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Locutus

October 14, 2009, 09:18:58 PM
ST. LOUIS - Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams.

Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh's participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him.

Checketts said he will have no further comment on the bid process. Limbaugh did not immediately respond to an e-mail sent late Wednesday seeking comment on Checketts' decision.


Limbaugh said on his radio show earlier Wednesday that he had been inundated with e-mails from listeners who supported him in the bid.

"This is not about the NFL, it's not about the St. Louis Rams, it's not about me," Limbaugh said. "This is about the ongoing effort by the left in this country, wherever you find them, in the media, the Democrat Party, or wherever, to destroy conservatism, to prevent the mainstreaming of anyone who is prominent as a conservative.

"Therefore, this is about the future of the United States of America and what kind of country we're going to have."

Limbaugh's bid ran into opposition from within the image-conscious NFL on Tuesday when Colts owner Jim Irsay said he would vote against the radio personality. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the commentator's "divisive" comments would not be tolerated from any NFL insider.

The league tries to avoid getting snared in controversial issues outside sports, which has caused Limbaugh trouble in the past. In 2003, he was forced to resign from ESPN's Sunday night football broadcast after saying of Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb: "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."

The Rams had no comment, reissuing a statement from Oct. 5 in which owner Chip Rosenbloom said a review of the team's ownership was under way and the club will make an announcement when it's over.

Checketts, the chairman of SCP Worldwide, announced that Limbaugh had been dumped toward the end of a news release.

"It has become clear that his involvement in our group has become a complication and a distraction to our intentions; endangering our bid to keep the team in St. Louis," Checketts said. "As such, we have decided to move forward without him and hope it will eventually lead us to a successful conclusion."

The move was hailed by the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the most vocal critics of Limbaugh's bid.

"It is a moral victory for all Americans — especially the players that have been unfairly castigated by Rush Limbaugh," Sharpton said in a statement. "This decision will also uphold the unifying standards of major sports."

Sharpton added in a telephone interview that major sports leagues shouldn't welcome owners who are "divisive and incendiary."

Every major pro sports franchise has dealings with its community, he said. "It's unfair for taxpayers to be underwriting people who denigrate them," he said.

Checketts said Limbaugh would have not had any say in the direction of the franchise "or in any decisions regarding personnel or operations."

Before getting dropped, Limbaugh said he had no intention of backing out.

"I'm not even thinking of caving," he said. "I am not a caver. Pioneers take the arrows. We are pioneers. It's a sad thing that our country, over 200 years old now, needs pioneers all over again, but we do."

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Locutus

#1
October 14, 2009, 09:19:33 PM
Olias was right!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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Exterminator

#2
October 15, 2009, 07:23:26 AM
Quote from: Locutus on October 14, 2009, 09:18:58 PM
"This is not about the NFL, it's not about the St. Louis Rams, it's not about me," Limbaugh said.

Oh, no, Rush it is all about you and that is exactly why you got dropped, because to you it was never about the NFL or about the Rams.
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Palehorse

#3
October 15, 2009, 08:10:56 AM
 :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

I find it a little ironic that Irsay was casting stones though. He had the very same addiction challenge that "Limp jaw" did!  :biggrin:  The difference is that he came out with it, did his rehab, and has pretty much STFU until this point.
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Exterminator

#4
October 15, 2009, 08:15:01 AM
Addiction wasn't the issue with Limbaugh; hypocrisy was.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Palehorse

#5
October 15, 2009, 08:15:58 AM
Quote from: Exterminator on October 15, 2009, 08:15:01 AM
Addiction wasn't the issue with Limbaugh; hypocrisy was.

Didn't he claim addiction and go into rehab? Likely a cover though. . .
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That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Exterminator

#6
October 15, 2009, 08:19:37 AM
Quote from: Palehorse on October 15, 2009, 08:15:58 AM
Didn't he claim addiction and go into rehab? Likely a cover though. . .

Yes but the hypocrisy is the result of his having said prior to that that anyone caught using drugs illegally should be sent to prison...anyone except for him apparently.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Locutus

#7
October 15, 2009, 09:30:52 AM
I guess NFL is now an acronym for No Fuckin' Limbaugh.

:rotfl:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Bo D

#8
October 15, 2009, 09:38:38 AM
Quote from: Locutus on October 15, 2009, 09:30:52 AM
I guess NFL is now an acronym for No Fuckin' Limbaugh.

:rotfl:

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Palehorse

#9
October 15, 2009, 10:31:17 AM
Quote from: Exterminator on October 15, 2009, 08:19:37 AM
Yes but the hypocrisy is the result of his having said prior to that that anyone caught using drugs illegally should be sent to prison...anyone except for him apparently.

Indeed. I recall that. . .  :biggrin:

Quote from: Locutus on October 15, 2009, 09:30:52 AM
I guess NFL is now an acronym for No Fuckin' Limbaugh.

:rotfl:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

me

#10
October 15, 2009, 01:07:05 PM
Quote from: Exterminator on October 15, 2009, 08:19:37 AM
Yes but the hypocrisy is the result of his having said prior to that that anyone caught using drugs illegally should be sent to prison...anyone except for him apparently.
Or a Kennedy
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Bo D

#11
October 15, 2009, 01:57:25 PM
Quote from: me on October 15, 2009, 01:07:05 PM
Or a Kennedy

When did a Kennedy ever say that "anyone caught using drugs illegally should be sent to prison?"
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Exterminator

#12
October 15, 2009, 01:59:14 PM
Quote from: Olias on October 15, 2009, 01:57:25 PM
When did a Kennedy ever say that "anyone caught using drugs illegally should be sent to prison?"

Never; she's just too dumb to know the meaning of hypocrisy.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Locutus

#13
October 15, 2009, 02:07:53 PM
 Associated Press

ST. LOUIS -- Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is blaming others for being dropped from the group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams.

On his syndicated show Thursday, Limbaugh said he was approached by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts earlier this year about participating in a Rams bid.

He also said Checketts assured him his involvement as a minority investor had been vetted by the National Football League.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Colts owner Jim Irsay both expressed misgivings this week about Limbaugh's involvement. Late Wednesday, Checketts said Limbaugh had been dropped from the bid.

Limbaugh says he believes he has been made an example by a players' union seeking leverage in talks over a new collective bargaining agreement. And he says he believes what happened to him was an illustration of "Obama's America on full display."

On Wednesday, Limbaugh told NFL Network: "I love the NFL. I admire the men who play in the league. I will always have the NFL and its players on a pedestal."






Everyone's fault but his own.  :biggrin:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Exterminator

#14
October 15, 2009, 02:18:44 PM
Obama's America?  LMFAO!  He needs to go back to rehab!
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.
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