From the diaries by Erick
Rush dares to judge all by the content of their character and that threatens the race industry
Raised by parents that were instrumental in integrating the races in my South Carolina hometown in the 60s and 70s, I was receptive in my youth to the Democratic Party’s rhetoric of racial inclusion. I practiced affirmative action in my law firm in the 80s and became a party official; but almost from the beginning of my political activism there was some unease with my liberal associations.
Fellow democrats giggled about an empire Reagan correctly denounced as evil; ignored the success of tax cuts; and hired mostly white paralegals. As a very young county party chairman I was appalled at hostility to people of faith by my party elders, as well as the unfair demonization of Republicans as racist and uncaring for the poor.
I admit at this time that I suffered from extreme, classic Democratic Party class envy and that later on, my reluctance to change parties while still in my hometown was due partly to this and cowardice, but I couldn’t deny that among the legal community and members of my church, it was invariably mostly the Republicans that actually hired blacks.

Then I heard the Wonder of Rush, and Mike Gallagher on 950 WORD-AM. I had already been softened up by the hypocrisy of fellow democrats, but it was a joyous revelation to hear conservative republicans denounce outright racists live on Talk Radio, as Gallagher did almost on a daily basis.
Rush didn’t seem to get many calls from racists, and so didn’t have such opportunities, and most of my democrat friends denounced Rush as a bigot. At this time in the early 90s, I disagreed with Rush on most issues, but simply could not turn the radio away from his show for more than 15 seconds after a fit of anger.
There was something about Rush’s attitude that fascinated me, and it took two incidents that occurred within a single week to open my eyes to a truth that would change my life.
I was a prolific criminal defense trial lawyer and so had a lot of contact with police officers. One day, while at the City Police Department, I made an offhand comment to a black female sergeant that assumed she was a Democrat. I was an official with the county party at the time. The Sergeant rebuked me with a kind of righteous indignation that had never been directed at me by anyone I didn’t call Daddy.
Later that week, I attended an event promoting the Rush Limbaugh Show, with Mike Gallagher hosting a special appearance by Bo Snerdly, Rush Limbaugh’s longtime business partner, silent sidekick on the air, and call screener.
The moment I saw Snerdly, I understood what it was about Rush that so appealed to me. I was already kind of alone among my democrat friends in defending Rush against charges of racism, and wondered why he didn’t defend himself more, and then I saw Snerdly and immediately understood this man called Rush, because I saw something in him that saw in my father and, dare I say, in me.
I never had known that Snerdly was black. Rush never mentioned that fact despite all the libel and slander against him and despite the fact that he regularly spoke back and forth with Snerdly (not heard) about such charges on the air.
Rush was secure in the truth, and looking back on the EIB experience, I realized that what so appealed to me about Rush was that he treated all people the same, no matter the race. Race was irrelevant.

Rush was the embodiment of the character content, color-blind dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. that became my dream in my youth.
So it is with great sadness that I see a man whose complete absence of racism made me receptive to his conservative message, is now vilified by the ignorant and the vile, as the antithesis.
It is with great sadness that I see otherwise brilliant journalists like Jason Whitlock rely upon unreliable sources for despicable false quotes rather than fact-check, or, pray tell, actually call Rush before going to press.
But I also know that it is not the recently released false quotes that are at the heart of the faux uproar attending a possible purchase of the St. Louis Rams. The fake quotes were first posted on line in 2005. Rush has been vilified since 1988 for accurate quotes, either taken out of context, or completely misunderstood. But the main reason for the uproar is that liberals see conservatism itself as racist or, rather, a threat to their own racism cloaked as compassion.
So, it is with even more sadness that I see ignorance and/or political correctness enforced like Stalinism (without the mass murder) among some NFL owners. One nugget from the Colt’s Irsay is a smoking gun to break through the ignorance, and that is his suggestion that Tony Dungy be asked his opinion of Rush.
Dungy appeared twice on Rush’s show last year!
I am thrilled that Rush is fighting back this time, and am already happy that ESPN’s Michael Wilbon has retracted his objections and Colin Cowherd has defended Rush, as have others.
I am saddened that so many are still so fearful of the PC police that they refuse to acknowledge the obvious meaning of the English language when evaluating Rush’s ESPN description of journalist apologists for McNabb; and that the Today Show left his explanations of the Magic Negro parody and the drive-by ignorance of the school children singing the praises of Barack Hussein Obama, umm, umm, umm.
