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Making up Facts so they Can Make Their Case
Because They Really Do Want to Believe Rush Limbaugh is a Racist

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Since George W. Bush left the White House, save perhaps for Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh has become the conservative target of choice of unhinged leftists.  They have rushed to revile the right-of-center talk show host and don’t let facts get in their way in their eagerness to demonize the entertainer.

Recently, many left-wing bloggers (and “journalists”) were quick to seize on remarks the entertainer allegedly made about slavery as evidence of that good man’s unfitness to own the St. Louis Rams.  They didn’t bother to authenticate the quote because it corresponded with their image of the talk show host, an image which has absolutely nothing to do with the reality of the man.   (Seems we’ve heard a similar story somewhere before.)

The Rush in their minds hates black people, incites violence and believes “Martin Luther King’s assassin James Earl Ray should get the Medal of Honor“.  I would dare say that those making that claim have never actually listened to his program, what they’ve heard having come from snippets of his monologues taken out of context on left-wing blogs.

They really do want to believe that Rush is as horrible, no good, very bad and extremely racist as they imagine him to be.

According to Gateway Pundit, earlier this week,

MSNBC and CNN slandered Rush Limbaugh today crediting him with a fabricated slavery quote. . . .

“I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back. I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.”

Problem is, Rush never said that (nor has he ever praised James Earl Ray), saying on his show:

There’s a quote out there that I first saw it in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last week that I somehow, some time ago, defended slavery and started cracking jokes about it. And, you know, you say a lot of things in the course of 15 hours a week, over the course of 21 years. We’ve gone back, we have looked at everything we have. There is not even an inkling that any words in this quote are accurate. It’s outrageous, but it’s totally predictable.

Totally predictable because we have a “reality-based’ community interested more in the reality in their own heads than the reality of the world around them.  They know Rush not by what he actually says, but by what they need for him to have said to fit the angry right-wing rabble-rouser they’re ever ready to revile.

Well, looks like Rush may be preparing legal action if he does not get “apologies and retractions” from “journalists who have published these entirely fabricated quotes“.  He may well get these retractions, but those who putting forward the fabricated quotes have likely already accomplished their goal, preventing Limbaugh’s group from acquiring the Rams.

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Comments

  2. I look forward to compensation to Rush based on the character assassination that has been perpetrated on him. MSNBC and their parent company GE have a LOT invested (billions) in this administration (they are the new Enron) so when they attempt to go after The Won’s detractors TRUTH NEVER enters their minds!

  4. Screw the Rams. He should hire consultants and managers and form his own team from scratch. If the league won’t let them play, Rush can form his own league! LOL

    Seriously, the leftists in this nation have gone too far. They are trampling over rights and must be PURGED.

    And by purged, I mean every connotation of the word.

  5. ***
    The Left Wing Media (aka AMERICAN PRAVDA) just puts out any lie they want. No need to do any “fact” checking. Their behavior during the false 2004 President Bush National Guard Service “story” tells it all. They have zero credibility now.
    ***
    Rocketman
    ***

  6. I was listening to Hugh Hewitt yesterday and heard him mention that there were some pseudo quotes attributed to Rush, but i didn’t know what they were.These are the pseudo-quotes I think he was talking about:

    “I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.”

    And

    “You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray. We miss you, James. Godspeed”

    From what I can tell, the quotes are lifted from a book published in 2006 called “The 100 People You Really Should Hate” or something like that. Rush says he never said those phrases, and I take him at his word. So lets drop the issue of these quotes and move to something Hugh said. Hugh went on to call Rodger Goodell a moron and liberal. I don’t know if Goodell is a liberal or not, but I do know he’s not a moron. Goodell has done more to put players on notice that bad behavior will not be tolerated than any other major sport commissioner. Google Goodell / PacMan Jones or Chris Henry for an example.

