I just heard Rush Limbaugh refer to Barack Obama as an "authentic figger"

[Rex_Goodheart]

And more than once for emphasis.

Accident, you think?

[Colobo]

1. Figger? What the heck is that supposed to be?

[Rex_Goodheart]

6. A play on "figure"

Why wouldn't anybody need to play around with the word "figure"?

[Catherine Vincent]

19. Another good pic of Barack and Hillary. nt

[quantass]

54. LOL -- gotta admit that is pretty Creative -- Funny Stuff!

before i get possibly flamed here i just want it to be known that i am black.

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. Figure

Rhymes with.... you know...

[mkultra]

3. figure?

[smalll]

4. What is a "figger?" That's not the N-word, and it's not "wigger" either. /nt

[RoadRage]

5. With Rush - there are no accidents, just insults...

Frankly, this is no better then the "Nappy Headed HO's" comment from Imus.. the difference is that Obama is expected to take this kind of crap.

Rush could use a good 2 week vacat.. err..suspention.. but I doubt it would ever happen. To many of his follow.. err.. listeners agree with this kind of crap.

[BridgeTheGap]

16. send him back to rehab...or just dope him up and let him drone on! n.t

[Window]

31. Yeah, like an OD

Peace:thumbsup:

[tigereye]

26. I've always wondered why there is never enough outrage to get him fired

no matter what he does... it's bizarre!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

39. He knows exactly what he can get away with. If he said the "N" word he would be fired

but he cleverly changed it to "F" to escape from that. What a pig!

[Hoof Hearted]

43. The real difference is Limbaugh is expected to be a racist, sexist bigot

it's like being outraged to find out that water is wet. I don't know if there even is a line for him to cross anymore. He should just be honest with himself and everyone else and start showing up for work in a white sheet with a dog and a shotgun.

[zanne]

7. I hope he does cross the line...

That couldn't do anything but help Obama.

[Ino]

8. Authentic figure?

Odd phrasing, but I can't imagine what else he had in mind. :eyes:

[jgraz]

9. Yep, just like when he went on about Obama's *spade* work

With continual, dramatic emphasis on "spade".

This man is a piece of human filth.

[napi21]

10. He talks like that all the time, or at least used to. I haven't listened to him

in years, but I used to. He always chopped his words like that.

[Kaylee]

11. There is a special ring of Hell for this man. nt

[Fire_brand]

12. Anybody that doesn't think the GE campaign is going to be racist

is kidding themselves

[AlinPA]

20. There will be KKK rallies funded by the RNC if Obama is nominated. I'd bet on it.

[Fire_brand]

22. I wouldn't go that far

but he'll definitely get the Harold Ford treatment

[AlinPA]

32. They will probably use some of Jesse Helms' campaign material. nt

[Skidmore]

13. A gpod example of why we need to keep young people engaged

on our side. We worked for civil rights and now that we can deliver, these old racist and sexist hatemongers will try to stop change. The involvement of our youth with our support will be one more step toward eliminating bigotry from our national dialogue. The pitting of the poor against one another is the way that the establishment maintains power; race and gender are the faultlines on which they rely. I want us to bury Limbaugh and his hate brigade.

[Skidmore]

18. Additional note...will the corporate media report on this with the vigor they did yesterday

when they reported his defense/lecture of McCain? I wouldn't hold my breath. I think we should e-mail them.

[texas_indy]

14. IMO - playing the race card, The word "figger" does exist and the definitions are negative..

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=figger


IMO, Rush is a very sad example of a human being.

[UALRBSofL]

40. I can't find the word figger

In the merriam-webster dictionary. It states no word exists.???

[eleny]

15. Yes, it was an accident that you listened to his show

[goldcanyonaz]

17. Lot's of Rush listeners on this forum.

*ponders*

[apocalypsehow]

23. Yes, like the anti-Obama savant the other day who breathlessly informed us that none other than Sean

Hannity had informed him - via the airwaves - that Hillary Clinton would be a better candidate for the Democratic party, and, therefore, Democrats should not vote for Senator Obama! Or the pro-Hillary poster who gave us an update on what the denizens of Free Republic think about Obama (they, of course, think he'd be easier to beat :eyes:), or the HRC booster who reposted a bon mot by none other than Karl Rove full of anti-Obama talking points.

Yes, indeedy, all this immersion in right-wing cesspools by the pro-Hillary side does give one pause to "ponder" alright....

:eyes:

[goldcanyonaz]

27. I must be on a different forum cuz all I see is RW sites posted to slander Clinton.

[apocalypsehow]

28. "I must be on a different forum" - Mr. Freud, call your office. A slip is showing.

n/t

[goldcanyonaz]

30. Meaning this one, hopefully your therapist won't cancel your afternoon appointment.

[GoldieAZ49]

21. Puff the magic negro - one of his parody songs

I haven't heard it, I don't listen but I read somewhere that Obama had and thought it was funny

It might be on Rush's website

[GoldieAZ49]

24. I was Wrong it is: Rush Limbaugh plays "Barack The Magic Negro"

Alternet has it

http://www.alternet.org/stories/50998/

[RethugAssKicker]

25. He is a racist fuck....

He also refers to the NAACP as the NAALCP

National Association for the advancement of low class people.