President Obama’s surrender in the Gates-Harvard affair had given me hope that more white Americans were throwing off the false white guilt post-Obama Inauguration, and joining Rush in the post-racial world he has lived in for most if not all of his life.
I just thank God that heard the voice that embodied MLK’s dream and joined that world with Rush and Martin.
God bless you brother Rush. My prayers are always with you.
More DeVine examinations on race.
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“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
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Another awesome diary destined for the recco'd list! nt
nessa Wednesday, October 14th at 1:47PM EDT (link)“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Contributor to The Minority Report
even better nessa, it made the front page. nt
pilgrim Wednesday, October 14th at 2:45PM EDT (link)It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man.Calvin Coolidge
Great!! A beautiful example of "right wing racism"!!
nessa Wednesday, October 14th at 2:52PM EDT (link)I hope this gets some traction on the net and maybe racist FoxNews, lord knows PMSNBC won’t touch it.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Contributor to The Minority Report
Who's in Power Now?
rosannagerbino Saturday, October 17th at 5:00AM EDT (link)Frankly, the race card is becoming very boring. Growing up in the 60s, I have
seen the before, during and after. After all that’s been acomplished for
minorities for which my generation had to take the back seat of the bus now.
I understood what the goal was and I know it was achieved above and
beyond. I’ve heard all the complaints, and for the life of me, cannot
understand why it’s still going on today. All of my adult life, I’ve heard how
minorities cannot be Racists because they are not in Power. Only people
in power can be Racists. This is an outrage. Rush Limbaugh is definitely
a victim of Reverse Discrimination. Now this is an Over-kill. This is selfishness
and greed of Power. Fox News reports it as they see it and the Progressives
cannot handle the truth about themselves. I’m sure if people who voted for
President Obama knew then what they know now, they would have never
voted for a Vengeful , Vindictive Liberal who is on a mission to trash our
Constitutional Rights as Americans. Thanks to people in Fox News and
Rush Limbaugh, we know this now. The very thing that minorities have
fought for and received, is now being taken from the rest of us. He,
President Obama, is not President to all Americans, just his constituents and
his special interest groups. WELL, WHO’S IN POWER NOW?
Rosanna
The left never remember Bo, do they? nt
Steph C Wednesday, October 14th at 1:50PM EDT (link)“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics
I guess black conservatives are Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man to the left - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, October 15th at 9:48AM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
We're all invisible to the left,
Steph C Thursday, October 15th at 10:11AM EDT (link)until we get out of their predetermined line. Doesn’t matter what color we are, if we don’t subscribe to the litany of anti-freedom, we will be destroyed, personally and professionally. Some perhaps losing their lives in the process, like our military in Afghanistan while Obama salsas in a lovely modern day parallel to “Nero fiddling while Rome burns.”
The majority have spoken out against his policies and we’re not invisible anymore because of it. We’re now Enemies of the State. The State is of the mindset that we must be changed or destroyed.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics
55555!!!!!! Rec'd. MLK The Republican Icon of Principles! Rush loves the man so much. nt
Rod_Patrick Wednesday, October 14th at 2:01PM EDT (link)thanks GC, I needed this post today-nt
DONTREADONME Wednesday, October 14th at 2:05PM EDT (link)“The UN is right? you can’t be any more “un”; Than you are right now, the UN is undone, Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun, The threat is real, the Locust King has come, Don’t tell me the truth; I don’t like what they’ve done, Just give me ammo for the United Abominations”-Megadeth
Thanks nessa, DONT', RP et al - I needed to get this off my chest in the worst way
Mike gamecock DeVine Wednesday, October 14th at 2:12PM EDT (link)Nothing depresses me more than reminders of our cultural rot and esp when am man I so admire is vilified unjustly.
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Thanks Eric, if ever there were a column I would want on the RS Frontpage, it is this one. - God bless - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Wednesday, October 14th at 2:45PM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Excellent diary!!!!!
navychick1993 Wednesday, October 14th at 2:57PM EDT (link)Please know that I always enjoy reading your diaries. I always learn something new.
Ignorance comes in all shapes, sizes and colors.
American Exceptionalism
JLenardDetroit Wednesday, October 14th at 5:00PM EDT (link)American Exceptionalism is another GC must-read.
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+ 0bama Lies & your Bank acct will Die! (4/15 Truthers)
+ Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
+ I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” - a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Excellent job Mr. Gamecock...
discerningconservative Wednesday, October 14th at 3:05PM EDT (link)I got here to late to recommend it, but I will share it on Twitter and Digg.
