Limbaugh Declares Victory: I’m Responsible For Obama ‘Getting Blacker’

On Feb. 13, 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!”

Yesterday on his radio show, Limbaugh claimed that Obama has become more popular among African-Americans in recent polls because “he’s getting blacker.” He added, “Well, I might have helped because I pointed out he was black, since he hasn’t renounced it. He’s obviously being perceived here as becoming more black or blacker, black enough for African-Americans to get on board. Something has happened here, and, look it, when you have the Drive-By Media saying he’s not black enough and you have me saying, ‘But he is black,’ who do you think might be influencing the shift to Obama away from Hillary?”

As Too Sense notes, “That’s right Rush, the only reason black people ever vote for candidates is because they’re black. White people, like Rush, never consider race a factor in politics or public life.

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Clinton, of New York, continues to lead Obama and other rivals in the Democratic contest, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. But her once-sizable margin over the freshman senator from Illinois was sliced in half during the past month largely because of Obama’s growing support among black voters.”

Now, I’m perplexed, ladies and gentlemen. We have been treated to stories in the Los Angeles Times and a number of other Drive-By Media outlets telling us that Obama is not black enough. I guess he’s getting blacker. Well, I might have helped because I pointed out he was black, since he hasn’t renounced it. He’s obviously being perceived here as becoming more black or blacker, black enough for African-Americans to get on board. Something has happened here, and, look it, when you have the Drive-By Media saying he’s not black enough and you have me saying, “But he is black,” who do you think might be influencing the shift to Obama away from Hillary?