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donotpassgo Donating Member (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:06 PM
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Rocker defends Limbaugh comments
Leave it to John Rocker to come out in defense of Rush Limbaugh.
"All I will say, is people need stop being so sensitive," Rocker said while appearing on Sporting News Radio's Peter Brown Show. "(Rush) wasn't trying to physically hurt or mentally hurt Donovan McNabb. I mean, he just wasn't doing it. I know Donovan is probably a little upset by it, but that certainly wasn't (Rush's) his intent. He has been a journalist and newsman long enough to know better than to intentionally, blatantly make a comment like that to intentionally offend somebody."

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article at: http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=1716480
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:08 PM
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1. Yeah, theres a guy you want defending you on charges
of racism.
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:09 PM
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2. LOL.. if you wrote this stuff in a book - no one would believe it.
hahahahah
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:49 PM
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17. Bwa ha ha ha ha!!!
I mean really.... I would expect the subject line for this story in the Lounge, but in real life?

Who's next? :)
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:10 PM
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3. With friends like that...
LOL!
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ploppy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:11 PM
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4. Well
what can you expect from that spam sucking trailer trash?
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:41 PM
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15. don't make fun of spam sucking trailer trash
we're people too

:bounce:
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:11 PM
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5. Rush A Journalist And Newsman?
Only on Faux....
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jeanmarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:44 PM
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16. "journalist and newsman?"
bwahahahahahahahahahaha! Alert Rocker's college and revoke the degrees from every student that year!
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:13 PM
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tee hee
Is this for real, or do you think someone slipped a satire onto the Fox Sports website?


that sound you hear is rush clapping his hand over rocker's fat mouth
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trapper914 Donating Member (796 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:13 PM
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6. Someone may need to tell Rocker...
...Rush is neither a journalist nor a newsman. He's a talk show host, you racist, homophobe hick!
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soupkitchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:13 PM
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7. If John Rocker actually said of Rush
"He has been a journalist and newsman long enough to know better than to intentionally, blatantly make a comment like that to intentionally offend somebody." then he's maybe the stupidest man in the world. Just plain stupid.

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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:13 PM
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8. "Birds of a feather..."
I have to believe even Pigboy is thinking:

"Ummm.... thanks Johnny, but..."
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Another Bill C. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:14 PM
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9. A journalist?
Rocker on Rush Limbaugh: "He has been a journalist and newsman long enough...."

If he's a journalist or newsman, I'm a brain surgeon. He's no more than a hack for conservative interests.
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Brucey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:18 PM
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10. What Rush said:
Blacks are inferior. That's why they can't be good quarterbacks. The media is so liberal and politically correct that they will not admit this. So, the media has overrated black quarterbacks.

Okay, he didn't say that verbatim; but when you de-code it, that's what he said. He disguised it as if it was about football or McNabb or the media. But I know what message the rednecks and bigots got from Rush's comments. For decades I've heard them say that blacks aren't smart enough to play quarterback. Just as I've heard them say that a woman isn't smart enough or tough enough to be president. Just as I've heard them say Jews control the media and banks. Just as I've heard them say Muslims are primitive warmongers. And so on. These jerks insult a whole group of people then look innocent and ask, "But what have I done wrong? I was just saying... blah, blah, blah." Ask a redneck what Rush meant.
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donotpassgo Donating Member (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:30 PM
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13. Also it was a jab at Affirmative Action
SEE what it gets you...underrated black players being propped up by the liberal system.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:25 PM
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11. Limba "a journalist and newsman"?
Dittoheads.

Hitler was a philosopher and poet, as well, you know.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:28 PM
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12. It's likely
they would have embraced Hitler, too — even after the world found out he was killing people.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:39 PM
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14. LOL
this is the last person I would want defending me if I was accused of making racist comments

when do we hear from David Duke and Jesse Helms on the issue?
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MoonAndSun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 05:49 PM
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18. John and Rush sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g........
LOL, maybe they can get together and comiserate about how all those awful "liberals" have got it in for them! :nopity:
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LosinIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 06:20 PM
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19. Oh, John Rocker, I was thinking it would be Nugent
sometimes I can't figure out why my mind works like that.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 08:57 PM
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23. Me too!
My first thought was "Which rocker?" Of course Ted Nugent!

Scary to think that someone else's mind works like yours, isn't it? :)
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 06:32 PM
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20. J. Rocker Defends Limbaugh. David Duke Must Be Next In Line.
With Trent Lott not far behind.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 06:43 PM
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21. hahahahah
Sure, John. This'll give your friend Rushbo a real hand.
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Pallas180 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 08:28 PM
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22. This is like the Godfather kissing you on the mouth - Rocker just gave
Rush the "kiss of death" - of course he's too stupid to
know it, but Rush isn't too stupid to know it.....he's reaching
for his oxycontin right now.....

BWAAAAAAAAhaha
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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 09:00 PM
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24. Why don't these people "get it"?
There should not be ONE single person defending his racist statement for God's sake!
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idadem Donating Member (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 09:24 PM
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25. Alan Colmes just defended him. n/t
n/t
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LevChernyi Donating Member (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 09:47 PM
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26. Alan Colmes..
probably thinks the 13th amendment is unconstitional because it deprived southern plantation owners of their property without due process.
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kysrsoze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 10:56 PM
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27. You gotta be fuckin' kidding me. Oh, and look: Fox Sports reported it!
This is ridiculous.
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HootieMcBoob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 11:05 PM
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28. Let's hope that Rush's career follows the same trajectory
that Rocker's career has since the SI article. He was one of the elite closers in baseball when he gave that interview. Now I'm not even sure if he still has a career in the minor leagues. He's gone. Nuff said.
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TennesseeWalker Donating Member (925 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 11:11 PM
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29. Well, Rocker fixed that problem.
Rush must really feel good having someone with so much credibility speaking out in his favor. :)

Now, Ozzy Osborne can do him the same favor over the drug deals. :)
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SideshowScott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 11:21 PM
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30. Wow with freinds like Rocker to defend you...
Who needs us libs to show what a racist pig you are....
We knew about rush and his racist ways..We told ESPN about it..They didnt listen..Now they have egg on its face..I dont feel sorry for ESPN or Rush at all
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Voltaire99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-03-03 01:51 AM
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31. Shit attracts flies. (n/t).
.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-03-03 01:53 AM
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32. RUSH LIMBAUGH IS NOT A JOURNALIST
Journalists don't get paid to spout off bullshit
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