Mike, Congrats . . .
mailloux Wednesday, October 14th at 3:16PM EDT (link)and well deserved/earned!
Excellent analysis and writing as usual . . . in my humble opinion (not worth much, but I’ll give it anyway), front page is an appropriate place for many of your fine articles. Keep them coming; we appreciate your work.
Take Care, mailloux
5555-nt
DONTREADONME Wednesday, October 14th at 3:49PM EDT (link)“The UN is right? you can’t be any more “un”; Than you are right now, the UN is undone, Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun, The threat is real, the Locust King has come, Don’t tell me the truth; I don’t like what they’ve done, Just give me ammo for the United Abominations”-Megadeth
Mike, this is a great post and I hope Rush sees it.
Cheryl Wednesday, October 14th at 3:17PM EDT (link)The reason I never write diaries is because someone always says it like would, only better and you just did. Judging from your timeline, you and I became Rush DHs about the same time. The event that solidified me in the right (not center right) was the Clarence Thomas hearings. Thanks, a job well done.
Great diary as always GC
Illinicon Wednesday, October 14th at 3:38PM EDT (link)Isnt ironic that once again the people who detest the current lack of civility and heated rhetoric our modern day politics are only adding to it. Really these libs should be ashamed.
Jindal/Thompson ‘12
Bringing clear Conservative change to America.
The left makes me very angry quite often but this ATTACK on Rush....
JadedByPolitics Wednesday, October 14th at 4:10PM EDT (link)is the WORST because it embodies everything WE already know about the leftist media and that is they are LIARS! They walk iin lockstep with the Democrats and the D’s don’t like Rush because he tells the TRUTH about them so their lapdogs ie: the leftist media are taking their cue’s from the D’s!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
With that we know why Rush has a big audience
Richard Mullins Wednesday, October 14th at 4:18PM EDT (link)because he speaks the truth. Really, he doesn’t make things up out of thin air like most if not all of the leftist media. We checks things out all the time. They are all jealous of Rush because of it. Too bad for them, people don’t have sympathy for whinners.
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This is probably one of the "perfect" examples of hypocrisy...
penguin2 Wednesday, October 14th at 4:33PM EDT (link)by the left that one could ever see. Because of the MSM control of the media and the message, they have been able to get away with it for decades. The Leftists have to scream racism to cover up their own. I had not realized how racist they were, until waking up and becoming much more observant of the political world.
The tragedy remains though, that the left is just using race to further their own agenda, having no genuine belief in anyone else except their own elitist aristocracy.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
5x5! Thsi is excellent... nt
danasdaddy Wednesday, October 14th at 4:25PM EDT (link)“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke
Congrats on your promotion, Mike
civil_truth Wednesday, October 14th at 4:37PM EDT (link)Hope to read it more thoughtfully when I have a bit more time.
And Rightly So!
Another great one, GC.
NightTwister Wednesday, October 14th at 4:43PM EDT (link)Thanks.
Get Connected in Colorado.
Outstanding diary Mike. You've mentioned before some...
penguin2 Wednesday, October 14th at 4:47PM EDT (link)of these moments that enlightened your path to conservatism. The incredible disservice the Left/Democrats do in their persistent racism meme, is shameful and a disgrace in this country.
I wonder if Rush realizes what a friend he has in you.
I’m glad you could write about it.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
thx pen2, and whether he knows Mike DeVine's name matters not
Mike gamecock DeVine Wednesday, October 14th at 9:27PM EDT (link)although if he offered me a job, I would hitchhike to get to Palm Beach. Yes, Rush is very important to me, esp given the particular circumstances of my life. more later
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
MLK's speech... Liberals focus on the "Cash This Check" part
JLenardDetroit Wednesday, October 14th at 5:11PM EDT (link)and twist it from meaning Debt of Past Sins to actual Full EQUALITY — to that of WELFARE CHECKS instead — of it while we (Conservatives/Republicans) focus on the correct “Content of Ones Character” meaning! As so many of us tried to get across during the Election (see also: some Recommended diaries (Racism and Race-baiting sections); 2008 Election Issues recap [with links] including the Freedom Works “Not This Time” Ad quoting King; the must-read: Tony Cruz’s But He’s Black!, and Neil’s - Dear 52, and GC’s American Exceptionalism).
