Al Sharpton attacks Limbaugh again

[Yonivore]

he was bawling in private.

i thought he showed some real restraint.

too bad he didn't invest. he could have sued his wimpy partners.
Yet another thing he addressed today. He's not interested in suing anyone -- even though he's being pressed to do so.

So, when did you observe him, in private, bawling, throwing a tantrum, or blubbering?

Please tell. I wasn't aware we had someone in here with a personal connection to celebrity.

[exstatic]

Should they give EXISTING NFL owners polygraph tests?

Why restrict this to the NFL? I know Mark Cuban has some interesting political views.

Cuban was denied a chance to buy the Cubs. He's an ass, too. Besides, the NFL never stepped in. The only thing I saw was a quote by Goodell that owners have standards of conduct, and variances aren't tolerated. He never stopped this, the partners gave him the boot.

[Wild Cobra]

Cuban was denied a chance to buy the Cubs. He's an ass, too. Besides, the NFL never stepped in. The only thing I saw was a quote by Goodell that owners have standards of conduct, and variances aren't tolerated. He never stopped this, the partners gave him the boot.
And the partners explained it well. In short, the criticism wrong, but hurt their chances.

[Shastafarian]

I wonder what would happen if Jesse Jackson put in a bid on a NASCAR team.

[ChumpDumper]

The owners never voted. It was Sharpton and Franken strong arming goodell. They should have let the owners voted.Sounds like the others in the potential ownership group voted. they didn't want to take the chance with the vote of the other owners.

Same difference.

[Cry Havoc]

I wonder what would happen if Jesse Jackson put in a bid on a NASCAR team.

Everyone would laugh at him.

Personally I would be absolutely against it.

[mouse]

Dam yonivore you should apply for the job of Rush's private security guard, I haven't seen a tighter grip on another persons nut sac since yoko ono married john lennon.

Your man love for the vato makes the movie Deliverance look like a Walt Disney movie.

watching you guard Rush's ass in this forum makes me wish you worked for NORAD during 9/11

Don't get me wrong you can continue doing what you do best I just find it fascinating and had to comment on it I hope your ok with that!

we cool?

[LnGrrrR]

Let's face it; Rush is a divisive figure. He certainly doesn't refrain from making his opinions well known on the airways and in the media, so it's certainly fair game for Sharpton and others to do the same on the other side of the fence.

As well, if Limbaugh hadn't gotten fired for an issue involving race and media relations, he might have sailed through... perhaps. :lol

[DarrinS]

It's a good thing that Rush was prevented from becoming an investor in an NFL franchise. Can you imagine the horror of being a multi-millionaire player (slave) on Rush's NFL team (plantation)?

[Oh, Gee!!]

he was bawling in private.

rush or yoni? seems like yoni is taking this harder than rush

[Winehole23]

I thought Limbaughs partners told him he was out.That's right. Dave Checketts threw him overboard for being a distraction.

[FromWayDowntown]

Sounds like the others in the potential ownership group voted. they didn't want to take the chance with the vote of the other owners.

Same difference.

I think they got some nudging from certain NFL owners. We know for a fact that Jim Irsay, owner of the Colts, said he wouldn't vote for Rush. Commissioner Goodell also expressed some fairly clear reservations about bombast being blustered by an NFL owner. And frankly, I suspect the calculus changed for some owners after news of the Limbaugh bid became public, as players, friends, and sponsors expressed concerns about Limbaugh's involvement in the league. Even if the Checketts group had gotten some degree of preliminary assurance that Rush's presence wouldn't be a problem, it seems likely to me that owners may have been dissuaded from that position by input from trusted others (and not necessarily Jackson or Sharpton).

[jman3000]

If Rush doesn't sue everyone he's claiming libeled him, he's full of shit.

[Wild Cobra]

If Rush doesn't sue everyone he's claiming libeled him, he's full of shit.

Shows how much you know. The law works differently for public figures.

[Shastafarian]

Shows how much you know. The law works differently for public figures.

It does?

[Cry Havoc]

Shows how much you know. The law works differently for public figures.

So libel is legal if you're in the public eye? Since when?

[Winehole23]

What's different is the reasonable expectation of privacy. I think that's what WC is referring to.

Poor Rush.

[DarrinS]

"I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back. I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."

"The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."




These are the quotes that are lies. Both the Huffington post and Rick Sanchez have retracted them.

[DarrinS]

By the way, why is Keith Olbermann allowed to host Football Night in America?

[Spursfan092120]

Sharpton going off on Limbaugh? Isn't that like TLong going off on DrHouse for being a homer?

[Spurminator]

Public figures do have a higher standard by which they must prove defamation than the average person. However, if Rush is claiming that people are distorting his words with actual malice, he might still have cause to sue. Probably wouldn't win though.


