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 7 of 16)
91. "64. 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"
If there ever was a racist statement..........
Danny at 6:58PM on Aug 26th 2007
92. I agree with LINDAGALE. Limbaugh should keep his
mouth shut - he is an ignorant, arrogant drug addict who is full of himself because people who are equally as ignorant listen to him and let him tell them what to do and how to think. Those who think for themselves know better and know he is a joke, a clown, in over his head. When I hear
he has said something stupid, I consider the source and discount it. Ron Miller's comment on New Orleans has nothing to do with fact. You
know nothing about "people who care", revitalization, "entitlement", etc. If you did you would not have said something so wrong, so
without intelligence. If you would bother to read and further check your facts before you make
such an irresponsible, prejudicial, untrue statement, you would know better. I don't think you want to know better. I feel sorry for you - sorry for your ignorance; your failure to seek the
truth.
Queen P at 7:39PM on Aug 26th 2007
93. RUSH,DONT RILE THESE IDIOTS UP,HILLARY & OBAMA NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.
BILL MOSS at 5:47PM on Aug 27th 2007
94. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK RUSH
BILL MOSS at 11:00PM on Aug 27th 2007
95.
... "6. How is Rushs' comments unbelievably racist? What he says is true and nelson mandela was considered a terrorist and he was backed by communist."
You consider Nelson Mandela a terrorist because he fought apartheid and unjust white rule? yes he was backed for a time by comminist.. and shame on you so called conservative christians.. when communism is backing a good cause and fighting on the side of justice and your backing the rougue governemnet because its white... and of course you, rush and your likes don't see the need to respond to the HUMANITARIAN CRISES in Darfur and former Yugoslavia; all you see is color and race and yet you still consider yourselves christains. Shame on you conservatives, shame on the republican party.
Rush is an opportunistic moron spreading hate and bigotry to his closely minded listeners. How dare him even mention Nelson Mandela, he can never be a tenth the man Mandela is!
frank at 8:41PM on Aug 26th 2007
96. Yea Rush is a racist...but if we leave Iraq and it turns into another Darfur will the dems go back in?...and why can tanother country get off its ass and take charge in Darfur?...they complain about america haveing too much power but nobody else wants to step up to the plate and use theirs in Darfur. They are all a bunch of masterdebaters. All talk no action just like pre WW2
some dude at 8:39PM on Aug 26th 2007
97. I don't think Rush was trying to be racist here. What he WAS doing was trying to imply that the Democratic Party is racist, or at least plays to African Americans they believe hold racist beliefs. If you'll notice, Rush himself never says anything bad about Black people - he does imply Nelson Mandela is a Communist, but whether that is true or not, he definitely doesn't say anything bad about Black people in general, and thus cannot be called a racist. What he IS saying is that he thinks the DEMOCRATIC PARTY believes that if they do not get the country into Darfur they will lose the appeal of a significant number of African American voters - a demographic that IS very important to that party. It's not even necessarily what Rush thinks - just what he thinks the Democrats think.
Yuvakshi Prasad at 4:26PM on Aug 27th 2007
98. Mandela spent a good chunk of his life (27 years) in jail for no reason at all unless you consider advocating a non-violent fight against injustice a crime. Sure we know Rush considers that a crime.. and yet all you have against Mandela was that he was backed by communists.
.. the truth is if you don't consider Rush's bigotry, hatred laced rhetorics racist beware you are a racist.
frank at 8:54PM on Aug 26th 2007
99. I'll laugh when all you liberal fudgepackers should all get AIDS in the mouth. You stupid cocksukcers deserve it.
Eddie at 8:59PM on Aug 26th 2007
100. Eddie (95).
It should be a crime to be so stupid... I'm already laughing at your ignorance.
frank at 9:01PM on Aug 26th 2007
101. I'm not a huge fan of Rush, but I have a friend who lived in South Africa at the time the white men were taken out of power. My friend said the majority of the blacks who lived there were not helped by that move at the time. Self governing is one thing, but good governing is better--regardless of the color of skin.
