McNabb Redux: Limbaugh Trashes Golf Prodigy Michelle Wie
McNabb Redux: Limbaugh Trashes Golf Prodigy Michelle Wie
Radio host Rush Limbaugh has turned his guns on 16-year-old golf prodigy Michelle Wie. In a recent interview with BadGolfer.com:
[Wie is] a triumph of marketing. … Do you think these PGA Tour guys really think she deserves to be a tournament with them? The political-correctness situation will just not allow them to say it. … [Golf champion Vijay Singh, who was criticized for saying of another female player, "If I'm drawn with her, which I won't be, I won't play"] learned like many people in our unfortunate society where political correctness is prized most. Vijay was honest and look what it got him. Attacked by a bunch of liberals and femi-nazis.
Michelle Wie is the best 16-year-old golfer in the world, male or female. At age 12, she became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA (women’s) tournament. In recent months, she has played three PGA Tour events, where she scored better than 86 professional male golfers.
Prominent PGA tour golfers have praised Wie. PGA champ Davis Love III said Wie “probably has one of the best golf swings I’ve ever seen, period,” and two-time U.S. Open champion Ernie Els said, “there’s no reason why she shouldn’t be out here.” Apparently, Limbaugh believes that if it wasn’t for the “liberals and femi-nazis” and “the political-correctness situation” Love and Els would also be trashing Wie. (Nevermind that she reguarly drives the ball over 300 yards. Check out her incredible swing here.)
In 2003, Limbaugh was lambasted for claiming that five-time Pro Bowl Quarterback Donovan McNabb “got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve” because the media was “very desirous that a black quarterback do well.” Limbaugh resigned from ESPN’s NFL Countdown soon after.
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How does Rush feel about Jackie Robinson? Is he still bitter about that?
March 28th, 2006 at 3:23 pmdoes this really need to be a thread? we know Limbaugh is a jackass, this changes very little.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:26 pmI'm a golf fan and have followed the Wie phenomenon since the beginning. Although I don't think she deserves as much special treatment she has received, she is still a great golfer, and is the second-best female golfer in the world. Michelle Wie is a great golfer because of her talent, not because she's "PC".
The reason she has been hyped so much is certainly not because of "politcal-correctness", or pressure from "femi-nazis" as Rush would like you to believe. It's because of marketing, and the fact she has an immens amount of potential. Wie is a huge draw for the LPGA, PGA, and TV, so they make her out to be second only to Tiger Woods. It's marketing, simple as that. Rush, you tries this once with McNabb, why did you feel the need to explode again? Maybe your own ratings were down?
http://www.lcoliberal.blogspot.com
March 28th, 2006 at 3:30 pmThe Real Tal Afar: Right Now on LCL
Marketing makes the world go 'round, Rushie. Every time people like Rush and O'Reilly mouth off with one of these assinine statements, they're engaging in not-so-subtle guerilla marketing and self-fertilizing notoriety. The word 'hapless' is effusive praise for these chuckleheads.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:30 pmI tried to qualify for the PGA at age 9, but they wouldn't let me use my big, pink, plastic driver. The windmill always got the better of my anyway.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:31 pm9 iron upside the head will fix it.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:32 pm(a) why is anything Linbaugh says worth a post?
March 28th, 2006 at 3:32 pm(b) why is Think Progress promoting Wie?
Plenty of female golfers have publicly criticized all the attention she has garnered when she has done so little to earn it. I think Wie is great, but over-hyped. You may want to wait until she actually wins an LPGA event (she has won zero) before you start arguing she deserves to play in a PGA event.
Earl, I think many professional golfers disagree with you.
The general point is, there are 8 sponsors exemptions in every tournament. Plenty of male golfers take them every week. Wie has as much right to accept them as anyone.
Limbaugh is worth posting about because, unless you hold him to account, his commentary will become mainstreamed. That's what ESPN tried to do before the McNabb incident.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:38 pmFrom a man who has credentials in what; sports, communication, politics, economics, marriage, divorce, illegal drug use. Ok I'll give him credit for the last two, but lets not give this guy any credit for being nothing more than a lying, cheating, uneducated windbag. He wouldn't even make it as a flag pole on the golf course, not to mention a commentator.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:39 pmyes krazny it does as it speaks volumes about how the male elites view women in sports. Ncaa is the male hype on TV ,Radio or Print very little if anything about the Womens NCAA. These Women Players are every bit as good and maybe better than the males. In the WBA we don't hear about the Drug,Killings,Domestic Violence that we hear in the NBA. Yes we need to hear about how the male elites are working over time to discredit women in sports that have been traditionally male. Thank God For Babe she broke the rules in golf!
In College sports women hold much higher GPA's than males and go onto MAsters and PHD's were as men try for the N.B.A. and most fail to make the cut the same goes for male college football very few make the cut. How many of these guys end up selling cars,dealing drugs and heading for the courts of prison .
So Nico thanks for bring up Ms Wie she is one of the best young golfers today and Kudo's to her!
krazny we really need to work to protect Title Nine I want my grand daughter to play soccer in high schoolas she loves baby soccer now. The Extreme Right wingers are trying to tear down the Title Nine Program and if they suceed there goes Civil Rights its all tied together.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:39 pmAll golf courses are a waste of good land but any chance to give the oxyconytin hillbilly the bum's rush with a 9 iron is a good day to play a round of golf with his fat empty head.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:41 pmPlenty of female golfers have publicly criticized all the attention she has garnered when she has done so little to earn it.
Comment by earl — March 28, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
Welcome to ThinkProgress, Rush.
The fact that she qualified to play at a PGA tournament when she was 12 doesn't count for you, I guess
I think Wie is great, but over-hyped.
Read my answer above.
You may want to wait until she actually wins an LPGA event (she has won zero) before you start arguing she deserves to play in a PGA event.
That's a strawman, Rush -noone is arguing that. The topic at hand is your trashing of Wie as if she has no accomplishments to speak of.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:43 pmWie's response in Time Magazine was a classic. Who's Limbaugh? I have the answer: Someone who can only spew ugliness and hatred.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:44 pmThot's
wonderfully written =)
March 28th, 2006 at 3:45 pmI guess Rush still entertains the fantasy that he's very knowledgeable about sports.
I believe it was because Vijay was behaving like a sexist pig. But I can't be sure [/snark]
March 28th, 2006 at 3:48 pmRush Limbaugh. He's only half the man that half the men who think he's even half a man, is.
It's tiny. Tweezers. Michelle Wie swings bigger.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:50 pmWhile I think Wie has the potential, his point may or may not be simply that she's invited to a men's tourney in the place of other men. There may be some legitamacy in this argument (although it disgusts me to actually try and defend this drug addict). Hence, the age-old question of why a woman can play in men's tourneys but not vice-versa....
I think if you say this: Michelle Wie is the best 16-year-old golfer in the world, male or female. , I think you should include a link that proves it. Otherwise, I have a hard time believing there aren't some high-school guys out in golf meccas like Cali, Florida, or Texas that couldn't outplay her.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:53 pmObviously, LimBaugh gets more credit than he deserves, because he's a wealthy, rich white male. A black or Hispanic man saying such stupid things would be discounted immediately.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:53 pmAnd we're paying attention to what the nutjob Rush says because...???
March 28th, 2006 at 3:54 pmWhy waste space here on anything Limbaugh does or says? Only the truly ignorant care about his opinions.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:55 pmShe makes a great team player, too....cuz....there's no "I" in "Wie"....oh wait....yeah there is.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:58 pmYep, the league was very desirous for a black quarterback to do well.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:58 pmCulpepper pre-meltdown or Moon anyone?
At least some of the bloggers on the site where that appeared are taking it to Rush! Check out Bangkok Al, Tim McDonald and William K. Wolfrum!
March 28th, 2006 at 3:59 pmWhen does this OXY trail start...
March 28th, 2006 at 3:59 pmI agree with Earl #7 100%. She needs to prove herself in the LPGA before she plays with men. I still don't see the faux outrage at what Rush said here, other than the use of the term femi-Nazi which I hate. It seems like some of you guys have to really try to be offended by some of these right-wingers sometimes. In a sense, this is trending towards the faux outrage that the right invents about the "War on Christmas" etc. Nothing to see here move along.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:59 pmMaybe Rush is jelous that she can drive farther then him?
March 28th, 2006 at 4:00 pmThere's only one golf swing as funny looking and hopeless as Puss-gut Rush's.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:01 pmCharles Barkley's.
