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	<title>Comments on: Pence: &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Believe Rush Limbaugh Has A Racist Bone In His Body&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: forxy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>me too

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		<title>By: Wang111</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On the other hand, Bush is a raging racist.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the other hand, Bush is a raging racist.</p>
<p>Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang<br />
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996<br />
Messiah College, Grantham, PA<br />
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993 </p>
<p>“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG</p>
<p>ONLINE ANTI-BUSH SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH: LISTING OF MAJOR ISSUES</p>
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		<title>By: ucsbclassics53</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LT Dan! I&#039;m glad you&#039;re here. Surely since you are a Bible-fearing pious man, you would condemn Delaware&#039;s credit card companies for profiling their customers and charging high interest rates. After all, usury is forbidden!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LT Dan! I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re here. Surely since you are a Bible-fearing pious man, you would condemn Delaware&#8217;s credit card companies for profiling their customers and charging high interest rates. After all, usury is forbidden!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5466318', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: heard_enough</title>
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		<dc:creator>heard_enough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man&#039;s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.  -Martin Luther King, Jr.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man&#8217;s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.  -Martin Luther King, Jr.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5466182', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>backup Says: 

I don’t know if Rush is racist or not. But, I believe many of the racist comments that people object to is his distain for people being treated differently because they are different.
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Really? Can you explain his comment to a caller to take that bone out of his nose and call him back or his idiotic claim that Donovan McNabb was only considered a really good QB because he is black even though his stats made him one of the top four of five QBs in the league?

I think his parity of Barack the Magic Negro, originated because the phase was coined by a black columnist for the L.A. Times. I believe his issue at the time was ‘why can this columnist get away with saying something non blacks couldn’t.
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Well you are wrong. I assume you mean parody except it wasnt a parody it was an excuse to call Barak a negro over and over and NO it wasnt coined by the columnist. I read the term used by Spike Lee at least a year before that column came out. He was complaining about a type of character like Bagger Vance or the character in the Green Mile that is black and supernatural and exist to serve the white man. I think his argument was strained but it was a legitimate race relations discussion. What Limbaugh did was  flat out racist and it is just silly to accept his self serving argument that he was just doing what the columnist did because that is not only dumb it is an outright lie. The columnist WAS using the term as it was meant to be used even if HE also strained logic to make his argument. Rush just used the term to call Barak a negro over and over and there was NO legitimate point to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>backup Says: </p>
<p>I don’t know if Rush is racist or not. But, I believe many of the racist comments that people object to is his distain for people being treated differently because they are different.<br />
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<p>Really? Can you explain his comment to a caller to take that bone out of his nose and call him back or his idiotic claim that Donovan McNabb was only considered a really good QB because he is black even though his stats made him one of the top four of five QBs in the league?</p>
<p>I think his parity of Barack the Magic Negro, originated because the phase was coined by a black columnist for the L.A. Times. I believe his issue at the time was ‘why can this columnist get away with saying something non blacks couldn’t.<br />
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<p>Well you are wrong. I assume you mean parody except it wasnt a parody it was an excuse to call Barak a negro over and over and NO it wasnt coined by the columnist. I read the term used by Spike Lee at least a year before that column came out. He was complaining about a type of character like Bagger Vance or the character in the Green Mile that is black and supernatural and exist to serve the white man. I think his argument was strained but it was a legitimate race relations discussion. What Limbaugh did was  flat out racist and it is just silly to accept his self serving argument that he was just doing what the columnist did because that is not only dumb it is an outright lie. The columnist WAS using the term as it was meant to be used even if HE also strained logic to make his argument. Rush just used the term to call Barak a negro over and over and there was NO legitimate point to it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465574', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LTdan Says: 

Strat rat, obamas making history alright, history of being the worst elected official EVER. And I doubt barrack is smarter than me.
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After about a week as president? You really are a world class cretin. He will have to try HARD to be worse than Bush. He couldnt possibly be by accident. As for the rest you monumentally ignorant punk. My GOLDFISH is smarter than you and he is DEAD.</description>
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<p>Strat rat, obamas making history alright, history of being the worst elected official EVER. And I doubt barrack is smarter than me.<br />
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<p>After about a week as president? You really are a world class cretin. He will have to try HARD to be worse than Bush. He couldnt possibly be by accident. As for the rest you monumentally ignorant punk. My GOLDFISH is smarter than you and he is DEAD.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465522', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LTdan Says: 