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+ 0bama Lies & your Bank acct will Die! (4/15 Truthers)
+ Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
+ I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” - a Rush caller (other Quotes)
JLD, it pleases me greatly that you think so much of my Calvin, American exceptionalism column - thank you bro - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Wednesday, October 14th at 9:25PM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
MLK's speech... Liberals focus on the "Cash This Check" part
JLenardDetroit Wednesday, October 14th at 5:16PM EDT (link)and twist it from meaning Debt of Past Sins to actual Full EQUALITY — to that of WELFARE CHECKS instead — of it while we (Conservatives/Republicans) focus on the correct “Content of Ones Character” meaning! As so many of us tried to get across during the Election (see also: some Recommended diaries (Racism and Race-baiting sections); 2008 Election Issues recap [with links] including the Freedom Works “Not This Time” Ad quoting King; the must-read: Tony Cruz’s But He’s Black!, and Neil’s - Dear 52, and GC’s American Exceptionalism).
NFL: The Rush Rams They will sell Millions of Rams Jerseys with #1 and Limbaugh on the back - instant profitability
lol
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+ 0bama Lies & your Bank acct will Die! (4/15 Truthers)
+ Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
+ I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” - a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Dude!
Josh Painter Wednesday, October 14th at 6:33PM EDT (link)That was outstanding, Mike.
- JP
“An armed society is a polite society” - Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)
proud that you think so and took the time to say so - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Wednesday, October 14th at 9:23PM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
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This makes no logical sense.
baserunr Wednesday, October 14th at 7:18PM EDT (link)I remarked yesterday, here is a rich white guy. He wants to buy a business, and he will hire lots of collage age kids, many of them minorities, to do particular jobs. And most of these are good jobs, many paying in excess of a million dollars a year. They have fabulous health plans, and a retirement plan too. Many can retire in their early 30’s. Rush wants to do all of this, and he believes he can still realize a return on his investment. And for this he is considered a racist? Providing well-paying jobs to minority young adults who may not have even graduated college, and he is a racist?
That makes no logical sense!
“The day you think you know it all is the day your trouble starts.”
It's only racist because Rush or any conservative is
Richard Mullins Wednesday, October 14th at 7:26PM EDT (link)buying the team. If another leftist bought it, it wouldn’t be racist, which is why the word “Racist” is an abused word. It’s starting to lose it meaning and becoming one that means that anyone that doesn’t believe us leftists is a racist.
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A tragedy that Rush is being denied his dream - but the greater tragedy is the bastardization of King's dream
Mike gamecock DeVine Wednesday, October 14th at 7:52PM EDT (link)Yes, what the larger culture defines as racism is a crime against logic and good behavior. Conservatism is defined as racist per se, and the saddest part is that millions accept this as fact: they accept as part of conventional wisdom that Rush is racist. This is a great tragedy. It brings tears to my eyes. All I can do is write of my experience and try to reach the ignorant masses.
more later
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“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
they do accept it is as fact...
DONTREADONME Wednesday, October 14th at 7:56PM EDT (link)and that is my biggest disappointment in my countrymen. It is very sad and disheartening that a certain portion fo the population are Pavlov’s dog and when the bell rings Conservative their minds drool racism.
“The UN is right? you can’t be any more “un”; Than you are right now, the UN is undone, Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun, The threat is real, the Locust King has come, Don’t tell me the truth; I don’t like what they’ve done, Just give me ammo for the United Abominations”-Megadeth
Perhaps it's time Conservatism had a new handle?
OccamsRazor Thursday, October 15th at 12:34AM EDT (link)I’ll be brainstorming a new name. Pragmatism? I can just envision the offshoots…I’m a Pragmatist Realist! I’m not being facetious, I’m just wondering/amused in type.
For the First Time... (It's the Policies - STUPID!)
JLenardDetroit Thursday, October 15th at 2:37AM EDT (link)…Michelle Obama is “proud” of her Country!
…I weep over the degree of Politically Brain-dead that voted solely out of RACISM (Tony Cruz’s: But He’s Black) rather than the Content Of the Candidates Characters (American War Hero versus Radical with Terrorist friends ties that want to “Fundamentally CHANGE America” from its Founding principles).
It’s the POLICIES, STUPID Bas……s!
More….
Maher Race baiting w/ Wilson - Maher Race-baits the hook again
+Carter Race baiting - Yo Jimmy, it’s not that we think Blacks are “unfit to lead,” it is that LIBERALS can’t Govern!
