Limbaugh: Obama Should ‘Renounce’ His Race And Just ‘Become White’
Limbaugh: Obama Should ‘Renounce’ His Race And Just ‘Become White’
Yesterday on his radio show, right-wing host Rush Limbaugh derided Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) — who is biracial — for saying, “If you look African-American in this society, you’re treated as an African-American.”
Limbaugh claimed that this statement meant Obama didn’t want to be black and should “renounce it”: “If it’s not something you want to be, if you didn’t decide it, renounce it, become white!” He added, “If you don’t like it, you can switch. Well, that’s the way I see it. He’s got 50-50 in there. Say, ‘No, I’m white.’” Listen here:
The right wing has repeatedly thrown baseless racial slurs at Obama. Earlier in the week, right-wing radio host Glenn Beck said that Obama “is colorless,” and that “as a white guy…[y]ou don’t notice that he is black. So he might as well be white, you know what I mean?”
(HT: Too Sense)
LIMBAUGH: Steve Kroft said, “Your mother was white; your father was African. You were raised in a white household. Yet at some point you decided you were black.”
[OBAMA CLIP]: I’m not sure I decided it. Uh, I think, uh, you know, if you — if you look African-American in this society, you’re treated as an African-American, uh, and, uh, when you’re a child in particular, uh, that is how you begin to identify yourself.
RUSH: So are we to conclude here that he didn’t define himself as black, that the way he looks does? (Sigh.) Okay. We’ve got Obama’s wife in here. We’ve got John Howard from Australia coming up, but, “I’m not sure I decided it”? Well, if you didn’t decide it, then how did it happen?
Well, when you look like that, that’s what you are.
Well, renounce it, then! If it’s not something you want to be, if you didn’t decide it, renounce it, become white!
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Okay, back to our Barack Obama Audio Sound Bite Marathon. What are we up to now? Let’s see. Oh, yeah. Obama just said he wasn’t sure that he decided he was black, that if you look African-American in this society, you’re treated as an African-American, and when you’re a child in particular that’s how you begin to identify yourself. If you don’t like it, you can switch. Well, that’s the way I see it. He’s got 50-50 in there. Say, “No, I’m white.”
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Limbaugh the millionare whitey club
February 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pm(Barf)
This guy is certifiably bigoted and an idiot as well. Rush, go back to your drug-filled stupor - and find more important things to brag about than being white! And remember your bible-thumping ideology about “all men being created equal”….oh sure, you’ve conveniently forgotten that point. Rush Limbaugh should have been in jail for his solicitation of illegal drugs long ago.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pmKeep it up you lowlife, Limpball. The more people like you display your ignorant bigotry and racism, the more reasonable people will move away from you, leaving only the skin-headed, white-hooded, backward ignoramuses in your listening audience.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:27 pmLimbaugh the millionare whitey club.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:27 pmBARF
ahh…I know EXACTLY what this bastard is up to:
He’s trying to turn blacks against Obama by insinuating Obama feels better than his race. He’s trying to get whites to attack him for “trying” to being white. He’s trying to displace him and so he has nowhere to be…black or white.
Clever and evil.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:27 pmThey think they are going to smear Obama because he’s black and it isn’t going to work; in fact,it will backfire in their faces because some people will vote for him simply because he “is not George Bush” and “happens to be a black man”. Making an issue of it will only enhance his chances of being supported by a huge black constituency and I hope he is elected President!!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:28 pmCan you believe six million people listen to this shit fountain?
February 14th, 2007 at 5:29 pmRush Limbaugh and Glen Beck are bigoted swine who will join their brethren swine and turn more people away from any Republican candidate. I guess that’s not entirely a bad thing if it accomplishes something good.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:29 pmEvil Demented Swine!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:30 pm#3……
February 14th, 2007 at 5:30 pmBingo
This shit fountain needs to be ripped off the air! He’s passe and irrelevant and an embarassment to the american people. Pig!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:31 pmIt never ceases to amaze me what poor sports the Rethugs are when they clearly lose - never! They reduce themselves to the most repugnant of tactics and are so low that an ant could crawl under them with a top hat on! Amazing how dispicable and disgusting they allow themselves to be. True colors showing, losers?
February 14th, 2007 at 5:32 pmRush is a big fat Nazi bigot. He’ll say anything to keep himself in the public spotlight because he has nothing else to offer except a disgusting tirade of ignorant filth spewing from that cesspool of a mouth. I wish he would overdose on his little blue pills and f* himself to death.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:34 pmOsama is an elistist who is too good for his race. He’s what we call an “oreo.” White on the inside, black on the outside. And Rush (as always) is right. Denouce your race if you don’t like it Osama. And smoke a cigerette while you’re at it, punk.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:34 pmWhat is it with these idiots on the right always dwelling on the issue of skin color?
WHO CARES?
February 14th, 2007 at 5:38 pmRush should renounce his stupidity.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:39 pmRacists Troll comments like firehead might just make be go contribute to his Obama’s campaign. Obama thanks you!
If you listen to Limbaugh, you are an adiot - and Limbaugh knows you are an idiot.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:39 pmSo…. Rush likes Obama?
February 14th, 2007 at 5:40 pmspeaking of cookies, mr. mirehead, you would be what we call a “ladyfinger”
February 14th, 2007 at 5:41 pmsoft, insubstantial, with no filling.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:42 pmLike being White is sooooo great. If I were White, I would be denouncing my race right about now.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:44 pm12. what special kind of racist are you. “Too good for his race” is about as dumb as Rush. All you do is solidify the rationale to oppose this administration. You are the poster child of ignorance.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:44 pmThey really don’t care if he’s black or white.
They care that he’s extremely articulate and much smarter than his opposition.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:44 pmJohn Stewart and his Senior Black Correspondent beat Rush to it on Monday night!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:44 pmOnly they were funny.
