Story #1: Rush Limbaugh loses his bid for the St. Louis Rams
In case you haven’t heard, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh had recently announced a bid for partial ownership of the St. Louis Rams. Naturally, this caused a bit of concern amongst NFL players, coaches and team owners alike, as Limbaugh has had a rich history of denigrating black athletes, football players included, often comparing them to gangsters (here, here & here) and so on. Not to mention his gibe at quarterback Donovan McNabb that first got Limbaugh fired from ESPN.
Furthermore, he regularly refers to prominent biracial blacks as “Halfrican Americans” and continually refers to President Barack Obama’s economic plans as disguised reparations (because, Heaven forbid, our economic policy actually helps the poor). And so for the above reasons, as well as black coaches and players stating they would not play for Limbaugh, his bid was turned down. Shocking.
So far, though, this is all from one Republican (albeit a powerful one), a bad apple you might say? Well, in comes the troops. Republican pundits have stormed in defending Limbaugh and lambasting the “liberal media” as unfair and ruthless. Again, and again, they defend him, saying he was ousted for “political reasons.” Which is just ridiculous on it’s face. Plenty of NFL owners are Republicans, and, in fact, so are a lot its players. The league is far from a liberal bastion.
So unless these pundits are suggesting Limbaugh’s racist remarks (”Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association … They’re going in to watch the Crips and the Bloods” – referring to the NBA) are somehow a part of the GOP platform — I really hope that’s not what they’re suggesting — then this whole “liberal drive-by media blitz” story is just a big joke.
It also further alienates minority voters sympathetic to conservative ideas and ideals.
Story #2: House Republicans accuse Muslim advocacy group to be secret spies and terrorists
Last night four House Republicans, and members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus, held a news conference in order to call on the House sergeant of arms to investigate the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) for what they thought were “terrorist activities.” What were those activities? Trying to advocate for Muslim government employees, i.e. what just about every other political advocacy group does. Apparently the four Republican lawmakers had found a strategy memo which stated the group had wanted to push for more Muslims as government interns. You know, so they can be better represented as American citizens.
And how, you may ask, did these lawmakers find this evidence? Well, an author posing as a Muslim, secretly infiltrated CAIR (a secret Muslim!) by working for them as, get this, an intern! Oh, the irony! Now the real damage of a story like this though is that it, yet again, alienates Muslim citizens. Once again, they see that they’re nothing more than second-class citizens (and most likely terrorists!), which only works to push them further away from American ideals. Further, it encourages actual terrorist narratives abroad that the US hates all Muslims. I mean, it’s plain and simple: bad policy all around. And it’s embarrassing. For all Americans.
Now, I am a dyed-in-blue liberal, but even I can admit some conservative ideas are good ideas. For example, being fiscally responsible, encouraging hard work, shootin’ gunz, and so on. And you know what, sometimes the government is inefficient, too big and quite wasteful. But come on dudes, enough is enough. Stunts like the above are beyond the pale, and it’s winning your party zero points. It’s time to stop.
Comments
frankdatank
October 15th, 2009 - 3:38:43 PM
but, but ... muslims are all spies!
sadid
October 15th, 2009 - 4:36:33 PM
maybe you should of written two stories. the second one has nothing to do with rush. also, im a minority, but that has nothing to do with the way i vote. so please dont speak for me. finally, rush limbaugh is conservative and not specifically in the republican party. maybe you guys should make sure you understand the basics of the way politics work in this country before trying to sound like you do. i dont like rush limbaugh much or these stunts, but maxim seems like they remember why i read it. hint: not for big fatrich guys i dont like.
richard
October 15th, 2009 - 5:06:53 PM
they shoud watch "the third jihad" and perhaps more people will wakeup.
Stephen Kral
October 15th, 2009 - 5:06:56 PM
Sadid, you're certainly right that I do not talk for all minorities. While the article never says that, my title is a bit misleading. I'll change that. As to the two stories, I put them together to show a trend (as both were big stories today), of Republicans (not Rush Limbaugh) taking part in what would appear to be racist behavior. And it's a trend I've noticed for a while now, and I think it's a damaging one. Furthermore, while there certainly are quite a few minorities who identify as Republican, for the most part the Republican party is losing the minority vote in droves. Fact is, Obama lost pretty bad to McCain if you only tally the totals of white voters. However, Obama won overwhelmingly all the same. Reason is, minorities voted for him, by a very large margin. And I'm suggesting the reason for this, in part, is because some Republicans partake in the above kind of behavior.
janet
October 15th, 2009 - 7:34:50 PM
The Council on American-Islamic Relations Created For Hamas http://www.anti-cair-net.org/FBItiesCAIRHamas Federal Bureau of Investigation recorded evidence places CAIR founders Omar Ahmad and Nihad Awad at a Philadelphia meeting of the radical Muslim Brotherhood's "Palestine Committee". According to the FBI, "all attendees of this meeting are Hamas members or sympathizers." ... FBI agent Lara Burns testified CAIR's Omar Ahmad was "a leader of the Palestinian committee". On "Muslim Mafia" - So far, CAIR has not challenged the veracity of the claims in Muslim Mafia. Instead, it has focused on the authors' political backgrounds and minimized the findings....
Barack Obama
October 16th, 2009 - 12:25:50 AM
How you like me now, motherfuckers?
Joe
October 18th, 2009 - 7:17:34 PM
Yeah, libtards are so unracialist. Check out JLo's, Fergie's, et al's comments about minorities. They're really beyond the pale compared to Limbaugh.
Bill
October 19th, 2009 - 4:12:57 PM
I like Rush Limbaugh and I listen to his show. I don't find him to be particularly racist or bigoted - but then, I'm listening to his comments in context, so I probably have a better idea of what he is saying and why he is saying it.. And CAIR is a suspect organization. Never heard of this particular story about the interns, but a quick bit of research and I find out... That CAIR was targeting specific government House committees, including Homeland Security. As someone who has been tracking CAIR and their activities for some time, I will state that CAIR is a suspect organization at any time. In 2007, Corey Saylor, (CAIR government affairs director) ADMITTED that convicted Islamic terrorists were CAIR officials when they committed terrorist acts against the United States. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. I'm a conservative. I'm of mixed race. And I am informed. And this column is an excellent example of slanted and biased bullshit.