Limbaugh dropped from bid to purchase St. Louis Rams.
Limbaugh dropped from bid to purchase St. Louis Rams.
After nearly a week of controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh’s involvement in a bid to purchase the NFL’s St. Louis Rams franchise, ESPN reports today that that the hate radio host has suffered a major defeat. Dave Checketts, chairman of the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues and “point man in the Limbaugh group attempting to buy the Rams,” will drop Limbaugh from the bid:
[Checketts] realizes he must remove the controversial conservative radio host from his potential role as a minority member in the group in order to get approval from other NFL owners, the sources said.
Three-quarters of the league’s 32 owners would have to approve any sale to Limbaugh and his group. Earlier this week, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay predicted that Limbaugh’s potential bid would be met by significant opposition. Several players have also voiced their displeasure with Limbaugh’s potential ownership position, and NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith, who is black, urged players to speak out against Limbaugh’s bid.
Limbaugh would not comment on Checkett’s reported move. However, on his radio show today, he remained defiant and defensive, saying criticism of his bid is “all about smearing mainstream, traditional conservatism” and accusing his critics of “spread[ing] lies.”
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October 14th, 2009 at 5:47 pm“Limbaugh dropped from bid to purchase St. Louis Rams.”
Ah, poor El Rushbo. He was kicked to the curb and bagged by the NFL commissioner, owners, and players on his bid on the Rams. But, don’t worry, Rush. The drug companies will welcome you and your dough with open arms.
October 14th, 2009 at 5:52 pmI don’t know if many of you saw his interview with NBC on any of the sites, but he lives up to his reputation of being a smug, pompous, arrogant, and condescending piece of crap. I’m an old man, but I swear I would love 5 minutes alone with this jerk.
If he doesn’t have health insurance now, he sure as hell would need it.
He is a draft dodging druggie who makes millions by feeding his haters with a daily dose of misinformation and lies.
October 14th, 2009 at 5:53 pmAnd p.s. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rush blames Obama for this. ;-)
October 14th, 2009 at 5:53 pmtexasrick @ 3- can I help?
October 14th, 2009 at 5:57 pmLimbaugh would not comment on Checkett’s reported move. However, on his radio show today, he remained defiant and defensive, saying
October 14th, 2009 at 5:57 pm[speaking in a booming voice into microphone] I am the great and powerful…
[then, realizing that it is useless to continue his masquerade, moves away from microphone, speaks in a normal voice] Rushed Limpballs.
crank up the waambulance.
just watch him and his gang try to twist this into a big pity party for the “poor, oppressed and marginalized conservatives, who shouldn’t be judged on their words or on their 3 decades of failed policies”.
October 14th, 2009 at 5:58 pmWhy doesn’t Rush just spawn his own football team?
October 14th, 2009 at 6:05 pmHope he wasn’t dropped from too great a height ; when he lands , the ground below would break off and form its own continent ………….
October 14th, 2009 at 6:07 pmIt really stings when stuff you said comes back to bite you! In sociology this is what as known as social sanctioning. Maybe Rush’s feeble mind will register the thought that he and his ilk are not in agreement with the majority of Americans. I doubt it though. All ego no intellect!
October 14th, 2009 at 6:08 pmHow soon before his listeners are hanging black NFL players from the nearest tree with a free branch available?
October 14th, 2009 at 6:08 pmRush says his detractors are spreading lies but he never says he isn’t a racist.
Hey Rush…I have a question for you? Why do you vacation alone down in the Dominican Republic with a huge vial of someone elses Viagra? Some might say it’s the child prostitutes down there.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:08 pmLimbaugh in essence,- is essentially Sewage.
Why would he imagine any SANE person would want to be closely associated with an over-sized lump of human excrement?
October 14th, 2009 at 6:11 pmBlimpo will ride that pony right into the ground, blaming everyone but himself, but especially blaming anyone that isn’t to the right of him. Oh shit, that only leaves a couple of Neo-Nazi skinheads that he can’t blame, doesn’t it?
October 14th, 2009 at 6:12 pmFOLKS! – THE EGO HAS LANDED!!
October 14th, 2009 at 6:12 pm*
However, on his radio show today, he remained defiant and defensive, saying criticism of his bid is “all about smearing mainstream, traditional conservatism”
Yeah , that’s what it is ……. It’s everyone else who’s to blame , not yourself ; a bloated , drug-addled , lying , racist piece of shit …………
Way to stay alert there , Tubby ………
October 14th, 2009 at 6:13 pmYa know, Rush, if you hadn’t been so insistent on the white pointed helmets, you might have had a better chance.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:16 pmFlushbo found out that racism has it’s rewards, he gets tons of money but ZERO respect.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:18 pmHe was suppose to be a silent partner.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:19 pmThank goodness, otherwise I was going to have to burn my official Terry Holt autograhed jersey, out of defiance!