Somehow I see Limbaugh and OReilly sitting next to eachother trading notes at a CIA sponsored propaganda and misinformation seminar.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:44 pmthis attack doesn’t serve to turn off white or black voters. is this supposed to evoke some sort of muskie meltdown? is this supposed to peel off black votes? good luck with that: hopefully there won’t be any hurricanes between now and 2008 to remind black voters about katrina.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:47 pmFebruary 14th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Mr Limpdick should renounce himself instead.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:48 pmWhat’s at the root of all of this fearful racial nonsense Rust…a teeny tiny dinky weewee?……yep
February 14th, 2007 at 5:50 pmI thnk Rush wants to take Obama on a guys trip to the Dominican Republic! With Viagra and Cialis intow who knows what kind of bonding could occur, first though, Obama has to dencunce his race.
Good luck Rush…I doubt he will be joining you and Beck on this trip…
February 14th, 2007 at 5:50 pmI think that as a party, the Republicans, made up of a majority of older white rich men, they sure spend a lot of time talking about the color of a person’s skin. When people finally get to the point where they talk about a person without referring to their race, then they will have progressed to the point of trusting them…
until that happens… I will not. They show who they are every day with comments like this one..
And #3 you are spot on.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:51 pmCNN’s Blitzer just did a three minute piece with Glenn Beck. They mocked Ellison who complained about Tancredo’s cigar smoke penetrating the office walls.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:53 pmThe building is no-smoking, but Tancredo believes he can do what he wants in his office.
Remember that Beck interviewed Ellison and told him to “prove that he is not a Muslim terrorist” — now today, we have Blitzer, the pimp, running this segment featuring Ellison. Beck is a racist, no doubt, and Blitzer allowed it.
What are you liberals saying? That you don’t care if you are a liberal? Does that mean you don’t want to be a liberal? Well, renounce it then! If it’s not something you want to be, if you didn’t decide it, renounce it, become conservative!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:57 pmCan you believe six million people listen to this shit fountain?
Comment by Alan #5
Bush’s base…
February 14th, 2007 at 5:58 pmThese are the guys who are always trying to insist that they’re color-blind. They couldn’t ignore a person’s color if their lives depended on it. They are so thoroughly obesessed with it that they just can’t stop talking about it.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:00 pmAs much as I dislike both of the Republican mouthpieces, they aren’t using racial slurs. Just because a white…. I mean a european-american(can’t take any chances on offending anyone!) says something about Obama doesn’t mean it’s racial. Either he’s a big boy and can take the personal attacks, or he can’t. Every other candidate will have bad things said about them, but they can’t hide behind the race card.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:00 pm“R” is for…
Rush
February 14th, 2007 at 6:00 pmRepublican
Right
White
Racist
Mr Limpdick should renounce himself instead.
Comment by Uncle Ho #26
Uncle Ho,
Pus Limphog can no more renounce his hog roots…
…than Obama can his African roots…
February 14th, 2007 at 6:03 pmHey Torched skull, if you’re upset with Obama now you are going to have a difficult next 6 to 10 years. Obama and his camp doesn’t sit quietly by while falsehood shit machines like the one your attached to keeps pumping sludge. he fights back. Americans already like the guy and now you’re head in the ass comments are going to be perfect punching bags.
Keep it coming fuego forehead
February 14th, 2007 at 6:04 pmre #12
Typical republican. All they have left are the racists and the inbreds, which one are you?
You know how right-wingers always demand that anyone who disagrees with the Iraq disaster start out by stating that they support the troops, and every muslim must first condemn binladen? Well, we need to start demanding that every republican first condemn their racist brothers like rush. Until they reject racism, they should be condemned as racists too.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:04 pmCan you believe six million people listen to this shit fountain?
Comment by Alan
Some of them troll here, micheal, Vince P, Liberals Heart Terrorists, etc, so yeah, 6 million brain dead neocon zombies sounds about right for an estimate.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:09 pmLimpbog should renounce his humanity and admit he’s satan’s spawn.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:10 pmI’m a Homo Sapien. Can I renounce Rush?
February 14th, 2007 at 6:12 pmP.S. Did Rush ever take a look at Mr. Obama’s lovely family?
Mike,
How about some examples? Like when Mccain was accused of fathering a black child out of wedlock? that’s the only smear on a white dude (and mcain is as white as they come) that comes close. The difference with Obama is that the smear on him has absolutely nothing to do with his qualifications. At least the lies told about Kerry and Gore had to do with their character or honesty (I’m not claiming that the swiftboaters were in any way truthful, but that they were challenging the Kerry’s record, the whole “I invented the internet” lie fits the same pattern). Attacking someone’s family heritage, expecially when it has racial overtones is on another level of crapittude all together. And it’s rush and fox and those scumbags who are playing the race card not Obama.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:12 pmAh, republican talking points. Beck, at CNN, said very much the same thing yesterday. There is not an original hateful thought or hateful phrase that comes out of these guys mouths. It’s all been scripted for them in a hatefull think tank.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:13 pmIf one says it, they are all saying it.
Racists and inbreds. That’s great. Kind of like an Officer and a Gentleman. “Only two kinds of Republicans, Racists and inbreds. I don’t see no pillow case on your head boy. Did your mama marry your uncle?
February 14th, 2007 at 6:14 pmWell, when you look like that, that’s what you are.
Now I get it.
Thanks Rush for making that perfectly clear.
And Rush, since you look like a fat redneck dumb ass, then, by your reasoning, that’s what you must be.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:27 pmTypical republican. All they have left are the racists and the inbreds, which one are you?
