Whoops, I see you're retired. So if you're under 40 you must have retired at age 2 ;-) OK, I was wrong about that. Still, the racial background of the phrase is well-known to millions, and I have no doubt that if Rush had ever used it the MSM would have made it a cause celebre.
Simply by quoting Flip Wilson's famous line, does that make one a racist?
Good grief, what mountains out of molehills!
What a boring thread--feets don't fail me now, I'm outa' here!