Oh, That Rush! He's Such A *Kidder!*

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> 
wrote:
Cindysphinx wrote:
> 
> > Here's what I don't get though.
> >
> > If you think an athlete isn't very good, why not just say so and 
leave
> > race out of it?  You know, talk about the person's 
accomplishments and
> > failures on the field.  Why do some folks have such a hard time
> > accepting that a person of color might actually be *good* at 
something?
> 
> Back when  *I* learned to parse sentences, I could identify a 
subject, and
> the subject of Rush's derision was the media and their 
*non*impartial
> treatment of an athlete because of his color. He said nothing 
derogatory
> about McNabb at all. And the week before, he identified another 
black
> athlete as, in his opinion, the best quarterback in the league. 
Sounds like
> Rush is perfectly able to accept excellence when excellence is 
truly
> exhibited.
> 
> > Cindy -- who would have cut Rush a break had he backed down and
> > admitted his mistake, because we all slip up sometimes
> 
> ~Amanda, who thinks Rush was both within bounds and correct in his 
analysis
> of McNabb as a quarterback, and is totally delighted with her local
> station's vocal support of Limbaugh


Me (Haggridd)
Rush's original comment (as per cindysphinx):

"I don't think he's been that good from the get-go. I think what 
we've
had here is a little social concern in the NFL. I think the media has
been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're
interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I 
think
there's a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit
for the performance of his team that he really didn't deserve. The
defense carried this team."


I am aware that there are many persons on the left frothing at the 
mouth over what Rush said, and are using this comment as evidence of 
his moral bankruptcy, etc., but if they could read the comment, they 
would see that, other than the initial comment on the quarterback's 
ability, the passage was a criticism of the NFL and the sports media 
for their affirmative action stance on African-Americans in football-
- on the field, in the sidelines, or in the front offices.  This is 
documented, it is not made up my Rush.  However, the language does 
not seem to matter.  Rush was supposed to know how these persons 
would receive his comment, and censor himself accordingly.  This is 
as laughable-- and as sad-- as the Washington, D.C. city government 
official (an African-America, FWIW) who was forced to resign because 
he characterized a budget line item as "niggardly".  Hs sin was not 
allowing for how the ignorant would misinterpret hs statement as 
using th "N-word".

Don't the actual, real words and the meanings that are attached to 
these words mean anything anymore, or is it only a matter of the 
political spin?

Haggridd