Tucker Carlson: "Lighten up" about racist Limbaugh statements

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Tucker Carlson: "Lighten up" about racist Limbaugh statements

During a segment on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, Crossfire co-host Tucker Carlson told fellow co-host Paul Begala to "lighten up" about syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh's racist comments to an African American caller. When Begala pointed out the offensive comment and questioned President George W. Bush's decision to appear on Limbaugh's show -- particularly in light of the Republican National Convention's Day 2 theme of "compassionate conservatism" --Carlson dismissed his concerns and Limbaugh's racist statement, calling Limbaugh "pretty amusing."

From the August 31 edition of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360:


BEGALA: The problem is, for the second day in a row, George W. Bush is undermining the central message of this very well-scripted and well-executed convention. ... Tonight they want to show compassionate conservatism, what does Bush do? He goes on The Rush Limbaugh Show, not exactly the home of compassion. Rush Limbaugh famously once told an African American caller, and I'm quoting him here, "Take that bone out of your nose." Not exactly a people-of-compassion kind of statement. You can't have it both ways ...



CARLSON: Hold on. Settle down. Lighten up. It's not a kook radio show. Look, you know the guy's telling jokes. I mean, I must say if there's one issue that divides the parties -- it's not a race issue, that's a pretty tired throwback, I think that stopped working in about 1984 -- Hold on, lemme just say one thing. If there's one issue that divides the parties, it's humor. You have on the one side this kind of relentless, harsh, grim, dour humorlessness, and on the other side, you know, I don't know Rush Limbaugh, whatever you think of him, he's pretty amusing.


As Media Matters for America previously noted, Bush referred to Limbaugh as his "good friend" during his August 31 appearance on The Rush Limbaugh Show despite Limbaugh's history of vitriol and distortions. (Click here for those documented by MMFA. (http://mediamatters.org/search.html?string=rush+limbaugh)

[takumi]

1. "Lighten Up"

Tucker said:
It's not a kook radio show. Look, you know the guy's telling jokes. I mean, I must say if there's one issue that divides the parties -- it's not a race issue, that's a pretty tired throwback, I think that stopped working in about 1984 -- Hold on, lemme just say one thing. If there's one issue that divides the parties, it's humor. You have on the one side this kind of relentless, harsh, grim, dour humorlessness, and on the other side, you know, I don't know Rush Limbaugh, whatever you think of him, he's pretty amusing.



I SUPPOSE THAT LIKE RUSH, TUCKER FELT THAT THE ABU GRAHIB PRISON ABUSE SCANDAL WAS AMUSING, TOO!
IT'S COMMENTS LIKE THIS THAT MADE ME CANCEL MY SATELLITE TV AND CONVERT 100% TO XM SATELLITE RADIO!!!

[qwertyMike]

2. Lighten up Tucker

You wouldn't happen to be a Honky, Kike, Yid, Mick, Polack or anything? No, I guess you're a WASP and out of the reach of those whip lashes.
PIG

Maybe he could tell Mike Tyson to get that bone out of his nose.
F*ckin' creep

Anyone got his email address?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. What can you expect...

from that peckerwood.

Note: I am the whitest person you know and I have the geneology to prove it. That said, my mother and grandmother(both from Ben Avon SC) taught us to NEVER make racially disparaging remarks or tolerate them. Well before it was fashionable, too. They considered that "quite unseemly".

Tucker Carlson is definitely in the running for today's T. Scheisskopf Repuke Bull Goose Jerkoff Award.

Repukes: The Party for Jerkoffs.

[LynneSin]

4. Wow!! The Clinton's financed the Swift Idiot's ads

I mean, if Rush LImbaugh says it, it must be true

:crazy:

Take another hit of oxycontin Rush. The dosage you took 20 minutes ago is already wearing off.

[Dob Bole]

5. Yeah, Dennis Miller and Colin Quinn really crack me up....

Ha! Liberals are far funnier! We've even got Jeanine Garafolo!

Ben Stein is the only remotely funny Conservative...and I mean remotely.

[dorktv]

6. I stopped listening, watching or even having his

shows and commercials on because Ben Stein is "pro-life." I am sorry, you are male, you cannot possibly know what I or any other woman might being going through when we have an unwanted (or wanted) pregnancy and have to abort. THANK YOU!