I thought these clowns were averse to the "nazi" references?
March 28th, 2006 at 4:02 pmhttp://www.sportinsociety.org/
March 28th, 2006 at 4:02 pmRush has always been a bulbous bundle of bubbling bullshit.Worse,he is a divider and in my book a traiter along with others of his ilk.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:05 pmMaybe he should challenge Michelle to a round of golf.
Limbaugh , plain jealous , the assho could'nd a barn door from 100 feet . His putting is atrocious . he shakes too much from all the hit drugs he takes to give him the so call tocourage to attack a 16 year old .He should put his money were his mouth is.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:06 pmI've seen rush spray golf balls all over Pebble Beach...his opinion on anything is a waste of time.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:07 pmLimbaugh is just a bigoted, drug addicted son of a bitch.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:13 pmNow you guys are talking - this is how you reach out to larger audience by incorporating facts with sports and a FAT F**KING BASTARD who is 55, been married 4 times, is a drug addict and says he represents the moral majority of the country. Whose side ya' gonna be on - Hot attractive Asian golfer (i.e. Michelle Malkin's worst nightmare) or OXY MORON?
Thinkprogress, you rock.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:14 pmIt's hard to drive when you on drugs, right Limpbaugh?
March 28th, 2006 at 4:19 pmWie's swing even sounds great. I love the way the slowed-down video makes the whhhooooshh...ping sound so clean.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:19 pmWhy would male or female Golfers criticize the attention she gets. Lets see, more attention for her means more attention for Golf, which means more money for golfers.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:19 pmI wonder more often how stupid these over priced athletes are all together.
Jesus, people! Puss-gut Rush? Jackass? bulbous bundle of bubbling bullshit?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Rush's ratings on this site is even lower than Bush's or I-RIGHT-I's. I mean, what would Jesus say?
March 28th, 2006 at 4:19 pmSo does this mean Guys can play in the LPGA now?
March 28th, 2006 at 4:19 pmWay up there Krazny asks if this is worthy of a thread. It's not really but it's a brief opportunity to take a couple minutes and enjoy writing the words Rush Limbaugh is a Pig. To savor the undeniable truth of such a statement and to contemplate how inferior idiot Limbaugh is to the rightous Ms. Wie.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:21 pmI think we should tell the publishers that posted that freaking story how we feel. I just posted a comment here.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:22 pmIn hindsight we now know that the McNabb comments were designed to divert headlines away from his iminent drug issues. I believe that the Drug stuff hit the airwaves on Wednesday or Thursday following the McNabb comments. Rush knew well in advance about his impending troubles and tried to divert. After all there is nothing in America that is more important than sports. I say look in the next week or so for Rush to have some sort of bad legal anouncement.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:22 pmA golf score is the ultimate objective criterion. The ball is in the hole or it is out of the hole; you don't even need a lines judge. By this most objective of standards, the fine young lady is a phenomenon.
Rush is just a grumpy old man, appealing to the rapidly dying-off grumpy old man segment of the market. I supposed there will always be people who enjoy getting angry at people who are more successful than they are, so Rush will always have an audience, although dwindling and pathetic.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:26 pmBadGolfer.com is a disgrace for even pubishing an interview with this righ wing maggot.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:29 pmI have no idea what they think he has anything to do with golf. Rush Limbaugh is easy fodder for BadGolfer.com to get easy hits. They should focus on improving your golf game, not stuffing right wing crap down our throats.
What do you expect from an big fat obese junky? This guy has shit for brains.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:33 pm"does this really need to be a thread? we know Limbaugh is a jackass, this changes very little.", I agree with entry #2.
Limbaugh is a small-minded, prehistoric, bungling, smarmy, vulgar degenerate, who brings out the worse in people by exploiting them and lying to them, and whose 10+ years of fame are almost up (I hope)... of course he has made 100's of millions in the process, became a drug addict, lost weight, lost another wife, but hey, those are the breaks.
I was reading an article about the recent vile speech the guy that created Super-Size Me made at a school, and the title of the article reminded me of all the vile things that Limbaugh, Coulter and others on the right say and write. It was title, "Free speech vs. thoughtless speech". To me, you either what to make the world a better place or you don't. I assume this guy is more left than right based on the title of that movie, and just shows "thoughtless speech" is nonpartisan, although the right seems to be winning.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/14201029.htm
March 28th, 2006 at 4:33 pmI have dedicated a Haiku to Rush...... but think it should be named to Low-ku in his honor:
Barking dog!
Pausing only to pop more pills.
Stupid is forever.
I invite critiques, even if I don't intend to act upon them. This may well end my Lowku career.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:34 pmI could fix Junky Rush if I could have 5 minutes alone with the all puffed-up neandertal
March 28th, 2006 at 4:35 pmthe tournaments were 'invitationals' which means they can invite whatever golfer they wish to invite. tell rush, that whiny hater of all that doesn't make him rich, to focus back on those people who have drug addictions and how they should all go to prison for their addictions...he seemed to understand that problem pretty well.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:35 pmIf he didn't have so much 'money,' he would have been in the hoosegow with Noelle Bush.
He pays too much in taxes to be in jail. Anybody else would have lost everything they have and ended up at a Unicor plant.
A drug-addicted, addle-brained nitwit; that's Rush.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:36 pmOnce again Rush Limbaugh has proven himself to be a bigot. He can't stand to see anyone who isn't white success so he randomly attacks people of other races periodically to get rid of his tension. Why can't this overpaid blow hard get over it and realize that people of color are here to stay. After all who does he think brought blacks to this Country and then excepted Oriental People in to work in jobs noones else wanted. It's not like Chinese or Koreans haven't help to build this Country just like every other race of people who live here.
This idiot needs to be banded from Radio for being stupid if no other reason and there are lots of them to chose from. He sits arouhd and criticizes others yet he seems to forget about his drugs using and doctor shopping past. Rush believe me you are in no position of comment of how good Ms Wie is or isn't. When was the last time you qualified for any sporting event? Oh, that's right never, so get off your fat butt and do something besides open your pie hole. When I see you make the cut for a Golf Tournament or throw a footbal, then I'll worry about your opinion. It makes me sick to see these overweight a-holes sit around and throw grabs at people's ability they could only dream of having.
Rush and Bill O'Rielly should get on a plane and goe to Iraq and live since they think there are no minorities who have talent in this Country. Since Rush and Bill support the war so much why don't they take a cab in Bagdad and go joy riding. Oh, that's right they might get kidnapped, and we wouldn't want that. I'd be the first to help pay the ransom money, because God knows we can't live without those to great American, right? Rush tell me one thing, is there one minority athlete you do think has earned what they have? Apparently not, so I guess we should make them give all of the money back they've been given since they all have no talent. Isn't it a shame that those people are given everything just because the media bliuds them up and all of the things they accomplish are done with smoke and mirrors.
Tiger Woods hasn't really won the Masters, it was the media the made it look like he did several times, because they wanted a black to look like a winner. Michael Jordon, Magic Johnson, Isaih Thomas, and Joes Dumars didn't win numerous NBA Titles either. It was the liberal media that wanted them to look good, after all blacks can't compete because they have no talent. Colin Powell wasn't really a Four Star General and Secretary of State, it was the liberal media that made it up to make blacks feel good about themselves. If is wasn't for the Liberal Media Blacks and minorities wouldn't have accomplished a single thing in America.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:36 pm#17 the difference is that Wie is actually doing it. Once one of these phantom highschoolers do it then you can talk about it. But the main point of this thread is nto the quality of Wie's golf, it's the pomposity of Rush and his ill chosen words.
At age 13 she was the youngest ever winner of the US Womens Amatuer.
She has only played in a handful of Pro Events. To dub her over-hyped might be justifiable if it were nto for her amatuer career and her performance in various pro events, which yes, she has not won yet. In another year if she has not won anything then perhaps the hype might be declared officially overwrought. However today I say it's too early to tell. If she never wins this year but is competative the whole time, then I think for a 16 year old she will be doing just fine.