Comment by bob (not the hacker) #36
Excuse me bob (not the hacker)…
…please do not make the mistake of seperating…
…”racists” and “inbreds” …
…when referring to TREASONOUS conned’self-servative Bushite/Limbaugh worshipping Repulsivescum/Ingratependents/and DLC Demonrats…
…they are inseperable…
February 14th, 2007 at 6:28 pmWell, well. Puss Limpballs opining on Sen. Obama again. The wingnut wurlitzer is cranking up after the abortive “madrassa” gambit. When you live in shit, that’s all you have to fling.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:31 pmSomeone needs to drill a hole in Rush’s head and let out the evil spirits.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:41 pmSomeone needs to drill a hole in Rush’s head and let out the evil spirits.
Comment by Zooey
LOL!!
February 14th, 2007 at 6:48 pmHe would then deflate like an airless blimp.
ah - the mark of a “true conservative”. never talk about the ideas or the policies - talk about the other guy’s name, appearance, etc. courageous stuff.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:49 pmRush and other conservatives are terrified and they’re are trying to make Sen. Obama’s candidacy about race. I don’t think it will work, and eventually it might cost some of these loose-lipped bigots their jobs.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:50 pmHow does anyone answer that statement. I’m so glad he’s Republian. Rush is scared that having sex with kids will become illegal if we have a Dem. President. How does the religious people explain supporting this man. What about those so called family values and morals or it is just for show and get votes. So sad so sad this is what America has to show the world. No wonder people are wondering about the American people.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:51 pmSounds like some of Rush’s supporters are reading my arguments for Obama to stop all this race baiting crap and declare that “I am an American man running for President.”
That is when America stops looking at race as an issue. Any American man or woman is the equal of any other man or woman, Americans all!
Just shout it out, “I am an American.” I am running for President.” “I am a MAN!” or “I am a Woman!”
Tell the right-wing GOP noise machine to stop it once and for all times. The media to stop identifying a person’s race as a means to identify a person.
That was not an African-American or Black man drugged to death behind these racists’ pickup truck.
It was an American man drugged to death behind the racists’ pickup truck.
Set the record straight.
We Americans have fought and died for our right to be free and treated as equals.
By the way, I my race is a mix, but still white. I have a skin disease and have lot all of my skin pigmentation. I have no skin color.
Skin color does not matter.
What matters is what kind of person you are.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:53 pmHe would then deflate like an airless blimp.
Comment by Wayne
Whatever….
Heh.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:54 pmThis simply goes to show we still live in a society where race is a huge issue. Is America ready for a black president? Right now, it doesn’t look like it.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:56 pmmy arguments for Obama to stop all this race baiting crap and declare that “I am an American man running for President.â€
Comment by EasyRider #51
Easy,
…The FIRST thing you need to do…
…is get your facts straight…
…please site any quotes where…
…Obama has declared himself to be a “Black man, African-American (or any other reference to his race) running for president”…
…methinkst thou dost projecteth much…
…and knowest naught…
February 14th, 2007 at 7:02 pmThe most innovative Cardiologist that I have ever met is black. Together, we formulated a drug regamin that is inexpensive, but effective. As an engineer, I performed and charted the measurements and he as a doctor provided the adjustments. He also pointed me to a specialist in the inner ear when I experienced falling incidents which were traced to vertigo. The bottom line is that there is only one race - the human race. Some of us have adjusted to the environment.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:03 pmIf Rush is saying that Obama isn’t “Black enough” than that is all the more reason for black folks to vote for him. After all, he must be doing something right to garner this much attention from all the rightwing nutjobs and charater assassins.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:06 pmLimbaugh, why don’t you embrace the KKK. I mean you judge African-Americans differently than caucasians. Embrace your inner klansman Rush, it suits you just swell.
-GSD
Of course there won’t be any repercussions against Republicans appearing on this show, but John Edwards had to fire his bloggers for somw questionable comments.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:30 pmWow, Rush Limbaugh, you are a douche bag.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:36 pmIf you ever post something about Rush being a [r a c i s t], Be sure to save the text! It will not be posted.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:38 pmLimbaugh should renounce his gender and be the mindless, silly girl she is.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:40 pm“Well, that’s the way I see it. He’s got 50-50 in there. Say, ‘No, I’m white.’”
Translation:, a bigot like Rush can’t even conceive of anyone not wanting to be white! I mean the other option - to be you know, one of those people is just too horrible to even consider!
Keep it up, Rush - a few more comments like that will ensure that Alan Keyes and J.C. Watts will be the only “brothers” in America voting for the Reich wing!
February 14th, 2007 at 7:40 pmLimbaugh should renounce his gender and be the mindless, silly girl she is.
Comment by Willy
Hey! Don’t be mean to girls!
February 14th, 2007 at 7:44 pmThis is ridiculous. Obama does not have to CHOOSE a race, because he is biracial. He is both, not one or the other. It must drive conservatives like Lush Rimjob NUTS when people don’t easily fit into their divisive racist “black or white” dichotomy. Diversity is their enemy. Diversity is also what makes America great. Racism is anti-American.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:59 pmbut John Edwards had to fire his bloggers for somw questionable comments.
Comment by GSD — February 14, 2007 @ 7:30 pm
to be clear - edwards did NOT fire those bloggers… he made a statement to such…
one of them quit days later, explaining that she did not want to become a distraction from the campaign…
EDWARDS DID NOT BACK DOWN… HE DID NOT FIRE ANY BLOGGERS.
just to be clear about that…
February 14th, 2007 at 8:00 pm.
Comments like Limbaugh’s just serve to prove that racism is in fact still alive and well in this country. What Obama said is true and has been true for a long time. Let’s remember that it was not all that long ago — within the life experience of many senior citizens at least, which is good enough as far as I’m concerned — that a person who had as little as one drop of African-American blood was legally considered to be black regardless of what color their skin was. States were passing “One-Drop” laws as late as 1931 — and they were not overturned until the Loving vs. Virginia Supreme Court decision in 1967 which ruled that such laws were unconstitutional. Old habits die hard — and just because those laws aren’t on the books anymore doesn’t mean that people don’t believe in them.
