In the video above we addressed a lot of the substance of Rush's comments. You can argue that there was no need to because the comments are so stupid and offensive that there is no sense in responding to them. But what does need to be addressed and what we emphasized on the live show (but what you didn't see in the clip above as much) was the Nelson Mandela comments.
Who criticizes Nelson Mandela? Who still calls him a communist? But much more importantly, who argues that we should not have helped to replace the white government of South Africa? Only a racist like Limbaugh. The transcript is right here:
LIMBAUGH: Yeah. This is -- you're not going to believe this, but it's very simple. And the sooner you believe it, and the sooner you let this truth permeate the boundaries you have that tell you this is just simply not possible, the better you will understand Democrats in everything. You are right. They want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur.
CALLER: Right.
LIMBAUGH: There are two reasons. What color is the skin of the people in Darfur?
CALLER: Uh, yeah.
LIMBAUGH: It's black. And who do the Democrats really need to keep voting for them? If they lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble.
CALLER: Yes. Yes. The black population.
LIMBAUGH: Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela -- who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.
When I was a Republican, I thought Nelson Mandela was a living legend. He helped transform South Africa into a functioning democracy where everyone was equal without any bloodshed. Look at what has happened in the Palestinian territories and all over the world when you have ineffective leaders who choose violence instead of the path that Mandela took to get to justice. But now I see that I was in the wrong room, with the wrong people. The rest of the people in my party apparently paid lip-service to what I was saying and actually believed what Rush was saying. Did anyone of them ever care about Mandela or the injustice in South Africa at all?
How can anyone say they are a proud Republican anymore? I guess if you disavow all of the people like Limbaugh (and the torturers, and the ones who support wars of aggression and the people who violate the constitution, etc.), then you might be able to begin to rebuild the Republican Party. But what you can't do is claim you support Rush Limbaugh and still pretend not to be a racist.
Remember, Rush earlier in his career also told an African-American caller to "take that bone out of your nose." Let alone his nonsensical comments about how people in the media rooted for Donovan McNabb because he's black and rooted against Rex Grossman because he is white.
None of that matters now, because now Rush's racism is irrefutable. He argued against replacing the white government of South Africa. I guess if he still had it his way, the black citizens of that country -- and maybe our country as well -- would still be under the thumb of white people. I guess just like Rush dreams about.
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Reader Comments ( Page 5 of 16)
61. Its only racist to a Democrat, L Franken has said far more controversial and out right Personal Attacks and insults at people, Especially Limbaugh, and it is considered acceptable. Rush speaks his mind, same as you do in open Racist form. LOL, You're Biggots.
LtCurry at 1:10PM on Aug 26th 2007
62. did steve just say that even when rush the racist is on drugs he is right? um...no....Never will I heed the rantings of an college failure-shock jock host slash drug user and abuser...his drug use alone in real society would've merited him serious jail time and no time in some fancy-schmancy ass dug rehab place...he is living proof that money doesn't do jail time. period....he is a disillusioned, greasy, sordid racist who has the rapt attention of bottom-feeding, underacheiving assholes that were never taught to be accountable for their ignorant and mediocre actions....you know what they say--in the land of the stupid, the one with the half-brain cell is king.
Rush is their king.
Whoopee.
Beth
beth at 1:28PM on Aug 26th 2007
63. Well said, LG. Your candor and honesty are a breath of fresh air!
But remember, we can't be *TOO* honest now, because the truth often hurts a hypocrite! ;)
JimDandy at 1:28PM on Aug 26th 2007
64. You're awesome, Beth.
JimDandy at 1:35PM on Aug 26th 2007
65. So Rush is NOT being racist? I'm so glad you all cleared that up for me.
Wait... his first response to the caller was because they are black... hmmmm... sounds like racism to me.
Then he bashes Clinton because of Bosnia... did any of you EVER see the pictures of the camps in Bosnia? They looked like colorized versions of the Nazi camps from WWII. By the way... Bosnians and Serbs aren't black.
We, as a member of the UN and NATO, were involved in Bosnia because we signed these weird things called treaties. Which if you read your Constitution makes them part of the law of the land.
What's going on in Darfur is a disgrace to all of us as human beings, but what's going on in Iraq is worse... it's a mess of our own making. We never should have went to Iraq, but if as a member of the UN we went to Darfur it would be the right thing to do because of the humanitarian issues there.
Please turn off Fox News (and Rush) and do a little investigation of the news sources readily available to you from this cool thing called the Internet. Quit listening to EnterFlamers and Bush coverup channels and explore the wide range of news sources on the Net which are a bit less biased.
tolwyn at 1:57PM on Aug 26th 2007
66. 52. Since there's no more racism, Rodolfo should have no problem with the Minutemen, doing their Patriotic duty along the Arizona border.
JimDandy at 11:40AM on Aug 26th 2007
Hey Jim, I guess you made a hell of a point, but Rodolfo doesn't get it!!! I wonder if he " no speaka no English" when they catch his ass at the border.
LD at 2:19PM on Aug 26th 2007
67. Just because someone dissents from your particular ideological view of the world doesn't make him a racist. Are you now the self-appointed arbiters of racism? Did communists bankroll the ANC at times? Your most recent post doesn't address that.