[BigDaddy44]

45. to be fair....

He didn't say low class people.....he said Liberal Colored People

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Slick mofo. nt

[long_green]

33. he's done this before

when Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans was attacking the Federal Gov's response to Katrina, Limbaugh one more than one occasion referred to Nagin as Ray "Nager." He's done this enough that I think he has a spiel ready for when someone accuses him of calling black political leaders "niggers."

Is this supposed to be shocking? How many times do people have to listen to Limbaugh or Neal Boortz to know that their conservatism is based on race hatred?

[backscatter712]

34. With any luck, the right-wingers will overplay their hand.

If their rhetoric is based on veiled racism (and it is) it doesn't really take much for them to take it too far.

As Obama has demonstrated going against Clinton, he's a master at redirecting nasty attacks and causing them to backfire on the attackers.

He's a black belt in verbal judo.

[Aviation Pro]

35. And I just refered to Limpballs as....

...a drug-addled, boy-buggering, Viagra-swallowing fat bag of shit.

[rasputin1952]

38. You could not be held liable for that staement...

as it is true.

There was a story years ago about Limbaugh threatening to sue an individual for slander, but when presented with evidence, he backed down very quickly; his atty's said he'd lose because it was not slander if the statements were true.

Regardless, the guy is little more than a money grabbing piece of crap. I have said for years, that both he and Coulter would shift sides immediately, if they could get more cash bashing R's as opposed to D's. R's finance this type of stuff, D's appear to have a tad more dignity, so they go where the money is...if they had to defend the actions of the R's, especially neo-cons, they'd be held for treason.

Now he is off McCain and on Obama, his exposure as a shill is there for all to see, and yes, he is a racist. The only time mentions a black man w/any kind of "affection", it is Clarence Thomas, who presided at his third, (and thrice failed), marriage. Always wanted to know if it was Thomas that nullified the marriage...:D

[Hoof Hearted]

44. That was the case he tried to bring against Al Franken for his book Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot

:rofl:

I had forgotten about that!

[rasputin1952]

46. I forgot about that too...that's the second one...the first one

called Limbaugh, "a professional liar", and a couple of other things. Can't recall who it was, but since it was obvious that Limbaugh had lied on numerous occasions, and was actually getting paid to lie, he really was, "a professional liar"...:D

[Hoof Hearted]

47. So he failed twice? Slow learner! LOL Musta been the drugs.

[rasputin1952]

48. What's to learn...He knows it all...

:rofl:

"half my brain tied behind my back"...yep, so it can be with the other half in his butt...:D

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

36. He's trying to keep up with O'Reilly

He's afraid some of his racists might start listening to someone else.

[knixphan]

37. I'm with Skidmore

Take the battle right back to these fools! Call up stations the same way neocons do!

And start calling the fools out on their nonsense, as it pops up - like this crap by Peggy Noonan at the Rupert-M-Journal:

http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/22/peggy-noonan-the-obamas-are-unpatriotic-liberal-snobs/#more-18130

The days of mousy, timid liberals are OVER!

[Wednesdays]

41. No accident...but that brings the question: what was he driving at?

I mean, what was the point? If Obama is an "authentic n----" to Rush, what the heck does THAT mean? That Rush prefers him over all the "fake" ones?

:shrug:

:puke:

[Hoof Hearted]

42. Yep. I heard him call Obama a "spade" and Clinton a "ho" as well

but it's expected of him, so he gets by with it.

[RainDog]

49. the demos should condemn him from the floor of the senate

should note that he is calling them these names meant to demean and put into the record that Rush Limbaugh represents conservative America.

They should ask their republican colleagues if they want to defend Rush. Find pictures of Rush with diff. repukes. Show who has been on his show and said he's so good...

until the demos start taking names, the American ppl will wonder if they have what it takes to deal with other issues.

the repukes do not play nice. ever. if you are in school with a bully who constantly pushes your face in the toilet, and no teacher, etc. stops him -- what do you do? You put him in his place, with as many people as you need to do it.

[Zynx]

50. I remember when he refered to Mayor Nagin in NO as Mayor "Nayger".

[yellowcanine]

51. Rush will probably blame it on his staff. Just as he did with the pic of Chelsea that happened to

flash on the screen when he was talking about the Clinton WH dog on his TV show. Yeah right, Rush, you are so funny. Not.

[calico1]

52. No, no accident.

Rush gets as close to the line as he can.

Remember when he called the mayor of NO "Nager?"

It's no accident.

[quantass]

53. LOL--i think it's funny (and i am black)...i strongly doubt he is racist...

he has an audience and a reputation to keep up......he got the attention he wanted considering as how it is now posted on this site.

I remember way back (and maybe its still is) Howard Stern was considered a racist and i thought that was the silliest thing ever. For me, when you listen to someone and get to know them it's pretty easy to tell if they are biggots....Howard Stern, like Rush L. is most certainly not racist.

[TheDonkey]

55. OH BOY. Rush is pure slime. Let him keep it up

I think most Americans will be appalled by the sort of slime the rethugs try using against Obama who is very likeable.

[jlpohio69]

56. Disgusting!!!

Limbaugh has no shame. Disgusting excuse for a human being!