October 14th, 2009 at 6:19 pmGeorge W. Bush says:
He was suppose to be a silent partner.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah right, Rush, silent. That’s a hot one.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:23 pmon his radio show today, he remained defiant and defensive, saying criticism of his bid is “all about smearing mainstream, traditional conservatism”
Who knew the NFL was a hotbed of liberalism?
October 14th, 2009 at 6:25 pmIt’s a trade-off, Rab. One that conservatives are usually happy to make.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:25 pmMmmm MMMMM MMMMM! Rush Moron Limbaugh! Mmmm MMMMM MMMMM! Rush Moron Limbaugh! Mmmm MMMMM MMMMM! Rush Moron Limbaugh!
Better up your meds dick head….
October 14th, 2009 at 6:28 pmDon’t feel bad about Rush. He’s still in the running for part ownership of a Dominican Youth Soccer team. He’s promised to build a new clubhouse, complete with massage tables, hot tub, free viagra and a KY dispenser.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:32 pmThis is the left’s Chicago Olympic moment. Rejoice! Rejoice! Limbaugh loses his bid for an NFL Franchise!
Of course, there is a big difference. When Obama lost, so did America.
America won this time.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:33 pmIt’s a trade-off, Rab. One that conservatives are usually happy to make.
How true Ralph, In private I’m sure Flush would take the cash and pass on the respect.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:34 pmKarma is a b#t(h. :-)
October 14th, 2009 at 6:35 pmI suspect Rush might have quit Viagra. That’s what causes hearing loss and he already has a cochlear implant. He blames the oxy because it’s less embarrassing than the Viagra. But all the dysfunction commercials say to watch out for hearing loss. That irreparable erectile dysfunction could be what’s making him more evil than ever.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:42 pmRobert Greenwald of Brave New Films credits progressive bloggers with helping him get his film on Rush done so quickly and stopping his bid.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:51 pmHmm… Rush’s bid to join the elite club of NFL owners is shot down and his rationalization is, essentially, that it’s a liberal conspiracy.
In the NFL.
It’s not a result of his incendiary comments on the radio which make him wealthy at the same time (and for the same reason) that they make him a figure of divisiveness.
Nope. Not his fault.
Did someone mention “Personal Responsibility”™?
October 14th, 2009 at 6:55 pmHere’s the link to the film and if anybody wants to sign the petition even though Rush lost his chance already.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:55 pmMoney can’t buy you love buddy!
October 14th, 2009 at 7:03 pmYa know, 95 percent of Americans are just not that into you, Rush.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:09 pmActually, I’m happy to let him buy a team, but he has to play in every game. Without pads or helmet….
October 14th, 2009 at 7:10 pmIt’s just mind-boggling every time liar Limbaugh accuses others of spreading lies.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:13 pmWhat a break for the NFL in not letting him buy a team. If he had, most of the players would leave and/or work to get traded.
He would destroy the value of the franchise in a few years and have to sell it or let it totally go under. Neither would be acceptable to the NFL. They would protect their own and find a decent ownership for the team.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:16 pmThis is a devastating blow to the pharmaceutical companies. Half the team would have been on permanent injured reserve, in an slack jawed opiate induced haze. Rush would have been the man. He’d carry a gallon jug of oxies like a football singing “One for you, three for me.”.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:27 pmMission accomplished
Honestly though, considering that it is power and control that Limpballs craves, today was a good day. Any day that this turf doesn’t get what he wants is a good day for humanity.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:28 pmMaybe he will come to accept one day, after years of spreading lies and hate for a paycheck, that money cannot buy love, happiness or respect. These are things to be earned and Rush just doesn’t have the chops.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:31 pmNo trolls showing up to defend Limpy today? Quick TP post a Beck thread and see if they defend him while leaving Flush high and dry.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:31 pmTurf? s/b TURD Natchez
October 14th, 2009 at 7:32 pmIs this what happens in Obama’s America? If so I’m even more proud of my vote!
October 14th, 2009 at 7:34 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
If Rush wants to give us credit for his rejection, I will happily accept it.
With a sh*t-eating grin on my face.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:54 pm{Limpy says] criticism of his bid is “all about smearing mainstream, traditional conservatism” and accusing his critics of “spread[ing] lies.”
No, it’s all about the fact that we find you disgusting in every possible way. No redeeming qualities whatsoever, Limpy.
That’s you.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:55 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Slappy, put down the crack pipe.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:06 pmdear tub-o-lard limpballs,
October 14th, 2009 at 8:09 pmi guess you learned the same lesson belle watling (the whore of atlanta) learned in gone with the wind money can’t buy you respectibility.
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“Who gives a crap about the NFL.”
October 14th, 2009 at 8:12 pmapparently, lardass limpballs.