By the way, why is Keith Olbermann allowed to host Football Night in America?

Because he hasn't said anything about the media looking for a "Great White Hope" or something comparable on the program. He's kept politics/race out of FNIA and if Rush had done that on NFL Game Day, he might have stayed with ESPN longer.

[Winehole23]

By the way, why is Keith Olbermann allowed to host Football Night in America?Because he has directly relevant professional experience maybe?

[jman3000]

Don't you see? Darrins made a great point and pretty much won the thread with his comment on Olbermann.

[Spursfan092120]

By the way, why is Keith Olbermann allowed to host Football Night in America?
He used to be Fox Sports' best anchor.

[Kermit]

commentator = owner.

don't you assholes get it?

[Spurminator]

Controversial comments on race = Controversial comments on political ideology

[Kermit]

Controversial comments on race = Controversial comments on political ideology

no. no it doesn't. maybe if the league was 65% republican.

[Spurminator]

I was kidding.

[Kermit]

I was kidding.

i sorry.

[spursncowboys]

Because he has directly relevant professional experience maybe?Rush was a sports announcer. That is the only thing KO did, except he did it on tv. He also got fired if I remember correctly.

[Winehole23]

Your point being?

[Kermit]

Rush was a sports announcer.
commentator.

He also got fired if I remember correctly.
so did rush.

[Shastafarian]

I think snc is talking about Rush's days as a high school football announcer. I think I have that right.

[Cry Havoc]

By the way, why is Keith Olbermann allowed to host Football Night in America?

Because he was a Sportscenter anchor for several years, and is still one of the funniest SC combos in history when he and Craig Kilborn teamed up?

[ChumpDumper]

By the way, why is Keith Olbermann allowed to host Football Night in America?Because he didn't say anything as stupid as Rush did during a football game.

[DarrinS]

Because he was a Sportscenter anchor for several years, and is still one of the funniest SC combos in history when he and Craig Kilborn teamed up?


I think it's appropriate that you ended this with a question mark.

[ChumpDumper]

I think it's appropriate that you ended this with a question mark.Who comprised the funniest SC combos in your opinion?

[DarrinS]

Who comprised the funniest SC combos in your opinion?


I think Kilborn is/was funny. Olbermann? Not so much. KO thinks HE is reallly funny.

[clambake]

how do you know he thinks that?

[ChumpDumper]

Both Kilborn and Olbermann are kind of mean funny -- Kilborn being meaner. I think that's why he's out of work.

[DarrinS]

how do you know he thinks that?

You can tell he likes himself a lot. It cracks me up when people have such high opinions of themselves, even when they look and sound like complete douches. He's had the same shtick for 20 years.

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[jack sommerset]

By the way, why is Keith Olbermann allowed to host Football Night in America?

I like Olbermann doing the football thing. The guy is a complete dumbass when it comes to his political commentary. I have not seen one guy think Olbermann has a good political show. Not one. The guy fucking SUCKS. But NBC can hire whoever they want and they wanted Olbermann to do the NFL and that is their choice.

I think it was wrong for the NFL to comment on this bullshit. Players and the commish. Rush Limbaugh is not racist. You can make up shit like that pussy Havoc did but the guy is not racist. Possibly a race baiter but who really gives a shit about that. Especially when it comes to him owning a business.

Honestly, if you think Rush should not own a business in the USA, you are a fucking asshole that needs to mind your own business. The politics have fucked your brain up way too much. Get the fuck out and get a fucking life! Stay out of politics.

[DarrinS]

Both Kilborn and Olbermann are kind of mean funny -- Kilborn being meaner. I think that's why he's out of work.


I agree, but there's a certain wierdness about KO making fun of people. See previously posted video.

[clambake]

i've never thought he was particularly funny, until i stumbled across an episode of "redeye".

[Crookshanks]

And now a word from an NFL owner:

“And the game done chose me to bring pain to niggas and pussy holes, they one in the same.” - I’m Real, co-written by Jennifer Lopez (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StaVESC0G2o), minority owner of the Miami Dolphins.
Amidst the uproar over Rush Limbaugh having to step aside from his participation in the bid to purchase the NFL’s St. Louis Rams over racially insensitive statements he never actually made, is the fact that current ACTUAL owners of an NFL team have said much worse than the false and the left says nothing.

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/files/2009/10/400x248-music-fergie-lyrics-06.jpg
Fergie: NFL Owner
Jennifer Lopez, whose Sondheim-like lyric genius is on display at the top of this post, holds the same status with the Miami Dolphins as Limbaugh would have with the Rams. And, not only does she have co-writer credit on this offensive drivel, she also recorded and performed it live. She continues to earn money in royalties for her genius use of the “N-Word.” My guess is that those who took issue with Limbaugh’s imaginary racial slur are OK with J-Lo’s actual racial slur because she looks a lot better in tight pants.

