He's making an accusation, simply ask him to prove it. Show you a tape or recording. Everything leaves a record.
The libs used to deny that Al Gore ever said that he 'created the internet' until a mysterious tape appeared.
I created the Internets!
Posted on 02/11/2009 11:28:35 AM PST by mills044
Sorry for the vanity - I need some Freeper help. I was defending Rush Limbaugh in a forum today, and the person I was debating presented a series of Rush quotes which was supposed to prove his "racism."
I'm a huge Rush fan, and clearly the man is not racist. The mainstream media misquotes him on a daily basis, and I assume these are misquotes or taken out of context.... Does anyone have any "debunk" information/links, that I can use to address the following quotes?
"I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."
"You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed."
"Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
"Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."
"The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."
"Take that bone out of your nose and call me back(to an African American female caller)"
Thanks in advance!!!
While yours is good, I would say that the first step would be to agree on a definition of “racism” that does not include references to a ^specific^ race.
Then make the opponent prove the statements (some I do recall) are Rush’s and then how they fit into the already agreed upon definition of racism.
So when did you stop beating your wife?
LOL. Why are you wasting time on this?
This whole new Rush is a Racist thing is going to backfire bigtime....
Step one: Don’t get into “debates” with idiots and liars, as you did. You can’t win, since your opponent is lying. Call him a liar, demand he produce proof, and forget him.
“Never argue with a fool. A listener won’t be able to tell the difference between you and he.” That’s the only quote from Rush that is real. Its also good advice.
Damn right!
Debating a true dyed-in-the-wool Socialist is a complete waste of precious time and sanity...Don’t even bother.
It’s like trying to argue with a 4 yr old about why they cant have Skittles and M&M’s for dinner.
Don’t lower yourself to their level.
“Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
I have no idea if this a true Rush quote, but either way, its damn accurate!
I am sick of Rush working in his paid commercials into his monolog, “Carbinite” ?? “Back up your computers!” Very annoying
Look if you are for tax cuts you are racist. No other explaination. Conservatives are by liberal definition racists. Jack Kemp was stupid when he said Capital Gain tax cuts will attract blacks to Republican party in droves. They want tax credits not tax cuts.
Wikiquote can tell you which of these quotes are sourced, unsourced and disputed. Note that many of the sources given are of leftist authors.
They don’t to me either. Of course you do realise that liberals make things up. Make them prove where he said any of these things. They usually shut up.
He's making an accusation, simply ask him to prove it. Show you a tape or recording. Everything leaves a record.
The libs used to deny that Al Gore ever said that he 'created the internet' until a mysterious tape appeared.
I created the Internets!
I doubt Rush made those comments I can’t even imagine the context of how they would be made. In particular, what gives the lie here is the last point:
“Take that bone out of your nose and call me back(to an African American female caller)”
I will bet dollars to donuts he did not make that comment or anything close.
An article on these very same quotes (and others):
http://andrews.blogtownhall.com/2008/10/21/a_request_for_rush_fans.thtml
Here’s all the debunking you need. Anyone who said “You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed.” on the air would have been thrown off the air. (Imus lost his job for far less) And since that quote is a flat-out lie, let the lyin’ bastids PROVE the others.
I know Rush and asked him about these supposed quotes and here is his reply on each one:
“I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.”
NEVER SAID IT
“You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed.”
NEVER SAID IT.
“Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?”
Did say it on TV show, forget context?
“Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
Said it after New England San Diego playoff game in 2008
“The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”
Said after Spike Lee wanted all black kids out of school to watch his movie Malcolm X and learn their history
“Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller)”
Totally out of context. Told story of how management at KUDL KC wanted me to be insult host....I told current audience how much I hated it....was given this line by management to use....related in in a story about how insult radio was NOT my cup of tea and how I knew I had no future doing it.
Here’s what I would do. Ask for sources and if they can’t give you any (they won’t be able to - not real ones anyway) then ask them to listen to Rush for the next 3 weeks and give detailed documentation, (date, time, exact quote) of any ‘racist’ comments he makes. This should shut them up.
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