| Rush Limbaugh is at it again, stoking racist fires on the public airwaves.
This afternoon on his radio show, Limbaugh used the death of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to hurl bigoted insults at African Americans. Limbaugh even had the nerve to imply that the NAACP is a racist organization.
Media Matters has the story:
Limbaugh had what he must have thought was the perfect opportunity to open his show with a little good old-fashioned race-baiting, saying that Steinbrenner -- "that cracker," as Limbaugh called him -- "made a lot of African-American millionaires." Limbaugh later stated that Steinbrenner "knew when to die," because there is currently no estate tax.
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Limbaugh also took issue with Michelle Obama's comments at the NAACP, later wondering if she was talking to the New Black Panthers.
Limbaugh continued to serve up a heavy dose of race-baiting throughout the day. At one point, he agreed with a caller who said Obama is "enslaving" children to "the NEA plantation that is D.C. Public Schools." Limbaugh also insinuated that the NAACP is racist.
How much bile are we going to allow to spew from this man's mouth before we put a cap on it? Boycott his advertisers, complain to his affiliates?
Limbaugh has stepped up the race baiting as a common theme on his show in the past several months. So, I'm wondering, do bigoted rants give him higher ratings? What would possibly be the reason for taking cheap, racial potshots at African American baseball players, the first lady, and the NAACP? Is racial animosity the real backbone of the Republican Party's resurgence under Chairman Rush's watch?
I'm just shocked that Limbaugh gets away with this hate language and the radio stations that carry him, the advertisers, and media watchdogs do virtually nothing. |
