The whole songs is taken from liberal media comments.

The left is so wacked it cannot laugh anymore …

All it knows how to do is have life rage (like raod rage but all the time)

Notice how that they have no compassion at all for anyone with a different view even hoping for the death of many like Bush, Jerry falwel who they celebrated his death…
Jesus was killed with the same kind of people hating what he said…

The lyrics (available at http://www.rushlimbaugh.com) are sung from the point of view of The Rev. Al Sharpton (which is probably why Obama has no problem with the song…he realizes he’s not the target, Sharpton is, and Sharpton is the one who looks bad, as well he should.) It’s not white conservatives asking if Obama is “black enough.” The Al Sharptons of the world are the ones saying that Obama isn’t “authentically black” because he speaks standard English and didn’t grow up in public housing.

The irony is that the liberals are the ones exhibiting bigotry and intolerance in this situation. The conservatives (the real ones) don’t ask if he’s “black enough.” We ask if Obama is qualified and experienced enough to do the job, and where his policy positions would take the country. Conservatives are the ones who believe in the American dream for everyone, regardless of the color of their skin.

The parody has been running on Rush’s show for several weeks (pre-Imus) and is a riot! Before you get yourself all worked up, take a listen for yourself. (The video, by the way, was not produced by Rush Limbaugh, was not authorized, and has been removed from YouTube because it made illegal use of Paul Shanklin’s copyrighted material.)

These fake controversies only serve to further polarize the country and do us all a disservice. Get a grip, people!

No doubt you’ve heard about this. Folks, Limbaugh does not produce videos. He didn’t create this. It’s not available on his site. It was posted on YouTube and was apparently created by some web site called politicalpartypoop.com, got it? For Heaven…

According to The Moderate Voice, which I regard as a reliable source, Mr. Limbaugh opted to play a song entitled “Barrack The Magic Negro”. Having listened to it does tend to push the boundary of good taste. But judge for yourself and then drop by fo…

T-Steel that definition is held out by the black community because then they can say do and hate anyone for any reason and never have a moral concern because “they” can’t be racist. Of course someone beaten, robbed, or killed because they were white may disagree with you definition of who “has the power”. Whitey can’t say anything that anyone may ever be able to construe as racist but someone of color can rail about whites being snakes and Jews being evil. It ignores that some of the worst damage and racism is currently between minorities not having anything to due with “whites”.

The espn was not a “racist” comment. Many black sports writers agreed with it and years later it was widely held to have a reasonable basis.

I’ll agree with that, but that only makes Rush’s forays into being a douchebag (social critique my ass; he wanted to say “negro.” The “parody” was no more sophisticated than that) the worse, because it robs his occasional useful comment of import.

But taking him off the air won’t solve the real problem- which is that so many whites can’t stand political correctness, and want to hear what he has to say.

Seriously. I know I have a hard time seeing my white male viewpoint represented.

Pfft.

The term “racist” is flung around too liberally. I don’t think the Original Kings of Comedy were telling “racist” white jokes just like this video IMO isn’t “racist” towards black people. I’ve always liked this definition of racism:

An attitude, action or institutional structure, which subordinates a person or group because of their color. Racism involves having the power to carry out systematic discriminatory practices.

Ol’ Rush and the Original Kings of Comedy don’t have the power to “carry out systematic discriminatory practices” by telling an ethnic joke or jokes. Last time I looked, Rush didn’t downsize me.

SD- So they do it so its ok for us to do it? Thats a pretty low standard. I don’t insist that everyone around me stop cursing before I stop, or stop lying before I tell the truth. Must that be our justification for everything and anything??

Those who wanted to get rid of Imus did so by applying pressure to Imus’ employers. Imus was directly employed by large corporations with concerns for both their public images and bottom lines.

Limbaugh is in a different position. His own company produces his own show. It’s their only product. They aren’t going to abandon it in the interest of the company’s greater good.

Also, the publicity he recieves by courting this kind of controversy is a gold mine for them.

In the wake of the Imus situation, Limbaugh is presenting himself as a profile-in-courage to his base by making racially-charged humor. Rush won’t be bending in the wind like tofu or something. Rush is a mighty oak of truth and freedon and, um…conservatism? Conservatism, isn’t it? Isn’t conservatism what you get when you listen to Limbaugh?

And of course Obama is a high-profile figure in a way a the Rutgers basketball players weren’t. But–also of course–Limbaugh is playing to the vague racial resentments of his base.

You wrote But the race area is still a very raw one for many americans.
when I believe what you meant is that race is a raw are for white American. It seems that black american knows that they can tell as many racist jokes as they want and people like you will be too intiminated to call them on it.

Maybe you can refer to some links where you criticized someone like Chappelle who telling racist jokes and doing racist skits. I doubt that you can find one.

Its low and disgusting- but sadly, just what I would expect from Mr. Limbaugh, who unlike Imus, does have a racist political agenda. The millions of white right wing listeners who tune in basically are proving that in the free market system, this garbage passes for entertainment. I don’t see much difference between Limbaugh’s piece and the smut that is distributed by white supremacists. Obama doesn’t deserve this kind of treatment, but he is strong enough to withstand it. Rush is an embarassment to the white race.

Put Imus back on and take Rush off. I said during the Imus controversy, that Rush is 10 times as offensive, because he really believes this kind of crap.

And you are right to pillory Cheney for legitimizing a right wing extremist- but maybe -he goes on the show because HE’s a right wing extremist. They are cut from the same cloth. Is Rush still taking direction from this WH? That is a legitemate question.

You’re correct, it was wrong of me to write that you wrote that only Capital Steps parody is alright. You didn’t say that.

domajot,

I think you’re right to try the line between parody and cruelty or incivility, but I might draw it in a different place, because parody is a valuable form of political communication, party because it gets the attention of people in a manner that a dry article does not.

I don’t think we should target innocent individuals like the Rutgers basketball team, or the village idiot. But if we cannot target bad people or groups that we disagree with politically – liberals or conservatives or libertarians or whatever – then what’s left of parody? Do we parody abstractions such as Injustice or Inequality? That would make for a pretty boring song or cartoon.

If I don’t respond to any further response, it’s not because I don’t deign to respond. I’m just applying the rule of diminishing returns to myself; if what I said so far is even remotely productive, subsequent comments by myself will not be.