In any case, there was nothing in what Obama said which indicated that he himself does not want to be African-American — Limbaugh may have decided for reasons of his own to interpret it that way, but this doesn’t mean that was what Obama and Limbaugh’s interpretation says more about Limbaugh than it does about Obama! Obama merely said that as far back as he can remember, he has always identified himself as an African-American — in part because this is how other people always identified him when he was a child, which was almost certainly due to the fact that one of his parents was black. What Obama was commenting on — which I’m sure Limbaugh realized but conveniently chose to ignore — was not how he and other biracial people choose to identify themselves, but how people in our culture choose to identify them because race is (unfortunately) still very much an issue for many people. In any case, Obama is damned if he did and damned if he didn’t as far as Limbaugh is concerned — and you can’t tell me that Limbaugh doesn’t know it. If Obama had for some reason decided long ago to identify himself as white, does anyone honestly believe that Limbaugh would buy it? HELL, NO — he’d be lambasting Obama for “pretending” to be white. And why should Obama “renounce” his race anyway?
February 14th, 2007 at 8:02 pmThe Big Fat Oinker - Rush Lumberbach
February 14th, 2007 at 8:12 pmI want to add to my post above:
ahh…I know EXACTLY what this bastard is up to:
He’s trying to turn blacks against Obama by insinuating Obama feels better than his race. He’s trying to get whites to attack him for “trying†to being white. He’s trying to displace him and so he has nowhere to be…black or white.
Clever and evil.
In addition: Rush wants Obama to have to address race so that his run is about race. Obama should not take the bait.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:18 pmIt Obama talks about it, it will catch fire. He will be a magnet for all sorts of racist attacks. They are tying to pin him down and get him in a corner. The Limbaughs of the world have spent far too much time learning how to destroy, have sex with minors, gobble up porn, and lie effectively. They are total losers and they must be marginalized by our society as a whole. ( they also eat too much…) Time to get our soul back. Everyone knows race should not be an issue….accept the guys presently in power both in government and in the media.
I thought he was “Halfrican American”? If there was ever a good reason to bring back trepanning, it is Rush.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:20 pmI’m sure Rush hates being an idiot. Why doesn’t he just renounce that part of himself?
February 14th, 2007 at 8:23 pmI would call Limbaugh an idiot, but that would offend idiots worldwide.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:26 pmIf Rush were 50% idiot, I’d say, “Rush, why not renounce that half of you that is an idiot.” But I can’t do it. If Rush were to renounce the part of himself that is an idiot, there would be some concern that he would disappear entirely. Hmm. “Rush..”
February 14th, 2007 at 8:34 pmHe’s trying to turn blacks against Obama by insinuating Obama feels better than his race. He’s trying to get whites to attack him for “trying†to being white. He’s trying to displace him and so he has nowhere to be…black or white.
Considering he has 3 black listeners I am pretty sure it won’t work.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:37 pmZooey,
Sorry, I didn’t mean that girls are silly and mindless, but only that Limbaugh belongs to the small minority of girls that are silly and mindless.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:37 pms - somehow, after hearing of obama’s intelligent and insightful and immediate response to the australian lout the other day, i have great confidence in his ability to handle the limpballs…
i’ve even come to understand his apology about his “wasted” comment…
that’s why i tempered my initial regrets by saying i was sorry obama FELT that he had to… his words were true, but some of the families can’t deal with it, and i can understand that…
and, again, his response was immediate… the guy is quick and smart…
February 14th, 2007 at 8:44 pm…
#78 Unless the DLC tells him not to.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:50 pmI think the RW foamers, knowing they’re becoming more and more despised and discredited every day, are beginning to say, “What’s the point of pretending to be nice anymore, I’ve got nothing to lose … may as well just be myself”….
Cheers,
February 14th, 2007 at 9:01 pmyup katy
February 14th, 2007 at 9:04 pm#80 Nah, they wouldn’t have known nice if it bit them in the ass. They always knew “compassionate conservative” meant we will screw you in a sneakier way.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:04 pmWhy do people care about this man’s race? Why is race such a big deal in this country? I don’t care that he’s bi-racial. Does that have some sort of effect on his politics? No. It’s not relevant, and I’m getting sick of people whining about it in the media.
With all of the problems this country has right now, I think it’s amazing how much time the media spends on the status of one man’s race.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:06 pmRush should, likewise, renounce his race (troll) and just go ahead and join the human race.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:08 pmAfter his comments on Grossman is there really any question he is a bigot? Really, everybody criticizes him because he is white? Not because he sucks?
February 14th, 2007 at 9:12 pm“right-wing radio host Glenn Beck said that Obama “is colorless,†and that “as a white guy…[y]ou don’t notice that he is black. So he might as well be white, you know what I mean?—
For some reason I think that Glenn would be the first person to hand Barack his keys if he were standing by the curb at high society event or the first to pass him by if he were a cabby. . . you know what I mean?
February 14th, 2007 at 9:19 pmGlenn Beck wears a sheet. Nuff said.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:24 pmCLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO LIMBAUGH
No thank you.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:27 pmHere we are again with another post about the mindless parasite with 3 asses, one on his face and 2 on his back side all spewing crap….Limp is a paid miserable hack, druggie and nut job like some one else we know..
I for one am intertaining thought’s of voting for Obama….Have been since he made a memorable speech several year’s ago….Since I am an old mix my self, guess what we all are, I don’t give a damn about gender, race or relegion,only can that person do the job we need done….The louder limp spew’s his crap the better for Obama…Just my thought’s….Blessings
February 14th, 2007 at 9:30 pmOh just because it’s Rush…. here we go again.
http://www.ericblumrich.com/nazi.html
It’s got a catchy tune….