Tami at 9:10AM on Aug 28th 2007
102. LIMBAUGH, WHOM I DON'T PERSONALLY LIKE, WAS CORRECT. MANDELA AND THE ANC WERE BACKED BY COMMUNIST PARTIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. SOUTH AFRICA FUNCTIONS TODAY ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS WHITE MINORITY. WHITE EMIGRATION IS PICKING UP. ONLY THE BOERS WILL STAY, AND THEY WILL PROBABLY EVENTUALLY FORM THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
THE CRIME RATE IN S. AFRICA--INCLUDING MURDER--ALL CRIME BEING OVERWHELMINGLY COMMITTED BY BLACKS--IS OUT OF SIGHT. ONE CANNOT WALK SAFELY WITHOUT ARMED ESCORT IN MUCH OF EVEN DOWNTOWN JOHANNESBURG--I'VE BEEN THERE: HAVE THESE "YOUNG TURKS"?
ONE HAS TO DIG-OR GO THERE--TO FIND THIS ALL OUT, SINCE THE LIBERAL MEDIA HAS A BLACKOUT ON THE FACTS ON SOUTH AFRICA TODAY. ONE EXAMPLE OF THESE BABY BLOGGERS IGNORANCE OR NAIVETE: WHERE IS THEIR AWARENESS OF THE FACT MANDELAS' "WONDERFUL," SO "NONVIOLENT" ANC WAS KILLING WHITE KIDS IN SHOPPING MALL BOMBINGS, ETC.? TO EQUATE HIM OR THE CORRUPT AND XHOSA-CONTROLLED ANC WITH GANDHI AND HIS INCLUSIVE, TRULY NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT IS LAUGHABLE. GREG, J.D, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
GREG BADER at 9:38PM on Aug 30th 2007
103. this is to rb crisp-
i deal with chronic pain everyday, and i REFUSE to take opiates for it...i have degenerate disk disease, and you know what? i was overweight, and i was out of shape...i worked on my fitness, lost a fuckload of weight, and began to take better care of myself...i still have it, but it's a lot better...maybe if you'd stop wah-wah-wahing about your pain and stuffing pills down your gut like they were bon-bons and actually started being mobile you'd find your pain lessening...he's a public figure that gets paid for making fun of those who have little to no political clout, and he's a fucking walking and talking contradiction, liar, dug user and abuser, not to mention an elitist asshole who spends the majority of his time wasting the time and lives of those who are too brain and drug-addled to think for themselves and too fucking scared of their minority neighbours and church members to tell them how they REALLY feel about them being in "their" neighbourhoods and their communities as a whole...Rush makes these fucktards (and yes, i am including you in this as well since you are sucking his OxyCock by supporting him)feel like the "good ol' days" have temporarily returned when he spews his bigoted lies and fourth-truths to people who won't EVER "man up" to these minorities who have pissed them off, caused them to become jealous because of some real or imagined talent or slight, and tell them (the minorities) how they REALLY feel about them....
In essence, grow a pair, kick your burgeoning dependence on pills or opiates, and learn how to manage pain another way...and please--please learn how to think for yourself...your idiot of a president may not like it, but I sure as hell would and so would others who aren't mindless sheep like yourself.
Have a nice, Christian Day.
Sincerely,
Beth
beth at 9:43PM on Aug 26th 2007
104. So, the fact that Mr. Mandels "peacefully" stole property from white South Africans - even after he promised not to do so - and gave it to black farmers, wouldn't be considered a communistic act? Ahhh, yes. Once, many years ago he made a smart assed comment to a smart assed caller. Gee. Wow. So what was Mrs. Clinton's excuse for equating Ghandi with a gas station attendent? (Oh, that was just all in good fun, right?)
Easiest thing for the left to do is play the..."YOU'RE A RACIST! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!" card.
keyboarddude at 9:54PM on Aug 26th 2007
105. I take issue with one thing: The replacement of the white government of South Africa with a "black majority" government was a disaster. That country-prosperous and an ally of the USA, is now moving toward disaster. THe country that whites created there is becoming just another black failure. Blacks living under white rule in South Africa were better off than blacks anywhere else in Africa. Now they are worse off.
amren2006 at 7:39PM on Aug 28th 2007