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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The free market comes back to bite Rush Limbaugh

The NFL may be run -- at the macro level -- as the most socialistic major enterprise in American life, since every team gets an equal paycheck from the biggest pool of revenue, TV money, regardless of whether it plays in the Big Apple or tiny Jacksonville. Yet pro football players live a life that is Reaganism on steroids (it's just an expression) when it comes to embracing free-market capitalism, thanks to another "free," as in free agency. A top player lives the American Dream of freedom to pursue the highest paycheck he wants, or to spurn that top bidder for the city of his choice...or even the coach or team owner of his choice.

That freedom is the real reason that comedian Rush Limbaugh will not be owning the St. Louis Rams. Even if the de facto GOP boss really did have the cash and the clout to successfully partner on a bid for his former home state team, NFL players made it clear almost to a man that they simply would not choose to play for an owner with Limbaugh's views on race in pro football, or on race, period. Which made the Limbaugh bid dead on arrival.

You can whine -- as Limbaugh and his many fans already are -- that the poor guy is misunderstood. But players remember the actual words that Limbaugh said about Donovan McNabb -- which were transcribed and broadcast thousands of times over -- and that was enough information for them. Limbaugh is right about one thing, which is that individuals have rights here in the U.S. of A. Thankfully that still includes the right to utterly reject Rush Limbaugh.

Posted by Will Bunch @ 8:48 PM Permalink | 19 comments

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Posted 09:18 PM, 10/13/2009

Front Man

Don't count your chickens WillyBoy. Do you think any of your left wing friends are going to retract their statements about the made up quotes from Limbaugh and his fantasy slavery comments? Doubtful. No wonder why journalism is in such horrible shape. Why don't you lefties fact check quotes and not just pull them from wikipedia? It must be a very sad era for Brown having known it produced such a mendacious and spineless journalist.

Posted 11:01 PM, 10/13/2009

stoky

It is passing strange that Rush Limbaugh is vilified for endeavoring to lift black folks to a better life for knocking those who would make blacks dependent on welfare. He is saying WORK.. don't depend on the dole.. you will be a better people for it. But NO, the liberals want a dependent race that will vote for them every time. Rush Limbaugh is the black man's best friend and they don't know it or care about it. He may of have right or wrong about McNabb's ability.. or the perception of his ability... but he is NOT a racist.

Posted 11:20 PM, 10/13/2009

DiTurno

Shorter Stoky: When Rush said that McNabb was overrated because he was black, El Rushbo was trying to *help out* the black community. Serious question: is there a conservative left in America who can read at the fifth grade level?

Posted 11:28 PM, 10/13/2009

hankt

yeah - ok Will. just check out what your former colleague Steven A. Smith has to say and then get back to me. If Rush (when he becomes an owner) comes up with more money than another team - the players will sign - period. Capitalism - something you will never understand

Posted 12:12 AM, 10/14/2009

Talking point sleuth

Yeah - the poor guy's misunderstood. When he told the African American woman caller "take the bone out of your nose," he didn't mean that to be a racist comment. And nice comments about a "dependent race," storky - because all those hard-working African American people I see day in and day out are really white people in blackface. Wow! There are some sick folks wandering the blogosphere.

Posted 01:19 AM, 10/14/2009

didderbops

All the NFL players addicted to Oxycontin will be rushing to play for him though.

Posted 01:24 AM, 10/14/2009

Hamlet

"When he told the African American woman caller "take the bone out of your nose," TPS, that caller was a man. And no, he's not a racist - by Republican standards. I have a question for the R's. What kind of pig does a man have to be before you will admit his swine-atude? (BTW Will, where did you get the Photoshopped picture of this waste of blubber?)

Posted 01:32 AM, 10/14/2009

Hamlet

didder, all the guys who like to smuggle quart-sized bottles of Viagra to bugger little boys in the Dominican Republic will probably want to be on his team too.

Posted 07:10 AM, 10/14/2009

Mr. Smith

Limbaugh is getting what he wants out of this: publicity, and a case study to talk about for years to come. He'll get rejected by the league, and then he'll use that experience to talk about what happens when the government takes over the economy: resources are no longer allocated to those who are willing to pay the most, but instead are allocated to those who espouse the preferred politics, or are connected friends of those in power. That's where central planning is headed. It feeds into his schtick. What will make this issue really interesting, is when the Checketts/Limbaugh bid is the only one that will commit to keeping the Rams in St. Louis, and the other bidders intend to move the team back to Los Angeles. Under those circumstances, should the Checketts/Limbaugh bid be rejected without consideration?

Posted 07:25 AM, 10/14/2009

jmc

You would think liberals would want him to own the Rams. That might distract him from his radio show and make life more bearable for libs.

Posted 08:29 AM, 10/14/2009

OshkoshJohn

My goodness, that fat mofo looks like Hannibal Lector!

Posted 09:27 AM, 10/14/2009

IggleFan68

It seems to me that the reason liberals can't stand Rush isn't his sometimes outrageous comments, its because he's wildly successful, and is actually able to make an impact on American politics from behind a microphone, something they are woefully unable to do with TV cameras, newspapers, majority in the Senate, House, and Presidency. Folks, HE'S AN ENTERTAINER!!! That's it!! I would guess that the people protesting him from owning a NFL team would welcome Howard Stern as an owner because he's "cool". Welcome to the world of hypocrisy. (BTW, I don't listen to Rush, Hannity, Beck because they BORE ME. I used to listen to Smerconish, but haven't lately, and it's not because he voted for Obama).

Posted 10:21 AM, 10/14/2009

bill at

"didder, all the guys who like to smuggle quart-sized bottles of Viagra to bugger little boys in the Dominican Republic will probably want to be on his team too." I had no idea that Bawhney Fwahnk played football.

Posted 10:25 AM, 10/14/2009

bill at

Daily attacks by chrome dome on Beck, Limbaugh, et al. You just know that bunch is sitting in the basement in his pajamas angrily typing out these hate screeds. Jealousy sure is an ugly thing to witness. lol

Posted 10:44 AM, 10/14/2009

Rheinhard

For all the talk about "Dear Leader" and "Obamessiah", can anyone point me to anything like the right's insane crusade to uphold every whim of Fuhrer Limbaugh? The NFL, a CORPORATION, has decided of its own free will, that it is not in its best interest to have Pilondal Cyst Boy own a team. Outrage! Perhaps the first time Limbaugh's drones have ever been engaged to attack a free market actor working in its own best interest.

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