You are a liar and a fool and an ignorant piece of garbage. Do the world a favor and take a swim toward Hawaii</description>
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<p>You are a liar and a fool and an ignorant piece of garbage. Do the world a favor and take a swim toward Hawaii<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465506', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LTdan Says: 

Even if he was racist, is racism a crime? If it was, obama and his mentors would be in jail for being so racist.
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Did anyone call for his arrest? The rest of your post was so boneheaded and ignorant that it embarasses our entire species. You pompous, ignorant, lying, racist, moron.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LTdan Says: </p>
<p>Even if he was racist, is racism a crime? If it was, obama and his mentors would be in jail for being so racist.<br />
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<p>Did anyone call for his arrest? The rest of your post was so boneheaded and ignorant that it embarasses our entire species. You pompous, ignorant, lying, racist, moron.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465502', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In this country, it isn&#039;t legal to marry prepubescent Dominican boys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this country, it isn&#8217;t legal to marry prepubescent Dominican boys.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465246', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: drlarrymitchell</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rush Limbaugh has a racist bone in his body every time Bill O&#039;Reilly mounts him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rush Limbaugh has a racist bone in his body every time Bill O&#8217;Reilly mounts him.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465204', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ucsbclassics53</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AHHH, glezzery, you never answered my question. Do you support e.coli and salmonella?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AHHH, glezzery, you never answered my question. Do you support e.coli and salmonella?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465184', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;glezzery Says: 

I understand COOLING when i see it!&lt;/em&gt;

So regardless of the data, you&#039;ll only accept global warming when there&#039;s no longer any such thing as &quot;winter.&quot;  Brilliant.

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&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

ralph. did you consider my point that because blacks vote Democrat at a rate of 90-95% that the distinction could be blurred?&lt;/em&gt;

That was only this election.  Have you considered that black people have been driven away from the Republican party in droves by all of the racist behavior of Republican mouthpieces and elected officials?  The party has control over what kinds of people it attracts, through its positions and behavior. Although it has made a few overtures at attracting black people, those are quickly undermined by a wide variety of slights and clueless behavior.

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&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

rhf. you can insinuate that Clarence Thomas, Ken Hutcherson, Bo Snerdley, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams are ‘uncle toms’ based on there relationships with Limbaugh - and you consider him the racist?&lt;/em&gt;

I don&#039;t know too much about the other guys, but I can definitely assert that Clarence Thomas is an &quot;Uncle Tom&quot; based on his long and distinguished career as one.  But none of that absolves Rush from the things he says on the talky-box.

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&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

If he thinks (rightly or wrongly) that Obama or McNabb are being held to a different standard due to there race, it seems legitimate for him to refuse to accept what he believes is a double standard.&lt;/em&gt;

The assertion that there is a double standard, based on no evidence, is a racist assertion.  There is no other reason for it than Rush&#039;s own cognitive filter.

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&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

The Barack the Magic Negro was a statement about the double standard of how a black liberal columnist from the L.A. Times could call candidate Obama a Magic Negro and conservatives could never get away with it - another double standard.&lt;/em&gt;

I already discussed this.  There are appropriate contexts in which certain terms may be used, and you should know that to lift them out of those contexts amounts to a racist insult.  The phrase &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_negro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;magic negro&quot;&lt;/a&gt; as used in the LA times article was employed in the appropriate context.  It was not appropriate the way it was used in that song.  In fact, the use of the term &quot;negro&quot; in the original context intentionally points out the racism inherent in the use of that literary device.

Rush just said it because he thinks its funny to say &quot;negro&quot; a lot, and he is ignorant enough to believe that the LA Times article gave him a free pass.

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&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

But, to the heart of the thread, is he personally a racist?&lt;/em&gt;

