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CNN Guest On Rush Limbaugh: "This Is A High-Tech Lynching" (Video)
hotairpundit ^ | 10/15/09 | talkradio03

Posted on 10/14/2009 10:19:39 PM PDT by Talkradio03

This guy nails it on AC360 tonight, and he's on the panel with race hustler Al Sharpton, Steven A. Smith got everybody scratching their head tonight at him changing his tune on Rush...

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: rushrams

1 posted on 10/14/2009 10:19:39 PM PDT by Talkradio03
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To: Talkradio03

Blacks can’t be racist because they have no power.

Just ask Don Imus and Rush Limbaugh. :)


2 posted on 10/14/2009 10:30:28 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Talkradio03
just exactly what happened to him in the last 48 hours?

Rush is out, the point became moot and there is the threat of a lawsuit. Did I miss anything?
3 posted on 10/14/2009 10:33:25 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

I’d love to hear from some of our FR legal eagles - does Rush have a good case? As far as I can see, he certainly has been injured, and by false statements.

However, I know that free speech is very protected - people can say all kinds of things here, and not have any consequences.


4 posted on 10/14/2009 10:45:20 PM PDT by I still care (A Republic - if you can keep it. - Ben Franklin)
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To: Talkradio03

The only people that it is ok to discriminate against are White Males.

Pray for America and Our Troops


5 posted on 10/14/2009 10:49:01 PM PDT by bray (Hope and Corruption)
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To: I still care

“I know that free speech is very protected”

Free POLITICAL speech is protected.

Libel and slander are not.


6 posted on 10/14/2009 10:56:07 PM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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To: I still care

I’m not a legal eagle, but I do know that slander and libel are lawsuit-safe, and you have to prove actual damages from the actions. Rush can definitely show it, since he lost out on the opportunity to invest in a franchise, an activity that always offers a good return on investment.

He’s got a solid case if he wants to pursue, IMHO.


7 posted on 10/14/2009 11:21:41 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible.)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
He’s got a solid case if he wants to pursue, IMHO.

The blogger responsible won't yield much cash. but Rick Sanchez would be my preferred angle, since it puts CNN itself and Sanchez' career (that should have ended with his serving 20 years in prison for DUI manslaughter) in the crosshairs.

8 posted on 10/14/2009 11:25:51 PM PDT by montag813 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell)
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To: I still care
1) There is actual damage. 2) The remarks are defamatory, per se. That means that even though Rush is a public figure, and normally unprotected, this is "actual malice." He has a great case.
9 posted on 10/15/2009 12:59:38 AM PDT by FredZarguna (It looks just like a Telefunken U-47. In leather.)
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To: Talkradio03

RUSH has suffered a massive loss of millions as a direct result of their lies and slander. RUSH: SUE EVERY ONE OF THEM BACK TO THE STONE AGE and I/WE mean EVERY ONE!
RUSH, do not play “Mr. Niceguy”, and let this go unanswered... they are out to DESTROY YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE AND STAND FOR and they will continue to do so unless and until you teach them all a VERY COSTLY LESSON for their lying and slander.
Suing EVERY ONE INVOLVED in this travesty is NOT about the money, it IS about protecting RUSH’s good name and being slandered as a RACIST and losing his livelihood as a direct result of lies and slander.
He had better go after EVERY ONE of these libelous liars, EVEN IN THE NFL. He must hit and hurt them in the only place they care about... their wallets and pocketbooks. Every one of them will be groveling because they have stepped in the poo BIG TIME. RUSH can not be like President George Bush and sit idly by while his critics walked all over him and labeled him with things that were not true. RUSH has been libeled, slandered and lied about all over the national air waves with the result being that he has been removed from the consortium that is in the process of buying the Rams and he can not afford to let this go unanswered because his reputation and good name have been sullied and he has lost tens, maybe even HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars in potential earnings as a direct result of their lies and slander. He has been labeled a RACIST, he can not let that stand.
Heck, I bet RUSH has a bevy of uber lawyers who have lined up to take on the case for a reduced rate or for free because he is so beloved and this crime is so egregious.
Rush will sue because the left has made it plain for all to see that they have every intention of hounding him to death and seeking to destroy him no matter what he does. They want to RUIN him and run him out of town... period.
Rush can not let this stand. If he did, they will view it as a battle won in their war against him and they will pursue him all the harder. If, on the other hand he sues them all and, I do mean ALL, he will win in a court of law. They will loose to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and they will all think twice in the future about lying and slandering him.
RUSH, if you are reading this, why don’t you use the monies you are awarded to set up a non-profit legal foundation to fight for and protect the legal rights of conservatives who have been or are being treated as you were?


