Well, that was fast. He tried mightily today to fight back against all the well-deserved negative press he’s been getting, but Rush Limbaugh’s attempt to buy a piece of the St. Louis Rams is now over.
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday fired back at a House Democrat who has called on the National Football League (NFL) not to let him buy the St. Louis Rams.
On his radio show, Limbaugh said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) was “spreading lies” when she delivered a speech on the House floor on Tuesday…
He added, “She can say what she wants. These are the people who have power over us … I don’t have any power over Sheila Jackson Lee and I don’t seek any power over Sheila Jackson Lee. She, on the other hand, is the opposite. She wants power over not just me, but of as many people she can get.”
The Missouri native said Democrats are going after him: “The United States government has people who are now totally comfortable in targeting an individual,” he said, citing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and now Jackson Lee.
Aww, poor guy. The hapless victim. The controversy, disdain and distrust surrounding him are completely drummed up by the government. He lost his NFL broadcasting job because of the feds. The NFL players and union head themselves are a bunch of crazy ‘czars.’
Hang in there, buddy:
Earlier, on his syndicated radio show, Limbaugh was defiant, holding on to hope that he still could be part of the ownership group that buys the Rams.
“I’m not even thinking of exiting,” Limbaugh said on his program, according to a transcript provided to ESPN. “I’m not even thinking of caving. I am not a caver. None of us are. We have been betrayed by too many who have caved. Pioneers take the arrows. We are pioneers. It’s a sad thing but our country over 200 years old now needs pioneers all over again, but we do.”
Yes, jillionaires buying billion-dollar football franchises are like our American pioneers, getting spiked by Indians’ arrows. How inspiring, how brave Rush is! Push on, undaunted one, across that wind-swept prairie of league players surprisingly hating you for the nasty things you keep saying about them…
Updated: October 14, 2009, 4:39 PM ET
Sources: Checketts to drop LimbaughBy Adam Schefter
Rush Limbaugh is expected to be dropped from a group bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams, according to three NFL sources.
Dave Checketts, chairman of the NHL's St. Louis Blues and the point man in the Limbaugh group attempting to buy the Rams, realizes he must remove the controversial conservative radio host from his potential role as a minority member in the group in order to get approval from other NFL owners, the sources said.
Three-quarters of the league's 32 owners would have to approve any sale to Limbaugh and his group. Earlier this week, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay predicted that Limbaugh's potential bid would be met by significant opposition. Several players have also voiced their displeasure with Limbaugh's potential ownership position, and NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith, who is black, urged players to speak out against Limbaugh's bid.
Ultimately, the sources said, Checketts must reconfigure his group and find another investor to make his bid more viable.
Well, that was a sort of 'pioneering'. The first time I know of football players themselves taking out an owner. Damn Redskins.
So now we have to come to grips with this murder, an absolutely shocking event, a nightmare. If it turns out to be the hysterical lashing out of an anti-government/census lunatic, it’d indicate the country has a bigger problem than we’d perhaps like to admit: political hysteria-speech affects ‘regular folks’, to the point of enabling, if not outright stoking, homicide.