Author Topic: Rush Limbaugh - racist? (Read 8117 times)

240 is Back · « **on:** January 25, 2007, 09:51:56 PM »

I just heard on the news that Rush Limbaugh called barrack Obama a "Halfrican American"

1- has anyone seen this story/confirm?

2- what the hell is wrong with rush?

3- will any rush fans here defend the use of this word?

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2007, 09:56:39 PM »

I've been watching the news most of the night and haven't heard anything.....but if he did, thats over the top even for him, but if he did, you can bet the media will be one sided as usual!

240 is Back · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2007, 10:08:24 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on January 25, 2007, 09:56:39 PM

I've been watching the news most of the night and haven't heard anything.....but if he did, thats over the top even for him, but if he did, you can bet the media will be one sided as usual!

it's real, video is on MSNBC - http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=2853f78a-3da3-41eb-b28e-ad5b3c8ec151&p=News_Comment%20-%20Analysis&t=c1149&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/&fg=

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on January 25, 2007, 09:56:39 PM

but if he did, you can bet the media will be one sided as usual!

What would the OTHER side of his statement be? A defense of it?

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2007, 10:21:55 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on January 25, 2007, 10:08:24 PM

it's real, video is on MSNBC - http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=2853f78a-3da3-41eb-b28e-ad5b3c8ec151&p=News_Comment%20-%20Analysis&t=c1149&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/&fg=

What would the OTHER side of his statement be? A defense of it?

It's real because Olberman said so? Even it was true, Olberman has it out for him and conservatives anyway........ people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Faarakan have said things thousand times worse than that, but you don't see the media jumping all over that!

OzmO · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2007, 10:23:26 PM »

Classic! lol

Another example of "excellence in broadcasting"

Too bad he doesn't have some "class" on loan from god

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on January 25, 2007, 10:21:55 PM

It's real because Olberman said so? Even it was true, Olberman has it out for him and conservatives anyway........ people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Faarakan have said things thousand times worse than that, but you don't see the media jumping all over that!

You deflect like the best of the libs!

240 is Back · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2007, 10:36:38 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on January 25, 2007, 10:21:55 PM

It's real because Olberman said so?

Click PLAY and see it for yourself:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200701240010

Do you SERIOUSLY think Olbermann would MAKE UP something racist like this? You might not agree with his views- but LIBEL ANOTHER MAN AS A RACIST?

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on January 25, 2007, 10:21:55 PM

people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Faarakan have said things thousand times worse than that, but you don't see the media jumping all over that!

Wow. The defense is "others have said worse"?

You're defending an indefensible position by pointing out what SOMEONE ELSE DID?

Are you defending Rush's words?

Oblique · « **Reply #6 on:** January 26, 2007, 12:30:50 AM »

What did Rush say that isn't true?

Obama isn't black. He'll just pretend he is...for votes.

Parker · « **Reply #7 on:** January 26, 2007, 04:46:35 AM »

Quote from: Oblique on January 26, 2007, 12:30:50 AM

What did Rush say that isn't true?

Obama isn't black. He'll just pretend he is...for votes.

Of course he is. He's not white. Sorry, but the "one drop" rule still applies.

Funny, Rush like to go down to the Dominican Rep. with some Viagra, and A lot of Dominicans look like Vic Martinez (black)---so I guess Rush is not racist when it comes to tubby ass getting some pu*** .

Hedgehog · « **Reply #8 on:** January 26, 2007, 05:21:50 AM »

All this does, is hyping a senator who hasn't even launched a platform yet.

If anything, Limbaugh helps Obama.

If Obama gets elected, he should send a thank you card to Limbaugh for helping building the hype.

But in the words of Chuck D and Flavor Flav: Don't believe the Hype!

Don't buy Obama until he's launched his political platform.

-Hedge

Dos Equis · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2007, 07:47:36 AM »

lol. Funny! Seems like I've been the only person in America calling him half black (or half white). I just saw a picture of his mother the other day. She is white as can be. Saw a picture of his father too. He is a straight up African. Sounds like a Halfrican American to me.

Cap · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2007, 08:25:26 AM »

I like how he is only half white and they claim him like his is as dark as midnight. Bullshit. So if he gets elected they better say he is the first mullato president.

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #11 on:** January 26, 2007, 08:36:34 AM »

Since Olberman's ratings are in the crapper why not target the dude with the highest ratings on radio......Olberman's a freaking joke, he's right up there with Baldwin, Striesand and Franken!

Cap · « **Reply #12 on:** January 26, 2007, 08:40:04 AM »

Wasn't Baldwin supposed to be in Canada like six years ago? We're still waiting

Dos Equis · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:26:50 AM »

Quote from: cap86 on January 26, 2007, 08:25:26 AM

I like how he is only half white and they claim him like his is as dark as midnight. Bullshit. So if he gets elected they better say he is the first mullato president.

