In WSJ Limbaugh Blasts 'Contempt in News Business for Conservatives,' It 'Reflects Blind Hatred'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... An excerpt from “The Race Card, Football and Me: My critics would have you believe no conservative meets NFL 'standards,'” Limbaugh's piece to run in the Saturday/Sunday, October 17-18 Wall Street Journal: ...

The Truth: Rush Speaks Out About Rams Controversy
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Wall Street Journal: David Checketts, an investor and owner of sports teams, approached me in late May about investing in the St. Louis Rams football franchise. As a football fan, I was intrigued. I invited him to my home where we discussed it further. Even after informing him that some people might try to make an issue of my participation, Mr. Checketts said he didn’t much care. I accepted his offer. It didn’t take long before my name was selectively leaked to the media as part of the Checketts investment group. Shortly ...

Limbaugh Responds To Critics In WSJ
Riehl World View — ... Unfortunately for Conor with one N, he didn't quite make the list of critics Rush Limbaugh chooses to address here. Read the whole thing. This most certainly qualifies as a low point for media, sports and a diseased, politically correct culture run amok. And one can blame the Left, not the Right and surely not Rush Limbaugh, for that sad state. ...

The Dance that Failed
Theo Spark — ... 2006. So this is much more than a standard SEC civil charge. Obama Donor Arrested for Insider Trading Matthew Vadum: Is Al Gore Evil, or Just Wrong? IBD: Selling China the Rope to Hang Us James Taranto on Andrew Breitbart: Taking on the Democratic-Media Complex Victor Davis Hanson: Obama's Theorems are Buggers (What would Thalia say?) Rush Limbaugh: The Race Card, Football, and Me More idealistic hijinx at Washington ...

WSJ: Rush Fights Back, Points Fingers and Names Accusers Who Attributed False Quotes
Say Anything — ... In a Wall Street Journal editorial Rush Limbaugh not only reacted to the people who attributed several blatantly false quotes to him, he names them directly and by name. He also points out that at least two of them, professional race baiters Sharpton and Jackson, live in very transparent glass houses: ...

Keeping the pity party going
Political Animal — KEEPING THE PITY PARTY GOING.... Investors hoping to purchase the St. Louis Rams football franchise decided this week they didn't want to hang out with Rush Limbaugh anymore. In a ...

IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Rush Limbaugh Responds to His Critics. Numerous sportswriters, CNN, …
Instapundit — IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Rush Limbaugh Responds to His Critics. Numerous sportswriters, CNN, MSNBC, among others, falsely attributed to me statements I had never made. Their sources, as best I can tell, were Wikipedia and each other. But the Wikipedia post was based on a fabrication printed in a book that also lacked any citation to an actual source. I never said I supported slavery and I never praised James Earl Ray. How sick would that be? Just as sick as those who would use such outrageous slanders against me or anyone else who never ...

Aristotle and Rush
what if? — ... Rush Limbaugh himself expounds on what happened to him vis a vis a potential bid to purchase an NFL team.  Even if you are not a Rush fan - how would you like it if you were smeared by libelous quotes you'd never uttered? ...

Source of Limbaugh Smears is Far Left Firm
Gateway Pundit — ... have noted this in various forums, no one seems to have made the connection that this IP address is used as a gateway by the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (see here, for example) that all users from that IP address come from the pbwt.com domain.)" The law firm has a history of supporting several far left causes and donated big to the Obama campaign. Plus-- Rush responded to the state-run media's smear machine today in the Wall Street Journal, via Instapundit: Numerous sportswriters, CNN, ...

The latest on the Rush/NFL drama – and what it means for conservatism
Sister Toldjah — ... In an opinion piece published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, Rush provides a mini-recap of the week’s events, and how it came to be that he was forced out of the Rams bid from David Checketts (via ...

Sharpton pondering lawsuit against Limbaugh
News — ... The latest spat between the two public figures concerns an op-ed Limbaugh published in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday morning. In it, the radio host fires back at critics who said Limbaugh was too divisive to become owner of the St. Louis Rams' football franchise -- an argument advanced most vocally by Sharpton, who even wrote a letter to the league commissioner last week asking him to reject Limbaugh's bid. ...

