{"id":11809,"date":"2013-07-30T17:47:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T17:47:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-07-30T17:47:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T17:47:23","slug":"roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Listen<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: I am apparently a spokesman for the National Football League. This afternoon on the House floor, the American Samoan Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, Democrat from American Samoa, spoke about me and my comments on the Redskins as the name of the team in Washington. (laughing) This is choice. This is one of those where I say, “I really wish my father were alive to see this, his son, who didn\u2019t finish college, being ripped to shreds, in this instance on the floor of the House. There\u2019s two sound bites. Eni Faleomavaega, number one.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

FALEOMAVAEGA: I rise today on behalf of our Native American community to speak on the subject of great concern. The use of the term Redskins by the National Football League\u2019s Washington franchise. Recently our nationally recognized commentator, Mr. Rush Limbaugh, attempted to wash away years of pain, suffering, and humiliation endured by our nation\u2019s first inhabitants by questioning their motives in seeking to rid the NFL of this most racist, disparaging, and patently offensive word. Mr. Limbaugh does not appear to know the violent and abusive history behind this racial epitaph. I submit, Mr. Speaker, Native Americans are human beings. They are not animals. The Native American community, which Mr. Limbaugh calls a bunch of PC jerks.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing) You know, folks, the NFL is gonna be really surprised to learn that I am their spokesman. I don\u2019t have anything to do with the name of the Washington franchise. All I\u2019ve said about it, okay, so some people say they\u2019re offended. We stop everything? If all you have to do to effect change is to say you\u2019re offended? I pointed out that Redskins fans don\u2019t seem to be bothered by it. They sell out every week. They got a hundred thousand seats in that stadium. They sell out every week. The Redskins have a tremendous television audience. <\/p>\n

Now, a bunch of PC jerks, I\u2019m talking about American leftists, the politically correct censors. Pain and suffering, humiliation endured by our nation\u2019s first inhabitants by questioning their motives in seeking to rid — I have nothing to do with it! Anyway, here\u2019s the second sound bite, and this is again Mr. Eni Faleomavaega, the nonvoting — well, maybe he is voting, probably nonvoting — a delegate from American Samoa, he\u2019s a Democrat.<\/line><\/p>\n

FALEOMAVAEGA: Mr. Limbaugh also states, “So the Redskins may not be a popular name with some people.” Mr. Speaker, I submit this is not a popularity contest. It is not even about sports. This is a moral issue that reaches far back to the time when Native Americans were not only considered outcasts, but deemed enemies by the colonial government. The only sporting involved was the game of hunting and killing Indians like animals for money. Mr. Limbaugh to Mr. Snyder to Mr. Goodell and all NFL club owners, I ask, haven\u2019t American Indians suffered enough?<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, Roger Goodell and Dan Snyder are gonna be shocked to learn that that I am part of the NFL and responsible for this. But, you know, this guy\u2019s pretty smart. He does sound like he\u2019s crying. But Native Americans not only considered outcasts, but deemed enemies by the colonial government? I\u2019m telling you, folks, these people are people who do not like this country as founded. They think it\u2019s unjust and immoral, and they are all part of the Obama coalition to transform this country to something that it wasn\u2019t. But what is this guy doing? <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got nothing to do NFL, literally nothing to do with the name of the Washington team. Dan Snyder doesn\u2019t even like me. I\u2019m not even part of it and this guy invokes my name. Now, Snerdley, why do you think this guy is invoking my name in this squabble over the name of the Washington franchise? (interruption) Well, but he did say Dan Snyder and Goodell. He used my name. He used my name to try to get action out of Goodell and the Redskins. The game plan is, what they\u2019re supposed to do right now, “Oh, my God, oh, jeez. This Limbaugh guy, he doesn\u2019t have anything to do with this, but he\u2019s still killing us. We gotta get rid of the name.” (laughing) That\u2019s what this guy\u2019s thinking is. That the NFL will want so little to do with me — (laughing) I have nothing to do with it!<\/p>\n

By the way, this story dovetails with the story I\u2019m withholding from telling you about until after you hear me discuss it on Greta<\/a>. This goes part and parcel with this, and I\u2019m not even gonna give you a hint about it. ‘Cause if I start giving you a hint I\u2019ll end up telling you the whole thing. I\u2019m not gonna get into that.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