10 posted on 10/15/2009 1:58:44 AM PDT by Jmouse007 (Thank you)
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To: FredZarguna

From what two libel attorneys said on the O’Reilly Factor this evening, Rush Limbaugh has an excellent case should Rush decide to sue the various media outlets for libel. And these companies have very deep pockets, Time Warner and NBC News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which started the whole smear campaign.

Wouldn’t it be great if Limbaugh ended up losing his bid for the St. Louis Rams, but won his huge lawsuit and ended up owning the St. Louis Post-Dispatch instead? :)


11 posted on 10/15/2009 3:53:07 AM PDT by DavidAccord
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To: Talkradio03

The UnCivil War has begun.


12 posted on 10/15/2009 3:55:00 AM PDT by bmwcyle (We need more Joe Wilson's. OBAMA is ACORN ACORN is OBAMA)
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To: DavidAccord

I don’t think that anyone benefits by owning the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. That old media is going the way of all old media.

That said, I think Rush should invest in NASCAR. The NFL is clearly crooked and racist.


13 posted on 10/15/2009 4:00:43 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Drill in the USA and offshore USA!! Drill NOW and build more refineries!!!! Defund the EPA!)
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To: Jmouse007
I like Rush very much, and would love to see him sue, and win. BUT, I believe there are other organized groups beside the one Rush was involved that are bidding for the team. How could Rush prove that the purchasing group he was on would have gotten control of the Rams? I think that might be a stumbling point in going for damages for lost earnings. He should sue for the lies, but I don't know about the "losing the Rams" thing.
14 posted on 10/15/2009 4:15:14 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Talkradio03

“JAY-Z OFFICIALLY NETS CO-OWNER: Retiring rapper approved by NBA board.”
Posted on: August 13, 2004 08:49 PDT

http://www.hiphop-elements.com/article/read/4/6319/1/

“Michelle Malkin on Jay-Z’s and Young Jeezy’s inaugural rap”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p68XfbBmnM0

(My President is Black—with Megyn and Michelle M. interview)

Michelle Malkin
“Feel the post-racialism: ‘My president is black, but his house is all white’”
January 19, 2009 11:29 PM
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/19/feel/

So, Jay-Z is a part owner of an NBA team and is on video spewing racist statements against Whites, but Rush is nowhere taped with anything but is disinvited to bid on a team. We all know ‘what up’ with 0bamaland and the White folk—or asians or hispanics, etc..


15 posted on 10/15/2009 4:39:31 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Rush is out, the point became moot and there is the threat of a lawsuit. Did I miss anything?

I'm wondering if this was a trap that the Left and the NFL just walked into. The controversy alone is going to be worth big bucks to Rush, in terms of new listeners wondering what all the fuss is about.

16 posted on 10/15/2009 6:02:14 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: DavidAccord
From what two libel attorneys said on the O’Reilly Factor this evening, Rush Limbaugh has an excellent case should Rush decide to sue the various media outlets for libel. And these companies have very deep pockets, Time Warner and NBC News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which started the whole smear campaign.

There's a difference between having a good case, and having a good probability of winning.

Is Rush likely to get a jury pool that would have so few Obamaphiles that a majority favor him against the MSM?

17 posted on 10/15/2009 6:05:14 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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