Evan Gahr at 2:35PM on Aug 26th 2007
68. Rush is right, the all left wing media doesn't like to hear the truth, their way or eveyone should lay down and die. Heaven help this country after far left liberals get through with their teachings in our schools, it's evil, nothing less than traitors to this country. The far left liberals haved ruined anything decent in this country.
Jane at 2:56PM on Aug 26th 2007
69. Rush was right. Without the black vote, democrats don't stand a snowball's chance of ever winning another election. They've bought into the democrat's garbage of government dependency. Africa is the same way. Unless the government there is replaced, no one will ever learn where AIDS comes from. (They call it the "skinnying" disease and do NOT realize that you get it from unprotected sex.) Who's fault is that? It's the GOVERNMENT'S FAULT and if they are not replaced there is nothing anyone can do to help them help themselves.
CD at 3:08PM on Aug 26th 2007
70. DEAR DANNY DANNY DANNY, NOW YOU KNOW WHY IT TOOK SO LONG IN NEW ORLEANS. NOBODY COULD DRIVE A BUS SO THEY ALL TOOK A CAB TO THE STADIUM. HOW MANY DAYS WARNING DOES IT TAKE FOR THE WORD, "EVACUATE"TO SOAK IN?
ROS at 3:18PM on Aug 26th 2007
71. Rush is factually right. what I find interesting is the people who say if you agree with Rush you are a racist a while male and brain dead. Well......I'm none of the above and find those comments to be made by the hateful in this country. Anyone that doesn't agree with you must have something wrong with them get real.You never argue on the substance or present a valid argument to support your views you just name call. Pretty low stuff.
an american at 3:24PM on Aug 26th 2007
72. Mr Limbaugh said that Democrats who supported Mandela had ulterior motives for doing so. One can have no love for the brutal system Mr Mandela sought to destroy and still believe this statement.
So you can speculate all you want about whether or not Mr Limbaugh is a racist. Maybe he is. The quote in this article, however, isn't "irrefutable" evidence of this.
Patrick O'Conner at 3:32PM on Aug 26th 2007
73. 3. (which he never did...his target was the media)""the liberal nazis come after you with the more than common "racist" slur.you guys have overused/misused the phrase so often, that it really doesn't have the "bite" anymore.factually, rush is right. politically, rush is right. and yeah, i'm a proud conservative who tends to vote republican ""
steve at 3:44PM on Aug 25th 2007----------------Steve....racism never had a "bite" in YOUR world.
Mark Ajamu at 3:41PM on Aug 26th 2007
74. Racist? No, Limbaugh simply called the Democrats out on their collective bigotry. I'm Hispanic, so according to the rules of political correctness I can not be wrong. Look, the ANC was infact bankrolled by the Soviets for a long period of time(our enemy). Bloodshed, hardly. S.A. experienced much racial warfare on bothsides, remember even Winnie Mandela's men murdered their own people for committing...political errors. Stop accusing Rush of Bigotry or racism. You guys look like idiots, more so then usual, when you call him this.
Frankly, by undermining the black family (poor in general) via transfer payment, by producing patheticly poor preforming urban school districts who don't educate but indoctrinate blacks through the NEA into the poverty/helpless vortex, and through the continued bashing of America (anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, anti-constitution, divisiveness along racial lines...etc) the Dems have injured Blacks.
Look I can go on, but I won't it's a waste of my time. However, I'll admit that I pray all the time that Hispanics don't fall into the trap of following the Democratic party hook-line-and-sinker the way blacks have because it leads to poverty and helplessness.
Rush promotes responcibility, individualism, and self-help, or what is best catergorized as "Americana" , these attributes made the USA great. Democrats can not afford to have Blacks, to quote Malcom X, on a "Collective Level" become individuals or take up the banner of responcibility because it would seriously injure the strength of the Democratic party. Keeping people ignorant and financially dependent has strengthened the Democratic party.
rob at 3:44PM on Aug 26th 2007
75. Racist? No, Limbaugh simply called the Democrats out on their collective bigotry. I'm Hispanic, so according to the rules of political correctness I can not be wrong. Look, the ANC was infact bankrolled by the Soviets for a long period of time(our enemy). Bloodshed, hardly. S.A. experienced much racial warfare on bothsides, remember even Winnie Mandela's men murdered their own people for committing...political errors. Stop accusing Rush of Bigotry or racism. You guys look like idiots, more so then usual, when you call him this.
Frankly, by undermining the black family (poor in general) via transfer payment, by producing patheticly poor preforming urban school districts who don't educate but indoctrinate blacks through the NEA into the poverty/helpless vortex, and through the continued bashing of America (anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, anti-constitution, divisiveness along racial lines...etc) the Dems have injured Blacks.
Look I can go on, but I won't it's a waste of my time. However, I'll admit that I pray all the time that Hispanics don't fall into the trap of following the Democratic party hook-line-and-sinker the way blacks have because it leads to poverty and helplessness.
Rush promotes responcibility, individualism, and self-help, or what is best catergorized as "Americana" , these attributes made the USA great. Democrats can not afford to have Blacks, to quote Malcom X, on a "Collective Level" become individuals or take up the banner of responcibility because it would seriously injure the strength of the Democratic party. Keeping people ignorant and financially dependent has strengthened the Democratic party.
rob at 3:45PM on Aug 26th 2007