Folks, it turns out on this Redskins business… I didn\u2019t know this. I was just now informed that the Washington Post did a pretty long article on me and the Redskins on July 2nd. I did not know it. July 2nd was right before the July 4th. I do not have Rush alerts on Google, I\u2019m not obsessed with seeing my name in the media, so I don\u2019t get those — and I don\u2019t read the Washington Post anymore, and I only read the New York Times when people send me stuff from it. <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t waste my time. I know what it\u2019s gonna be. I know what the Washington Post gonna be. Same thing with the New York Times. So I don\u2019t go there, I didn\u2019t see it, and nobody sent it to me. But most of this article, I\u2019m told — I still haven\u2019t clicked on the link. Most of this July 2nd Washington Post article on the Redskins is quotes from me, and I\u2019ve got nothing to do with it. I have zero, zilch, nada to do with the Redskins. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s why this guy from American Samoa goes to the House floor today and rips me, because he\u2019s probably read these out-of-context (they\u2019ve gotta be) quotes from the Washington Post. But I would just say to the delegate here from American Samoa who said, “This is a moral issue that reaches far back to the time when Native Americans were not only considered outcasts, but deemed enemies by the colonial government…” (sigh)<\/p>\n

I think Mr. Faleomavaega as a Samoan may not know that Native Americans went to war with each other. It wasn\u2019t just “the colonials.” Native Americans, the Indians, were at war with each other before the colonials got here — and many of the wars between Native Americans were over slaves, slavery. We even had a member of the Comanches call here and say, “Rush, you\u2019re exactly right about that.” He was talking about his great-great grandmother or some such thing. <\/p>\n

But apparently the culprit for this is this Washington Post story on July 2nd. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t even want to read it. I\u2019m just telling you it\u2019s out there.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, now I remember. I didn\u2019t see these stories, but I remember saying this. I remember all this.<\/a> July 2nd. And there are two of these. One of these is a Washington Post story; the other is USA Today. And you all will probably remember this. There was something that happened in the whole controversy over the name change of the Redskins, and, as usual, it was a media story advocating for the change, and the story, like all things liberal, was demanding that the government come in here and make the Redskins change their name. So I commented upon that and reacted to it, and that\u2019s what this Washington Post story is, and the quotes are accurate, and there is also a USA Today story on this. <\/p>\n

Get this headline: “Rush Limbaugh Made Some Fine Points About Redskins Name Change.” The subhead: “And he made some other points too.” Let me start with the USA Today story first. <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

“When one of the most polarizing men in the country takes on one of the most polarizing issues in sports, you\u00c2\u2019d think it\u00c2\u2019d be all fireworks. But Rush Limbaugh\u00c2\u2019s defense of the Redskins team name is relatively tame and quite reasonable, focusing more on the role of the federal government than the merits of the team\u00c2\u2019s nickname. (I say ‘relatively tame\u2019 because this is still Rush Limbaugh and it wouldn\u00c2\u2019t make for good radio if he couldn\u00c2\u2019t shoehorn phrases like ‘jackbooted thugs\u2019 and ‘PC jerks\u2019 into a segment.)”<\/p>\n

You know, honest to God, folks, I am blown away by this hatred for me that\u2019s out there. I mean, I can understand people disagreeing with me, but the hatred these people have, all based on the fact that I\u2019m polarizing? I\u2019m not polarizing. Everybody listening to this program agrees with me. There isn\u2019t even any controversy on this program, and there isn\u2019t any polarization. The polarization is imagined by these people on the left who, for whatever personal reasons they\u2019ve got, harbor animosity for me. And part of it, I mean, it\u2019s justified because I\u2019ve told the world what a bunch of creeps they are, the way they do their jobs and how they\u2019re biased and they pretend to be one thing when they\u2019re not and so forth and so on. I understand they\u2019re taking shots. But polarizing? <\/p>\n

So the guy quotes me and thinks it\u2019s fine nuance, it actually makes a lot of sense, the whole story except for the last paragraph. This is classic. He quotes me accurately, and I\u2019ll share the quotes in just a second. Listen to this last paragraph. “Oh well. It\u00c2\u2019s not like it was going to remain a nuanced discussion about the dangers of government overreach for long before devolving into name calling and taunts — this is talk radio, after all. But it was a good run while it lasted.” This is Chris Chase writing it. So most of the story praises me and then says, “But we know, before it\u2019s over with, Limbaugh is gonna end up being a creep.” But I wasn\u2019t a creep on this.<\/p>\n

