I don't watch the network news. Never did, unless I was looking for something specific so I didn't hear the 'report' about Starr's comment but while not convinced that Starr actually said it, I wasn't ready to believe that he didn't -- until I heard the Rush show that you heard.
But then there are the 280 million people who only heard the cBS "Starr said" comment and will never know that he didn't say it.
BTW, next time that I write something that I don't understand, I'll ping you to interpret for me, okay? ;-)
Maybe you'd better ping farmfriend. She just bowled me over with all that "Jim Crow" stuff that I wasn't even considering or contemplating as I guess it never sunk as far into my generation as it did her's.
For awhile I was really doin some heavy duty soul searchin and re-readin my own replies to see what racist, bigoted, homophobic thang I had said!!! (grin) I once got pounced on, here on FR for typin slovenly, southern slang like the word "thang," above, for bein an unmitigate vile racist bastard!!!
farmfriend... I sure thought you knew me a whole lot better than that, but I was beginnin to wonder... stuff really gets misinterpreted on this site awfully easy!!!