That aside the Rush comments need to be addressed because they play into his audience and they are false. It plays to the poor white guy can't get abreak crowd. It fits in nicely with his rants about affirmative action and makes his audience feel like a victim. Wie gets attention because she is scary good for her age. Way back when Tiger was the same age he was getting a shitload of attention and apprently the hype was correct. If any of the whiney assed titty babies have aproblem with this then perhaps they can just play better golf and worry about their own game rather than her game.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:38 pmBIG, FAT PIG MAN. Yea, he needs an ass whuppin.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:38 pmgood catch jack.
from forrest gump
stupid is as stupid does
March 28th, 2006 at 4:39 pmLimbaugh is a true cretin. Trashing blacks and women alike. He is the male chauvinist, and he appeals to others who are as closed minded as he is.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:43 pmHe is well past his heyday, time to take his pills and go home.
let's see how rush vs. the young lady golfer stack up:
rush: fat, drug addicted, divorced, fat, draft dodger because he had a pimple on his butt
the young lady golfer: athletic, smart, hard working, talented, athletic, smart hard working, good looking, talented
March 28th, 2006 at 4:43 pmEvery breath Rush Limbaugh inhales and exhales is a waste of oxygen. No, that's too generous. He and Coulter spew venemous black and yellow bile that oozes out of their mouths like so much pus from their rotting brains.
Coulter, Limbaugh, and a select few others make loads of money by appealing to most primitive, thoughtless emotions. They manipulate the insecure, the poorly-educated, and the ignorant into hate and distrust. And the damage me as a person to because they make me hate them.
If I believed in God I would say God damn them, but what's the point. They may or not get what they deserve some day. Most likely not. Limbaugh already got away with his felonious drug violations, both legally and from his die-hard disciples who are equally corrupt of mind and soul.
What a poor state the integrity of America is in these days.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:46 pm#38 joe sixpack
March 28th, 2006 at 4:47 pm"bulbous bundle of bubbling bullshit"
Very good, Joe. The alliteration is quite nice, giving a lovely rhythmn to the description.
My favorite two bumper stickers:
RUSH IS A BAND
RUSH IS FAT
March 28th, 2006 at 4:48 pmIt's no surprise he is threatened by a talented, competent female athlete. After all, he possesses none of those qualities.
#22. Yep, the league was very desirous for a black quarterback to do well.
Culpepper pre-meltdown or Moon anyone?
The jury is still out on Culpepper. As for Warren Moon, a great college qb, who lead his Washington team to victory in the Rose Bowl had to go to Canada in order to play QB. When he did, he was responsible for the Edmonton Eskimos winning 5 straigt Grey Cups.
On another note, how many championship rings do you over hyped QB's like Marino, Pennington, Collins, Plummer and the like have.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:52 pmTo me, your are a retard and a racist besides being ignorant. Before you respond again, you should try doing some research on your chosen subject...you can read, right.
They used to wear hooded sheets, rode horseback and used cross burnings to intimidate black people. David Duke helped usher in the new breed of racists,sexist, homophobe, Rush Limbaugh is simply the latest variation.
PEACE,
March 28th, 2006 at 4:53 pmReggie
IMHO - oxycotin Limbaugh is a drug addled racist moron.
also IMHO - let's let Wie go out and Tiger Woods the field a little (run all the tournaments), then we'll talk about leting her play with the PGA. I think she'd be better than most the men, but I doubt she'd win any of the grand events any time soon...She's just 16. Give her time. She will have the capability to beat the guys on their own turf given time.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:54 pmDoes anyone really take anything that fat, drug addled slob has to say seriously?
Face it, Rush Limbaugh is a Lying, Oxycoting addicticted, Nazi Whore.
http://www.bushflash.com/nazi.html
March 28th, 2006 at 4:56 pmHey Rush, how does it feel to know you could be beaten at golf by a little girl?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:02 pmRush misses those drugs really badly. It's making him say stupid things at an alarming frequency.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:03 pmThe bylaws of the PGA (Professional Golfers Association) do not discriminate between men or women players, otherwise it would be called the MPGA. If you're a female golfer whose game is good enough to make the cut and earn a paycheck at a PGA tour event, then you deserve to compete at the PGA level, even if it takes you several events before you finally succeed at making that first cut (it has taken some male pros a dozen or more attempts before making their first cut). Wie and Sorenstam are exceptions to the comparitively lesser skills displayed by their fellow competitors of the LPGA vs. those who compete at the more highly skilled PGA level, and so they are attempting to apply their skills at a higher and more difficult level of competition. I say--more power to them.
TFE
March 28th, 2006 at 5:04 pmRush is just pissed because he knows she could whip his ass on the links
March 28th, 2006 at 5:07 pmWhy does Limbaugh hate the free enterprise system so much?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:11 pmWhat Rush is missing is that Wie is in these PGA tournaments not at the behest of the PGA or liberals or feminists, but on SPONSOR EXEMPTIONS. The SPONSORS paying for the tournament want her in the tournament, because they know she gets people to watch.
Why does Rush Limbaugh hate the free market?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:13 pmWhy does Rush Limbaugh hate capitalism?
When Limbaugh steps on his crank, he speaks for millions of white males (and to a much lesser extent, white females) who feel threatened by diversity. This fear -- of women, people of color and different backgrounds, different languages and accents, different ways of living one's life, different religious beliefs, different ways of dressing, different sexual orientation, different ...you fill in the blank --is what drives the right wing's hostility. Right wingers simply don't embrace anyone/anything different than their white bread background. What an absolute waste of a life to go through life being so paranoid.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:13 pmditto to comment 63
March 28th, 2006 at 5:21 pm#63 and 71, unfortunately some 20 million dittoheads think Rush is a daily church service.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:26 pmreally don't care what Limbaugh's crazy ranting is today. He's so finished. Even reporting his cretenous words seems a waste of a rational person's time.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:27 pmRush is a big fat idiot. Michelle Wie has outperformed Tiger at her age. There is no doubt that she will make a cut on the PGA tour, more likely sooner than later. There is also no doubt that she could make a living on that tour if she chooses to. V. J. Singh has a lot of nerve with his historical baggage of having cheated at golf. So you have a drug addict and a mendacious schmuck from Fiji that have misogynistic tendencies that are trash talking a fifteen-year old girl. People who worship at that altar are destined to have a miserable next few decades as women move into more and more positions of power in our world……RR
March 28th, 2006 at 5:29 pmAnybody know why this useless parasitic blowhard isn't in jail?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:29 pmhe is not in jail because he and jeff gannon tag team Rove.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:34 pmDon't you dare use Donovan McNabb to attack conservatives. You people will stoop to the sewer to get a cheap shot in.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:36 pmI cannot believe that there were 75 comments to this post. Three, maybe--but 75?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:39 pm#60 you can add Peyton Mannign to that list too.
#65 you are assuming that he is still off them.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:44 pm#68 Red -
hahaha... zing
well done
March 28th, 2006 at 5:50 pmLimpbag is an asshole, Republicans love him for it, he's just like they are. He lost his dream job at ESPN because of it, he's pissed and I'm still laughing,
March 28th, 2006 at 5:52 pmI was only 74th, so I feel I was above the fray brought on by the 75th.....RR
March 28th, 2006 at 5:52 pmHEH-HEH! The Simpsons, Nelson
That's what I have to say about this. Apparently Mr. Rush Limbaugh doesn't realize just how irrelevant he is now. Why the hell should everyone care about WIE's age or her background? Isn't she just out there doing golf?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't anyone play golf or do what they choose in this country? Or are we all supposed to bend over and let fat SOBs or rich fat cats like Rush Limbaugh run the country clubs and tell us what to do.
That is what the whole thing comes down to: Discrimination. Rush, you are a fucking discriminatory bastard and the scurge of all soccer moms now. Its not her age, gender or anything that's important. It's her experience as with all things.
Frankly I am going to embrace the opportunity to send a big fat boot up your ass especially at the new South Park episode, and maime yours up. Get a life and stop hassling young girls or whatever the hell it is you do all day there. Go out and get a hobby!
March 28th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
I can tell you as a resident of Hawaii that Michelle Wie is beloved here by all sides. Ultra-liberlal to American-Taliban Conservative, she is loved.
Rush Limbaugh has just managed to completely alienate an ENTIRE state. A small one with only One Million residents... But a whole damn state with one stupid, Oxycontin induced verbal blast of his typical diarhea. Follow this story and you'll see it's picked up by every local paper and tv show here. He'll be pilloried! Gonna have to blog about this tonight. See if the AP or Honolulu Advertiser steals my story and then doesn't attribute it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/now-we-credit-blogs-we-k_b_18057.html
Winds a' changin'!
March 28th, 2006 at 5:53 pmRush's brain consists of smegma. Anything that miscreant says is sensless gibberish.
March 28th, 2006 at 5:56 pmRush Limbaugh, just one more whining conservative sniper still traumitized by a too scared childhood without athletic skills. She'd humiliate his fat lazy Republican golf course skills, if there was guts in him to play against her,
March 28th, 2006 at 6:01 pmFor those of you above making fun of this thread... Saying it effects Nothing and such, you're wrong.
