McNabb hardly overrated (more Rush bashing)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 01/10/04 | Terence Moore

[independentmind]

McNabb is completely irrelevant to most people's opinion about the Eagles. It's not the players, it's the fans.

[Support Free Republic]

[stylin19a]

Essentially, Limbaugh told a national television audience in late September that McNabb is an overrated black quarterback, that sportswriters wave pompoms for overrated black quarterbacks, and that all of this ranked along the lines of a left-wing conspiracy involving the Clintons.

yep....drop dead accurate quote right down to crossing the "i's" and dotting the "t's".

[Always Right]

I have never known sports commentators to be right about anything. When a consensus is reached by all the commentators, the best bet in the world is to bet against it. So Rush proved to be wrong in his assessment of McNabb. It probably serve McNabb as a kick in the pants anyways.

[Lizavetta]

Since then, McNabb has gone from struggling BL (Before Limbaugh) to soaring AL (After Limbaugh).

Then Rush was right? That he wasn't that good, at the time?

If I recall correctly, Rush said that the sports media wants black athletes, in this case quarterbacks, to do well. Is this guy denying that? If so, he's a boob.

[blackdog]

Imagine that......Rush crucified for saying to McNabb what a good coach should have been telling him. Too bad McNabb had to be coached from a broadcaster.

It's not like Rush refered to McNabb as some crack dealer selling his wares in St.Louis or anything...........Oh yeah, those stereotypes are only OK for Hillary to blab on about.

I'm no Rush devote and I'm glad to see him get his come-upance. Rush was a baffoon long before McNabb picked up a football. That's what entertainers are in most cases.

[Moosehead]

Rush never should have been on ESPN anyways...it was painful watching the show. That said, he was right when he said McNabb was overrated. He never should have brought race into it because that wasn't the reason he was overrated.

I do remember that Rush was about the only one who was sticking up for Billicheck when they dropped Lawyer Milloy right before the season stated. Tom Jackson acted like New England was going to quit, saying the players hated the coach and so on. Rush basically said it was business, the players know it is business, and they'll adapt and move on.

Which they obviously have.

[Rocko]

Rush did say on his program McNabb has improved since the comment. Rush is right again.

[rbessenger]

So Rush proved to be wrong in his assessment of McNabb. It probably serve McNabb as a kick in the pants anyways.

I don't know why Rush-bots can't see how brain washed they are. If McNabb had a terrible season the ditto-heads (and Rush himself) would have been running around saying, "See, I told you so." McNabb has a stellar season and Rushies are saying Rush inspired him to excellence.

I don't see how an egostistical, uneducated, criminal, drug addict has such power over otherwise intelligent people.

[Mike Darancette]

When Rush said it McNabb was doing horrible. Now McNabb is a world beater. McNabb should thank Rush for getting his spine back.

[petercooper]

Please GB, beat Philly!

[blackdog]

Old crusty coaches pulled out of storage, and an accusation made publicly by Rush Limbaugh at some key players is the new set of keys to success in the NFL.

Pretty damn funny!

I hope it's Chiefs/Eagles and the Chiefs turn McNabb into Chunky Poop. Ain't gonna happen though because the Packers are going to run Greene for 200 yards and McNabb will be playing catchup ball which he is not too good at. He'll be picked off three times.

[anncoulteriscool]

I dont know if your from the Atlanta area or not but Terrence Moore is a "writer" who sees a race issue on virtually EVERYTHING. I'm surprised it took him this long to write an article bashing Limbaugh.

****Limbaugh was forced to resign, then left the airways for a stretch to deal with a drug addiction after spending much of his career bashing such a thing.*****

Actually that would be a lie. Leftist had to go all the way back to 1995 to find a quote of Rush on drugs.

That being said I would agree with the first paragraph of this article. I would question Rush's knowledge of football. He's a great radio ppersonality and pretty good political insights but as for football he is really kot that knowledgable. Not that that makes him much differene from alot of people on TV or radio nowadays.

[anncoulteriscool]

I was listening to Rush one day and he said he was getting e-mails from Kansas City Chiefs fans asking Rush to say something bad about their quarterback. LOL!

[blackdog]

Rush is an entertainer. When will liberals figure that out?

Rush is no William Buckley or Tony Snow.

[Always Right]

I don't know why Rush-bots can't see how brain washed they are.

Oh puh_leeez. You can do better than trying to make your comments personal attacks. Just because someone has a different viewpoint doesn't make them some brain-washed robot. What are you a Buchanan-bot? Yeah, let's just name-call each other....

[Always Right]

Rush is no William Buckley or Tony Snow.

Rush usually makes more sense than Buckley. I remember watching Ronald Reagan tear Buckley apart in a debate over the Panama Canal. Buckley favored the Carter policy of giving it away, now the Chinese control it.

[weeder]

Gee, I guess 18 days is long enough for one to be around before he really speaks his mind. Let 'er rip, newby!

[blackdog]

The Buckley family have been globalists forever. That's no surprise.

My point is that Rush has no skills as a debator, intellectual savvy, or being effective in an unscripted or uncontrolled situation. He's like that neighborhood genius that hangs out at the local bar four hours a night, explaining the errors of town politics to his fellow bar buddies. Sure he sounds on target. Sure he has an audience. But the moment he moves his act to a schoolboard meeting he's a bitter fool.