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+ 0bama Lies & your Bank acct will Die! (4/15 Truthers)
+ Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
+ I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” - a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Jay-Z is part owner of some franchise, I understand
JLenardDetroit Thursday, October 15th at 2:28AM EDT (link)but I do not know which one… It is okay for a Rapper that enforces Negative Stereotypes of Blacks, speaks of N——s and Whores, Cop Killin’, etc…. and that is ALL A-OKAY!!!
Again, Lefty loons….. KEEP IT UP…. You’re doin’ the work of proving we’re right far beyond our wildest dreams!!!!
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+ 0bama Lies & your Bank acct will Die! (4/15 Truthers)
+ Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
+ I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” - a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Sincerely, Coleman Young, Mayor of Detroit 74-93
6eorge Jetson Thursday, October 15th at 3:12AM EDT (link)How’d the politics of retribution against “The Man” work out for the City of Detroit? Driving away business, one small business owner at a time.
I’m sure it was fun for those in power while it lasted, but trashing a significant source of your job providers doesn’t seem like such a good idea now, with the auto industry only a shadow of its former self.
Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years
It makes perfect sense when you realize that the left/Dems DON'T CARE ABOUT BLACKS, MINORITIES OR THE POOR - NT
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, October 15th at 9:50AM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Great diary, GC! nt
Sera63 Wednesday, October 14th at 10:31PM EDT (link)I wish I could recommend
aesthete Wednesday, October 14th at 11:23PM EDT (link)Great diary as usual, Mike!
Guilt is a rope that wears thin.
-Ayn Rand
“I am a freeman in a free state!”
-Last words of Dumnorix, chieftan of the Aedui, 54 BC
You could just digg it if you have a digg account. -nt-
Richard Mullins Wednesday, October 14th at 11:26PM EDT (link)For more on my views, go my wordpress site:
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For more on Happy jet airlines, go here:
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For a good dose of satire go here:
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For more of I like to do a lot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42008626@N03
"Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice". -nt
OccamsRazor Thursday, October 15th at 12:40AM EDT (link).
Spot on, GC, and well deserving ot the front page!
TNJim Thursday, October 15th at 12:49AM EDT (link)I don’t know if Erick would ever hold a vote for the next front page contributor but my nominees would be, in no particular order:
Mike “Gamecock” Devine.
Susannah
Mailloux
Art Chance
I’m sure there could be others but those 4 just popped up because of great research, experience in what they write about, and good writing.
“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane
"Of" not "ot"... dang typos. nt
TNJim Thursday, October 15th at 12:50AM EDT (link)“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane
THX TN - NT
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, October 15th at 9:51AM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Good Post!
CJB68 Thursday, October 15th at 7:13AM EDT (link)I’ve long considered the obvious hypocrisy by so-called “liberals” whose ideological extremism topped all concerns about said hypocrisy. Along with the uproar over the Philadelphia jounalists’ promotion of Donovan McNabb, this is a textbook example of how Rush Limbaugh is unjustly tarnished by Leftist media’s demonizing attacks. If only those with whom Rush was working to purchase the Rams had the same backbone that he did.
Delusional and Arrogant. The 2008 Democratic Presidential Ticket.
History
exprtwizard Thursday, October 15th at 12:28PM EDT (link)I would like to hear how the liberals apologize for the racist history of the Democratic Party. What you thought Abe Lincoln formed the KKK?
Next time you see a documentary about black history, count how many times you hear the Democrat party’s role mentioned prior to LBJ.
Slavery and the civil war? Yes but no mention of which party controlled the statehouses that voted for secession.
Jim Crow laws? Absolutely, but no mention of which party passed them, or which party enforced them at the local level.
Sheriffs turning a blind eye to Klan atrocities? It’s right there, but no mention of which party those sheriffs belonged. Plenty of pictures of fire hoses and police dogs being turned on civil rights protesters, no mention of the party affiliation of the sheriff who ordered it.
White prosecutors refusing to seek indictments, no mention of the party affiliation of the prosecutors.
Apparently, Black History is important, but not so important that we can upset the narrative.
I think the better way to attack the racism of the Dem Party is to focus on what they have done since 1965 - more
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, October 15th at 12:31PM EDT (link)later
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“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Yup, agree
Cheryl Thursday, October 15th at 12:48PM EDT (link)I’ll sign up for that!
