Quotes of the day

Just so everyone is clear on what Rush originally said about Donovan McNabb, here’s a portion of one of his shows in which Limbaugh revisits it in 2007, five years after the incident:

The Media Made McNabb a Victim
September 18, 2007

RUSH: Yeah. Now, of course politics is back on ESPN. I guess it’s okay now, even though I didn’t even get into politics with this original comment. So I received this e-mail early this morning when I got up to prepare for the program today. Here’s the headline: “McNabb Tells HBO That Race is an Issue at Quarterback Position.” Uhhhh, okay. Uh, what was it I originally said? What I originally said was that I thought McNabb was a little overrated, and that the defense of the Eagles was not getting the credit they deserved for the Eagles’s performance, because the media — a bunch of social liberals in the sports media, like everywhere else in the media — have a desire for black quarterbacks to do well. From that, a five-year firestorm has erupted that has created a victim out of Donovan McNabb, and now he’s on HBO tonight on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel talking about how race is an issue at quarterback. James Brown is the interviewer. He asks McNabb about how people perceive him as a quarterback, alluding to the lack of African-Americans at the position, because some people thought they weren’t smart enough.

“There’s not that many African-American quarterbacks, so we have to do a little bit extra. Because the percentage of us playing this position, which people didn’t want us to play … is low, so we do a little extra. I pass for 300 yards, our team wins by seven, ‘Ah, he could’ve made this throw, they would have scored if he did this.’”

Brown says, “Doesn’t every quarterback go through that?”

McNabb says, “Not everybody,”

So he’s playing the victim card here, and it’s a sad thing to see. Performance is colorblind, folks. Ask Tiger Woods! Tiger Woods is universally adored and admired because he’s an incredible talent. It’s the same thing with Michael Jordan and the same thing with Hank Aaron. You can go on down the list. I tell you, if I were a white quarterback in the NFL, or if I were Hispanic — and Jeff Garcia is — I’d get sick and tired of this whining about race that McNabb has now been lured into by the Drive-By Media. He’s rich, and he’s a very celebrated guy, but he’s a victim. You don’t hear Tiger Woods talk about this because he performs.

Anyone who has listened to Limbaugh’s programs for as many years as I have can attest to the fact that there is not one ounce of prejudice or racism in his being. It’s the Libs/MSM/Progs who are hell bent on destroying him that take everything he says that even remotely refers to African-Americans and distorts it to have racial overtones.

KendraWilder on October 11, 2009 at 11:25 PM