Sharpton threatens suit against Limbaugh
The Political Carnival — ... In the op-ed published in Saturday's Wall Street Journal Limbaugh writes Sharpton "played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews ‘diamond merchants’) and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot." [...] ...

Comedy Gold: Al Sharpton Threatens to Sue Rush Limbaugh
JammieWearingFool — ... officials discovered that the store's sprinkler had been shut down, in violation of the local fire code.[54] Sharpton claimed that the perpetrator was an open critic of himself and his nonviolent tactics. Sharpton later expressed regret for making the racial remark, "white interloper," and denied responsibility for inflaming or provoking the violence .[13][55] Sharpton may as well have put the gun and flammable liquid in this maniac's hand, but denied responsibility, of course. Here's the Limbaugh piece from the WSJ . Labels: ...

More On Rush & Race
Dr. Melissa Clouthier — Rush defended himself, as expected, handily in his Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday. Here’s a bit: The sports media elicited comments from a handful of players, none of whom I can recall ever meeting. Among other things, at least one said he would never play for a team I was involved in given my racial views. My racial views? You mean, my belief in a colorblind society where every individual is treated as a precious human being without regard to his race? Where football players should earn as much as they can and keep as much as they can, ...

Rush Limbaugh Op-Ed in WSJ on NFL Racebaiting
Flopping Aces — CNN spent more time fact checking a Saturday Night Live skit critical of Obama than they did the phony quotes attributed to Rush. Here’s Rush’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. You’ll want to read it all. Here’s the closing: As I explained on my radio show, this spectacle is bigger than I am on several levels. There is a contempt in the news business, including the sportswriter community, for conservatives that reflects the blind hatred espoused by Messrs. Sharpton and Jackson. “Racism” is too often ...

Iraq Contracts With China and Britain, Dancing With the Detainees
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man — Kathleen Parker Steve Coll Daniel Gordis Rush Limbaugh "On any given day, life in the nation's capital feels like being trapped in an "Animal House" sequel -- with less-funny people."   - Kathleen Parker "If we stopped today, this legislative session would have been one of the most productive in a generation -- if we just stopped. But we didn't want to stop," - Barack Obama ...

Rush Limbaugh: I'm a Victim
Little Green Footballs — Here’s Rush Limbaugh in the Wall Street Journal, attempting to divert attention away from his numerous documented racist and race-baiting remarks: Rush Limbaugh: The Race Card, Football and Me. For some reason, he thinks a good way to defend himself is to attack Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Jackson and Sharpton are demagogues, to be sure, who have both made their own controversial statements, but it’s no excuse at all to say, “They did it too.” Limbaugh denies making two of the comments attributed to him, but blithely ...

A quote “too good to check,” or, the prejudices of left-wing pundits
GayPatriot — ... think they’re racists!  They rush to report the quotes attributed to Limbaugh before (and without) having “sufficient knowledge” of the facts.  They base their hostility against Rush on his supposed characteristics.  There is no evidence from any of his public statements (delivered 3 hours a day, five days a week for twenty-odd years now) and writings that he supports slavery or defends the man who murdered Martin Luther King, Jr. As Rush himself said: I never said I supported slavery and I never praised ...

Miller Time
Jules Crittenden — ... Moving description of gross injustice and a wholesome expression of American values in the Wall Street Journal . It’s Rush Limbaugh, about the slanderous attacks and discriminatory treatment he faced when he tried to exercise his right as an American to engage in a lawful business venture. It would be fun to watch him sue the NFL, Sharpton, Jackson and his erstwhile partners for discrimination and defamation. But that would be lowering himself to their level. Hey, where’s the ACLU on this, anyway? A moe grownup way of addressing it would be for the post-racial president to ...