Michelle Wie is beloved by ALL here in her home state of HAWAII. She's an absolute darling who is loved by the whole spectrum ranging from Ultra-Liberal to Taliban-style religious conservatives. Nobobdy thinks poorly of her in the slightest and the vast majority of Hawaiians know she's got ALL the skills and talent to take on the Old-White-Boy club that is Golf.
Rush Limbaugh just alienated an ENTIRE State today. Not a huge one and a liberal one anyway but he's syndicated here. He'll be lucky if his show is on the air anywhere in Hawaii by summer's end. The local papers and tv news will pick this up. Hawaii bloggers will light it up. It will be water-cooler conversation in every lunch room with an open sports page.
Every time these idiot-savante champions of the right spew hate-laced diarhea out of their mouths, they create new Democrats. We should be encouraging this behavior.
Send him Michelle Wie fan club paraphenalia and some ocycontin advertisements or something else as equally appropriate. He's doing our recruiting for us! Help make his job easier for him! :-)
March 28th, 2006 at 6:07 pmHello everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I apologize profusely for my comments regarding Mrs Wei.
In fact Mrs. Wie come on down to my office and we will use the five irons, ouch! I will take a driving lesson with you anytime and anywhere!
I have come to understand the true nature of this sport, and I recently took a beating at the billard's lounge. Lets just say you can call and email me anytime Mrs. Wi, we will go right down to business!!!
Give me a holler all you Wei fans, and send me lots and lots of letters about the glorious golfer Mrs. Wei I can't tell you how much of a mistake I made!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Signed, Your favorite Joe Montana, Rush Limbaugh
March 28th, 2006 at 6:17 pmCLICK THE NAME TO EMAIL ME AND MAKE SURE TO HIT IT BY FRIDAY, MY DADS GOING TO A YESHIVA!!!!!!!!!!
March 28th, 2006 at 6:19 pmAh, Rush you make such an easy target (and I'm not just talking the girth).
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March 28th, 2006 at 6:22 pmITS SO OVIOUS THE BUSH THUG MAFIA HAS ITS GRIP ON THE WORLD..NOW WHO IN THE 7 HELLS OF BAGDAD CAME UP WITH THAT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT THINGY THAT SPARKED TODAYS HELL IN PARIS..NOT ME..NOT YOU..YOUR NOT EVEN THAT SMART..LOL
March 28th, 2006 at 6:23 pmI'd like to see what Michelle would do with Rush's balls -- on or off the golf course.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:26 pmrush@eibnet.com
I JUST GOT A NEW OFFICE!!!!!
Yours truly.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:27 pmMy feeling about this is very simple. If Mr. Nazi fuck, oh iam sorry did I offend you. Tough shit. In any case if Mr. rush thinks she is so bad why not have him sit on a Golf course at say 200 yards and let her swing to see if she can hit him. Oh and Mr. Rush, One day you will die, and before that I piss on your face.
peace
March 28th, 2006 at 6:28 pmsome pinko
TOMM...BRILLIANT..WHY IN MY FAILED BUSHES LIFE DIDNT I THINK OF THAT ONE?..BUT WE GOT THE GOLF BALLS....NO?
March 28th, 2006 at 6:32 pmWie like to play doll with you, hun. Plz rub and massage me.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:41 pmWie is the most over rated person in sports today. She only gets attention for her age, sex, sexiness, and her dad's insistance that she play in men's tournaments. There are several much more talented women on the tour that don't get 1/1000th the attention Wie gets.
Rush is right, the vast majority of men on the tour don't want to play with her but can't say it openly. Wie is a marketing wonder, nothing more. Until she wins a few tournaments and at least one major she's gof's answer to Anna Kournikova.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:05 pmLimbaugh obviously knows as little about golf as he did about football.
Wie is a marketing wonder, nothing more. Until she wins a few tournaments and at least one major she’s go[l]f’s answer to Anna Kournikova.
So was Tiger. But, comparing her to Kournikova is a bad analogy. If Kournikova had a 100+ mph serve, a backhand, any game at all along the baseline, maybe. Wie can actually play. Quite well.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:15 pm#47-
yea, that's low-ku alright! it certainly isn't haiku!
(a hint... syllables are 5-7-5, not 3-8-6)
try this:
barking dogshit stain
March 28th, 2006 at 7:22 pmpill-popping fascist gasbag
whom the whackos love
who are 'the whackos'?
"Simply put, we want to bring out the whackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them. The whackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees."
-- Michael Scanlon, in an October 2001 strategy memo. The document describes his and Jack Abramoff's strategy for protecting the gaming interests of their client, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, by drafting Christian conservatives to oppose casino bids from rival tribes.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:24 pmThr problem is that Rush is the NAZI!
He is the practicing the NAZI aganda and its policies.
Lie big, Lie often, and then Lie more. Rush is very good at this.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:38 pmWhy anybody listens to that junkie crank is beyond me.....
March 28th, 2006 at 7:41 pmRush has blasted a black man in pro football and a young Asian woman in golf as being overrated and hyped beyond their talent. Hmmm, I wonder why he never did the same thing to the pinup Caucasian, uber underachiever Anna Kournikova...
March 28th, 2006 at 7:50 pmMichelle Wie is currently ranked second in the Rollex women golfers ranking, behind Annika Sorenstam.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:55 pmI just hate to agree with Rush on ANYTHING, but here I do......This is also coming from a carrying progessive who is also a card carrying member of the PGA of America. I really would like to see her go thru the qualifying process that most PGA tour players have had to endure (she would a very small chance of qualifying). Of course if I was major tournament sponsor I sure would like to have her playing....would give the tournament great press coverage. Sure she might have a good round or two maybe even a good tournament and pick a paycheck, but to play at the PGA Tour level or even the Nationwide Tour level she has no chance......
March 28th, 2006 at 7:59 pmFree Press
Of course she doesn't listen to the radio, she has a life! And since she's 16, I can forgive her for being excited about meeting Rice.
March 28th, 2006 at 8:32 pmWhile this does not exonerate Rush for being a jackass and a boor, the fact of the matter is that if Michelle Wie had the exact same skill set, but the physical appearance of a Dottie Pepper, Amy Alcott or Pat Hurst (to name but a few) the sponser exemptions would be fewer and further between.
Wie has a beautiful swing indeed, but that is not the only telegenic aspect she brings to the course. She's a looker. Lookers atract eyeballs--and in the world of professional sports, THAT'S the object of the game.
March 28th, 2006 at 8:34 pmWhat kind of idiots are worried about what a pill popper has
to say about a golfer??
Jackie Robinson my ass. Jackie Robinson says that the
First and Fourth ammendments to the Constitution are under
direct attack. That's 20 percent of the Bill of Rights.
Jackie Robinson says that when you pathetic fools are done
March 28th, 2006 at 8:51 pmbeing distracted by this kind of bilious crap, you should
focus on keeping your republic.
(Long, exasperated sigh)...WHO CARES? In fact, WHO THE HELL CARES??? Please, tell me something newsworthy, surprising, and egregious, just once. What am I supposed to do with crap like this, tell me? Jeez Louise. (Muttering profanity under breath.)
March 28th, 2006 at 9:47 pmI love TP and think Rush is an ass, but this post is dumb. Go read the full Q & A regarding Wie. He says she's a product of marketing and is being pushed beyond her actual accomplishments, which many people (including me) believe to be true. It's his observation. I don't see any way how Limbaugh's comments can be construed as "trashing" Wie.
March 28th, 2006 at 9:51 pmLook, he was banging Daryn Kagan. That doesn't make him right, but hats off to him anyway.
Daryn, you can do better...
March 28th, 2006 at 10:04 pm[...] What a jerk. [...]
March 28th, 2006 at 10:10 pmThe Lord helps those who hype themselves. Rush should know that.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:16 pmYou guys completely miss the point. Wie is a result of marketing. There is no reason for her to be claiming the sponsor's exemption in those tournaments. Anika Sorenstam wins basically every tournament she enters in the LPGA and she deserves that exemption. Wie hasn't won any professional tournaments yet so the only reason they want her in the men's game right now is because of marketing. He didn't say women shouldn't play with the men only that Wie is a result of marketing.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:23 pmFor once, I'd have to agree with Rush Limbaugh(I just barfed in my trash can!). She is a product of marketing. There are other female golfers who have won several pro tournaments that ain't getting the same shot as Wie.
