Posted on 10/14/2009 8:55:43 AM PDT by OK Right
Are the Democrats the Racism Party?
Just when OK thought the race(ism) card was too worn out for liberals to do anything more than retire it from the life deck, Obama-media has once again resurrected it. It’s a strategy designed to keep Conservatives and the Right on the defensive. The Left’s current target is talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently lectured us on the importance of civility and accountability for one’s words. She suggested that a lack of civility could lead to violence. However, the Left loves to sermonize while isolating and smearing any dissent. An avid football fan, Rush announced last week that he and others were bidding on the NFL’s St. Louis Rams franchise. His news brought about an all out assault, and hateful speech from MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who fantasized about Rush’s death on air.
Now the usual suspects are playing the tattered card again – Leftist liars like Al “The Harlem Pimp” Sharpton. Sharpton has never had a problem smearing political opponents with information based on rumor and innuendo. Recall that he earned fame for the Tawana Brawley fake-rape hoax 20 years ago. Then there’s that ol’ race baiter, Jesse Jackson, who joined the latest controversy and offered hateful slander to the AP yesterday (October 13, 2009), an organization Rush calls “AP-Obama” and part of “the state-run media.” Jackson maintains that Rush, “should not have the privilege of owning an NFL franchise . . .” (“Jesse Jackson on Rush Limbaugh's possible NFL ownership: ‘He should not have the privilege of owning . . .’ Ancestors rolling over in graves at 5000 RPMs,” www.theblogprof.blogspot.com, October 13, 2009).
Of course, this isn’t the first time that Limbaugh has been targeted as the Left’s punching bag. Recall that President Obama laughed at Wanda Sykes’ joke about Rush dying of kidney failure at the White House Correspondents’ dinner in May.
Screams of “Racism!”
In part, the latest tempest involves a statement falsely attributed to Limbaugh. Rush has publicly denied ever saying that “slavery has merits,” yet slipshod journalists at CNN, MSNBC, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and others have taken the Wikipedia posting and reported it as fact, when it’s slander. There is no source listed for the posting, but that’s good enough for the “state-run media” and its agenda. The Huffington Post put out a cartoon video yesterday that shows Rush changing the Rams uniforms into Klan uniforms (www.hotairpundit.blogspot.com, 10/14/09).
Limbaugh guest host Mark Steyn is among those who have come to Rush’s defense. Steyn challenges, “So where are these racist soundbites? Where’s the audio? Where’s the transcript? Name the year. Heigh-ho, say CNN’s Rick Sanchez and the rest of the basement-ratings crowd. Not our problem: It’s for Limbaugh to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he’s never said it. We’re too busy fact-checking anti-Obama jokes to fact-check our own reporting . . .” (Mark Steyn, “The Corner,” The National Review, www.corner.nationalreview.com, October 13, 2009). Brent Bozwell, president of Media Research Center, has demanded that CNN and MSNBC prove that radio talk show king Rush uttered racist comments they have attributed to him as fact (www.myfreedompost.com, October 14, 2009).
Sorry Leftists, with 20 Million+ Listeners, He’s Not Rushing into Obscurity
Rush is not a racist. His ratings and millions of loyal fans prove it. Sources claim his recently renewed contract is valued at $400 million. That’ll keep him on the air through 2016. The New York Times claims that Limbaugh’s annual salary is around $38 million (Matt Drudge, “LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS,” www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm, July 1, 2008). The Left disagrees with his political views but then again, the KKK was a Democrat creation, a fact Rush readily points out.
Limbaugh spoke on air yesterday about suing the individuals and news organizations that are attempting to smear him in this libelous fashion. Let’s hope he wins. There’s too much anger, hate and lying being tossed about.
Sadly, this abuse of power begins at home: namely, The White House. Recently, President Obama said he would not grant FOX News any interviews until at earliest 2010. We’ve heard Obama admonish people for listening to Rush Limbaugh and then expecting to get things done. Who’s playing low-blow partisan politics more these days, the Left or Right?
Rush understands the true face of racism and socialism and speaks out against Obama’s plans for our country. OK suspects the liberal press was given its marching orders to engage in a new Rush attack. The schemers knew most people wouldn’t fact check the slandering news sources and simply rush to judgment on the latest “Rush is a racist” smears.
We’re also sure the Smear Rush edict came with a convenient copy of the tired old race card, to be used liberally, as always.
making up smears of political enemies calling them “racists” is also racist. Playing the base like a fiddle and demonizing the opposition with a partisan witchhunt.
They give confirmed multiple rapists and murderers second and third and fourth chances, but won’t give Rush Limbaugh at least the first chance to buy a sports team ...
What about their much taunted “give everyone a fair chance” mantra... Oh they abandoned that if the person in question has any conservative tendencies.
What does Bo Snerdly think about this hoopla surrounding this???
I couldn’t care less if they call me “racist” all day long. I call it like I see it and their whining be damned. I simply remind them of their history as a party and what they have “done” for (to) the black community since they weren’t allowed to own them anymore.
Using “racism” as a tool to defeat opponents in the political arena is fast becoming the new “cry wolf” in America. If the “left” continues with this ridiculous approach of trying to defeat their opponents then the “wolf” will wind up eating their lunch in 2010-it should be a delicious meal. I invite everyone to this buffet!
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