The Reverend Al Sharpton: Take Back Those Libelous Things You Said About Me, Rush Limbaugh, Or I'll Sue
Ace of Spades HQ — ... over his failed attempt to purchase a piece of the St. Louis Rams. Sharpton "played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews 'diamond merchants') and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot," Limbaugh wrote. ... Limbaugh "has the right to criticize Rev. Sharpton, but he does not have the right to accuse him of criminal activity," the Sharpton statement said. Limbaugh's column, defending himself and attacking the race-riot enthusiast Sharpton, is is here. Having brought me into his group, Mr. Checketts now wanted a way out. He asked me to ...

Reverend Not So Slim Shady Threatens To Sue Limbaugh
Riehl World View — ... Good luck with this one, clown. But then, Al "not so slim shady" Sharpton is probably only looking at some press and raising more money over it than anything else. From Rush Limbaugh's WSJ item: It didn't take long before my name was selectively leaked to the media as part of the Checketts investment group. Shortly thereafter, the media elicited comments from the likes of Al Sharpton. In 1998 Mr. Sharpton was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay $65,000 for falsely accusing a New York prosecutor of rape in the 1987 Tawana ...

Self-Described Troublemaker Whines because People think he's a Troublemaker
skippy the bush kangaroo — What ever happened to personal accountability? After years of insisting that America would be better if people took responsibility for their actions, it turns out Rush Limbaugh won't do it himself. It's another case of Do as I Whine, Not As I Do: ...

Al Sharpton is threatening to sue Rush Limbaugh for defamation? But that's what Rush wants, isn't it?
Althouse — ... So Rush writes this op-ed in the WSJ. Go over there and read the details about his thwarted investment in the St. Louis Rams. I just want to focus on what he said about Al Sharpton, who was one of the key people who made a conspicuous fuss about Limbaugh: ...

Al Sharpton Considering Lawsuit Against Rush Limbaugh
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney — ... Rush Hilariously Counterproductive Thanks in advance, Al "Voluntary Coast Guard" Sharpton, for what could prove to be the trial of the century. Just imagine the Tawana Brawley huckster placing himself in the position of having to be deposed by Rush Limbaugh's attorneys and the hilarity that would ensue. That's why Sharpton's threat of litigation against El Rushbo based on the latter's assertions made in a weekend Wall Street Journal Op-Ed ultimately won't amount to much. ...

Al Sharpton Threatens Defamation Lawsuit Against Rush Limbaugh
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — After participating in a smear campaign that removed Rush Limbaugh from possible ownership of the St. Louis Rams, Al Sharpton is threatening the conservative talk radio host with a defamation lawsuit for his op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal Saturday. In the article titled "The Race Card, Football and Me," Limbaugh wrote: In 1998 Mr. Sharpton was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay $65,000 for falsely accusing a New York prosecutor of rape in the 1987 Tawana Brawley case. He also played a ...

Al Sharpton, bring it on!
Betsy's Page — ... against Rush Limbaugh for Rush's reference in Rush's WSJ column to Sharpton's role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot. Here is what Rush wrote: Shortly thereafter, the media elicited comments from the likes of Al Sharpton. In 1998 Mr. Sharpton was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay $65,000 for falsely accusing a New York prosecutor of rape in the 1987 Tawana Brawley case. He also played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews "diamond merchants") and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot. Now, ...

Sunday open thread
Michelle Malkin — Busy with family. Throwing out a couple discussion topics: * What good is an “opposition” party that wants to elect its own worst opponents? Related: Where is Sarah Palin? * Rush shreds the RAAAAAAACIST card. Related: First newspaper retracts fake RAAAACIST Rush quotes. * Out: Dissent is patriotic! In: Fox News Channel’s dissenting anchors are unpatriotic ! * ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief : “The more I spoke about Obama and the Democrats part in the ACORN scandal, the more I drifted away from the ...

Lucky Al
Power Line — ... In his Wall Street Journal column titled The Race Card, Football and Me, Rush Limbaugh noted the absurdity of reporters' seeking comment on his involvement in a potential NFL owners' group from Al Sharpton: ...

