Radio talk show howler Rush Limbaugh, the Republican's bloviator and chief, was dumped from a group bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams, reported ESPN's Adam Schefter. The idea went over like an old jock strap slap to the face. Players and fans hated the idea and let the league know about it. The other partners, headed by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, will go ahead without Rush because he doomed their efforts by hanging around.
Rush gets sacked.
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay had predicted that the thought of Limbaugh as an NFL owner would be met by determined opposition. NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith had already called for players to protest Limbaugh's bid.
Limbaugh freaked out on his show and shouted into the microphone:
This is not about the NFL, it's not about the St. Louis Rams, it's not about me. 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.
Horseshit.
Recall the sorry stint Rush had with ESPN back In 2003? He got canned after saying, of 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.
And then, didn't he interview Tony Dungy while in blackface while carrying a banjo? The details are fuzzy.
And when the Bengals beat the Raiders, didn't Rush send the winners a prize: all the watermelon they could eat? How tacky was that?
And the way he gave obnoxious nicknames to players, much as Bush Junior always did - but all the African American players were called Sambo. Not cool.
In 2007, the Oxymoron said about the NFL:
The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.
No doubt about it. The last thing professional football needs is Rush Limbaugh farting around in the executive suites. Punt him outta the park!