This is what provocative radio personality Rush Limbaugh had to say after being dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. I can't disagree with him. It's bullshit that he was railroaded from this bid simply because of his politics. Love him or hate him, to see this happen is the opposite of progress.
To recap, Limbaugh along with several other investors including the owner of the St. Louis Blues came out as potential suitors for the putrid Rams team which should be put up for sale sometime this year. There was an immediate backlash from players, fans, other owners and of course Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. A lot of the anger stems from comments Rush made on ESPN about Donovan McNabb and the media overrating him because of their desire to see a black, drop back passer succeed in the NFL. While the comment was certainly controversial - what does Rush ever say that is not -it was not racially insensitive.
There are also allegations that he's said some offensive stuff regarding basketball (it's a game for thugs and gangs) and the current state of the NFL (looks like the Bloods vs. the Crypts out there every week). However there is no hard proof he said any of this. Any time you hear about the super insensitive stuff Limbaugh allegedly said it's from one of his sworn enemies. Yet the public get's a hold of this and he's all of a sudden the second coming of Jimmy the Greek.
If Limbaugh was a black guy who said racially charged shit yet supported the liberal cause his bid would never have been challenged. If Michael Moore sought to buy a team, nobody would have said a god damn thing. Yet because Rush is Rush and he happens to be rather opinionated, especially with the anti-Obama stuff, his involvement was laughed off from the moment it became public.
And thus, we have what some of us have feared all along - Obama's America. First Amendment rights are protected - so long as you speak out for the Democrat cause - and Capitalism is promoted - so long as you don't want to buy shit with conservative money.
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