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Meanwhile, another minority owner of the Dolphins has some controversial issues with public statements as well. Recently, Dolphins minority owner Serena Williams broke quite a few FCC laws by letting loose an “F-word” filled tirade on live television during the US Open. Then she menacingly threatened a side judge and was subsequently disqualified. This kind of behavior and speech seems to be right in line with the NFL’s standards since I missed the press conference from Commissioner Roger Goodell condemning it.
Finally, we get to Fergie, some-time member of the Black Eyed Peas and some-time solo artist. You betcha, she has also been approved as a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins. Fergie is a huge Obama supporter, so I guess the NFL thought it was pretty cool that she just performed her song “Glamorous” at the White House Easter egg hunt… an event for children. Here’s how the DC Examiner reported the event:

Lines like “wear them gold and diamond rings” and “I’m not clean, I’m not pristine” may not be the dream lyrics for their daughters to emulate, but the song’s repetition of the line “If you ain’t got no money take your broke a** home” made a few parents cringe. She did of course edit the curse word from the song Monday — but some of crowd members helpfully filled it in for her.
It gets better. Earlier this week, Goodell said of Limbaugh’s potential ownership, “Divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about.” Is he splitting hairs between “comments” and “lyrics?” Because these lyrics from a 2003 Black Eyed Peas song sounds pretty divisive to me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJpyskHMwRs):

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin’
In the USA, the big CIA …
A war is goin’ on but the reason’s undercover
The truth is kept secret, it’s swept under the rug

Nothing like accusing the CIA of terrorism and our government of lying to bring people together. Goodell also said, “We’re all held to a high standard here.”
Really? Does this meet his high standard (http://artists.letssingit.com/the-black-eyed-peas-lyrics-my-humps-dx2jt2l)?

Whatcha gonna do with all that junk
All that junk inside your trunk
I’ma get get get get you drunk
Get you love drunk off my hump
My hump my hump my hump my hump my hump
My hump my hump my hump my lovely little lumps

How about drinking so much that you wet your pants (http://music.aol.com/photo-galleries/shocking-concert-moments/fergie-pees-pants-on-stage), mid-song, on stage, in front of a live audience?
This week the NFL did more to silence conservative political perspectives on the radio then liberals and their “Fairness Doctrine” could ever dream of doing. By bowing to shrill political pressure they forced a group of potential buyers of the St. Louis Rams, headed by Dave Checkett, to drop Rush Limbaugh from the ownership team. Forget for a moment that the heinous statements attributed to Limbaugh were never sourced or substantiated and completely false. Also forget that Limbaugh, as a minority owner, would have no actual control or real influence over personnel or management decisions with the team. None of that matters.
The left hates Limbaugh. He had to be stopped.
But Rush will be just fine. They can’t shut him up; he’s too big. And even if they do pass the “Fairness Doctrine,” he will move to satellite radio and finally give Mel Karmazin a healthy balance sheet.
No, the real danger in all of this is the chilling effect it has on the rest of the conservative world. Those of us articulating our points of view and trying to persuade others. Just like Rush has done for over two decades. And now, the seed has been planted. Someday, we might want to own a football team. Hell, we’re capitalists! Will something we say or write now be twisted around or even made up to smear us and keep us from fulfilling our dream?
Yes, the seed has been planted. They’ve done what the intended to do. It wasn’t about stopping Rush… it was done to stop all of us. And they will lie if they have to, to get what they want.
Change? Yes. Hope? Not so much.

[ChumpDumper]

Yes, the seed has been planted. They’ve done what the intended to do. It wasn’t about stopping Rush… it was done to stop all of us.Don't flatter yourselves.

This was about Rush.

[clambake]

skank trying to be hip lol

[Cry Havoc]

I like Olbermann doing the football thing. The guy is a complete dumbass when it comes to his political commentary. I have not seen one guy think Olbermann has a good political show. Not one. The guy fucking SUCKS. But NBC can hire whoever they want and they wanted Olbermann to do the NFL and that is their choice.

I think it was wrong for the NFL to comment on this bullshit. Players and the commish. Rush Limbaugh is not racist. You can make up shit like that pussy Havoc did but the guy is not racist. Possibly a race baiter but who really gives a shit about that. Especially when it comes to him owning a business.

Honestly, if you think Rush should not own a business in the USA, you are a fucking asshole that needs to mind your own business. The politics have fucked your brain up way too much. Get the fuck out and get a fucking life! Stay out of politics.

:lol

It's good to see you've fully switched over to the "comic relief" motif for the political forum.

[spursncowboys]

I can't believe Fergie pissed on herself.

[jman3000]

Whites are still really mad they can't say the n word without being ridiculed.