February 14th, 2007 at 9:34 pmWhy doesnt Rush Limbaugh just renounce his participation in the human race and just become the animal he really is? A horses ass.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:39 pmwow! thanks for that terry! i hear that on randi’s show alot and wanted the like - now i have it…
where’s the turtle reporting from this night?
February 14th, 2007 at 9:50 pm“Baseless racial slurs”?? Because Barack is half white? Because Dad didn’t stick around? Is he ashamed of his mother?
February 14th, 2007 at 10:05 pmAre you intentionally dense valiant? That is the only possible explanation. Or do you think Halfrican American is a term of endearment you stupid, stupid, dittohead,
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February 14th, 2007 at 10:54 pmkaty, glad you like the Eric Blumrich cut - try his other media - he’s got some talent. I’m lucky to be home this week - avoided a trip to southern Mexico and had a ‘cant-miss’ meeting with the Dept of Homeland Security instead.
February 14th, 2007 at 11:17 pm#22, thank you. You saved me from having to say it. And yes, why is skin color even an issue here.
February 14th, 2007 at 11:31 pmI’m happy to see so many fellow Americans that see through Rush’s lame attempts at hiding his bigotry.
Rush should also renounce his race and present himself as the animal he is
February 14th, 2007 at 11:32 pmbig papa #58,
I don’t have to get my facts straight. You do.
I stated this is what he needs to do. Not what he has done.
So big papa your know it all comment is full of empty “Holier than Thou” crap.
When Obama stands up and declares that, “I am an American Man running for President!” Then and only then will Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream.” be able to be fulfilled. It only when race is not used to identify a person can we see that we are all equal.
February 15th, 2007 at 12:13 amYou should renounce your SPECIES Rushtard!
February 15th, 2007 at 12:32 amRush should renounce his species and just become simian.
February 15th, 2007 at 12:56 amLook closely at Rushs picture. Note his left ear in particular. Is that some kind of transmitter for his brain sticking out of his head? An implant of some sort?
February 15th, 2007 at 1:08 amRush should renounce his species and just become simian.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
Sorry, Scotsman, but simians are too intelligent for Rush. I think Cockroach or snake would be more appropriate.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:47 am[…] really black†nonsense I have to deal with on a daily basis pales in comparison to the “he’s not really black, he’s too black, he doesn’t care about blacks, he doesn’t even have a color, ahhhh he’s a […]
February 15th, 2007 at 3:15 amBoy, the right must be truly scared of this man (notice I didn’t say black man, as skin color plays no particular part in his bid for the White House), to make such blatant, racist remarks as these.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:01 am2008 is slowly creeping up on these bigoted a$$holes!
I believe most of you missed RL’s point. BO said he chose to identify (sees) himself as black. I think RL was simply stating since he is 1/2 of each race, he could see himself as white, or not notice race at all. Maybe it is BO who is the racist.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:21 amAs always it is amusing to watch the responders to post resort to name calling when referring to anyone who they don’t like or disagree. As if they are the civilized ones.
BO said he chose to identify (sees) himself as black.
Comment by DittoHeadDave — February 15, 2007 @ 8:21 am
Obama never chose to identify himself as black. You and Rushboy put those words in his mouth (gulping down the right’s kool-aid talking points this early in the morning, eh Dave?). Here, I’ll even cut and paste what he really said, with important content in bold:
I’m not sure I decided it. Uh, I think, uh, you know, if you — if you look African-American in this society, you’re treated as an African-American, uh, and, uh, when you’re a child in particular, uh, that is how you begin to identify yourself.
Okay, so I’ll ask you again (you can reference the previous paragraph for help, if needed), Who decided Obama was African-American?
Take your time.
I think RL was simply stating since he is 1/2 of each race, he could see himself as white, or not notice race at all. Maybe it is BO who is the racist.
Well, there you go thinking again. And your thought was WRONG!
A reporter asked when Obama decided he was black, and Obama corrected him, saying he didn’t decide, society did. If there was no true color barrier, this question wouldn’t have been asked, and Rush wouldn’t have had a segment, now would he?
As always it is amusing to watch the responders to post resort to name calling when referring to anyone who they don’t like or disagree. As if they are the civilized ones.
Ummm, we calls em as we sees em!
Rush gets no sympathy pass from me. His past is full of bigoted remarks (ESPN ring a bell?), and until he apologizes for this, we will continue to call him out!
but, at least OxycontinBoy would never resort to name calling or poking fun of others, now would he Dave? (google Chelsea Clinton and family dog)
By the way, if you don’t agree with Obama’s statement, you may want to read Tiger Woods’ autobiography.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:45 amThanks for playing!
I don’t think so.
Those of us who have listened to the drug-addled draft dodger for a long period of time have noticed his visceral dislike of black Americans. He is the cliche middle aged Angry White Male railing against blacks because they scare him. Have you ever seen Rush out of his protective bubble, forced to stand up to someone who calls out his scared little white boy ass? It’s sad.
Just listen to his incomprehensible comments about Grossman and the media (memo to Rush: Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are white!), compare to his McNabb comments, and that tells you all you need to know about Rush. Fear of a Black Planet? Fear of a Black Nation.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:47 amRush, Bush, hate mongers of the world. A clear example of what inbreeding can do for you.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:50 am105 -”DittoHeadDave” Name calling, rest my case.
BTW I listened to RL one over 8 years ago for about5 minutes.
“if you look African-American in this society, you’re treated as an African-American, uh, and, uh, when you’re a child in particular, uh, that is how you begin to identify yourself.”
February 15th, 2007 at 8:54 amWhat do the last 8 words state?
so DittoHeadDave (which, by the way, is not name calling, it is what Rush calls his listening audience)
February 15th, 2007 at 9:03 amWho decided that Obama was black?
You forget the first part of the sentence,
I’m not sure I decided it.
Identifying oneself, as a child, with how society treats you does not correlate to “I’m half of this and half of that, so I will decide which I will be”
Adults may, but children usually don’t
BTW I listened to RL one over 8 years ago for about5 minutes.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:08 amI’m assuming you meant once over 8 years ago for about 5 minutes.
