

Honestly I don't know why they hired the pigboy, except to appeal to the dittohead audience.

[neuvocat]

77. They fired his sorry ass.

He didn't quit. That was his boyhood dream. Stupid fat pill-popping fuck.

[underpants]

92. How long did that take?A MONTH?

See ya bye.

[CurtRCounts]

79. Thank God Almighty...

We are free at last.The hiring of Rush Limbaugh sent me,a rabid fan of the violence filled,brutality based sport of football,(which i love dearly)into a near psychotic rage.I wondered what I could have done an a conscienious objecter to deserve such a horrible punishment.My mind raced at the things that which my apathy would have warranted such a racist and bigoted human being hired at a post in which the HUGE majority of America(Right and Left)would be subjected to his idiotic philosophies.My only reward is that his stupidity would cost him his job before he can subliminaly infect every football fan,who are,on the majority,casual political observers,with his idioic and disgusting views.The previous week he made a comment about the NBA,an obviously veiled comment to those familiar with his right wing agenda,which wasnt picked up by the mainstream(liberal?)media.The lucky SOB managed to sneak by another week before the entire nation caught him.Shame on you,ESPN,for hiring someone with a proven and documentable history of racist and politically motivated point of views.Shame on you for not doing your homework and accepting ratings as the standard at which someone is judged.I hope America views you as what you are,another media source hungry for whatever advertising dollars you can grab,whether it gives a bigot airtime or not.National treasure indeed...
CurtrCounts

[jsw_81]

81. Who's next to go down?

Michael Savage
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
G. Gordon Liddy
Michael Medved
Laura Ingraham

[prolesunited]

82. I was just thinking the same thing

It gives me hope that this country is not as far gone as we think. When media gives these RW assholes a platform, they quickly self-destruct. Although I think it's unfortunate that the media gives them a platform at all, I'm glad that it's proven to be short-lived.

[jobycom]

84. He was in genuine danger of losing it all

Rush saw what was happening, and quit to save his career. This was escalating quickly, with Sharpton calling a boycott, and Dean and Clark calling for him to step down. He was too big a distraction to ESPN, who can't afford to be painted as a racist network. ESPN would have had to fire him.

Being fired for being a racist would have destroyed him. A few more days of this type of criticism would have hurt him. There is a Limbaugh audience who want to hear his racist rants, but much of his audience is made up of casual listeners who never really think about Limbaugh's comments. He could lose a lot of them by being labelled that way. If he starts losing a fraction of his audience, ten percent or so, he starts getting dropped from some stations, and his revenues go down, and he starts a nose dive that he might not recover from, even though he would have undoubtedly kept a large portion of his audience.

He's now untouchable for television, except for FOX, perhaps. He's failed twice, and this time in a big way. But it would have been much worse if this had dragged out a couple more days. He would have become a liability to his own party. Candidates who appeared on his show would wind up having to defend themselves just like candidates who speak at Bob Jones U. That makes him useless to his own party, and that would mean he would be out of a job.

The damage may already be done. It's a close thing now. Is he Jimmy the Greek, or John Rocker, or Trent Lott? Or did he resign just in time? Don't know yet, but if this had gone another couple of days, he would have been through, and not just his sports career. As it stands, maybe he will survive, since no one really expected better of him, anyway. But his parting shot didn't help. He claimed he stood by his comments, refused to apologize, and reiterated that he was right, even claiming that the furor over his comments proved he was right. That will play to the core of his audience, but it may not play to the casual listeners. Or to his advertisers.

He may be done. He's at least wobbly.

You all see the big picture, right? Liberals are fighting back, and we are finally scoring body blows. We knocked Rush out of the fight. We've got Bush tottering a little, even getting his own party to question him over the leak and over the Iraqi forged evidence. It's been a good week, for a change. And we are finally showing signs of not backing down, of fighting for what's right. Our candidates united against Rush on this. They are uniting against Bush. Our message is getting shouted louder and louder, and people are finding it harder to ignore. And the more they hear us, the more they know we are right.

Good signs. Let's keep shouting.

[Papa]

108. i think you have an excellent analysis here.

In fact it made me think that our candidates should start bashing Hannity, and the other wingnuts too. The dems aren't only running against Bush, we have an uphill battle fighting the right wing media nuts as well. If we can start chopping them down a few pegs it will help us discredit these nuts and take back our country.

[Braden]

86. the Media are Racist!

according to Rush. It caused a huge controversy therefore proving his point, according to limbaugh.

what a pile of shit that guy is.

Hey Rush, You are a Racist.

[LynneSin]

87. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead

At least The Daily News didn't put another picture of that asshole on their newspaper but instead a picture of Donovan Smiling!!!

McNabb is 120% all class - Rush could learn a few lessons from him!!@

[kwolf68]

89. RUSH should NOT have resigned

Stay with me here.

I hate this man. He is a vile, insensitive, ideologically naive, fear-mongering, hypocritical scumbag…BUT a REAL man would not have resigned.

The fact Limbaugh chose to play the race card w/ Donovan McNabb shows what a potential (I use this word for objectivity) racist he is. However, quitting the show before having a chance to go back on it to face the fire shows what a complete coward (or wussie) he really is.