Agreed,
exprtwizard Thursday, October 15th at 12:49PM EDT (link)but the left is always attempting to claim they are the only ones that champion civil rights and have always done so and Lincoln is their man even though he was a Republican…
thx cheryl and exp - we need to piont out their advocacy of race based policies and other policies that hurt minorities and the poor, in those terms - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, October 15th at 1:01PM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Mike - this was outstanding!
sermonfromthemount Thursday, October 15th at 1:10PM EDT (link)An absolutely outstanding article!! A written expression of thoughts by an intelligent and knowledgeable person has become a very rare event in recent time! The half-wits presently posing as writers in the media today are a disgrace to Journalism!! Thanks, Mike, for a breath of fresh air!!
thx sermonizer - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, October 15th at 5:50PM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Congrats Mike, good stuff
Warrior Thursday, October 15th at 3:51PM EDT (link)Actually, I’ve been a conservative since the Vietnam War and I find Limbaugh a little bit bombastic for my tastes. However, when I first heard him I cheered and I still do at times. He is not afraid to speak the truth and that is indeed rare these days. Good on him and you!
BTW, I wrote a diary which I considered a stinging indictment of libs who call folks “racist” entitled, “Who’s the Racist?”
In it I describe two men without labeling them, one of whom is me and one is a former friend of mine who gratuitously called me a “racist” because I disagreed with him on some stupid move by the local housing authority.
The upshot was that while castigating “greedy” conservatives, he makes a tidy profit renting low end apartments; while calling conservatives “racist” he lives in an all-white neighborhood and goes to an all white church; while bragging about his own “open-mindedness” to all and sundry, no one dare contradict his opinion or else.
On the other hand, my profession and lifestyle would give credence to assuming I was the stereotypical liberal - counselor, integrated church, integrated neighborhood, willing to hear all opinions, etc.
Indeed, the only real way to determine personal merit is by “the content of their character” — not out-dated, insulting, puerile and ultimately stupid labels.
“Attorney General Holder’s decision to re-open the criminal investigation creates an atmosphere of continuous jeopardy for those whose cases the Department of Justice had previously declined to prosecute.”
—–signed by former [CIA] directors Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, George Tenet, John Deutch, R. James Woolsey, William Webster and James R. Schlesinger.
Read http://www.redstate.com/warrior/ for insightful commentary on today’s events…
It's a matter of Principle
rosannagerbino Saturday, October 17th at 5:58AM EDT (link)Is it Racism or Liberalism? Is it Black against White? Like Fox News would
say, “We report, you decide.” I want to remind everyone, what happened
to Rush Limbaugh in New York State. Governor Patterson vindictively
singled out Rush Limbaugh as a resident of New York and raised his taxes
so he would move out of this state. Now, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and
others did everything in their POWER to prevent Mr. Limbaugh from buying into
a Football Team. What do you think is going on, America? They did this
just because they could. They have not proven any of the so-called Racist
remarks. Everything Rush Limbaugh has said over the years on the radio,
is documented, and other than Conservative views, none of those comments
were found in the archives. Maybe people like Jesse Jackson should stick
to shaking down Companies for money and get out of the Racism business.
I believe, even if Rush Limbaugh doesn’t need the money, he should not let
this go out of Principle because it appears they won’t stop pushing their
campaign against him.
Rosanna
60's system!
blondi2 Tuesday, November 3rd at 2:31PM EST (link)I don’t know how often most of you watch the news,but do you remember when Bill was in office,Hillery said quite frequently that Saul Alinsky was her mentor.She was in his class at college.He was a devout American hater.One of his ideas was to get in their face and call them names,intimidate and even attack if nessary.When you can’t win on the facts, that is all you can do.Don’t you notice that the Dems never want to debate?The reason is because they know they can’t win!They have trained college students ot protest anyone who comes on their campus,and not allow them to talk!They don’t even let college students decide for themselves.They ridicule them and embarrasthem in front of the whole class! They aren’t allowed to debate an issue at all!Our schools and colleges are just places of indoctronation, not ideas anymore!They are not allowed to debate anything the professors tell them! These teachers walk around like Gods! No one is allowed to have an idea of their own!You either believe their way or get humilated and even failed! The teachers are nothing more than bullies! The history books have been changed to fit their adjendia, not to tell the truth! If you think I am lieing just look at your childrens books some time. Our children can’t compete with other countries because they don’t educate, they indoctronate.I suggest that we don’t call them names ,just call them out for debates! If we do it enough times then our children will start to wonder why they won’t! I think this could work! Any feedback on that idea????