Well, I don’t believe you, but that is my opinion.
If that were true, then why, Dave, were you so eager to defend this racist?
It’s clear he is mocking Obama, and stating that being white is superior to being black.
Again, he gets no pass from me!
Who says the Racist Nazis Committee (formerly republican national committee) isn’t alive and well, now a person can’t even identify with his or her own race, the Racist Nazis spokesman of the GOP (Goofy Opposition Party) now dictate what a person should be according to their comfort factor, please don’t tell me thatthe Racist Nazis Committee doesn’t exist as I have heard no out cry from the media so this means they sanction and endorse this hatred, remember the Fascist glenn and the IDIOT o’rielly they felt threatened and it played for three days in the media. The good thing about this is these Racist Fascist Pigs are going to push this guy into the White House isn’t that great.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:12 amIt’s terribly sad that Limbaugh gets even a second of air time. What a poignant comment on our society and culture that he does. Thirty-five years ago, he’d be laughed or fired off the radio. There would be no questions asked. He’d be gone. That was when media people had a modicum of dignity, when money didn’t rule everything. Now, with a less educated population wracked with fear and hatred, Limbaugh has his meal ticket. He’s the maggot of media.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:18 amThis, from a guy who isn’t even qualified to bus tables. So typical of the neo-cons. They put a loudmouthed pompous windbag up front who spouts endless talking points and disregards the facts (or makes up stores and passes them off as facts). Limboob is a racist and should be dropped on Chicago’s South Side with a big sign around his neck quoting what he said. I don’t think he’d make it very far.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:28 amI noticed that Rush Limpbrain didn’t mention Obama’s admitted past use of drugs (cocaine) since he is a drug addict himself. Rush thinks he is a real expert in race relations. According to him there is no racism in America and Payton Manning is black. What a complete idiot!!!
February 15th, 2007 at 9:28 amThirty-five years ago, he’d be laughed or fired off the radio.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:28 amI have to disagree here. 35 years ago (1972), he would have had a huge listening audience of Archie Bunker types who would have “dittoed” what he said, just like today.
What’s really sad, is that his listening audience of today won’t demand an apology or turn off his racist b.s.
Even though Marc Ricard (Kramer) made somewhat of an apology, because of his racist tirade in L.A., I won’t be spending money to see or hear him.
If the dittoheads were truly non racists, they would do the same!
DRxJ, As I read the the responses to someone who is not agreeing with the general tone of the thread, it is obvious that Dittoheadxxx is not being used as a term of endearment.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:37 am#116
Not agreeing with the general tone of this thread (Rush’s racist remarks) = to supporting Rush
supporting Rush = Ditto head
But, if this does truly offend, I’m sorry, and will not use that moniker anymore!
February 15th, 2007 at 9:42 amHmmmm,
February 15th, 2007 at 9:47 amAs posted earlier, this fat-ass has been dropped off the air in Fargo, ND.
I realize that may not sound like a big deal, but ND is one or the ‘reddest’ states.
The best way to approach this drug addicted racist is to call the stations airing him & tell them straight up you won’t listen to a station airing his lies, slander & outright bigotry.
Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot, enough said.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:48 amAt last the Democratic party has come up with some really appealing
2008 candidates.Thank you Rahm Emanuel and Chuck Schumer. This has the Limpbaugh’s,Hannity’s (Republican Camp) and their ilk on the
defensive and doing everything possible to distort and demonize our
candidates for 2008. These acolytes of the Bush Administration know the ship is going down and fear for the future as McCain, Romney & Guiliani are totally unelectable!
Anyway, who is listening to this right wing clap trap, mouthpiece for this administration anymore? Isn’t this Limpbaugh guy a drug pusher and racist bigot
bar none.?
ranmcc, I searched for where RL actually stated “Payton Manning is black”. Can you provide a source. Thanks
February 15th, 2007 at 9:49 amLimbaugh is a race baiting moron faced with the fact that American voters beyond his core audience are no longer in sympathy with the
February 15th, 2007 at 9:50 amneoconservative talking points he’s spewed for years who must find a way to distract, distort and otherwise change the subject from the gross failures of Bush White House policies. Trying to make Obama’s race an issue underscores the obvious , the absence of new ideas within the Republican Party to move America forward, and that fact isn’t going to be forgotten by voters in 2008. Limbaugh’s protests are shrill, hysterical and wrongheaded; how anyone can still pay attention to a man who was a chief cheerleader for the disastrous Iraqi adventure? They can’t, and Limbaugh and screaming propagandists like him are likely to find themselves at the margins of the political mainstream.
Why does anyone listen to the rantings of this morbidly obese, limp-dicked drug addict?
February 15th, 2007 at 9:53 amIf anyone wants to drop a line to one of Rush’s sponsors to let them know how you feel about them putting money into this guy’s pocket, feel free to let them know:
I think it is a much better way of getting the message out.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:55 amDave, hope this helps:
LIMBAUGH: And before we go to the break here, folks, I’ve got to get something off my chest. You know, the game was the game. And the game was what it was. But I - I can’t handle anymore press criticism of Rex Grossman. They’re writing his name W-R-E-C-K-S. They’re just — worst quarterback ever to play in the Super Bowl. And it’s been like this since the Green Bay game — actually since the Arizona game, a little crescendo of it in the Green Bay game, the last game of the season for the Bears. And it’s just unrelenting! It’s just — they’re focusing on this guy like they don’t focus on anybody! And I tell you, I know what it is. The media, the sports media, has got social concerns that they are first and foremost interested in, and they’re dumping on this guy — Rex Grossman — for one reason, folks, and that’s because he is a white quarterback.