Let me share with you some of the quotes on this. You\u2019ll remember this. The Washington Post piece is by a guy named Dan Steinberg. “Rush Limbaugh on the Redskins Name.” Now, Steinberg starts his piece by saying: “‘You can use the Redskins issue to argue anything,\u2019 I wrote Monday morning. That was prophetic, as it turns out. Because Monday afternoon, Rush Limbaugh chimed in on the issue.<\/p>\n

“This happened after Limbaugh began discussing the federal government\u00c2\u2019s potential involvement in student-loan rates, and the creeping loss of freedom he believes this could cause. ‘Now, there\u00c2\u2019s another example of this kind of change,\u2019 Limbaugh said. ‘The pressure on the Washington Redskins — talking about the NFL — the pressure on the Washington Redskins to change the name from Redskins to something else. And of course the modernists among us — well, you can\u00c2\u2019t continue to call them Redskins. I mean, you wouldn\u00c2\u2019t run around in real life calling, “Hey, lookit, you\u00c2\u2019re a Redskin!” you wouldn\u00c2\u2019t say that to somebody\u00c2\u2019s face, and so a team shouldn\u00c2\u2019t be named that. And then the people who oppose it might posit an argument, “Well, you know, if you do that, where are you gonna stop? Are you gonna start saying you can\u00c2\u2019t name teams after animals next? Where is it gonna stop?” And then the change advocates say — see, see, you just construct this straw man, where you manufacture disaster as a result of change. That\u00c2\u2019s not the point. In the case of the Redskins name, who is everybody advocating change looking to to make it happen? The federal government. And this is the problem.”<\/p>\n

And this is me being quoted accurately. “Lookit, change is unavoidable. Change is constant. And it does need to be embraced. But I\u00c2\u2019ll tell you, all of the change being advocated now — at least from the change advocates, the people who think they\u00c2\u2019re hip and modern — all they\u00c2\u2019re actually doing is advocating the government take more control of things.”<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t change, I said. This is imposition. It\u2019s a major difference. This is not evolution. This is a bunch of people dissatisfied, claiming they\u2019re independent, wanting the government to do things their way. Then they hide behind the fact that that\u2019s change. <\/p>\n

\u00c2\u201cOkay, so the Redskins may not be a popular name with some people. Let the NFL figure it out. Why does the government have to get involved? Why does Obama or Congress or anything need to get involved? We don\u00c2\u2019t need McCain and the boys involved in this. Why should they be? But the advocates, those people who are now just fit to be tied over the name Redskins, what they really want is to empower the federal government some more. They\u00c2\u2019re willing to turn over all kinds of powers to the federal government in order to bring about what they want.<\/p>\n

“So these change advocates are nothing but a bunch of liberals who are, in truth, seeking to empower the federal government with more power over everybody. And it\u00c2\u2019s incremental, and sometimes it\u00c2\u2019s tiny, and sometimes it\u00c2\u2019s considered insignificant. C\u00c2\u2019mon Rush, what harm could there be getting rid of the name Redskins, it offends some people. Fine. But why do you want the iron fist of the federal government involved in this? It\u00c2\u2019s an NFL thing; let them deal with it.<\/p>\n

“The NFL and the owners deal with the Redskins. And the fans, if it were really that upsetting to the fans, nobody would be going to FedEx stadium. And FedEx stadium is sold out every week. It obviously isn\u00c2\u2019t upsetting too many people. And yet you want the federal government to come in here with their jackbooted thugs, or iron-fist people, and do what?<\/p>\n

“Now look, I\u00c2\u2019m not one of these people that is routinely, uniformly, formulaically against change, because you can\u00c2\u2019t stop it. But the change advocates are a bunch of leftists who simply want to empower the federal government to impose what they believe under the name of change. What they want you to believe is [that this is] simply societal change. In the case of the Redskins name, what they want you to believe is that our country and our society is maturing and is understanding that it\u00c2\u2019s just reprehensible and unfair and mean to have a team named Redskins.<\/p>\n

