Posts Tagged ‘msnbc’

Dan Calabrese

I guess it’s no wonder so many people are buying the insinuation that Rush Limbaugh is a racist – a notion that is fueling opposition to his quest to buy the St. Louis Rams.

If Limbaugh had really uttered the following quotes, it would be hard to deny that he is a racist:

Where there's smoke, there's . . . smoke.

• “I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.”

• “You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray (the murderer of Martin Luther King Jr.). We miss you, James. Godspeed.”

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Jamie Weinstein

Rachel Maddow: Every member of every country that was in the finals sent a head of government or a head of state…

Mike Murphy:  But there’s a difference, Rachel. The president of the United States is a special category of one, and you don’t put a president in that position…

Rachel Maddow:  Sure.  And tell a Spaniard that King Carlos is second rate…

The more you don't know . . .

Mike Murphy:  King Carlos knows deep down he’s second rate to the president of the United States…

Discussion (edited for clarity and brevity) on President Barack Obama’s trip to Copenhagen, Meet the Press, October 4, 2009,

It is unlikely one would have to convince Spanish King Juan Carlos that he is not as significant an international figure as any American president. Unlike MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow, the Spanish King is surely fully aware of this reality. Most world leaders understand this implicitly with the possible exception of megalomaniac dictators and sometimes French presidents. But deep down, even these exceptions aren’t really exceptions.

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