Limbaugh’s derisive jab at Obama called racist

KansasCity.com ^ | 5/06/07 | Chicago Tribune

[melt]

WASHINGTON | A parody broadcast by radio personality Rush Limbaugh about Sen. Barack Obama’s popularity with many white voters is drawing fire from critics, who say that it’s racist.

The clip, “Barack the Magic Negro,” features a comedian imitating the singing voice of the Rev. Al Sharpton, bemoaning Obama’s popularity with whites who will “vote for him and not for me cause he’s not from da hood.”

Obama’s campaign called the song “dumb,” although a spokesman said that the campaign doesn’t think anyone is taking the song seriously.

[jpl]

No doubt someone is looking for another take down after Imus.

I agree, but those light-in-the-loafers watchdogs at Media Matters are delusional if they really think they're going to take Limbaugh down.

Imus may have had a long history in the business, but lately he was a tiny fish who was a virtual nonentity outside of New York and the Beltway; it was easy for sponsors to abandon him. Rush is still the big 800 pound gorilla.

[Signalman]

I just sent the Chicago Trib an email at:
publiceditor@tribune.com

advising them that this term orignally came out of an LA Times article and asking them if they will clarify that.

I’m not holding my breath.

[DManA]

Rush has been waiting for one of them to say something. Now he can make fun of them for missing the point.

[melt]

"Anything Rush says will be called “racist,” “bigoted,” “homphobic,” or just plain “hate talk.”

You're right. Liberals always resort to name-calling when they lose arguments.

[NavySon]

“I’m curious... Are they expecting an “apology” from Rush??!”

Yeah, if I were them I wouldn’t expect Rush to grovel at Al “not too” Sharpton’s feet like Imus.

[martin_fierro]

[dawn53]

This is a discussion on a Boston Legal episode where they talk about Obama talking like a white man, and saying “he speaks perfect white as well as black.” Didn’t hear any furor about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu4Wdz_3Ac8

[I still care]

“a spokesman said that the campaign doesn’t think anyone is taking the song seriously.”

This makes me laugh. You aren’t supposed to take it seriously, it’s a joke.

Media matters is always taking jokes out of context.

[irv]

this idoit writer did not even realize in his fit to publish hate-crap on Rush

The writer almost certainly doesn't listen to Rush's show and probably never heard the song.

Notice the mention of Rush's "critics?" That means the story was lifted from an anti-Rush blog. Modern "reporting" at its finest.

[oakcon]

You owe me a new keyboard! LMAO!!

[Signalman]

Wow, I know e-mails sometimes get quick results, but not THAT quickly!

[Drango]

LOL....still the story in the Chigago Trib illustrates Rush’s point.

[hsalaw]

Obama, an Illinois Democrat, faces heightened security concerns fueled in part by hateful e-mails, letters and Web postings.

Probably all from Hillary's campaign.

[Moose4]

Oh no, that photographer certainly didn’t frame THAT picture to look like some sort of 21st-century liberal Eastern Orthodox icongraphy. Nope. Not intentional at all. Barf.

}:-)4

[JaguarXKE]

It was a parody of an LA Times editorial.

They know that! They don't care - they know that the unwashed masses will read their tripe that Rush is a racist and the truth be damned! Rush prediced that his parody would be taken out of context and once again, he is right! Liberals are so predictable.

[ASOC]

LOL

The only thing misssing is for is wife to show up with some type of cancer - perferably caused by something, well, non-magical anyway.

[melt]

LOL! You picked up on that photo. Here's more to dry-heave on.

[Duke Nukum]

I go searching for the Tribune version of the story. The one in the Kansas paper seems butchered but of course even the headline in the Tribune is to mislead but late in the opinion they finally get to the L.A. Times article:

Parody stirs racial debate

[gitmo]

I’m shocked. Spike Lee is the racist!!!