Well said, Tracy.

>I am not particularly a Rush Limbaugh fan, in fact I don't listen to his show except once in a great while. Don't remember when I did in the recent past. However, this reeks of 'Limbaugh Bashing' and hence 'Republican bashing' to the extreme Tom. While some would argue that Democrats simply aren't interested in talk radio and that is why there are no really successful liberal talk radio shows, I would disagree given the number of liberals phoning into conservative radio talk shows these days. They are obviously listening and taking the time to phone in and disagree with the host. Advertisers typically choose a format to use as a market based on shares, however, I personally feel that many times corporations and industries actually take a 'political view' and not so much a 'capitalistic' view at times in determing where to advertise. The most successful formats do not always bring in the most advertising dollars if they are controversial.
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>As to Rush's current 'woes,' I think he should NOT have resigned from ESPN due to his comments. First of all, his comments were not racial in anyway. Had he stated that the quarterback was good at his profession due to his race or not good at his profession due to his race then THAT would have been racist (and utterly contemptable to boot). He did not do that, in fact he said he was overrated which he based on his knowledge of the quarterback's demonstration on the field this year and in the past (Rush may have lacked knowledge on his capabilities but that is a separate issue and would have caused him numerous comments on his lack of football knowledge in that case - which he did receive anyway in the news today). The closest Rush came to any racial remark was in chiding the media for hyping him so much because he felt the media was looking for a successful black quarterback. That is not a racial comment but a personal observation on the role of the media and knocks the media not
>the quarterback. If I stated that the commercials or comic tv shows are focusing too much on attracting black viewers is that racist? Blacks have been making the reverse statement for years and were never called racist for it. Stating an observation on media coverage or the target group for entertainment is not a racist remark. It does not defame or degrade the race in anyway.