For those that have been following the Rush Limbaugh v. Football saga, it came to an end last week as Rush was told to back out of
the potential investment group that was looking at buying into the St. Louis Rams franchise. Essentially the radio talk show giant wanted to be the largest stock-holder of the Rams football team, but was met with a barrage of attacks from the left, including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, football players and commentators, and just about anyone aiming to perpetuate the enormous fallacy of a racist Limbaugh in hopes to prevent a conservative from attaining such a position.
Well here is Limbaugh’s last word (probably not) on the subject, published in the Wall Street Journal. Although I often have my own disagreements with Rush, I am completely on his side in this one. The success of this movement by his opponents is absolutely sick, and it is a testament to the growing power that is held by the liberal media. His last paragraph hits the nail on the head:
There is a contempt in the news business, including the sportswriter community, for conservatives that reflects the blind hatred espoused by Messrs. Sharpton and Jackson. “Racism” is too often their sledgehammer. And it is being used to try to keep citizens who don’t share the left’s agenda from participating in the full array of opportunities this nation otherwise affords each of us. It was on display many years ago in an effort to smear Clarence Thomas with racist stereotypes and keep him off the Supreme Court. More recently, it was employed against patriotic citizens who attended town-hall meetings and tea-party protests. These intimidation tactics are working and spreading, and they are a cancer on our society
