[paul in cape]

I never really liked this dweeb's schtick. I guess my gut instinct was right.

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[Numbers Guy]

I still remember Sports Illustrated blowing a gasket over NY Giants TE Mark Bavaro being involved in an anti-abortion film. Given that SI had frequently defended other sports figures who took on political issues, it seemed a bit strange. Except those political figures had adopted politically correct positions. Bavaro had opposed the high sacrament of liberalism, so he was to be portrayed as being out of line.

Just more typical East Coast media left-wing idiocy.

[gcruse]

Dennis Miller had a nasty persona before going onto Monday Night Football. He set it aside and talked, albeit forced and pedantic, football. Rush will do the same, without resorting to restoration comedy.

[clintonh8r]

Aside from being an asshole, who the hell is Dr. Z?

(No response required...strictly a rhetorical qusetion).

[I still care]

"But Miller, while being a football ignoramus, at least wasn't mean, in direct contrast to this Limbaugh character, who's not only stupid and nasty, but stupid and nasty at the top of his voice."

When people write this kind of garbage they only show what liars they are and how biased they are. This dope is just parroting the liberal line. It is obvious he never listened to Rush at all.

One of Rush's great charms is that is is ALWAYS polite and respectful. The worst he does is cut people off in frustration. And he never yells.

Whenever I hear people talking about how "rude" Rush is, or how he yells, or calls people names, or such, I always know they never listened to him and are just repeating talking points they heard other people say.

[secret garden]

Miller knew more about football than anyone could have guessed.

[Captainpaintball]

Dr. Z's articles are almost as bad as his oral hygeine. Has anyone ever seen those foul, disgusting, brown, rotten things?

[squidly]

this Limbaugh character, who's not only stupid and nasty, but stupid and nasty at the top of his voice.

He obviously hasn't listened to the show. IMO at least half the people who criticize Rush haven't.

[Bullish]

This idiot 'Z' couldn't carry Rushs' jock strap.

It's amazing how liberals just have no class at all, and they never seem to know what they're talking about.

[jagrmeister]

here is how a child responds when he's upset: "he's stupid and mean".

now here's how grown liberals act when they're upset "he's stupid and nasty".

an important realization is that liberals are to be treated like children because they are at that mental age. talk to them in the tone that "when they grow up and can participate in adult dialogue, you'll dignify their comments, but not until then". never take their infantile name-calling seriously. patronizing them usually has hilarious results, with them getting angrier and making even bigger fools of themselves.

[jagrmeister]

Here's my e-mail to the (senile) dr. z:

Have you ever noticed how children, when they get upset, can rarely intellectualize their anger? With their undeveloped mental faculties they usually say something like "Jimmy is 'stupid and nasty'". And yet there are some adults, I'm not naming names, who likely suffer from a kind of arrested development and never learn how to critique in an informed, adult manner. Adults with the mind of children. It's a sad thing to see. Especially when they're too old to change. Look forward to your future "insightful" criticisms of Rush, old man.

Patronize the codger here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/your_turn/mailbags/drz/

[Tall_Texan]

Paul Z. had his CNN/SI tv image yanked out from under him when the whole net went tango uniform.

Bitter? Oh, no!

[LincolnLover]

Just for the record---you know, before anyone starts deluging ESPN with emails and such---Paul Zimmerman works for Sports Illustrated and has for many, many years.

Not sure where the ESPN comes in here.

DR Z does suck, by the way. Never gives my Saints any credit...

[Benrand]

Fred barnes on Fox said once that thelast bastion of left wing writers is in sports. Of course, he's right. Mort Kondracke poo-poohed it, but read espn on the web most days and they have articles that focus on the usual race baiting, oppression, post-modern crap.

Or watch sports-reporters and it's like listening to a leftist english department, a low-tier dept., gab about deconstructionist theory. just look back at how ESPN kissed Martha Burke's ass, it was groveling at it's finest. And the WNBA...it's a failure, yet it's front page news.