Limbaugh? Libel? Spare me, crybaby
Limbaugh May Have Grounds for Libel Suit, Legal Analysts Say
Rush Limbaugh, who saw his bid to co-own a National Football League team sacked partly because of quotes he purportedly made regarding slavery, could have grounds for a libel suit, legal experts told Foxnews.com.
The conservative radio host was dropped on Wednesday from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Dave Checketts, chairman of the St. Louis Blues hockey team, who is leading the effort to buy the NFL team, said Limbaugh was dropped from the group after his involvement in the process became a “complication and a distraction.”
Limbaugh’s role in the potential sale became the target of liberals on Monday when reports surfaced on news organizations including CNN, MSNBC and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the radio personality once said that slavery “had its merits.”
“Slavery built the South,” Limbaugh was reported to have said. “I’m not saying we should bring it back. I’m just saying it had its merit. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.”
Limbaugh has repeatedly denied making the statement. On his radio show on Wednesday, he said, “They continue to spread the false, fabricated quotes and lies, and people continue to comment on them. So I’m faced with the dilemma, what do I do with this?”</em>
For one thing, you are probably glad they didn’t object to these quotes:
The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.
or maybe:
They’re 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?
And who can forget “Barack, The Magic Negro”?
Libel? The absolute last place Rush Limbaugh wants to find himself is in a courtroom, defending his odious hate speech (and I don’t mean “hate speech” in an actionable way, keep your pants on, Oopbar) against people who are exercising their right to do with their property as they see fit. Namely, they are voting with their money not to have anything to do with this fearmongering, racist jackass.
Rush Limbaugh has every right in the world to dribble out his insane, race hating gibberish. He also has the right, just like we all do, to suffer societies condemnation of it.
Suck it up, fat boy. I know it stings, but getting reminded that outside the pure white cocoon of your radio audience, the rest of the world thinks you’re a loathsome piece of shit that they don’t want to be associated with is the price you pay for being…Rush Limbaugh.
Fuck off.