    What are the criteria for, or better put, what is expected from someone who is an owner, or part of an ownership group in the NFL and other sports? The league prefers those who stay behind the scenes and don’t draw attention to themselves. Jerry Jones and Al Davis aside, there is a long tradition of owners being invisible to the game. Yes, they can made a tremendous difference for the game, but it’s always in the background. Jones may showboat from time to time, but has never said anything truly repugnant – unless you’re a Redskins fan. The once brilliant Al Davis? Everyone knows he has become a joke as an owner and has destroyed, but he’s establishment and there is probably no way to get him out of the owners chair short of death. Even then, he will still find a way to screw up the Raiders organization. Then there’s NBA’s Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Cuban can be controversial at times, but, he bought his stake in the team from H.Ross Perot, who has all sorts of fun history left over from his bid to become President. Most of Marks reputation stems from being an owner who likes to fire up his team. Nothing wrong with that. But the NBA still will cringe when Cuban is in the news.

    Owners of sports teams have been given the boot before for saying outlandish things. Former Reds owner Marge Schott comes to mind. Rush may not have said the specific quotes mentioned, but there are many other quotes that are just as controversial. That doesn’t mean that Rush was wrong or racist, but he does take great pleasure in getting under peoples skin, even if the core of what he’s saying is “truth-to-power” (God I hate that phrase). Even if Rush’s past comments (the ones he’s actually said) could be looked over, he would almost certainly have to give up his radio career to become a viable owner.

    Lastly, Goodell, in his action to say who he does and does not feel would be right for an ownership position, is actually a very conservative idea. Goodell is simply speaking his mind. And how many times has Rush railed against the fairness doctrine and stifling the ability to speak one’s mind, or of government interference of, say, the ability of landlords to rent to whomever he sees fit. It’s free enterprise and market forces at work.

    Do I personally think Rush would be a successful owner? Yes. He’s knowledgeable about the game and is a good businessman. And I think he sees that you have to be very hands-off to be successful (google Dan Snyder). Yet he would certainly have to give up his radio career. Again, the down side of being able to say what you want without worrying what other people think, is that your unbridled opinions could prevent you from getting a desired job… or becoming a member of an exclusive image conscious club.

    As a perspective teacher, I do have to be careful of what I say on my blog. One of my blog-pals lost his job because of both advertising featured on his blog (gay racy stuff) and some of the content he wrote about.

  7. Sonic,

    I think you gloss over that, as far as he’s been allowed to disclose, he’s going to be a minority share owner.

    Amusingly I’m listening to Rush now, and he’s defending Goodell for the very things you site.

  9. Rush would never say any of the things they say that he said. Rush wants freedom for EVERYONE!!! RUSH=LIBERTY SARAH=LIBERTY BECK=LIBERTY LEVIN=LIBERTY CONSERVATIVES=LIBERTY

  10. The most amazing thing to me is that he allegedly said these things in 1998 and nobody realized it (supposedly) until now? And as he said yesterday, the Clintoon “war room” would have been all over it if he had said it.

    I think this is more proof that everything liberals say is a DAMNABLE lie. That goes for Tano, ghillie, William, Jody and all the other sockpuppets.

  11. I hope that Rush goes ahead with a lawsuit. Enough is enough. These people are using slander and accepting no responsibility for what they say…. let them respond to their accusations in a court of law.

  12. He would have to sue the original author of the quote if he sues anybody. He would have to prove that the original was indeed a made-up quote. If it was a mis-quote and taken out of context, as Rush described the “cripps and bloods” comment, then there is little chance he would win. Also the fact that the fake quote was published several years ago and Rush did nothing at the time wouldn’t help his case. It might not hurt, but it wouldn’t help.

    IANAL, but I think this kind of case is very hard to win in the US. In the UK though, the slander laws are completely bonkers. It’s so screwed up, there is a case where a journalist is getting sued by the chiropractic industry,/a> for writing about a scientific study that shows that chiropractic techniques don’t live up to the claims that it can heal diabetes, cancers and other serious ailments.

  13. Anyway, it is very very very hard to win slander cases in the US. The one success I can think of is Carrol Burnett’s lawsuit against the Enquirer, and she was able to prove that the paper made up the story to grab a headline and sell more papers. I know there have been a couple more recent, but I can’t think of them right now.

  14. What floors me is Goodell saying that Rush’s “divisive comments” have no place in the NFL. Apparently thugs, criminals, drug & steroid abusers and thieves do have a place in the NFL and Goodell dosen’t think twice about it.