I guess Rush Limbaugh has just announced that he will vote for whatever white candidate is on the ticket. According to News One:
Right wing talk show host, Rush Limbaugh reiterated what he said during the 2008 Election when he said that Powell supported the candidate Barack Obama “because he’s Black” on his radio show.
After Colin Powell told CBS News “Face The Nation” that he wasn’t sure who he was going to vote for in the 2012 Election, Limbaugh said on his radio show that Powell will vote for President Obama in 2012 because “melanin is thicker than water.”
Colin Powell is one of the most respected military and political leaders of our time. He has served his nation in time of war as a general and again as Secretary of State under George W. Bush. He is hardly ‘wink wink nudge nudge’ material.
Using Limbaugh logic (is that an oxymoron?), the United States must have a great many more blacks than are showing up on the census in order for Obama to ever have been elected in the first place if “melanin is thicker than water.” Perhaps Limbaugh is math challenged.
This kind of thinking is popping up in all sorts of places. Rush was actually a little kinder than a couple of the local blogs here in Prince William County who have busied themselves with making fun of those individuals and organizations supporting local “minority” candidates for office. I suppose they forget that PWC is now a majority-minority county. As of 2008, about 10% of the counties in the United States were designated at majority-minority which simply means that non-Hispanic whites are less than 49% of the population. More areas are joining those majority-minority ranks, according to today’s Washington Post.
I would hate to see our elections break down along racial lines, especially our local elections. Locally, some groups seem to have little compunction against name-calling and finger pointing if the candidates aren’t “their brand.” Perhaps some of the blogs need to stick to topic and issues rather than trying to hang labels on certain candidates.
Ever since Rush Limbaugh showed his very cruel inner being when he made fun of Michael J Fox and accused him of embelishing his parkinsons disease, he will forever remain a desbicable human being.
Why anyone still listens to him is incomprehensible. He is a vile human being, a parasite on society.
Limbaugh is just vile. No argument here. He epitomizes someone without any upbringing at all.
There is not question that Limbaugh appeals to the basest of human instincts and sadly a great number of people enjoy this sort of trash. And sadly, whether we want to believe it or not, race is still a major player in many things we do in this country. If you are any shade darker than lily white, you are at a disadvantage–Arthur Ashe siad it better than anyone else. When he was dying of Aids, someone asked him if this was the worst thing that had ever happened to him. Ashe said something like this, “No, the worst thing that ever happened to me was being born black.” He overcame the color of his skin, but millions continue to suffer from too much melanin. I am very concerned that President Obama’s apparent failure to turn things around will be just the thing people like Limbaugh are looking for as proof that black Americans just don’t have the capacity to lead. If President Obama doesn’t turn things around, he may kill the opportunity for black Americans to rise to high level leadership positions for a hundred years.
More proof here of the incredible power of denial……and the inability of most people to be able to discuss race without immediately going off the deep end.
@SlowpokeRodriguez
Just who do you think has gone off the deep end?
Here, let me offer you some comments from those against Rush on this. Rep. Andre Carson.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/08/rep-andre-carson-tea-party-wants-to-see-blacks-hanging-on-a-tree/
You tell me who is “off the deep end”.
Truthfully, I have no idea who Andre Carson even is.
I read the article …sort of….and I didn’t see anything about Rush Limbaugh in it. My beef is with Rush making such an off-handed remark. Actually, I don’t really care that he says stuff like that. He reaffirms how classless he is. Its no skin off my nose.
The thread does lead in to some commentary on other blogs. I won’t give them the business but they aren’t too hard to find. I think there is some vilification of minorities going on locally. Lots of finger pointing and name calling going on.
I am not sure I see the connection between Rush and the Tea Party. I guess you will have to spell it out for me.
Hmmm, I suppose saying Powell might vote for Obama because he’s black is offensive, but saying that the tea party wants to see black people swinging from trees is OK…..after all, it comes from the Congressional Black Caucus! And yes, many will vote for Obama because he is black. What you have to wonder is…..will it be as many this time around?
Bet Limbaugh would vote for Herman Cain if Cain got the nomination.
I bet he wouldn’t vote at all. @Wolverine
@pokie, If he had said that Powell might vote for Obama because he is black, that is one thing…and also fairly offensive to second guess why a person votes for anyone. However, that’s not exactly what he said.
Is it ok to think both Limbaugh and the Congressional Black Caucus went over the line?
Lots of people also voted for Obama because they thought he would make a good president. How is that different than voting for McCain because he had a woman running mate or voting for Hillary because she is female? How about voting for John Edwards because he was a hunk or (gasp!!!!) Sarah Palin because she is a hottie?????
I don’t see the difference.
A ‘diverse’ community is now one that includes a small population of ‘white’ people! My how times have changed in good old majority minority PWC. So, are conditions better or worse than before all the diversity kicked in? (since this whole discussion centers on race)
Let me help you answer my above question. Does anyone remember what Woodbridge along RT.1 use to be like back in the 80’s? We actually use to go to the Ground Round over there once in awhile. It was an older community, but it wasn’t the third world dump that it is today! However, it is a stellar example of a truly ‘diverse’ community.
Is it a dump because of the economic conditions or because there aren’t enough white people?
I can remember when the white people along the route 1 corridor were nothing to crow about. I always assumed it was a socio-economic situation rather than a melanin situation.
Perhaps I was just too close to the situation for too long over in Woodbridge to note the real reasons.
Limbaugh’s not someone I would look to for perspective or guidance, but I don’t think he’s off the rails here at all. And truth be told – would Powell have supported a white Democrat? Doubtful.
I misread this a bit. He’s predicting how Powell WILL act, not categorizing what he did before. Well that’s a bit more imbalanced. Rush suffers from paranoia about black people, it manifests itself time and again.
I strongly support his right to spew his nonsense out loud on the radio, I don’t consider it to be “hate speech” or anything like that. But he’s got a paranoid view of the world where race is concerned.
Hi Rick, thanks for your perspective. I support his right to say it also. However, why would he say it? He could have said the same thing in a far different way and not been nearly as offensive. He purposefully appeals to a crowd of people who don’t mind oafish race remarks. He prides himself on saying those kinds of things–because he can. Then he he goes around and chest thumps and knuckle drags because he has walked up to the line.
Typical Rush. He is low political entertainment— sort of like the 2 Stooges of Politics.
Larry, Moe and Rush, the family values man. He has been married 3 times, the last time to someone half his age. He didn’t vote until he was 40 something and he knocked those with substance abuse problems all while addicted to a painkiller himself. Shrug.
However, the vote for Obama WAS based upon racial lines. Powell voted for him stating that he felt Obama has the most “experience.” Really? Ok, then. We can now realize that Powell is an idiot. The racial vote for Obama – 98% of the black vote went to Obama. Is that surprising or wrong? No. Frankly, if I was black, I probably would have voted for Obama, too, as a historic event.
I believe that Powell voted for Obama because Obama is “black.” Many whites voted for Obama because of the historical aspect. Powell surely couldn’t have voted for him for competency, plans, or agendas…as Obama had not put one out or demonstrated competency. He had no experience and his previous political wins were handed to him.
so do white people voting for white people mean they are racist? women voting for a woman mean they are sexist? men voting for a man mean they are sexist?