As opposed to what, just professionally?  I would think you&#039;d have to actually be one to do it as a career.</description>
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<p>I understand COOLING when i see it!</em></p>
<p>So regardless of the data, you&#8217;ll only accept global warming when there&#8217;s no longer any such thing as &#8220;winter.&#8221;  Brilliant.</p>
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<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>ralph. did you consider my point that because blacks vote Democrat at a rate of 90-95% that the distinction could be blurred?</em></p>
<p>That was only this election.  Have you considered that black people have been driven away from the Republican party in droves by all of the racist behavior of Republican mouthpieces and elected officials?  The party has control over what kinds of people it attracts, through its positions and behavior. Although it has made a few overtures at attracting black people, those are quickly undermined by a wide variety of slights and clueless behavior.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>rhf. you can insinuate that Clarence Thomas, Ken Hutcherson, Bo Snerdley, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams are ‘uncle toms’ based on there relationships with Limbaugh &#8211; and you consider him the racist?</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know too much about the other guys, but I can definitely assert that Clarence Thomas is an &#8220;Uncle Tom&#8221; based on his long and distinguished career as one.  But none of that absolves Rush from the things he says on the talky-box.</p>
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<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>If he thinks (rightly or wrongly) that Obama or McNabb are being held to a different standard due to there race, it seems legitimate for him to refuse to accept what he believes is a double standard.</em></p>
<p>The assertion that there is a double standard, based on no evidence, is a racist assertion.  There is no other reason for it than Rush&#8217;s own cognitive filter.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>The Barack the Magic Negro was a statement about the double standard of how a black liberal columnist from the L.A. Times could call candidate Obama a Magic Negro and conservatives could never get away with it &#8211; another double standard.</em></p>
<p>I already discussed this.  There are appropriate contexts in which certain terms may be used, and you should know that to lift them out of those contexts amounts to a racist insult.  The phrase <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_negro" rel="nofollow">&#8220;magic negro&#8221;</a> as used in the LA times article was employed in the appropriate context.  It was not appropriate the way it was used in that song.  In fact, the use of the term &#8220;negro&#8221; in the original context intentionally points out the racism inherent in the use of that literary device.</p>
<p>Rush just said it because he thinks its funny to say &#8220;negro&#8221; a lot, and he is ignorant enough to believe that the LA Times article gave him a free pass.</p>
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<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>But, to the heart of the thread, is he personally a racist?</em></p>
<p>As opposed to what, just professionally?  I would think you&#8217;d have to actually be one to do it as a career.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5465002', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 
Wayne. Republicans have a problem with the associations you mention. They need to do a lot more to distance themselves from those characterizations. you’re right.&lt;/em&gt;

NO----they use such characterizations to gain a certain percentage of votes----those of the racists.  &quot;Vote for liberals and your children will have to go to school with Blacks.&quot;  &quot;Vote for liberals and Blacks will take your job.&quot;  &quot;Vote for liberals and a Black man will marry your daughter.&quot;

They realize it is best to use code.  That way they can get the votes of racists and not lose the votes of people who oppose racism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>backup Says:<br />
Wayne. Republicans have a problem with the associations you mention. They need to do a lot more to distance themselves from those characterizations. you’re right.</em></p>
<p>NO&#8212;-they use such characterizations to gain a certain percentage of votes&#8212;-those of the racists.  &#8220;Vote for liberals and your children will have to go to school with Blacks.&#8221;  &#8220;Vote for liberals and Blacks will take your job.&#8221;  &#8220;Vote for liberals and a Black man will marry your daughter.&#8221;</p>
<p>They realize it is best to use code.  That way they can get the votes of racists and not lose the votes of people who oppose racism.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464974', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: labman57</title>
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		<dc:creator>labman57</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Racist bone?  Perhaps not.

Racist brain?  Definitely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Racist bone?  Perhaps not.</p>
<p>Racist brain?  Definitely.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464712', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;dbadass Says:
&lt;em&gt;Liberals don’t get to tell folks who they should or shouldn’t listen to.

—-&lt;/em&gt;
Than why should conservatives care who I do or do not F uck?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

OUCH! That&#039;s gonna leave a mark.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>dbadass Says:<br />
<em>Liberals don’t get to tell folks who they should or shouldn’t listen to.</p>
<p>—-</em><br />
Than why should conservatives care who I do or do not F uck?</p></blockquote>
<p>OUCH! That&#8217;s gonna leave a mark.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464572', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liberals don’t get to tell folks who they should or shouldn’t listen to.

----
Than why should conservatives care who I do or do not F uck?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liberals don’t get to tell folks who they should or shouldn’t listen to.</p>
<p>&#8212;-<br />
Than why should conservatives care who I do or do not F uck?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464558', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like ralph&#039;s questioning technique. What do you think glezzery?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like ralph&#8217;s questioning technique. What do you think glezzery?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464556', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>glezzery:
Are you still yapping? Did you want to talk about anything specific?</description>
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Are you still yapping? Did you want to talk about anything specific?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464550', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;glezzery Says:
barack the magic negro! lmao another leftist FRAUD!
Never even came from Limbaugh&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Maybe you&#039;d better educate us then. I was under the impression that Rush played the song over and over on his radio program, thus giving it exposure to a concentrated audience perfectly suited to eat it up.