Did I just agree with Rush Limbagh?!!! On something!!!! NOOOOO!!!
March 28th, 2006 at 11:24 pmFemi-nazis? He's still using that limp descriptor? Man, he needs Viagra for his imagination.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:37 pmdoes anyone out there have an overdose of oxycontin to sell to the Big Fat Idiot?
Let's put him out of OUR misery.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:41 pmI sure don't care much for Limbaugh - But he does have guts enough to give his opinion.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:53 pmLet's see Rush play her 18 holes of golf and see how he does.
March 29th, 2006 at 12:57 amI dont think Limbaugh ever gave up the OXY; and he still wont admit that the stuff cost him his hearing.Post.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:42 amI bet when rush smokes his cigar he thinks about Bill and Monica
March 29th, 2006 at 1:43 amWhy does'nt somebody out there give us an update on Rush's oxycontin addiction and related troubles with the legal system?While they're at it they could include O'Reilly's phone sex addiction.Every time Rush comes to mind I think of that picture if him that shows him smoking a huge cigar.You must have seen it.He reminds me of that movie star Lassie - taking a crap!
March 29th, 2006 at 1:49 amIm sure Wie's participation at these PGA events hurts the gate totals. It is so boring watching this long legged lass swing the club.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:13 amLet's see Wie win an event on the women's tour before we even have this discussion.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:29 amLimbaugh was just reiterating what other people had said in the media. It doesn't make them right, though. Wie's dream has been to someday be able to compete against the men. The only way she is going to get there is by playing as many tournament as she can against the best. Her handlers know this. It doesn't matter if you think she is embarassing herself by going against the men. Ultimately, those experiences would prove invaluable to her as she gains good golf course management skills. She needs to improve her knowledge of when to play it safe and when to play aggressive. Remember when she was grouped with Villegas and Crouch at the Sony Open? She was amazed at how they could hit a bad shot from the tee and always seem to end up with no worse than par or birdie. That's the kind of stuff she needs to learn, besides improving her putting, of course.
Let's give Michelle the same chances as Tiger had. Tiger Woods at the age of 19 took 8 tournaments before making a cut on the PGA. For the record, I'm not saying she's going to be the next Tiger Woods, either.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:45 amI think Rush sold one on the Donovan McNabb comments, folks. Did you actually see Rush on Monday Night Football? He looked so out of place in the broadcast booth surrounded by real athletes. I personally think Rush knew he was going to be let go for all the right reasons (he didn't belong there) and had to salvage the situation the best he could, by making it look like they let him go because "he was so controversial". NOT! Don't fall for this nasty blowhard's cheap tricks.
March 29th, 2006 at 3:37 amI am simply amazed at the reactions to Rush's staement. I mean we all know he is a jerk, and usually worse and that most of his ideas are truly execerable, but does that have to mean that everything he says has to be wrong?
Michelle Wie is a good golfer, truw, but is she good enough to play with the men? Or is that a publicity stunt. And if we agree she is, then do we also agree that men be allowed to play in the LPGA?
Carrying the equality and political correctness thing further, that should also mean that women should be allowed to enter men's boxing tournaments, right? After all according to some of the commentators here, the only prerequisite seems to be an ability to beat Rush Limbaugh at the game!. The ultimate aim should be to eliminate all gender distinctions in all sports - tennis, soccer, wrestling, athletics - all of them. And what then? Then do we claim handicaps besed on weight and stremgth for the women, some affirmative action perhaps? Some reserved gold medals?
Get real guys. I hate that fat bastard Rush as much as you do, but on this case he is correct.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:12 amCome on folks, it's not his fault. It's the junk talking.
Pity the poor drug addled fool.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:45 am[...] Read "McNabb Redux: Limbaugh Trashes Golf Prodigy Michelle Wie." [...]
March 29th, 2006 at 5:13 amRush is a pill-popping, draft-dodging, junkie. Nuff said.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:01 am" I hate that fat bastard Rush as much as you do, but on this case he is correct."
Agreed. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. The hype around Wie is very annoying to most golfers I know, including me.
Personally, I think a sixteen year old should be learning to win on the amateur circuit instead of learning to lose on the pro circuit. For those who want to compare to with Tiger, note that we didn't see Tiger turning pro at such a tender age.
It's always a shame when marketing concerns are allowed to trump thoughtful long-term decision-making. For her sake I hope she doesn't turn into another burned-out former child prodigy.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:10 amI am with Rush on this one, although I hate the guy, this broad will never win a Mens Tour Event, its just a joke,,,
March 29th, 2006 at 7:36 amI am with Rush on this one, although I hate the guy, this broad will never win a Mens Tour Event, its just a joke,,,
March 29th, 2006 at 7:36 amhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Wie
2002-2004: Amateur career
In 2002, Wie became the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event, the Takefuji Classic. In 2003, she shot a 66 in a round at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, tying the amateur record for a women's major championship. She also won the Women's Amateur Public Links in 2003, becoming the youngest person ever to win a USGA event for adults. On January 15, 2004, Michelle Wie became only the fourth female, and the youngest ever, to play in an event on the main U.S.-based men's golf tour, the PGA TOUR, at the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club near Diamond Head in Hawaii. She shot rounds of 72 and 68 to finish at even par, missing the cut by one stroke. The same year she also became the first amateur to receive a special exemption to the US Women's Open, a decision which led to some division in the women's golf community. The invitation was based on her theoretical position on the money list, which would have given her automatic qualification had she been a professional. She finished tied for 13th place in the tournament.
Wie was named to the U.S. team for the 2004 Curtis Cup, a team golf competition similar to the Ryder Cup, in which amateur female players from the U.S. and Great Britain compete. She became the youngest woman ever to compete in the Curtis Cup as the U.S. team went on to win. She also finished fourth in the 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship, finishing four shots behind winner Grace Park. If she had played the 2004 season as a professional, she would have earned over a quarter of a million dollars from her tournament results alone, but as an amateur she was not allowed to earn money for playing.
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2005: Turning pro
Wie had long attracted attention from male pro golfers who remarked not just on her height but on the length she was able to drive the ball and the form of her golf swing. The 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) Wie, at the age of 16, has an average drive of about 280 yards, about 10 yards farther than the 5-foot, 6-inch Sörenstam's average and only slightly behind the average on the PGA TOUR. Ernie Els once said, "Give her another couple years to get stronger, she can play on the PGA TOUR." Her size and use of Els as a model have led sports media to call her The Big Wiesy, a play on Els' nickname of The Big Easy. Fred Couples said, "When you see her hit a golf ball … there's nothing that prepares you for it. It's just the scariest thing you've ever seen." As to Wie's potential impact on the sport, Arnold Palmer stated in 2003 that "she's probably going to influence the golfing scene as much as Tiger, or more. She's going to attract people that even Tiger didn't attract, young people, both boys and girls, and families."
Entering 2005, the speculation wasn't if Wie would turn professional, but when.
She started her 2005 season on the LPGA Tour with the best performance of her career, finishing second at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay. That June she placed second at the LPGA Championship, one of the women's majors. A few days later, she became the first female golfer to qualify for a USGA national men's tournament, when she tied for first place in a 36-hole qualifier for the U.S. Amateur Public Links. At the U.S. Women's Open, she finished the third round in a three-way tie for the lead, but dropped severely after scorring an 82 in the final round, and finished tied for 23. The week after, she played in the John Deere Classic in her third attempt to make the cut at a PGA Tour event, and missed the cut by two strokes after a double-bogey and bogey on successive holes late in the second round.
Immediately after the John Deere, Wie played in the men's Public Links, making the top 64 in the stroke play rounds to qualify for match play and losing in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion. The week after the Public Links, she went to France to play in the Evian Masters, a major on the Ladies European Tour and a regular LPGA event. She finished in a tie for second with Lorena Ochoa, behind 18-year-old rookie pro Paula Creamer. The week after, she finished tied for third at the Women's British Open, the fourth and final major of the year, which also marked her last tournament before returning to high school.
After the Women's British Open, she had played in seven LPGA events in 2005. If she had been a professional, her actual finishes would have given her earnings of 663,178 USD, which at that time of the season would have placed her eighth on the 2005 money list. [1]
On October 5, 2005, less than a week before her 16th birthday, Wie announced in Hawaii that she was turning professional, reportedly signing sponsorship contracts with Nike and Sony worth more than 10,000,000 USD per year. She also announced that she would pledge 500,000 USD to the victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:41 amIt's the Gold Rush. Wie = Kournikova
March 29th, 2006 at 7:52 amWie is the Golden child marketed the same way as the other Golden child Anna Kournikova, as much as I like them both to succeed and win tournaments, Anna never did and Wie never will.
