Why Rush left so quick?

[Homer12]

Quoted from CNN online article 10/02/03:

"My comments this past Sunday were directed at the media and were not racially motivated," Limbaugh said in a statement. "I offered an opinion. This opinion has caused discomfort to the crew, which I regret.

So the crew he worked with on ESPN countdown probably said that either Rush goes or THEY go.

So if his comments were not racially motivated, why did he make them in the first place if they were about race? Rush, thanks for falling on your sword, unfoutunatly you didn't do it long enough to help Bush and his administration out.

[RobertSeattle]

1. I agree

If Rush was "so right" about what he said, shouldn't he have stuck around and defended it like a mature adult? But, I guess I just answered my own question.

[onehandle]

2. This was clearly damage control on his part...

Between the Racist thing and the drug thing his reputation was on the line. (I can't believe I said this with a straight face)

Seriously, He wanted it out of the news as soon as possible. He hopes it will be forgotten by the next news cycle. Sadly, Treasongate and the California Theft will erase this quickly.

[neebob]

3. I'm guessing it has more to do with the drug story

than the comments about McNabb. Wait 'til Hannity and the rest of them get going on the politics of personal destruction. Or maybe they'll get wise to the fact they're just as vulnerable. Is it too much to hope they all get bullied into shutting up like the entertainers who spoke out against the war?

[walkon]

4. I was surpised to HEAR that he resigned.

Until I saw all the stuff about drugs. I think that explains it.

[glarius]

5. Now he's involved in an investigation of an illegal drug bust in Florida!

Just saw something about it on CNN...Couldn't happen to a nicer "big fat" racist!...

[LynneSin]

6. He could have criticized the media without using the race issue

"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well," Limbaugh said. "There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."

I've been an Eagles fan since before Randall Cunningham first came into this league (1985). Although African American quarterbacks were few and far between in 1986, the year that Cunningham became their fulltime starter at QB, we heard all that crap back then. And believe me, we did hear it in the Media all the time about whether African American Quarterbacks could make it in the league. When Doug Williams, not only a Superbowl winning QB but MVP of that game, was asked that infamous question of "How long have you been a Black Quarterback" you would have thought that this issue was finally resolved, dead, buried and on to the next subject

But remember, Rush Limbaugh is not the real media, he is the "Media as he interprets it", which is why suddenly this whole issue has been resurfaced again. Rush could have made that same exact statement and dropped off the reference to skin color and still have made an extremely valid point. Maybe the media was giving McNabb too much credit and maybe the Eagles keys to success the past years has been our defense. I think that would have been a valid argument especially since the Eagles have lost some key players on both offense and defense these past 2 years which have hurt their overall play these first 3 game. Our offense isn't protecting McNabb and the Defense isn't stopping the other teams offense.

Since Randall Cunningham first came to Philadelphia back in 1985, the Eagles have almost gotten immune to the whole race thing with Quarterbacks. We had 2 major quarterbacks playing for us in the past 18 years and even in the years between Cunningham and McNabb (1995-99), we had a series of QB attempt to take over including a third African-American QB (Rodney Peete lasted a year). Personally, us Philly fans don't care what color the skin of our quarterback is - we just want one who can win us a Super Bowl.


However, thanks to ESPN we've been able to make a serious dent in the credibility of Rush Limbaugh. He may have 17million listeners but about 2/3rds are hardcore neo-cons 'dittoheads' who actually think this squealer speaks the truth and the other third are liberal thinkers who are probably copying down the names of all his sponsers to boycott. But Rush has always represented the lead shrill of neo-conservatives shrills like Hannity, Savage, Coulter, et al and folks, we've just watched the King take a mighty tumble on a National TV show watched by people who may not have any interests whatsoever in politics but are smart enough to recoginize that the old "Black QB" pandering is just wrong.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. One Nit To Pick

For the 10th time, Limbaugh does not have 17 million listeners. The show is five days a week, and this figure is not the average daily listener number. It's the weekly cumsum. The average is about 3.4 million per day, and of those, at least 10% are what Arbitron terms "passive listeners". (The guy who works at the body shop where a coworker listens to Limbaugh, but wouldn't turn it on of his own accord.)

So, the real dedicated listener base is about 3.1 million.

I just hate to see DU'ers spread Limbaugh's propaganda for him.
The Professor

[Avatar13]

8. When you see the writing on the wall ("Rail Jush")...

... it's best to let successive pieces of shit hit the fan simultaneously and let the smaller of the two (hate-tv football) be obscured by the larger one (addictiongate). The one full of it is now covered with it.

[zbdent]

9. Maybe ESPN has a random drug-testing policy

and Rush just found out about it.

[StaggerLee]

11. Somebody's been suckin' on the glass dick at ESPN

For hiring him in the first place.

[stopbush]

10. He quit ESPN to save his radio gig

Had ESPN been forced to fire him over racist remarks, then the radio syndicate would have had to do the same. By resigning, pig boy hopes to nip it in the bud. Unfortunately for him, there's even worse coming over the hill.

Goodbye, you big, stinking pile of sh*t!!