Was I wrong about that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>glezzery Says:<br />
barack the magic negro! lmao another leftist FRAUD!<br />
Never even came from Limbaugh</p></blockquote>
<p>Maybe you&#8217;d better educate us then. I was under the impression that Rush played the song over and over on his radio program, thus giving it exposure to a concentrated audience perfectly suited to eat it up.</p>
<p>Was I wrong about that?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;backup Says:
ralph. I disagree. If you consider the little black man-child comment, the McNabb comment, and the grab you ankles comment - he is refuting the idea that equal treatment isn’t being exercised in those instances. If he thinks (rightly or wrongly) that Obama or McNabb are being held to a different standard due to there race, it seems legitimate for him to refuse to accept what he believes is a double standard.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The point is, b-cup, that he thinks they&#039;re being held to a different standard because he&#039;s focused on their race. If there was some demonstrable disparity of treatment in either case, you might have an argument. But both statements are patently absurd.

Obama was elected president, we&#039;re in a national crisis, and conventional wisdom says to support our new president, who happens to be very popular. The pressure to support him and to see him succeed has nothing to do with his skin color. Yet that&#039;s all Rush sees.




&lt;blockquote&gt;The Barack the Magic Negro was a statement about the double standard of how a black liberal columnist from the L.A. Times could call candidate Obama a Magic Negro and conservatives could never get away with it - another double standard.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Why does this have to keep getting explained? The column in question discussed a well-known literary device and suggested Obama might be filling that &quot;wise and serving black man&quot; role for many. The phrase &quot;Magic Negro&quot; is a useful one in criticism and not a simple racial epithet.

Is this the sense in which the parody song uses the term? No. It uses it to cast ridicule and scorn on the Democratic candidate for president based strictly on his skin color.

In other words, B-cup, the columnist used the term responsibly, the &quot;parodist&quot; simply used it as a punch line.





&lt;blockquote&gt;I think the comments set Rush back. I think they hurt the Republican party, because of what Wayne says above. And they definitely fuel Liberals.

But, to the heart of the thread, is he personally a racist? I think there is enough evidence from his personal relationships that cast doubt on that assertion.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yeah, the pattern of racial comments means nothing compared to who&#039;s in his &quot;Five&quot;.

Good point, B-cup.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>backup Says:<br />
ralph. I disagree. If you consider the little black man-child comment, the McNabb comment, and the grab you ankles comment &#8211; he is refuting the idea that equal treatment isn’t being exercised in those instances. If he thinks (rightly or wrongly) that Obama or McNabb are being held to a different standard due to there race, it seems legitimate for him to refuse to accept what he believes is a double standard.</p></blockquote>
<p>The point is, b-cup, that he thinks they&#8217;re being held to a different standard because he&#8217;s focused on their race. If there was some demonstrable disparity of treatment in either case, you might have an argument. But both statements are patently absurd.</p>
<p>Obama was elected president, we&#8217;re in a national crisis, and conventional wisdom says to support our new president, who happens to be very popular. The pressure to support him and to see him succeed has nothing to do with his skin color. Yet that&#8217;s all Rush sees.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Barack the Magic Negro was a statement about the double standard of how a black liberal columnist from the L.A. Times could call candidate Obama a Magic Negro and conservatives could never get away with it &#8211; another double standard.</p></blockquote>
<p>Why does this have to keep getting explained? The column in question discussed a well-known literary device and suggested Obama might be filling that &#8220;wise and serving black man&#8221; role for many. The phrase &#8220;Magic Negro&#8221; is a useful one in criticism and not a simple racial epithet.</p>
<p>Is this the sense in which the parody song uses the term? No. It uses it to cast ridicule and scorn on the Democratic candidate for president based strictly on his skin color.</p>
<p>In other words, B-cup, the columnist used the term responsibly, the &#8220;parodist&#8221; simply used it as a punch line.</p>
<blockquote><p>I think the comments set Rush back. I think they hurt the Republican party, because of what Wayne says above. And they definitely fuel Liberals.</p>
<p>But, to the heart of the thread, is he personally a racist? I think there is enough evidence from his personal relationships that cast doubt on that assertion.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yeah, the pattern of racial comments means nothing compared to who&#8217;s in his &#8220;Five&#8221;.</p>
<p>Good point, B-cup.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5464542', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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