It is fine Limbaugh thinks Donovan is over-rated, he is entitled to that opinion. However, Limbaugh didn’t come out and say he stands by his comments, but apologizes for the insensitive tone of them. His response was, “See…people are mad…that shows I am right.” … AND then he freaking quits.

Limbaugh got a football gig, made a vitriolic and repulsive statement about black Quarterbacks based in NOTHING factual, gets taken to task by the masses (Eagle radio commentary Mike Quick called him a right-wing bigot who shouldn’t be doing football shows) and then runs back to the safe domain of “Rush Rules” like the weasel he is with his tail tucked between his fat ass.

This isn’t the type of action of ANY MAN who should be held in virtue like Rush gets from the 20 million ditto-monkeys he claims to have as a loyal base. This man never admitted he was MAYBE wrong, at least in the way he couched Donovan as over-rated and he didn’t have enough backbone to go back on the show where Tom Jackson was probably laying in wait ready to pounce the moment the next incendiary comment came spewing from Rush’ mouth.

This reminds me of a party Limbaugh and Hillary Clinton were both at. Evidentially, Limbaugh apologized to Hillary for his remarks about Chelsea. He wasn’t MAN ENOUGH to stand behind his comments (as absurd as they were) in the face of the mother of the young girl he had ripped…NOR…did he go onto his program and tell his listeners that he was out-of-line to bash a young girl like he did.

Rush Limbaugh is arguably the biggest pu**y alive in America today. He is beneath contempt and is a truly vile, pathetic human being.

[underpants]

90. He didn't resign he got FIRED!

After his comments yesterday not backing down I hear that he resigned??? No, he was shown the door and allowed to "resign".

[kwolf68]

93. WHY?

Why would ESPN fire him? They knew what they were getting when they got him and he delivered.

Imagine how many more viewers would have tuned in next week?

I don't believe for a second he was fired. He ran like a puss.

[underpants]

97. African-Americans go to Disneyworld too

And buy videos
and buy toys
and visit the Disney stores
and watch ABC Family
and watch ABC
etc.


The "ears" (DISNEY/ABC & ESPN)don't like controversy. The last thing they want to do is to be see comforting a racist. It's bad for business.

[kwolf68]

98. Doesn't hold water

If ESPN/ABC/Disney don't like controversy, then WHY did they hire Limpnuts in the first place?

Him resigning from a show where his views are being heard by the mainstream (and not just political ditto-monkeys), where he can't frame the debate and where he can't squash dissent fits the profile.

I won't believe he was fired until I see it in print. The word is he resigned, quit, gave up, pussed out...Sounds plausible to me.

[underpants]

102. That's what Doug Williams wanted to know

This morning on the Today Show he (you should have heard the SIGH JC Watts let out ) said that he didn't understand how Rush got on ESPN to start with. He wasn't angry and didn't raise his voice, the whole interview (Katie him and JC on three screens) was very subdued and reasonable.

JC of course tried to change the subject to the fact that Rush really doesn't know what he is talking about in terms or McNabb being overrated.

I never understood why he was on either. I do think that the heads at Disney realized that this was not the kind of controversy they wanted but "pussed/wimped out" will do for now.

[sendero]

94. Poor Rush, just when he needs his oxys...

... he can't have any! Bwaahahahahahahha!

[laylah]

95. Although I have sympathy for his addiction

I cannot say that I am sorry to see the hypocritical A$$HOLE go down. His hateful rhetoric has caused so much pain to so many people. I, personally, hope he rots in HIS version of hell!

Jenn

[2cents]

100. He should not have resigned

For his free speech argument to hold water he should have continued until he was fired.

Running like a wuss is not the way to stand for free speech.

I disagree with what he said - but he has the right to say it.

[bloom]

119. He doesn't have a right to be paid for it....n/t

[Zero Gravitas]

101. HA HA

Good. Now I can watch that show again. What was ESPN thinking when they signed the cyst and the ugly growth on it in the first place?

The growth on the cyst is not a political commentator, it's a hate monger that makes a living by getting one group of Americans to hate another group based on their political opinions. Hello Di$ney?

[Midwest_Doc]

103. Al Franken was right!

[LeftHander]

104. Haha Hes a Racist - Remember Jimmy the Greek!

SPorts will not tolerate his shit....now he's toast...


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Ivory_Tower]

105. The Ents awoke

Coming in late on this, so I figure nobody will actually see it, but here it goes anyway:

1) Does anyone else feel like the Ents have come out of the forest? That is, the NFL and the sports media HAD been saying effectively that "Rush is an entertainer, and popular, and knows sports. We have no issue with his politics." Then he delivers this racist broadside against the sports world, and they come to life. Well, with the exception of ESPN, who was defending him because its ratings went up. But this leads to:

2) The icy statement by the NFL must have sent a chill through the accounting department at ESPN and Disney. I don't recall the exact quote, but the NFL basically distanced itself from ESPN by emphasizing that they don't hire the ESPN broadcasters. I think that might have been a shot across ESPN's bow. Remember, ESPN only broadcasts NFL games because they purchased the rights to do so. When that contract expires, the NFL could sell the rights to someone else instead, leaving ESPN out in the cold. If ESPN continued to support racist sports commentators, I'm the sure the NFL would have second thoughts about renewing its contract. So what woke the NFL up? The comment itself had a role, certainly, but I think the NFL (and ESPN) was effectively slapped by:

3) McNabb's press conference. I didn't see it, but what I read of his comments looked to me to be brilliant. Think about this -- McNabb had, what, 15, 20, 30 minutes total to talk about this? Rush has 3 hours a day, five days a week to say whatever he wants about the issue. There was no way that McNabb could take on Rush head-to-head in the media. Instead, McNabb graciously states that what Rush did is done, and then he criticizes (with more disappointment than anger) the people around Rush for not calling him on the comment! If you can't attack someone more powerful than you, then go after the people around him and knock out his supports. I think McNabb stung both the ESPN and the NFL with his implication that they were tacitly supporting a racist, and it snowballed from there.

McNabb's comments helped get the Ents out of the forest to do battle.

(Edited for snazzier subject :) )

[rocktivity]

122. Here's the thread from NcNabb's press conference

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=446222


rocknation

[Avatar13]

107. Maybe he'll sign on with FOXSports

The viewership spillover FOXSports gets from FOXNews may mean a better viewer demographic for Rush. You get plenty of hate from FNews, why not FSports?

[_NorCal_D_]

123. LOL

I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't the last we'll see of him.

[snippy]

109. I love the smell of shittohead despair in the morning.

I was surprised that Limbaugh wasted so little time before using his new platform to promote his brand of bigotry.

[bloom]

110. I'm so happy I could cry.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[BenFranklinUSA]

111. Don't Like McNabb Either

I wish McNabb would resign!
He is being cut slack he doesn't deserve (for whatever reason it may be).
And the Eagles defense does not get nearly enough credit for the team's success.
:(

[mac56]

114. Welcome to DU, BenFranklinUSA -

but how come you gotta pee in our swimming pool like this?

[BenFranklinUSA]

116. Only a little pee :)

and it was clear

[BraveDave]

129. McNabb IS overrated though.

Just my two cents. I may not be a fan of Rush's but I do watch football. If someone already stated something similar, I appoligize, I didn't have time to read the other 128 posts.

Maybe Limbaugh knows football better than what you think.

McNabb had his best year last year. His QB rating was 86.0.

Manning last year had a bad year last year his rating was 88.8.

McNabb's lifetime rating is 75.5, he is at 51.1 so far this year.

Culpepper had a rating last year of 75.3, a lifetime rating of 86.3 and is at 108.0 so far this season. Limbaugh said nothing of Culpepper, perhaps because Culpepper is a better player.

Randle El is one of Limbaugh's favorite players. Why, because he is black? No, Antwan can play.

I am not saying Rush is right but looking at the stats I can see what he is saying. McNabb is overrated.

Oh, and Sharpton calling Rush a racist has to be the best example of the pot calling the kettle black I've seen in a while.

[Pallas180]

132. Skinhead Rush Is On a 1000 Clear Channel Stations-Email them you

want Skinhead Mr Moral Family Values who uses 100 Oxycontin
a day - GONE!!!!

Email the sponsors of his radio program again again again
that an illegal drug using skinhead does not belong on
national radio spouting racism and phony family values.

Shall we all follow his example and send our "illegal" maid
out for illegal drugs?

WE WANT HIM OFF THE RADIO AIR WAVES WHICH HE POLLUTES

[snippy]

138. Whether McNabb actually is overrated is irrelevant to Limbaugh's firing.

Limbaugh did not present a cogent argument, such as you have made, that McNabb is overrated. Limbaugh asserted that McNabb was overrated and attributed that to racial bias in the media in favor of black players. Limbaugh did not cite a single example of that bias or identify anyone in the media who expressed that bias. Limbaugh was merely peddling his bigotry to the equally bigoted shittoheads.

[EFF BrandyWine]

133. A common theme...

how the blowhard can dish it out but can't take it.

[FuseONE]

135. hey BRAVE dave

Has it ever occurred to you that if Donovan had Marvin Harrison and Edgerrin James on his side of the ball, perhaps his numbers might be better? The people around him on offense would be second stringers on most other teams in the league. How many times has Peyton been to his conference championship game? Did he finish second in the MVP voting his first full season as a starter? Donovan is the sole offensive weapon on the team. Meaning defenses can build their entire scheme around stopping Donovan. Not so with Peyton.

You're wrong and so is Rush.

[BraveDave]

137. Wow...I'm impressed...

McNabb is truly awsome. Currently ranked 30th in the league at a huge 51.1%.

[FuseONE]

140. I hope you're kidding

Otherwise, you really don't know jack about football.

Brett Favre, John Elway, Troy Aikman. These are 3 three quarterbacks who had much worse numbers than McNabb over their first couple years in the league, and those are just three off the top of my head. Taking two games out of his career and saying "look how bad he was! Limbaugh MUST be right!" doesn't carry much weight with me. Anyone can have a bad two game stretch. Assessing McNabb's worth to his team and his overall ability based on those two games is ridiculous.