Sandy GholstonDetroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp was invited on Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News show (to talk about Rush Limbaugh’s publicity-stunt bid to maybe take on an ownership role with the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams) and, after little more than a few minutes, it was pretty obvious why: Sharp was completely overmatched and woefully (and stunningly) underprepared for this debate with O’Reilly. As a native Detroiter, it pained me to see how pitiful Sharp performed against O’Reilly. It was like Drew was totally unprepared for O’Reilly to defend Limbaugh as aggressively as he did (duh) and it seemed Drew could barely muster a couple of examples (in an ocean of many) of Limbaugh’s racism and use of race to divide Americans.
Consider this from The O’Reilly Sucks Blog:
The next segment was about Rush Limbaugh possibly buying the St. Louis Rams, and O’Reilly wants to know why people have a problem with it. Earth to O’Reilly, maybe because Rush Limbaugh is a massive racist, and most of the NFL players are black. You have to be deaf dumb and blind not to know why people are opposed to Limbaugh buying the Rams. O’Reilly reported that the NFL players union is opposed to it, and he had sports writer Drew Sharp on to discuss it.
Sharp said Limbaugh is a partisan who a lot of people hate because of his statements and his racism, Billy said that’s your opinion. Then O’Reilly defended Limbaugh and said his research staff can not find any racist statements made by Rush Limbaugh. And that he has the best staff in the business so if they can not find it he never said it. Then Billy played the clip of what Limbaugh said about Donovan McNabb and said that is the only thing he could find about Limbaugh. Hey O’Reilly, what about the Barack the magic negro song, that’s racist pal. O’Reilly denied Limbaugh is a racist, and said there is no evidence of it, which is just ridiculous.And this Drew Sharp was terrible, he had nothing, he should have had the racist quotes from Limbaugh. Billy said it was not fair to disqualify Limbaugh from buying the team just because he says provocative things, as he denied all the racist statements he has made. The one or two examples Sharp used were disputed by O’Reilly, and Drew had no comeback, so he was terrible. The man was totally unprepared, and O’Reilly dominated him.
It’s hard to argue with a lot of what Steve wrote in this blog. Drew looked just plain awful and it was painful to watch O’Reilly smash him without even so much as breaking a sweat.
It was like the free breadsticks you get at some restaurants before your main course comes.
It reminds me of the old days when pro wrestling was on TV and the one guy would be standing in the ring with no music, plain tights and a jacket from deep in his closet. His opponent, the star, comes out with a flowing robe, fancy tights, a manager, a hot-looking valet, music and beats the crap out of the scrub in like three minutes (just in time for a commercial).
Drew Sharp was there to make O’Reilly look good. And, wow, did he play his role out well.
As for racist statements from Limbaugh, if O’Reilly’s research team can’t find any then that speaks volumes about how incompetent and/or biased they are (or how ignorant they are to what the word “racist” means).
Sharp’s column:
http://www.freep.com/article/20091013/COL08/91013044/1089/Column-on-Limbaugh-sparks-tiff-with-Fox-s-O-Reilly
Rush diwas not the one who said “the majoc negro” line. He simply repeated it. Why don’t you find out who said it and get back to me.
That will be a great defense against using the n-word: “I was not the one who said it. I simply repeated it. Why don’t you find the person who said it and get back to me.” That’s weak.
Hey over 90% of black folk voted for Obama the Magic Negro…Who’s racist now moron?
You answered your own question.
So are you actually going to give any examples of Rush being racist? Or are you going to do the same thing as Sharp and make a baseless claim?
Limbaugh’s record speaks for itself. I’ve given numerous examples of his racism, sexism and homophobia over the years. If you want to find them then go look for them on your own. They’re not hard to find.
Without being braggadocious,YOURS TRULY(who,incidentally,can be heard opining on sports and other salient issues on the weekend[1-7 a.m.,ET Saturday and Sunday,10 p.m.-
4 am.,PT,Friday-Saturday and Saturday-Sunday]“Ben Maller Show”[syndicated],as well as other sports talk and occasionally,general interest shows as “Cowboy in Windsor” or “Brett in Windsor”)would have been a FAR BETTER CHOICE to oppose reactionary a**-clown Bill
O’Reilly on “The O’Reilly Factor.”I’m not only-likely-FAR MORE WIDELY READ about history-U.S.,my own Canadian history,African-American(and African-Canadian,of whom I am
one)history,and other aspects of today’s socio-economic and socio-political situation and the effect of race on it,I would NEVER have let Limbaugh(two of whose bigoted screeds he and his lumpen-proletariat listeners call “books” before I nearly became bilious) and O’Reilly slide from explaining their rabble-rousing,racially-charged remarks.
Besides,everyone here in the Detroit-Windsor(across the border from Detroit;I’m a life-long Windsorite),knows Drew Sharp is a pompous a**(who,until recently,was partnered with equal-
ly stuck-up[and right-wing,though seemingly not racist]Matt Sheppard on the afternoon drive-time “Shep and Sharp” show0is a massive establishment a**-kisser who rarely opposes the bosses on anything sports-related.(and probably,though I don’t know Sharp’s political convictions,issues-related).