The Winkest Link

By Wink

Thomas Sowell of the Creators Syndicate wants Rush Limbaugh to sue somebody. He is quickly becoming my favorite columnist.

Apparently when the Winkest Link honored Sowell with the prestigious “Bonehead Du Jour” Award (Feb 19, 2009) he became obsessed with trying to be the first two-time winner.

Now he is saddened because he feels Rush Limbaugh has been unfairly labeled as a racist.

In his article, Sowell expresses frustration about how somebody lied about him (Mr. Sowell) a long time ago.

We at Winkest Link do not tolerate lies, and completely understand Sowell’s  frustration about that earlier episode.

He then goes on about how Rush may or may not be in a position to sue somebody for lying, but doesn’t tell us what the alleged ‘lies’ are.

Tom, don’t just say people are lying. Tell us what the lie is so we can check its veracity.

But I will go ahead and accept your accusation that somebody somewhere lied about Rush. He has some ‘qualities’ that will make his detractors want to say mean things about him, and I bet some of those mean things are made-up (lies).

Again, liars are detestable.

Sowell feels Rush has been branded as racist all based on “something that was made of whole cloth.”

Sowell:  “If critics can’t find anything racist in all <of Rush’s> material, why should an outright lie… be given a pass?”

Hmmm…. “can’t find anything racist”???

Before I answer that, here is what you need to know about me: For years I defended Rush against charges of racism. I always argued that being a flaming conservative is NOT the same as being a racist. It is intellectually dishonest to say, or even imply, otherwise.

The American decline in civility was probably inevitable, but once Rush proved incivility was a short path to insane wealth, the stampede was on. Bile-spewing nutcases now fill the radio waves. To get attention they have to out-Rush Rush.

And once all the wack-job Rush imitators got successful, he felt he had to ratchet up his ‘outrageous’ level to stay ahead of the curve.

Even so, Rush almost never gave me any reason to consider him a racist, but then…

Concern #1:  While working for ESPN, Rush said that Donovan McNabb was overrated and that “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.”

A “black quarterback?”  What has THAT go to do with anything? Rush, you can say McNabb is a fine QB, or you can say he sucks, I don’t care. That’s football. But “black quarterback?”   Ugh.

Still, I defended Rush, because we should all be allowed to say one sincerely stupid thing in our lives.

Then something more significant happened. A black U.S. Senator ran for president, and started to gain momentum.

That is when the real Rush stepped forward…. (Note to Mr. Sowell:  The following examples are not from ‘whole cloth,’ they are from the Limbaugh show)

• Rush repeatedly played a song titled “Barack, the Magic Negro” (to the tune of ‘Puff, the Magic Dragon’).

• Countless times he referred to Obama as a “Halfrican-American”

• And he has said “The NFL too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips.”

I can no longer defend Rush. His soul is bared.

If you think those comments cannot possibly be construed as racist, you need to look in the mirror.

I am sorry Mr. Sowell, your above-mentioned observations, while purposefully ignorant,  are not quite stupid enough to qualify for another “Bonehead Du Jour” award, but we appreciate that you keep trying.

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