Yes, I love the NFL and yes, I’m glad that Rush Limbaugh will not be a minority owner of the St. Louis Rams.  But I do want to clarify my position, which I failed to completely explain when we discussed Limbaugh getting drop-kicked by the prospective ownership group on the show last Friday.

At issue are misquotes of Limbaugh on race and slavery that were spread by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton and others.  A caller asked me how I would feel if someone spread lies about me, causing me to lose my job or not be hired in the first place.  My response was, inadequately, that Rush Limbaugh is hardly hurting.  While that’s true, my point was that it wasn’t the lies spread about Limbaugh that sunk his attempt at NFL ownership.  It was the fact that he is an extremely controversial figure and the NFL shies away from that type of controversy.  To assume that the head of the prospective ownership group fell for the misquotes lock, stock and barrel, and was simply duped by Jackson and others is nonsense. 

Limbaugh is hardly Mr. Sensitive when it comes to racial issues (think “Barack the Magic Negro.”  Nope, no racial insensitivity there).  When Colin Powell endorsed Obama’s White House bid, Limbaugh said it was “all about race.”  But his rantings are never about race!?  Everyone is obsessed about race except Rush?  Puleeze.  

Poor Rich White Guy.  Limbaugh would look a lot better if he didn’t blame his opponents everytime he suffers a set-back.  Rather, he should be an adult and state that “not everybody embraces my views, but I have a right to them and I’m happy to take my lumps for expressing them.”