You are, of course, correct, Paul. But putting aside for a moment whether Rush was right or not about the Eagles' QB, why walk on the third rail of American 21st Century public discourse? Why--as the most visible voice of American conservatism--bother to bring race into sports dialogue when the right has always been accused of continuing to embrace vestiges of racism? Why give the left-wing media establishment more racial ammo to use against us?
And yes, the media tends to fawn over black Americans (or more correctly, does not take them to task in the same way that it does non-blacks when they go astray), but why could he not see that the risk/benefit ratio of broaching this subject was not at all in his favor.
Although I have learned a lot from Rush over the years and truly believe he has been the most important conservative influence in the US other than President Reagan, he has disappointed me with his ill-conceived remarks.