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RUSH: Last night, the Reverend Al Sharpton held a press conference, a march against free speech, essentially. He didn't call it that. That's what I'm calling it, and this has to do with the notch in the belt that Sharpton and Jackson now secured and feel very proud about in getting the Imus simulcast on MSNBC canned. This is what the Reverend Sharpton said.
SHARPTON: It is our feeling that this is only the beginning. This must be a walk that CBS now does. It must be a walk that others will do. Then we must have a broad discussion on what is permitted and what is not permitted.
RUSH: So there you have it. The Reverend Sharpton has set himself up, and the liberals have made Reverend Sharpton. You know, people send me e-mails, "Why in the world is this guy the final arbiter? Why does this guy get any credibility, given his past, given some of the wacko things that he has said, given some of the lives that have been destroyed by actual actions taken by Reverend Sharpton? Where in the world does this guy get off being the final arbiter? Why is it that NBC and CBS are listening to this guy? Why are they cowed by the Reverend Jackson and the Reverend Sharpton?" They made him, folks. If it weren't for liberalism and the various constituencies of the Democratic Party needing the black vote and the women's vote and the labor vote and the homosexual vote, whatever else their constituency groups are, Reverend Jackson and Sharpton wouldn't be any more powerful than anybody else is. But they have been created. They have been granted seats at the Democrat Party power table in exchange for delivering votes, and now all of a sudden they're turning on the people who made them.
 It's a Frankenstein moment. The two monsters are going after the doctors, the mad scientists, and look who's cowering! Look who's cowering in fear in the corners! The executives, the suits at NBC and at CBS, and Sharpton's protest today outside Black Rock was rained out. He's rescheduling it for Saturday at noon. (Laughing.) But here's the thing. Reverend Sharpton says, "This is only the beginning. This must be a walk that CBS does now. It must be a walk that others will do. Then we must have a broad discussion on what's permitted and what's not permitted." Now, up to that last line -- and the Reverend Jackson said much the same thing. The Reverend Jackson last night, he was baited three times on MSNBC by a host, and the host was practically begging the Reverend Jackson to lump me in with Imus, and to come out and be critical and to say that actually what I do is worse than Imus and therefore I should be suffering the same fate. The Reverend Jackson did not take the bait, ladies and gentlemen. The Reverend Jackson continued to focus on MSNBC, NBC and CBS to a little extent, but what the Reverend Jackson said and what the Reverend Sharpton as also said is: I look at this network, MSNBC, and it's all white, all night. Three p.m. to midnight, it's all white all the time.
About that, Reverend Jackson's right, and the Reverend Sharpton is right. Is there a black anchor on any of the three evening newscasts? Is there a black anchor on CNN in primetime? Is there a black anchor on MSNBC in primetime? No, there's not. No, why would that be? Reverend Jackson has brilliant point here. CNN, MSNBC, the home of good liberals! These are the crême de la crème. These are the most sensitive among us. These are Drive-By Media liberals. These the ones who understand the struggle, the civil rights community. They're "down for that struggle." They're doing everything they can to promote racial harmony and equality and so forth -- except in their own houses and in their own offices. While the Reverend Jackson was baited to go after me, he refused to take the bait and instead focused on the injustice at CNN and at MSNBC. Jackson and Sharpton are right! Somebody has to lose their job at CNN and at MSNBC in order to make room for a black anchor. Who should it be? Who should lose their job next at MSNBC to make room for a black, primetime anchor?
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Should it be Chris Matthews? Should it be Tucker Carlson? Should it be Joe Scarborough? Should it be Keith Olbermann? Who should lose their job? But more importantly, ladies and gentlemen, should any of these great men actually be fired for this? Where are their hearts? Why doesn't one of them simply resign so that a black can take his place? Show us the leadership! Don't sit there and point at everybody else as you lie and make up BS about people and call them racists, when your own network is as lily white as anything you'll find in a rice paddy. Why don't one of you take the courageous step and quit yourselves? Resign and say that you want your show taken over by a minority! Isn't it about time that you liberals, who preach to everybody else about what we must do, while you lie through your teeth about what we are: racists, sexists, bigot homophobes. You're the ones that don't walk the talk. You're the ones that are not down for the struggle. You want everybody else to have to kowtow to your rules in life, but not yourselves. You will exempt yourself because you're too important. You're too elitist, and since you're not racist, it doesn't matter that a black is not on your network in primetime because you all care about the plight of blacks.
But you are not fooling the brilliant Reverend Jackson, and you are not fooling the semi-brilliant Reverend Sharpton. They understand that you are not down for the struggle. Right now, the Reverend Sharpton and Jackson are focused -- they appear to be focused -- on NBC and CBS, and the reason is, they are run by white liberals who are on the run. The reverends have forced the suits, the execs at NBC and CBS on the run, and that's why they're pursuing them. Don Imus is not the point now. All of this has gone beyond Don Imus. If the truth be known, the Reverend Jackson never cared about Imus. Imus is simply the latest straw man to advance the struggle to push his agenda, and I think the Reverend Jackson is right! I think Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews should be replaced with a minority. There is inequality in front of the camera, primetime, throughout the MSNBC broadcast schedule -- and they are the ones that are telling everybody else what they must do to make amends for all of the inequality that exists where they work. All these good, sensitive liberal hosts should resign, or a couple of them. What's the fair number? What's a fair number of hosts in primetime at MSNBC to become black, to be black, in order to make it fair over there?
Well, how many hours are there? How many programs are there? What's the black population of the country? There are any number of ways. We can use any number we want here to calculate the percentage that would equal equality. The point is, MSNBC and CNN and CBS are nowhere near the equality that they demand and preach to everyone else about. As a matter of conscience, as a matter of principle -- so budding young black stars in the media and journalists can get their own shows -- someone, maybe two, need to resign at MSNBC! They don't have to be forced out. They should volunteer to get out, to show their compassion, to show their understanding, to demonstrate their leadership. I mean, MSNBC should have a staff that looks like America, like my staff does. I have a staff that looks like America! It's broad in more ways than one. It's diverse in more ways than one. What do we do, folks, after we take care of MSNBC? What do we do about those teams in other organizations that don't have non-black proportional reputation. I expose they should be changed to reflect society, too. Look, my point is, Reverend Jackson, Reverend Sharpton have made this singularly, totally only about race. Well, if we find any racial inequality anywhere, it needs to be addressed! Basketball teams that don't have a proportionate number of whites, urban radio stations that don't have a proportionate number of white hosts? They need to be changed to reflect society, too. The urban stations, they're 89%. The country is 89% non-black, 11% black population, yet you look at some of these institutions and teams, and you find a tremendous imbalance here where whites are in the minority. Doesn't that have to be fixed? This is about racial politics now, folks. It's about racial justice. The networks, MSNBC, NBC, CNN, CBS, they're phony. They're phony, pontificating liberals. They need to start walking the walk! Hosts need to resign soon. |
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