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Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle said Sunday that his Democratic colleague, Sen. Ted Kennedy, didn't mean to use racially offensive language when he called President Bush's judicial nominees - including two minority candidates - "Neanderthals." Asked about Kennedy's racially charged outburst, Daschle insisted to "Fox News Sunday" he was talking about politics and not ethnicity. "I think that there are a lot of nominees who are on the far, far right of the political and philosophical spectrum," he told FNS host Tony Snow. "I think that's what Sen. Kennedy was referring to." But when Snow pressed, "Then why did...

<p>NEW YORK (AP) -- Commentator Rush Limbaugh made his ESPN debut at a fitting location -- Washington, D.C.</p> <p>Actually, it was Landover, Md., in the parking lot of FedEx Field but it was still familiar territory for the right-wing radio host best known as the host of the politically focused Rush Limbaugh Show, which is syndicated in more than 650 markets worldwide.</p>

Odd happenings in the NFL as King Sport's 84th season splays out nationwide this weekend, rolling over the country as subtly as a lava tide, immediately knocking aside baseball's pennant races with a casual, imperial backhand. Emmitt Smith is no longer in Dallas but Bill Parcells is, the Tampa Bay Bucs are reigning champions -- seven words that still don't sound quite right in sequence -- and ESPN hired ultraconservative radio boor Rush Limbaugh for its pregame show. Am I the only one who think viewers might pass on Rush? Nothing against Limbaugh personally, but I wonder: Is it wise...

No Rush To Watch Limbaugh by George E. Curry Originally posted 9/4/2003 Beginning this week, the “Sunday NFL Countdown” program on Disney-owned ESPN will feature Rush Limbaugh as a color commentator. There is a certain irony in hiring a color commentator who became famous and wealthy by bashing people of color. Mark Shapiro, ESPN’s executive vice president of programming and production, describes Limbaugh as “a fan’s fan.” Well, fan is a derivative of the word fanatic. And Rush Limbaugh is indeed a fanatic’s fanatic. In response to a caller saying African-Americans should be heard, Limbaugh once responded, “They are 12...

Didn't find a post on this so I thought I'd start one. Post your comments and reactions to Rush Limbaugh's debut on ESPN.

<p>NEW YORK (AP) -- Commentator Rush Limbaugh made his ESPN debut at a fitting location -- Washington, D.C.</p> <p>Actually, it was Landover, Md., in the parking lot of FedEx Field but it was still familiar territory for the right-wing radio host best known as the host of the politically focused Rush Limbaugh Show, which is syndicated in more than 650 markets worldwide.</p>

Rush Limbaugh is now on ESPN. He's doing a stint on NFL Countdown to be a playback, detailing certain plays. Harmless, right? Not according to the over-sensitive, ultra-unrealistic liberals.