“Well, the fact of the matter is, our society is NOT that offended by it, and DOESN\u00c2\u2019T think that it\u00c2\u2019s that big a deal, as evidenced by Redskins sell-outs and high TV ratings. So the advocates, the people who don\u00c2\u2019t like the Redskins names are just a bunch of PC jerks. They\u00c2\u2019re politically correct liberals who want the federal government to come in,” and impose on people.<\/p>\n

“And there ISN\u00c2\u2019T a groundswell to change it, so they want the federal government [to]. Well, it\u00c2\u2019s the same thing here with the student-loan program, or it\u00c2\u2019s the same thing in so many other areas of life. Change, must have change. You want the federal government to do it, you\u00c2\u2019re not talking about change, you\u00c2\u2019re talking about imposition.”<\/p>\n

So that is what led to the American Samoan guy going to the floor of the House today to rip me as somebody defending the name Redskins because the Redskins deserve to be called the Redskins or whatever it was he said. And the USA Today again quoted me accurately, but then the last paragraph said (imitating USA Today), “But he doesn\u2019t really mean it. He\u2019s really a mean-spirited racist creep and he\u2019s gonna get back to normal soon,” is the essence of what they said. And while all this is going on, these same people — well, not the same people, but these same types of people in the media are writing stories, even today, about how I\u2019m irrelevant now. I\u2019ve diminished. I\u2019m a has-been. My time has passed, 25 years, I haven\u2019t any power anymore. I can\u2019t stop anything from happening, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, by the way, folks, AP, a poll from May 2nd this year, quote: “Poll Reveals Overwhelming Support for Redskins Name — A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that nationally, ‘Redskins\u2019 still enjoys wide support. Nearly [80% of] Americans don\u2019t think the team should change its name, the survey found. Only 11% think it should be changed…” This is my point. <\/p>\n

There is not a groundswell to change the name of the Washington franchise. A groundswell is made to appear to be taking place by the media. The media is running around acting all offended, and then demanding that somebody do something. Eighty percent of the American people are not offended by it, and are not bothered by it. My only point here is that there\u2019s not a groundswell, and I have nothing to do with it. <\/p>\n

The commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell, has said that the term “Redskins” stands for strength and hard work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: I am apparently a spokesman for the National Football League. This afternoon on the House floor, the American Samoan Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, Democrat from American Samoa, spoke about me and my comments on the Redskins as the name of the team in Washington. (laughing) This is choice. This is one of those where I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nRoger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: I am apparently a spokesman for the National Football League. This afternoon on the House floor, the American Samoan Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, Democrat from American Samoa, spoke about me and my comments on the Redskins as the name of the team in Washington. (laughing) This is choice. This is one of those where I […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GeorgePrayias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"14 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GeorgePrayias\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\"},\"headline\":\"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-30T17:47:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/\"},\"wordCount\":2963,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/\",\"name\":\"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-30T17:47:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\",\"name\":\"GeorgePrayias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f06f02db847ac306948a0874b0e230a8fb6528ad35f73d41a1e6070670276c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f06f02db847ac306948a0874b0e230a8fb6528ad35f73d41a1e6070670276c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GeorgePrayias\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: I am apparently a spokesman for the National Football League. This afternoon on the House floor, the American Samoan Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, Democrat from American Samoa, spoke about me and my comments on the Redskins as the name of the team in Washington. (laughing) This is choice. This is one of those where I […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GeorgePrayias","Est. reading time":"14 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/"},"author":{"name":"GeorgePrayias","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4"},"headline":"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them","datePublished":"2013-07-30T17:47:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/"},"wordCount":2963,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/","name":"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","datePublished":"2013-07-30T17:47:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2013\/07\/30\/roger_goodell_and_the_nfl_will_be_shocked_to_learn_rush_limbaugh_speaks_for_them\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Roger Goodell and the NFL Will Be Shocked to Learn Rush Limbaugh Speaks for Them"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4","name":"GeorgePrayias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f06f02db847ac306948a0874b0e230a8fb6528ad35f73d41a1e6070670276c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f06f02db847ac306948a0874b0e230a8fb6528ad35f73d41a1e6070670276c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GeorgePrayias"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}