America in the Age of Obama
Doug Ross @ Journal — Dan from New York writes : They said after Bush left office we'd find out we were flirting with soft fascism. And they were right! WSJ, 10/17/09 Rush Limbaugh: The Race Card, Football and Me ...intimidation tactics are working and spreading, and they are a cancer on our society. WSJ, 10/17/09 ...

Fox and Friends “Heart” Rush
News Hounds — ... Of course, Limbaugh rose to his own defense in a Wall Street Journal editorial, saying: “I never said I supported slavery and I never praised James Earl Ray. How sick would that be?” ...

Larwyn's Linx: The CAIR Intern Who Came In From the Cold
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... Beware the MSM Spin : RSM Economy This doesn't sound like confidence : InstaPundit Runaway Debt? : Corporate Justice Easy-money mortgages: still provided by the Fed : Times Kenny and the American Way : AT (Marcus) Teachers' Unions Uneasy with President Obama : Politico The "Zimbabwe-isation" of the capital markets : MoneyRunner The Economic Issues of e-Politics : Riehl The Lucrative Business of Racism : AT Media The Race Card, Football and Me : Limbaugh Defending the ...

Diversionary Tactics Aside, It's Clear Rush Limbaugh Is A Racist
Open Left - Front Page — ... "Numerous sportswriters, CNN, MSNBC, among others, falsely attributed to me statements I had never made. Their sources, as best I can tell, were Wikipedia and each other...I never said I supported slavery and I never praised James Earl Ray. How sick would that be? Just as sick as those who would use such outrageous slanders against me or anyone else who never even thought such things." - Rush Limbaugh, 10/17/09 ...

David Sirota: Diversionary Tactics Aside, The Tapes Make Clear Rush Limbaugh Is A Racist
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... "Numerous sportswriters, CNN, MSNBC, among others, falsely attributed to me statements I had never made. Their sources, as best I can tell, were Wikipedia and each other...I never said I supported slavery and I never praised James Earl Ray. How sick would that be? Just as sick as those who would use such outrageous slanders against me or anyone else who never even thought such things." - Rush Limbaugh, 10/17/09 ...

The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York
Commondreams.org Views — ... to let an anti-abortion dissident, Gov. Robert Casey of Pennsylvania, speak at the 1992 Clinton convention now routinely banish any dissenters in their own camp. These conservatives’ whiny cries of victimization also parrot a tic they once condemned in liberals. After Rush Limbaugh was booted from an ownership group bidding on the St. Louis Rams, he moaned about being done in by the “race card.” What actually did him in, of course, was the free-market American capitalism he claims to champion. Limbaugh didn’t understand that in an increasingly diverse nation, profit-seeking ...

"The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York" — Frank Rich makes it all sound so scary.
Althouse — ... afield, and I'm manufacturing what could be perceived as evidence that we wingers are crazy. So let me, at long last, bring this post in for a landing. With something positive. Because, you know, we right-wing ideologues are an optimistic bunch. I want to compliment Rich — and the NYT — for studding the column with hyperlinks, many of which send us away from the NYT website. For example, when Rich attributes "whiny cries of victimization" to Rush Limbaugh, there is a link to Limbaugh's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Maybe some NYT readers who would never listen to the ...

Political Cannibalism
The Moderate Voice — ... These conservatives’ whiny cries of victimization also parrot a tic they once condemned in liberals. After Rush Limbaugh was booted from an ownership group bidding on the St. Louis Rams, he moaned about being done in by the “race card.” What actually did him in, of course, was the free-market American capitalism he claims to champion. Limbaugh didn’t understand that in an increasingly diverse nation, profit-seeking N.F.L. franchises actually want to court black ticket buyers, not drive them away. ...

Frank Rich on GOP Stalinist Purges
Blog For Arizona — ... These conservatives’ whiny cries of victimization also parrot a tic they once condemned in liberals. After Rush Limbaugh was booted from an ownership group bidding on the St. Louis Rams, he moaned about being done in by the “race card.” What actually did him in, of course, was the free-market American capitalism he claims to champion. Limbaugh didn’t understand that in an increasingly diverse nation, profit-seeking N.F.L. franchises actually want to court black ticket buyers, not drive them away. ...