While Rush mentioned that the criticism of Rex was because he is a white quarterback, he failed to mention that Peyton, somewhat adored by the media, is also….(gasp)…white!
February 15th, 2007 at 10:07 amranmcc was being sarcastic. If the media is anti white (Rex) for the past superbowl, then they must be pro-black (Peyton, the other quaterback)
I find it interesting that this is all Limbaugh can come up with. Senator Obama is smart, well-informed, thoughtful, honest and someone of seemingly good character (everything the current resident in the White House isn’t). That has to be very scary to these neo-con asses. He has openly admitted to using drugs so he pulled the rug out from under them on that. I can’t claim any insight to the experience of being African American so I have the luxury of judging the Senator on his merits only. I like what I see and hear.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:07 am… as if Plessy v. Ferguson never happened!
#69 right on.
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February 15th, 2007 at 10:22 amLimbaugh should renounce his humanity and become a ventriloquist’s dummy for the RNC.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:27 am6 million listeners?? Is that an accurate number?
February 15th, 2007 at 10:35 amSomeoen is going to kick this guys fat sorry ass one day.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:40 amIt is time for Rush to renounce his humanity and declare himself to be a slime mould.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:58 amwhy doesn’t someone SUE Rush Limbaugh under one of the many anti discrimination laws in the u.s? Obama for instance. or one of those wealthy think tanks. you cannot cry ‘fire’ in a crowded theater as Rush does daily. that is not covered by freedom of speech. a lawsuit would slow him down some.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:06 amLOL - Shit Fountain! Indeed!
February 15th, 2007 at 11:08 amI can remember when in the south if a person had just a few drops of black blood in his ancestry, a person was considered to be black, no matter the color of his skin.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:17 amSo Rush Limbaugh is, as Al Franke’s book was titled, “A Big Fat Idiot”. What else is new.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:21 amI’ve never listened to Rush’s show. I’ve always had something more important to do, like clean the commode or watch paint dry.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:28 amHe has 6 million listeners??? That means there’s LOTS more potential for “surge” candidates than the paltry 20,000 they’re able to scrape together! Where ARE the other 5,980,000 heros hiding out?
James Byrd is the name of the man dragged for three miles behind the truck in Texas. He is first and foremost a man, a human being. If his skin weren’t black, Mr. Byrd would not have been murdered. And it isn’t Mr. Byrd who planted the idea that he should be murdered because of the color of his skin. My guess is he probably wasn’t thinking about his race much at all that day, but sometimes others, like Limbaugh, or all too happy to give you a reminder.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:28 amHe would not be the first drug induced nazi speaking vomit. As theater of the ridiculous, it’s rather good. He could be writing satire for the San Francisco Mime Troupe!
Those who believe him, are unarguably idiots who choose to believe everything they read in Parade Magazine as “news.” A democracy would either sterize these people or remove their children to safe houses where they could not learn to shoot, grow fat on racist bullshit, or pig out on fast foods and diet pepsi.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:50 amRush, you need to renounce your fatheadedness!
February 15th, 2007 at 11:54 amOh and those little blue pills you use for sex with minors in Central America too.
I stated this is what he needs to do. Not what he has done.
Comment by EasyRider #99
…for Obama to stop all this race baiting crap…
Comment by EasyRider #51
EasyRider,
Your words in #51 clearly appear to accuse Obama of instigating “race baiting”…
…I believe we’re on the same team…
…but I must implore you to choose your words more carefully…
…in order to minimize confusion…
February 15th, 2007 at 12:10 pmLimbaugh is an impotent, drug-addled gas bag.
Someone should stick a pin in him and pop him.
February 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pm‘As much as I dislike both of the Republican mouthpieces, they aren’t using racial slurs. Just because a white…. I mean a european-american(can’t take any chances on offending anyone!) says something about Obama doesn’t mean it’s racial. Either he’s a big boy and can take the personal attacks, or he can’t. Every other candidate will have bad things said about them, but they can’t hide behind the race card.’
Comment by Mike — February 14, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Mike; did you READ or hear Limbaugh’s comments?
February 15th, 2007 at 12:23 pmHE’S the one talking about race, and wether he considers Obama truly Black; as if that had a damn thing to do with his candidacy.
This is not original but I think it fits here. “Give a white man lips and he will say anything,”
February 15th, 2007 at 12:42 pmQuestion posed by Bill Cosby. “If a pie is 1/2 peach and 1/2 apple, what kind of pie is it.”
I am waiting for the inevitable collapse some day of
February 15th, 2007 at 12:46 pmthis pathetic, bloated, bloviating swine. And what a sweet day
cometh!
[…] conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh also jumped on the bandwagon and said that Obama should “renounce” his […]
February 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pm“They care that he’s extremely articulate and much smarter than his opposition.”
Actually I think that what is making the Rethugs so upset about Obama is that he is a man of peace, a reasoned person who sees the value in talking about your disagreements rather than shooting each other. I believe that America is sick and tired of our country being a bully to the world and it’s violent reaction to all problems. I think that most of America is ready for someone who things that peaceful solutions to problems makes much more sense than killing each other.
I became an “Obama Mama” after hearing his interview on 60 minutes this weekend. Now, if I could have my dream team it would be Obama/Webb.
February 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pmLimbaugh and OReilly too of kind. Mud slinging and lies are all they know. It makes them think the are BIG men. But I bet they squeal like little pigs when the are cornered and afraid. Both are nothing but worthless mouth pieces for each other.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pmthe difference between rush limbaugh and the hindenburg? one is a flaming nazi gasbag and the other was a dirigible.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:04 pmI think Rush should renounce his species and become human.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:15 pmrush (BULL CONNER) LIMPBOWEL’S attempt at plantation politics is weak? He should ask some of his JIM CROW elders, how this DEVIDE AND CONQUER thing work.
limpbowel, first the black people have to watch your show. But We don’t watch klan gathering shows. Try darkening his photos rush limpbowel, yeah, a dark and imposing figure. Maybe that will scare the hell out of some white people. Maybe you can get a white female actress to tell Senator Obama to “call her”.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:25 pm#148- Now that is funny…
February 15th, 2007 at 1:27 pmAs i have said from the beginning. The only bush supporters left, are the most racist idiots, in this country. That’s his base. bush rating is more likely around 16%. Do you really beleive that 30% figure (90 MILLION AMERICANS) coming from the (BEND OVER, TOUCH THEIR TOES, TAKE IT IN THE BUTT ) MSM?