Sex Sells, what can I say.
I remember in the not to distant pass when a guy the color of Vijay Singh wouldn't be ALLOWED on most golf courses in this country other than as a caddy. I thought he was amazing for his bitching about the last woman to challenge the men, and for him to again knock a woman is hillarious. Who does he think he is, and why doesn't he see the humor in HIM being allowed to play?
March 29th, 2006 at 7:58 amunlike hush bimbo, wie is not a pompous windbag, big mouthed, drug addict, who will actually do something good with her life...
March 29th, 2006 at 8:35 amIt's always the same. Fundamentalism, and fascism are always all about opressing women. Rush doesn't seem to be able to hold a wife, now does he? He should live so long as to be able to hold her putter.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:55 amRush is projecting again. Any truth Rush has ever presented is nothing more than a case of marketing. All hot air and no meat.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:11 amOh, wishnevsky, I don't think Wie needs Rush or anyone to hold her putter.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:14 amHaha- I said the same thing about Rush when he was tapped to be an NFL commentator...
March 29th, 2006 at 9:14 amAnd this coming from a man who couldn't even walk a golf course without an oxygen tank and an Oxycontin.
It's hard to believe that we're still having this converstation 33 years after Billy Jean King beat Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:32 amOuch, Wie stung by a WASP between the second and third holes....stance too wide.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:49 amI think people are so dismissive about Michelle Wie's age.
She is 16 people--what golfer has accomplished what she has at that age!
Heck if she doesn't win until the next LPGA season she will still be the youngest winner of an LPGA event!
C'mon people Annika didn't even start her dominance until she was in her thirties! This girl is a junior in high school!
Rush just needs to go back to dealing drugs and leave the kids alone.
March 29th, 2006 at 10:00 amRush is just a drug addict salesman. To me, most neocons seem to come from the same car lot. They merely sale used crap to their audience. Rush is obviously still on the dope; that's what narcotic addicts do - TALK, alot.
He is not news or new. He is a lonely, unprofessional, obsessed, vile racist. He talks in funny voices when speaking of those he doesn't like, which is most of the world showing his juvenile druggie behavior.
I have been listening to him on and off trying to grasp what kind of moron would find him to be anything other than entertainment. He is just a talk show with no guests. I believe his IQ is a few points lower than our semi-retarded president. He is on the list of candidates for antichrist.
March 29th, 2006 at 10:45 amI believe Rush's comments on Michelle are driven by envy and maybe lust since he just lost his latest sqeeze Daryn Kagan. Jealously since after seeing his swing at a Pro-Am he needs serious help. Even on drugs he should be able to do better than he does. Of course his bad back is the reason he is on drugs which makes his swing bad and unable to reduce his glutes and that may be the reason Daryn left. Man, is he screwed up. Personally, his Glutes get in the way of everything because he has his head up them.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:24 am#140 Exactly - marketing. He uses redneck racists to make money on advertising. He has more commerical time than talk time and that is the best thing I can say about his program. His show is utterly stupid to the core with no value whatsoever. The trailer parks can't get enough of him though and after a couple of hours of Rush, they are ready for fightin'. Seriously, his show is of no value and has no substance. All he talks about is how he can't stand anyone.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:25 amI agree, he is just jealous because he has no talent AT ALL. His entire career, using the term loosely, is catering to hateful idiots who don't mind, or can't tell, how low class and white trash he is. Fools gather with fools.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:29 amLimbaugh is a one party facist;Goebbels would be proud.All these clowns like him,Hanniday,Bortz,Ingram,Savage [Wiener],Bennett,et.al need to be shut down. Vote out repugs so they will really have something to whine about.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:32 amP.S. Scalia and these bigots claim to be 'ORIGINALIST' interpreting the Constitution. Its more like 'ABORIGINAL'.
He's still calling people "femi-nazis"? How retro!
March 29th, 2006 at 12:09 pmWell...., uh...., oh.....Geeeeeeze, grrrrrr, ahh......, Iiiii......, errrrrr......, uhhhh...... doh!
March 29th, 2006 at 12:10 pmI juuuuust caaaaan't........ Sighhhhh......
Rush never says much anyway. His shows are filled with so much gasping, panting, gee-zing, I-ing, sighing, etc, etc, I can't stand listening to him. He has so little to say that he has to fill the time slot with all his moans and groans to even complete the alloted air time. What a buffoon...
#152 Funny and so right you are. He pants and weazes and grasps for words, never to find them. Often he says: "oh forget it, liberals are just idiots." He is an ape; who could ever questions evolution?
March 29th, 2006 at 12:14 pmCan somebody PLEASE arrange for Pus 'er Rush to have a relapse?
...of a "permanent" nature...
March 29th, 2006 at 12:39 pmI don’t see any way how Limbaugh’s comments can be construed as “trashing†Wie.
Comment by dack #110
dick'head,
...you're a FOOL...
...ANYTHING Pus 'er Rush says about ANYONE or ANYTHING...
...is "TRASH"...
...now remove your head from Pus' a*s...
...and join the living...
March 29th, 2006 at 12:45 pm"[I]s she good enough to play with the men?"
Call me way too politically correct, but aren't questions like this indicative that the sexism problem runs pretty freakin' deep?
Okay, if this woman is NOT "all that," then that's one thing ... but ...
I mean ... okay ... golf. Golf. Whew.
If you want to wade into the gender issue over boxing, or football, and can provide documentation showing how womens' musculature is substantively different from men, etc., etc., etc., okay, I will read your evidence. I will /entertain/ the argument that women and men shouldn't, say, play pro football together.
But this is golf. Now I will admit that I am somewhat prejudiced against golf, but what is the /physical/ barrier preventing women from competing on equal terms with men here? I mean, excuse the crudeness, but am I to understand that having breasts makes it more difficult to play golf? When I look at the guys who make loads of money in the sport, I do not, I'm sorry, exactly see Olympians.
And no, no, no, I'm not saying golf is "easy," or anything like that. So PLEASE don't accuse me of same. I don't in any universe possess the coordination or whatever else it requires to play golf. I'm mainly saying, or asking, whether people really think that the abilities required to play this particular sport are markedly different in women and men.
If not ...
G
March 29th, 2006 at 2:02 pmRush should go get that thing off his butt and shut up for once. He is a total and complete moron.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:09 pmIf Annika did OK with the guys (and May will mark 2 years since she played in a PGA event), Wie can do well, too.
Rush has gone way over the line, if not over the top; if you ask me.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:30 pmOh brother. People should be praising her for her athlelitc abilities instead of bashing. Who has Rush not bashed?
March 29th, 2006 at 2:48 pmRush is a flucking moron!
March 29th, 2006 at 2:52 pmYou should hear how these country boys talk behind closed doors. Sometimes they get enough courage to speak out in public, believing that most everyone's on the same page, and all the crap comes spewing out of their mouths. A lot of sports people, a senator, a radio talk show guy, the list just keeps on growing...
When will they ever learn?
March 29th, 2006 at 2:58 pmWhen Limbaugh made a fool of himself during the Donovan McNabb episode, I learned something about both McNabb and Limbaugh. McNabb has shown through countless NFL games that he can play with pain; Limbaugh has shown that he cannot play without pain-killers!
March 29th, 2006 at 3:15 pmWe need a new national poll in this country.
Is Rush Limbaugh . . .
a) less racist
b) less stupid
c) less fat
than your typical 19th century Southern Plantation owner?
What do you think?
I'm going with (c)
March 29th, 2006 at 3:16 pm"You should hear how these country boys talk behind closed doors."
Yeah, not sure it's confined to the country boys ... I don't know what it is, there's just this thing about people who don't have a [pursuable, arguable, debatable, etc] thought in their heads being the ones always wanting to YELL THE LOUDEST.
Why is it that people who really just have nothing to say it are the most adamant about saying it? And saying it so g.d. loud?
Of course this makes me think of Yeats' immortal
"... the best
Lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
I'm sure I paraphrased the words or the punctuation, there, sorry W.B. :-]
March 29th, 2006 at 3:35 pmSince Limbaugh is under scrutiny for Oxycontin-related crimes, why not let him continue for a time from Prison. Then let Mumiya take his place at the microphone. He would not confuse skill and the drug induced rages. Wonder who cleans up the drool, by the way?
