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Pulitzer Winner on Rush's NFL Bid: He Sees 'Visions of Plantation Grandeur Dancing in his Head'
NewsBusters ^ | October 13, 2009 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 10/13/2009 2:21:26 PM PDT by Rufus2007

One of the most damaging accusations you can level at opponent is call that individual a racist in one form or another. And that's the tactic MSNBC and others left-wing opponents of Rush Limbaugh are taking to thwart his bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams.

During a segment on MSNBC on Oct. 13, former Pulitzer Prize winner Karen Hunter appeared to voice her opposition to the Limbaugh's NFL bid. She made one of the most outrageous - likening Limbaugh's ownership of an NFL team to being a plantation owner, a metaphor that invokes the image of antebellum South during the 19th Century, when slavery was rampant.

"I can just see the visions of plantation grandeur dancing in his head as we speak," Hunter said. "Yeah, it doesn't make you a racist to want to own a team. But, it does kind of with all his history question his power position over these players who make millions of dollars and his ability to be able to move them around, deny them contracts and do whatever he wants willy-nilly. It's the ultimate power position to be an owner of an NFL team."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: beavis; butthead; limbaugh; nfl; rush; talkradio
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They're pulling out all the stops
1 posted on 10/13/2009 2:21:27 PM PDT by Rufus2007
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It starts here with discrimination and exclusion based on ideology. I hope Christians on FR take note - see how easy it will be to preclude buying/selling?


2 posted on 10/13/2009 2:23:52 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Rufus2007

Did this guy just level this charge against every NFL owner? Slave Traders.


3 posted on 10/13/2009 2:24:05 PM PDT by swheats (America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!)
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To: Rufus2007

If Karen Hunter wrote this she is an empty headed bitch and not a serious journalist.


4 posted on 10/13/2009 2:24:20 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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To: Rufus2007

If Karen Hunter wrote this she is an empty headed bitch and not a serious journalist.


5 posted on 10/13/2009 2:24:22 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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To: Rufus2007
"I can just see the visions of plantation grandeur dancing in his head as we speak," Hunter said.

She sees things that are not there and somehow it's Rush's fault?
6 posted on 10/13/2009 2:24:26 PM PDT by alecqss
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now that’s racism really and truly, ok for them to do


7 posted on 10/13/2009 2:25:23 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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To: Rufus2007

She’s not a serious journalist. She does not explore sources.


8 posted on 10/13/2009 2:26:40 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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To: Rufus2007

Note to all liberals: Please, oh PLEASE, keep saying stupid crap like this. You’re only bringing about your own downfall.


9 posted on 10/13/2009 2:26:56 PM PDT by oldvike
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One of the most damaging accusations you can level at opponent is call that individual a racist in one form or another.

Not so much anymore, because the race baiters have overplayed their hand to a point of absurdity. It is to laugh.

The expiration date on the "racist" BS has run out, and conservatives are no longer afraid to call the racism charge what it is now -- a sleazy attempt to change the subject whenever a liberal can't actually address a principled opposing argument.

The charge of racism says more about the one who makes it than it does about the person it is aimed at.

10 posted on 10/13/2009 2:27:07 PM PDT by Maceman
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Sheah. I guess we know the value of the Pulitzer is no higher than that of the Nobel Peace Prize - just another trinket awarded for style over substance.


11 posted on 10/13/2009 2:28:11 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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I’m so sick of Black people acting like little children. Sick of it. You white folks need to tell some of them to Grow UP.


12 posted on 10/13/2009 2:29:40 PM PDT by Clock King (There's no way to fix D.C.)
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AS I said last night, within two days, it will be exposed that the opposition to Rush is being coordinated and led by groups with VERY close ties to Obama.


13 posted on 10/13/2009 2:29:52 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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Yes and I hope he sues every one of them for slander and character assassination to the tune of millions of dollars.

This is SERIOUS stuff and RUSH can not afford to not defend himself against these nefarious lies that are directly aimed at destroying his character AND his lively hood. It will be a drop in the bucket for RUSH to spend several million dollars in legal fees defending himself and I have every confidence that he along with his lawyers will be wiping the floor with these RACIST, yes RACIST, thugs.

The people saying these slanderous things are going to pee their pants when they are hit with legal papers from RUSH and his Lawyers.


14 posted on 10/13/2009 2:30:34 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Thank you)
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It's the ultimate power position to be an owner of an NFL team."

Is it really Karen?

15 posted on 10/13/2009 2:31:31 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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I’m betting the commissioner will pussy out.


16 posted on 10/13/2009 2:34:11 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Love my country. Hate my government./Barack Obama: An authentic "African American.")
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To: Rufus2007
The mediots are pathetic. Every article I've read says he is "buying the Rams".

He doesn't have the money to "buy the Rams," he would be part of a conglomerate.

They can't even get the first, simplest fact straight.

17 posted on 10/13/2009 2:34:27 PM PDT by FlyVet
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That’s a given. His ‘hardline’ stance with all the criminals in the NFL has proven flaccid.


18 posted on 10/13/2009 2:34:59 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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To: anniegetyourgun

I agree with you except for one major point: major league sport franchises in the United States simply don’t fit the free-market paradigm. Current owners have a say on who gets to buy in and where teams can be located etc etc.


19 posted on 10/13/2009 2:36:55 PM PDT by kittykat77
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I about spewed my coffee this morning when I heard on the radio that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson complained that Rush makes inflammatory divisive remarks. That's like Stalin complaining about someone else’s brutality.
20 posted on 10/13/2009 2:38:07 PM PDT by dog breath
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