February 15th, 2007 at 1:36 pmRush should admit that he is a drug addict.. At least Obama said he did drugs and do not deny the fact that these Homophobic raciest are nothing but scaried.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:52 pmRace has been repeatedly shown to be one of the troughs that the Pig Man very much likes to root around in…
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February 15th, 2007 at 2:24 pmLush Slimebaugh is at it again. Someone should flush this neo-nazi chrito-fascist down the drain.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:03 pmhow offensive. these comments should be part of a letter writing campaign to get RL to retract his statment and to apologize. what an a**hole.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:09 pmMiles Davis, when asked what he would do if he woke up one morning, looked in the mrror and saw that he was white, said ” I would kill myself “
February 15th, 2007 at 3:17 pmFor Marie that talked about Ellison complaining about another representative smoking cigars, it is allowed to smoke in offices. Also Ellison called the police before letting the representative know that it bothered him. That is just plain pathetic.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:26 pmright
February 15th, 2007 at 3:28 pmLimbaugh should renounce his admittedly very weak association with the human race. I’m (almost) certain that some level of sick slime would accept him.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:47 pmThe next few yers are going to be interesting.
Obama is not going away. He’s black, and he’s white, and his name sounds Muslim.
A family Energy Farm, biodiesel, ethanol
February 15th, 2007 at 3:52 pmWhy can’t he be White? Stop cherry picking the people. Tiger Woods is Asian.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:57 pmPorky should renounce his race and become human…..
February 15th, 2007 at 3:57 pmMy three kids (adults 30+ years) are 50/50 and believe me they don’t get a choice. To add insult to injury both of my sons are constantly mistaken - and hassled - as “Arabs.”
February 15th, 2007 at 4:01 pmI’m not sure what an “elistist” is, but I appreciate the enlightenment offered through firehead’s cookie analogy (re: 14). He sounds like a typical Limbaugh supporter.
February 15th, 2007 at 4:10 pm[…] (As if your race is like a zit that you try to hide.) Top conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh reiterated this bogus, racist line recently as well, and used the racial slur “Halfrican-American” because Obama is […]
February 15th, 2007 at 4:20 pmBarak Obama, Holly Berry and Tiger Woods are all black period. If they were regular people not famous, no one would say they were white, no one. We know their considered black and so does white america. This bulls&%$ arguement is should that, CRAP!!!!
February 15th, 2007 at 4:39 pmI guess I’m missing something. Barak Obama said that he wasn’t black, but “If you look African American in this country, you’re treated as an African American”. Rush said NOTHING racist or bigoted. He just called Obama on his statement.
But of course, you Liberals can’t see that with the blinds over your eyes.
And folks, if you don’t think race matters…..Obama wouldn’t even be in the Senate if he was white, let alone a candidate for President. Its the ONLY thing he has. He has no record, no anything. Just his cigarette smoking skin color. (Notice how liberals don’t mind that HE smokes?)
February 15th, 2007 at 4:46 pmthanks alThank you for getting me to finally make a contribution @ BarackObama.com
February 15th, 2007 at 5:04 pmJim,
Rush should renounce whatever alien planet he hails from and become a human being.
Rush is just another one of those neoconservatives blowhards who missed growing up in the thirties. In those days goose stepping and groveling for Der Fuhrer by fat little boys was consider cute in some quarters. Now he is just a waste of other people’s time yours also I presume. One good thing is if he is live on the radio he is not down in the Dominican Republic popping Viagra and buggering little boys and girls.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:29 pmComment by Jim Pryor #169
…are your parents first cousins…
…or sister and brother?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:56 pmOsama should take drugs and bugger children.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:13 pmAl Franken is right-Rush Limbaugh is a big, fat, idiot.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:24 pmFirst let me say I think Barak AND Laura Bush should give up cigarettes. Does it say anything about them as a person, I doubt it. I do not want to be around anyone that smokes. Thanks Lush for bringing that up but not lecturing Laura at the same time is typical of your style.
It also appears to me that Lush Limpballs likes black children. Otherwise why would a pig like him go by private jet to the Dominican Republic (a know haven for pedophiles)with a prescription for Viagra in someone else’s name? Admit it Lush you like little black children. Typical Republithug, do as I say, not as I do.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:38 pmRush Lickball, is just a closited queen doing BJ’s in some Taudry loveshack in Haiti .Where he lives out his secret fantasy of being dominated by beastly blackmen with 20 inch phallace’s. He need not to pullute the airwaves with his racist nonsence any longer.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:01 pmBarak Obama, Holly Berry and Tiger Woods are all black period. If they were regular people not famous, no one would say they were white, no one. We know their considered black and so does white america. This bulls&%$ arguement is should that, CRAP!!!! — Marcus Robinson
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Clearly, Marcus is a proponent of the “One-Drop” theory or something very similar to it — the strange and totally illogical idea that somehow, the African-American parent totally negates the other parent and renders their children “all black” as if they had two African-American parents. When you think about it, it suggests that they must believe African-American blood is extremely powerful if it can totally negate that of the other parent — and also suggests that they are absolutely terrified of this supposed power. At least in my perception and experience, people do not hate that which they do not also fear.
I wonder how Marcus would react to an acquaintance of mine who happens to be biracial, particularly since you wouldn’t know it to look at him.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:09 pm