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Obama/McNabb Parallel, Cont'd

From Rush Limbaugh's extremely, extremely dishonest Wall Street Journal op-ed:

When Mr. Goodell was asked about me, he suggested that my 2003 comment criticizing the media's coverage of Donovan McNabb—in which I said the media was cheerleading Mr. McNabb because they wanted a successful black quarterback—fell short of the NFL's "high standard." High standard? Half a decade later, the media would behave the same way about the presidential candidacy of Mr. Obama.

Translation: they're both black, and Limbaugh hates them both. And he's made dozens and dozens and dozens of purely racist comments over the years. But he's not racist, of course- there are no racists but Al Sharpton.

Meanwhile, Matt Yglesias:

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, but it’s continually striking how thoroughly defined modern American conservatism is by opposition to opposition to racism... next time Republican strategists are wondering why Michael Steele’s embrace of hip slang hasn’t brought black people flocking to their doors, conservatives might want to consider some of this behavior. I suspect it’s not helping the right with its endless quest to woo Jews, either.

Posted by Stephen Silver at October 18, 2009 10:36 PM