Anyway, Michelle is a person of beauty, skill, and of another culture. Rush, the fat windbag, is just fanning the flames of race hatred when he does his sports bit. Bet she could spot him ten strokes and win by twenty!
What a clown! Say, when does his trial come up, anyway?
March 29th, 2006 at 3:36 pmSame old Rush. Angry and insulting because without his "dittoheads" he's unable to do anything well enough to keep him in pills and liposuction. He can go now.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:27 pmSame old Rush. Angry and insulting because without his "dittoheads" he's unable to do anything well enough to keep him in pills and liposuction. He can go now.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:27 pmRash Limpblah is back on oxycontin and the "dodheads" Right still get their talking points from a drug addict. What else is new? We already know that. Time to move on, don't you think?
March 29th, 2006 at 4:37 pmShe hasn't won any tournaments! How many men are in the PGA with that record? None. She is a marketing dream: good golfer, pretty, young and a minority in a sport dominated by white men. I wish I could get her as a client!! Yet she still hasn't won a tournament! It's a crazy world, and getting crazier every day....
March 29th, 2006 at 5:03 pmThe PGA tour is a business, it is about making money. When Wie plays there are bigger crowds and higher tv ratings. That's all there is to it. Money and business are conserative religions, Limbough of all people should should understand this.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:39 pmTo S.G.Poss.Limbo never left OXY.We all know he is an idiot facist,but lets not make a saint out of Wie.If playing golf is all I did Id be good too.Besides she has no personality;she is a bimbo.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:44 pmReal classy Guru--calling a 16 year old kid a bimbo.
You're about as sad a person as Rush.
March 29th, 2006 at 10:54 pmCheryl,did you see the 60 minutes interview? Can anyone say self centered?Please.
March 30th, 2006 at 12:19 amTo Guru: unless you are EXTRAORDINARILY talented at golf, you
March 30th, 2006 at 3:07 amcould spend all the rest of your days practicing and never approach
the level of expertise of any of the pro golfers, man or woman.
Look higher in this post to see what the likes of Couples and Ells say
about Michelle Wie's golf swing: apparently, it inspires comments as
did Will "The Thrill" Clark's baseball swing. So please, don't go putting
down a young lady who has found she has the talent at a very young
age, has worked at it, and who seeks the toughest challenges she can
find that her game can improve. You say she is self centered? All right,
she is 16 bloody years old! What teenager is NOT self-centered? And
what percent of teenagers can point to a record of world-class accomplishments
as can Wie? I love that she competes, even as I love that Tiger Woods
competes, because both players share tremendous talent with an iron
determination to improve their performance in this demanding game.
All I have to know about the talent of tour players I learned one day when
Craig Stadler came waltzing through Washoe Golf course as we were playing
tennis. To stand next to the tee as he hit his drive, as a person with no
golf experience, was to see something so remarkable, so unexpected,
such a perfect exhibition of coordination and focused power as to take one's
breath away. His swing appeared to my eye slow, but the noise the club made,
punishing air resisting the movement of the club, could only have led to the
result: the ball just flying away at tremendous speed far, far down the fairway.
The only other time I have been so impressed by contact of club on ball was at
the Kingdome when Mark McGuire hit a 550-foot home run off Randy Johnson.
Guru, these guys are GOOD!
Rush Limblob would use his own mother for political talking points for crying out loud!
March 30th, 2006 at 5:01 amTo Bill Peppin:she is good;they are all good:So what.Even Limbo thinks he is good.As for 'syringe'McGuire's shot off Randy J. E=M/C.2.
March 30th, 2006 at 11:31 ammichelle wie is the swecond-best female golfer in the world?!?!? surely you jest. she's not even the best teenager on the LPGA tour. paula creamer has actually won multiple events and morgan pressel has just as much upside as wie.
wie needs to actually win a tournament--any tournament-before she can be labeled as the best or second-best anything.
March 30th, 2006 at 11:37 amFathead Limbaugh and the rest of these macho types are scared to death by a woman
March 30th, 2006 at 12:48 pmlike Michelle.Why?She's gorgeous,she's female and she's of Asian descent and she can probably golf circles around that idiot Limbaugh,so instead of crediting her they do the only thing they are good at:attack,attack and attack some more.Knock her down so they feel better about their own miserable existence.What a bunch of poop stains they be.
Too,last night on countdown,Olbermann made it a point to call fathead Rush pussbag a Canadian about 2 or 3 times.I did not know this infernal bag of shit was Canadian.That explains why he's here,the Canadians probably deported the fatass.Jeez he such a piece of shit.
March 30th, 2006 at 1:01 pmPaula Creamer is 3 years older than Michelle Wie but head to head
Michelle Wie has beaten her 8-4.
Paula has the wins I'll give you that but she's had a 3 yr. head start in experience.
As far as Morgan Pressel-she dominated the amateurs but that does not necessarily translate to pro success.
And she got drubbed by Michelle in the last tournament.
And Limbaugh is still a dope.
March 30th, 2006 at 2:20 pmCheryl, actually head-to-head Michelle is up 9-3 against Paula. The only player ahead of Michelle in head-to-head competition is Annika. But even there, Michelle's up 2-1 over their last 3 meetings. And she's only getting better and better.
March 30th, 2006 at 2:35 pmCheryl,you must be Michelles'press agent.
March 30th, 2006 at 6:45 pmGuru.
Cheryl is not Michelles' press agent. I am her press agent.
But I am afraid I will be fired soon because Michelle's clubs have been doing all the talking.
March 30th, 2006 at 9:05 pmWhat more would anyone expect from a bloated, druggie Neoconic turd like Limbaugh? His opinions are even less relevant and more ridiculous than those of George W. Bush. A human douche bag that smells like a cigar, that's good ol' boy Rush.
March 30th, 2006 at 10:16 pmLuis,you should get in touch with Cheryl;you have alot in common.Michelle is going to crack,and so is Tiger.Too much,too soon.
March 31st, 2006 at 1:27 amI found your blog-spot from the 'bad golfer' website. I have read most of the 185 (at the time I wrote this) previous comments with a great deal of interest...no wait - not "interest" at all...it was more like slowing down to see what happened at a roadside accident. My heavens, I can see where the so-called "split" in America comes from now. Most of you people are as rabid and rigid in your dogma as Mr Limbaugh. Seems to me the onlyy sensible course the country should take is to ignore BOTH the far right AND the far left. Maybe there are still some folks left with good old fashioned "common sense" who can help find a way for us that doesn't include HATE. Awwwwww, guess that's probably too much to ask, isn't it?
March 31st, 2006 at 11:03 amcheryl (and others)--
with all due repect, i'm not sure what you mean about this head-to head business. do you mean that on those occasions where they've played the same event, wie has finished higher than creamer on 8 occasions while creamer has finished ahead of wie 4 times? if so, i've never heard anyone cite such a statistic before. the fact that you're even using it is proof of my basic point--wie has NO wins, while creamer has several.
as to creamer's three-year head start, that's a bogus statistic too. she may be 3 years older than wie but she was still a rookie on tour just last year; wie probably played several LPGA events as far back as 2004.
as to pressel, you're right, success as an amateur is no guarantee of pro success. but at least pressel WAS a successful amateur with numerous wins; wie doesn't even have that to fall back on.
March 31st, 2006 at 1:53 pmKevin,
Michelle can only play 8 events a year because of school, while Creamer played almost 30 events last year. She won twice in the LPGA and two more times in Japanese tournaments.
Of Creamer's 4 wins-only 1 came with Wie and Sorenstam in the field while the 2 in Japan was with an extremely weak field. Creamer has also never finished in the Top 2 of a major and Michelle has already done so twice.
Its unfair to compare wins since statistically Creamer has had many more opportunities to win. Not to mention its difficult to stop and start playing tournaments.
I'm sure its very hard to study full time and train for tournaments.
I think you can get a clearer picture of who is better head to head when Michelle can play full time and can devote all her time to playing tournaments and training as Paula is able to do.
The stats are that Michelle has finished ahead of her 9 out of 12 times when they've been in the same tournament. It doesn't necessarily mean that Michelle is better than Paula or vice versa its just the facts. Its not a bogus statistic--just look it up.
March 31st, 2006 at 2:17 pmKevin--
Don't discount the age difference--there's a huge difference in an athletes mentality and experience between 16 and 19 years old.
