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Columnist Backtracks, Slightly, on Limbaugh Quote

Rush still has no business trying to own the Rams

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2009 12:08 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Columnist Bryan Burwell acknowledges that he is among those who ran with an old quote attributed to Rush Limbaugh on the "merits" of slavery without verifying it. Limbaugh insists he never said it, and Burwell is fine taking him at his word on that. It doesn't change his view that Limbaugh has no business trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. "I think we just threw a deck chair off the Titanic," Burwell writes in the city's Post-Dispatch.

"There is still a huge pile of polarizing, bigoted debris stacked up on the deck of the good ship Limbaugh that he can't deny or even remotely distance himself from." If a deal does goes through, however, Burwell thinks it would be a "hoot" watch Limbaugh embrace "the NFL's 'share the wealth' concepts that offend him and Joe the Plumber in his political life."

Rush Limbaugh in his Palm Beach, Fla. radio studio.
Rush Limbaugh in his Palm Beach, Fla. radio studio.   (AP Photo/Photo courtesy of Rush Limbaugh)
Rush Limbaugh in January.
Rush Limbaugh in January.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
St. Louis Rams quarterback Kyle Boller lies on the ground after a sack.
St. Louis Rams quarterback Kyle Boller lies on the ground after a sack.   (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
Rush Limbaugh in January.
Rush Limbaugh in January.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
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NxBigmouthery
Oct 15, 2009 8:22 AM CDT
People are still thinking that Rush said it. Why? Because 1) his claim that he didn't say it holds fuck all water and 2) it really sounds like something the bloated fucktard would say.
NxBigmouthery
Oct 15, 2009 8:20 AM CDT
I do both. Sure, one is a strawman, but it's fun.
glassa
Oct 14, 2009 10:37 AM CDT
"if by liberal you mean recognizing equal rights/opportunities/wealth sharing(union stuff, you know), then YES." Yes, because the stereotype that non-liberals want nobody to have equal rights is absolutely true. Don't be an idiot! Stop buying into stereotypes & political propaganda!

 
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