Rush Limbaugh Plays the Race Card

Bob Fertik — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:40:50 -0400

A few short weeks ago, Republicans manufactured a shitstorm (TM) over Barack Obama's joke about not looking like the guys on dollar bills. In angry tones, they accused him of "playing the race card" and the Corporate Media discussed nothing else for days.

So will the Corporate Media have a shitstorm over Rush Limbaugh's outrageous use of the "race card"?

I think this is a classic illustration here where affirmative action has reared its ugly head against them. It’s the reverse of it. They’ve, they’ve ended up nominating and placing at the top of their ticket somebody who’s not qualified, who has not earned it. […]

It’s perfect affirmative action. And because of all this guilt and the historic nature of things, nobody had the guts to say, well, wait a minute, do we really want to do this?

Update 1: Limbaugh played the race card for a second straight day:

It’s — you know, it’s just — it’s just we can’t hit the girl. I don’t care how far feminism’s saying, you can’t hit the girl, and you can’t — you can’t criticize the little black man-child. You just can’t do it, ’cause it’s just not right. It’s not fair. He’s such a victim.

Update 2: ThinkProgress says Limbaugh has played the race card before:

In March, he declared Obama had “disowned his white half” and “decided he’s got to go all in on the black side.” Last year, he called Obama “Barack the Magic Negro.”