Is There a Lesson from Rush Limbaugh's Failed NFL Bid?

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  1201seph

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  RE: Is There a Lesson from Rush Limbaugh's Failed NFL Bid?

  When you blow your own horn the orchestra wil go on without you.

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  rmarisbnet

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  RE: Is There a Lesson from Rush Limbaugh's Failed NFL Bid?

  You write, "I doubt Rush, Keith Olbermann or Glenn Beck believe half of what they say and I am confident that their audiences know that they shouldn?t take any of that combative commentary seriously."
  
  You impugn yourself with this comment - I'll be sure in the future to take what you write with a grain of salt.

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  burltitle

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  RE: Is There a Lesson from Rush Limbaugh's Failed NFL Bid?

  Your comments come across as pure jealousy from someone who is more concerned about being politically correct than successful in the free enterprise system. You are surely the first to want someone to protect your rights of free speech, but if you disagree with someone else, you resort to calling them a jerk. If this type of "let the government control and /or influence everything - either directly or through arm twisting" - continues, the country will be stuck in a downward spiral while it apologizes to the rest of the world for its past successes, contributions, and generosities.

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  timautrey

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  RE: Is There a Lesson from Rush Limbaugh's Failed NFL Bid?

  I think you're WAY off base in your opinion on this one. In
  the October 14 issue of USA Today, Jim Irsay (owner of the
  Colts) was quoted as saying, "As a nation, we have to watch
  the words that we say." What ever happened to the
  concept of free speech? It's become obvious that "free
  speech" is becoming ever more limited to whatever is okay
  according to the "PC police"!
  
  Relative to the concept of segregating politics from football,
  there is strong speculation that George Soros (recognize the
  name?) is part of the same investment group from which Rush
  has now been banished.
  
  This is not a defense of anyone. It is merely a question-
  when are we going to wake up and recognize what's really
  going on here?

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  ingoodcompany

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  Government Censorship? Hardly....

  America is supposed to be governed by its citizens. The folks who decided against Rush as an investor weren't elected or appointed government officials ruling on free speech. They are American citizens and capitalists...and have made a clear choice about the ideals and free speech expressions they'll condone and with which they'll associate themselves as NFL owners. That is also a form of free speech.
  
  On the question of whether Rush is a merely an entertainer playing a role, my dear mother (rest her soul) taught me a valuable relevant lesson in her last years of life. She truly hated Danny Glover because of the contemptible and despicable manner in which he treated Whoopie Goldberg in Spielberg's movie, "Color Purple." She was with a tourist group that came upon Glover in a Vegas casino, she refused to speak to him, and became visibly upset with her friends who were taking photos with Glover and getting his autographs. My sister and I could barely keep a straight face reminding my Mom that it was just an acting gig for Glover, and that he was just playing a character. But her resolute response?
  
  "No one could even ACT like they're treat a women THAT badly without having at least a little bit of it in their basic character. He did just too good of a job on that role."
  
  Americans have a hard time separating entertainment characters from the real person. But the "B" side of that coin is the old saw, "If you say something loud enough and long enough, you'll start to believe it yourself." Rush has been at this right wing "entertainment" gig very loud and very long. It may not just be the listening public that has trouble separating what's in his core belief system and what's simply in his radio persona. He's a convincing and compelling force in the industry, and for many in America. The first few responses above attest to that.
  
  Finally, its not the "PC Police" but the sensibilities of the players and the ticket buyers that drove the decision to dump Rush. In any other business, they'd be referred to as "employees and customers." Selling a company to buyers who had made many disparaging remarks for years about its employees and customers just sounds like a ready-made plan for failure. The decision of those investors was both wise and market-savvy.

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  insideoutjoni

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  RE: Is There a Lesson from Rush Limbaugh's Failed NFL Bid?

  If you believe everything you hear rather than do the research to make sure that was really what was said, this country is in big trouble. It show how quickly one's judgement is affected over incorrect information. Kind of like the media hype that was made over 'balloon boy' and then having egg on their faces when he was not found in the balloon.Rush Limbaugh, while a personality, has to put on his pants every day just like the rest of us. A lot of envious people who would do anything to either be in his shoes or the one to bring him down. Whatever happened to fair play?