Audience boos Limbaugh/ESPN announcement on Conan O'Brien

[alaine]

Wow. I braced myself for the applause. Maybe the tide is turning for real. And they even laughed when O'Brien said Limbaugh's first duty as announcer would be to blame losing teams' seasons on Hilary. It gave me a spark of hope, thought I would share it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. The tide is turning

they overreached and over stretched.

Now ABC today had the beginings of dot connecting between
Congressioanl Leaders, the office of the VEEP and
Scandal...

They are also connecting Rush et al
with what is going on

It ain't pretty, and it is just
getting started.

[Frances]

2. Thanks for letting us know

the reaction.

I was kinda thinking that the people who listen to Rush may not be the same people who watch ESPN. And I think that even people who like Rush don't want their sports politicized.

[alaine]

4. That's what I said in an e-mail to ESPN.

I have listened to Rush's show enough hear his veiled racism and I wrote that his hiring was an insult to Black athletes and sports fans.

[Darth_Kitten]

7. He's a hateful, sexist pig too.

:(

[Ishoutandscream]

11. Let Rush make a racist statement in front of Irvin and Jackson

They'll put him in his place (so to speak).

[Bunny]

14. But, you see, he won't do that in front of Irvin and Jackson.

He can only talk big when he's uncontested and unchallenged. He doesn't have a big enough set of cojones to make comments like that to anyone who would actually confront him on it. Yeah, he's a BIG man.

[sasquatch]

3. thank you for telling me that

I about freaked when I heard that Nazi bastard was going to be hosting ESPN NFL Pregame

[DagmarK]

5. It's so poignant...........

The Radical Right (in office or on their own show) have made CARICATURES out of themselves. (scary ones, sure).

I guess that's the plus side of them dominating the airwaves and newspapers.

Too much exposure. Shoot, remember when Cindy Crawford was the end-all? Too much exposure.....she can't get much work these days.

And that's the fickle american viewing public......they tire VERY easily.......

The radical right has turned itself into a bunch of blathering windbags....... SWEET!

[alaine]

6. I bet the soldiers ragging Bush out on National TV is

not helping Bush or Rush (what is it with -ush words anyway)

[Darth_Kitten]

8. I think Rush wants to take himself out of all the criticism now

being leveled at the Bush administration and show himself to be a "regular american". He's a spineless, self-serving coward, always was, always will be.

[2548HR]

10. I think the same

he might just realize the tide is turning and he is getting out now, so hence a new job making him look good.

[Drifter]

9. I bet he never makes it to the air ...

As I read in another post, ESPN will lose a good portion of their viewer base that is on the left. It has nothing to do with what he will be doing on the air. The name Rush Limbaugh invokes the extremes. You either love him or hate him.

I seriously doubt that ESPN will gain more viewers on the right, than they will lose on the left. I have written ESPN twice, expressing my outrage over this. They responded with a note (it has been posted here), indicating that they did not hire him for political commentary, but as more of a Joe Six Pack Fan (wait a second .... I have to go puke ... there, I'm back).

I responded to their response indicating that they have lost a loyal viewer. I can't imaging enough people would be in favor of him (or at least give him a chance), to compensate for the many who will no longer view ESPN.

Cheers
Drifter

[mac56]

12. Remember that advertisers hate controversy.

ESPN will soon regret this move.

[supernova]

13. Oh, give him a chance to be stupid

on the air to folks who aren't his regular approval-ranting ditto-head viewers. Not all ESPN watchers are Rush supporters.

I'm dying for him to put his foot in his mouth and have it plastered all over every newsoutlet on the planet 24/7 for a month. ESPN will drop him faster than the proverbial hot potato.

Go ahead Rush, make my day!