When America’s number one sport kicks you AND your money to the curb, then you are truly an unpopular, despicable a$$hole.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:14 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
“As more and more suckers tune in for “the fight” and his ratings go even higher”
doubt it, i think it’s safe to say he’s already maxed out on his “market”…bitter, unsuccessful, white trash racists who think it’s someone else’s fault they’re losers.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:20 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Limpy does toxic well enough on his own, therightscoop. How dare you imply he needs the help of MSNBC to do his job properly.
Rush is going to hear about this.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:32 pmI hope Rush fights this decision loudly, forcefully, and constantly, until he gets what he deserves.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:33 pmEarly in his radio career, before he ahs the currently synidcated show he has now, Rush once told a black man who called in to the radio program he was on, “Take that bone out your nose and call me back.”
I do not blame the NFL for not wanting him to own a team.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:18 pmI really should use the preview screen more. Sorry for the typos.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:19 pmLimpprick has already identified his scapegoats–Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton—–out of millions, why these two? Could it be because they have a genetic resemblance to McNab? Most likely.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:41 pmQuite a sad day when racism is smeared by the NFL.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:48 pmAnother loaf pinched
October 14th, 2009 at 9:48 pmAbandoned, steam rising now
Encrusted with corn
The NFL owners are showing quite a bit of hypocrisy and so is Roger Goodell. Let Rush himself bury his own bid in the ground. The league already adorns itself with players who run rampant on the crime blotter and with their own words, owners who think megalomania is a sale pitch and that a economic recession is another way of saying “that’s your problem, we still have money to make”.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:03 pmI don’t care about football, so I don’t care about Limpballs and his desire to “own”
big muscular football players.
Limpballs is just trying to indulge one of his secret sexual fantasies.
Limpballs has had three or four marriages, to women, all having ended in failure.
Do the math.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:13 pmCF@62
October 14th, 2009 at 10:15 pmWAY too graffic!
good
Well, he’s right in a way. Mainstream, traditional conservatism is racist.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:37 pmconservative guy says:
Who gives a crap about the NFL.
WAHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHH!!!
Don’t worry little hurt troll. I just called 911. The Wahmbulance is on it’s way.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:53 pmconservative guy says:
Who gives a crap about the NFL.
Yeah, because the subject is the “NFL”, just like the subject of “Rosa Parks” was “who cares about public transportation” and not racism and segregation! LOL! You Conservatives sure have a habit of missing the “obvious” LOL! ;)
October 15th, 2009 at 2:20 amIn the real world, scum like him are so out of touch they are not wanted.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:08 amIt’s only the greedy powermongers that pay hi his millions.
In the real world he’d be out on his keester where he should be.
Give it up SlappyMORON. No pity for you here.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:26 amConservaTROLL
I GUARANTEE NO ONE gives a crap about you. By no one I mean no living human being. Just go kill yourself punk
October 15th, 2009 at 4:28 amHummm…check watch, star date, warp speed…….we have an anomaly…a latent debbi sighting!!!!
October 15th, 2009 at 5:00 amIt is unfortunate this scumbag gets all the attention he does. I have nothing to say about this POS because frankly I don’t give a damn about him or anything about him. Good Day.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:52 amGive it up slappy. No pity for you. We all know how stupid and pathetic you are but we got tired of your constant begging long ago. You are always going to be stupid and you are never going to have any dignity nor self respect so the pity well has dried up
October 15th, 2009 at 7:45 amI predicted the NFL would never let Rush be an owner because its owners are very particular about the reputation of the league and its teams. Rush’s racist statements (not lies; they are documented!) have come back to haunt him. An uncle of mine used to say, “If you spit in the wind, it will hit you in the face.” Rush has done too much racist spitting over the years to ever make it in any organization in which people of very different backgrounds team up for a common goal. Thank you, NFL. And thanks to the players who spoke up against Rush.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:57 amPoor Rush,it looks like even with all his money he couldn’t buy himself his very own plantation!
October 15th, 2009 at 9:53 amCouldn’t you just see Rush now,dressed up in white, riding his swayed-back coal black mule up and down the sidelines during a game,yelling at his “BOY’S”, reminding them what waited for them back on the plantation,if they didn’t produce!
Rush Limbaugh gave reasons why he dropped his bid to buy the Rams:
October 15th, 2009 at 10:05 am“I will not be having time for football since all my time will be devoted to GOP coronation party to make me their party’s king next April”.
My seismometer picked up a disturbance in the earth’s crust but I couldn’t determine the source until I saw this story. Rush was dropped!
Is that a turd in his ugly mug?
October 15th, 2009 at 4:34 pmTracy
You will continue to be an ignorant punkass troll.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:13 amThe biggest winner from all of this is Rush Limbaugh. karin germe estetigi
October 21st, 2009 at 5:32 am