March 31st, 2006 at 2:33 pmcheryl--
thanks for your comments. however, i must take exception to a few of them.
my reference to a "bogus stastistic" was not in comparing creamer vs. wie head to head. i made that comment in response to your assertion that creamer had a three-year "head start" on wie. it's just not true. they've both played a lot of events. and even though creamer is 19, she was still a tour rookie last year, yet she won 4 times worldwide, no matter what you think of some of those fields. does anyone criticize tiger woods when he whips a weak field in new zealand or dubai? no way. the commentators just talk about how he dominates worldwide.
when i looked up creamer's record from last year, it said she played 24 events, not 30. as for wie, counting the public links (if i have the name right), she played in 12 events worldwide, on multiple tours. that's an awful lot of events for a 15-year old kid who, as you pointed out, is supposed to be a student.
you're right--we'll see how wie does when she gets to play a full schedule. the fact remains that she's still never won on any of the multiple tours she's played.
and i'm sure it is hard to stop and start playing in tournaments, especially when you're still in high school! maybe the lesson there is that she should be a full-time student, at least unitl she gets her high school diploma. even tiger went to college for a year or two.
i don't know how old you are or whether you have children but i have two kids of my own and i strenuously obejct to wie's parents trotting her out like a show pony before she's even been to the prom. kids deserve a chance to be kids. and don't tell me that this is what michelle wants to do. what kid wouldn't want to bypass high school for the chance to make a lot money? that's where parents are supposed to step in.
and oh, you never responded to my points about pressel vs. wie and their amateur records.
March 31st, 2006 at 2:55 pmKevin.
Because you never heard of something does not mean it doesn't exist. Besides the Rolex World ranking there is another ranking listed in Golfweek. It's called the Seagarin performance index. You guessed it. It is is based on a mathematical formula that uses a player’s won-lost-tied record against other players.
March 31st, 2006 at 3:01 pmOk,BV,since your such an expert on the political/cultural split what suggestions do you have to fix it?BTW i didn't see one comment by anyone here that said they hated someone.We just think Rush Pussbag is a major league jackoff.How could you hate someone that makes the rightwingers look so bad?
March 31st, 2006 at 3:21 pmKevin ,
You make some really good points. :)
Concerning the Pressel vs. Wie thing--Michelle dominated all the amateur events in her native Hawaii. Since she was still an amateur (and not making any money ) her parents had to pay for everything. It was just too expensive for Michelle and family to compete in amateur events on the mainland . A lot of these events are in California and Florida and these are the states where Creamer and Pressel live respectively. Its much easier for them to compete when its just a drive away.
Her father thought (which I tend to agree) if they were spending all that money to fly to the mainland they wanted Michelle to compete against the best competition as possible.
If it was up to me, I'd rather Michelle go via the Creamer and Pressel model dominating the amateurs first but she didn't and that's OK. Everyone is different and Michelle seems to be doing just fine in the pros.
March 31st, 2006 at 3:47 pmTo Cheryl,Luis and Kevin;Can't we all just get along? However i'm with Kev. on this one;Michelle has to win something.Putt-Putt anyone?
March 31st, 2006 at 6:51 pmIt's simple-put the fat boy out there on the links - & let's see who's the better man!
April 1st, 2006 at 2:56 amTom #195:Don't let Cheryl hear you call sweet Michelle a man.
April 1st, 2006 at 3:36 amAs for Limbo, he loves manly men and Darren Keagen;eww.
LIMBO vs. The BIMBO. How does that grab you GURU?
April 1st, 2006 at 4:07 am# 197 Eddie. Cheryl and Luis are going to have a conniption pondering that scenerio;but it grabs me right where it hurts. Glad to see you've followed this post though.
April 1st, 2006 at 10:22 amtesting123
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:54 amluis--
i have vaguely heard of the seagarin index. but that wasn't my point. i consider it a worthless form of recordkeeping and therefore not valid. do you think any self-respecting professional golfer cares how often they finished ahead of another golfer head-to head? if you think that, you are kidding yourself. at the end of the day they care about only one thing--who won! no less an authority than tiger woods has said that all he's interested in is winning. high finishes mean nothing to him if he doesn't win.
moving on, so wie has finished higher than creamer head to head over the course of their careers to this point. big deal. wie would trade that "superior" record for creamer's four worldwide wins in 2005 any day of the week.
cheryl, thanks for your thoughts. i've never heard anyone mention lack of money as an issue with the wies. if i'm not mistaken, michelle is an only child and her dad is a university professor. i doubt they're hurting for money. besides, michelle's amateur status and a possible lack of money didn't keep her from traveling all around the continental u.s. last year on three different tours. or just do what creamer's parents did--move cross country from california to florida!
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:48 pmMichelle needs some time off to get that deviated septum repaired.
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:29 amI feel sorry for you I really do. It must be sad to be such a loser.
April 3rd, 2006 at 7:33 amCheryl,it's even sadder to think you have to respond to every comment made about M.W..Whats the deal here? Is someone paying you? Go find somebody elses boots to lick and get out of my grill.I don't need your self righteous pity.
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:26 amHi, I'm DANICA PATRICK
Michelle is the younger version of me, although I'm much cuter & sexier (see pic below). We both are following Anna Kornikova's path as marketing icons. We both compete against the men, and we haven't won a single title against them. It's time to put the words aside and start winning.
http://static.buzzword.com/manila/staticFiles/wallyswisdomwarehouse/DanicaPatrick57Chevy.jpg
April 6th, 2006 at 3:28 am''Danica''Im not a fan of yours either.I despised all the hype last year;yours and M.W.s.However I do agree with ''your''above statement.
April 6th, 2006 at 9:18 pmP.S. Thats one sorry ass picture.Who put ''you''in that goofy pose?I've seen better modeling on oatmeal boxes.
April 6th, 2006 at 9:25 pmGURU, Michelle won't take it anymore from the likes of you. She still looks real purrty even when she's mad. Go Michelle!
April 7th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
Click on the link above to see the lovely Michelle in action.
April 7th, 2006 at 11:05 pmDang, the links don't seem to show. I'll just post it below.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-4/1168157/Michelle.Wie.going.postal.gif
April 7th, 2006 at 11:07 pmWayne;One thing to remember is M.W.is only 16 yrs.I hope you don't live around any schools.They might find out your real name is MERV the PERV.
April 8th, 2006 at 1:26 amI don't get the connection, GURU (Kenneth?).
April 8th, 2006 at 1:33 amWayne;I saw you blog somewhere else;you're probably an all right dude.No hard feelings.P.S..Do you mean''What's the frequency Kenneth?''?
April 8th, 2006 at 2:47 amWhat's all the fuss about Ruch? He's a great guy! Finally someone speaks the truth about McNabbwie. I think we should just learn to celebrate diversity a little more and respect the opinions of everyone. As Mahatma ghandi once said: "Can't we all just get along"?
April 8th, 2006 at 11:25 pmEl Guapo means The Handsome or a showoff.You probably meant El Gordo.
April 9th, 2006 at 2:22 amPhil Mickelson wins the Masters.Now that's Golf.That's my man.
April 10th, 2006 at 1:33 amDid you see Phil Mickelson's wife? She looked a lot like Katie Couric, I almost did a double take.
April 10th, 2006 at 11:39 pmWayne:Katy Couric?''What you talkin bout Willis?''
April 11th, 2006 at 2:38 amYep. Didn't you see Mickelson kiss his wife after winning the Masters? I may have to post a picture of Katie and the wife for comparison.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:40 pmWayne:This is crazyness.Either way they're both cute.
April 13th, 2006 at 1:51 amI hope my man Phil wins the Slam.
Thot's comments may be well intentioned, but they are utterly ridiculous. Anyone with an objective mind and a little knowledge of basketball who has seen a WNBA game knows that your local 8th grade male basketball team could beat the current WNBA championship team hands down. Women should be afforded the same opportunities to participate in school and local sports as males but in the professional world, they should qualify by talent, not golf exemptions and the NBA supporting an unprofitable WNBA .
Bart
May 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pmHell, Rush has it right. Sports Illustrated took a poll of PGA Male GOLFERS and 74% of them said that women ought to stick to the LPGA. Only a few men have the balls to speak out. But, again, RUSH is right on.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:31 amHell, Rush has it right. Sports Illustrated took a poll of PGA Male GOLFERS and 74% of them said that women ought to stick to the LPGA. Only a few men have the balls to speak out. But, again, RUSH is right on.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:31 amProves what a total Douchebag Limbaugh is. LOL.
September 6th, 2006 at 5:50 pm