Who is "they"? Everyone calls him black. Society calls him black. Anyone who looks black (or is known to have black blood) is black in this country. Just look at Tiger Woods. Have you ever seen his mother? Ever see Alicia Keys' mother? I know tons like them.

I was just talking to one of my employees who just returned from Iowa to visit her white in-laws. She's multi-ethnic and looks like she is from India, but with fair skin. People there did a lot of staring (I think in part because she is very pretty). They gave her the "what are you?" look. We talked about how people have to be able to put you in box for their own comfort level (e.g., white, black, liberal, conservative, etc.).

Cap · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:37:04 AM »

If he is half white then he is not black, he is mulatto. I will tell anyone that, just like Halle Berry or any other mulatto. Because he has big lips and a big nose doesn't make him black. He's a mutt.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:39:15 AM »

Quote from: cap86 on January 26, 2007, 09:37:04 AM

If he is half white then he is not black, he is mulatto. I will tell anyone that, just like Halle Berry or any other mulatto. Because he has big lips and a big nose doesn't make him black. He's a mutt.

You are in the minority.

This is partly why I think race-based statistics are useless. They do not account for mixed race people.

Parker · « **Reply #16 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:50:31 AM »

Quote from: cap86 on January 26, 2007, 09:37:04 AM

If he is half white then he is not black, he is mulatto. I will tell anyone that, just like Halle Berry or any other mulatto. Because he has big lips and a big nose doesn't make him black. He's a mutt.

Techinically, youre right, but nobody uses mulatto anymore. You know how many famous black people are mulatto? Frederick Douglass, WEB Dubois, they were all mulattoes. Most of "black" people who were able to go to college in the early 20th century were mulattoes. That is one of the reasons why Howard University had the "paper bag rule", If you were darker than the paperbag you couldn't get in.

But generally Am. society(Anglo) treats mulattoes as black people, but if they can "pass", then it is a different story. Black families are more accepting of mulattoes than they white half of the family, after all black people in americna are mixed and come in varies different shades unlike white people. Latin culture is different and goes by the skin tone

militarymuscle69 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:53:50 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on January 26, 2007, 07:47:36 AM

lol. Funny! Seems like I've been the only person in America calling him half black (or half white). I just saw a picture of his mother the other day. She is white as can be. Saw a picture of his father too. He is a straight up African. Sounds like a Halfrican American to me.

Was he born in America? How about plain old american? I don't know many african europeans, or african asians. If you were born here you are American, period

OzmO · « **Reply #18 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:55:19 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on January 26, 2007, 08:36:34 AM

Since Olberman's ratings are in the crapper why not target the dude with the highest ratings on radio......Olberman's a freaking joke, he's right up there with Baldwin, Striesand and Franken!

Back to topic................Rus h is a racist.

Cap · « **Reply #19 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:58:56 AM »

Quote from: OzmO on January 26, 2007, 09:55:19 AM

Back to topic................Rus h is a racist.

McNabb sucks hahaha

OzmO · « **Reply #20 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:59:58 AM »

Quote from: cap86 on January 26, 2007, 09:58:56 AM

McNabb sucks hahaha

Donavan?

Dos Equis · « **Reply #21 on:** January 26, 2007, 10:00:24 AM »

Quote from: militarymuscle69 on January 26, 2007, 09:53:50 AM

Was he born in America? How about plain old american? I don't know many african europeans, or african asians. If you were born here you are American, period

I agree.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #22 on:** January 26, 2007, 10:01:33 AM »

Quote from: cap86 on January 26, 2007, 09:58:56 AM

McNabb sucks hahaha

Not!

MidniteRambo · « **Reply #23 on:** January 26, 2007, 10:16:06 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on January 26, 2007, 09:26:50 AM

Just look at Tiger Woods.

Woods once told Oprah Winfrey that as a child he had decided he was "Cablinasian" -- a mixture of Caucasian, black, American Indian and Asian. His mother Kutilda is from Thailand, his father is an American of multiple ethnic backgrounds.
http://www.answers.com/topic/tiger-woods

"Cablinasian," "Halfrican" whatever. They're not racist terms, they're attempts to modify the language to indicate the complexity and absurdity of many racial classifications. I'm sure if Rush called Tiger a "Cablinasian" people would go apoplectic.

OzmO · « **Reply #24 on:** January 26, 2007, 10:17:37 AM »

Quote from: MidniteRambo on January 26, 2007, 10:16:06 AM

Woods once told Oprah Winfrey that as a child he had decided he was "Cablinasian" -- a mixture of Caucasian, black, American Indian and Asian. His mother Kutilda is from Thailand, his father is an American of multiple ethnic backgrounds.
http://www.answers.com/topic/tiger-woods

"Cablinasian," "Halfrican" whatever. They're not racist terms, they're attempts to modify the language to indicate the complexity and absurdity of many racial classifications. I'm sure if Rush called Tiger a "Cablinasian" people would go apoplectic.

That's the downside of being the majority. You gotta watch what you say becuase it can easily be taken as racist.

Rush was a fool to say what he said.