McNabb shoulders unusual burden (McNabb, Rush, and Armstrong Williams)

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http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vppay294128914jan30,0,7592000,print.column?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines

Les Payne


January 30, 2005

Donovan McNabb won't be the first you-know-what quarterback to play in the Super Bowl. Come Sunday, however, he will hold another distinction. No other quarterback in the history of the Super Hype has ever played with two civilians sitting squarely on his shoulders.

On his right, of course, will be Rush Limbaugh, the insouciant talkmeister who blew out his eardrums with OxyContin. Limbaugh's aural disability attracted to his defense one Armstrong Williams, the undercover brother-for-hire. So many hustles, pandered Williams, so little time.

Disguised as a "fair and balanced" journalist, the TV host of a Fox chat show once lobbed his softball about Limbaugh's addiction to the PR Magpie who usually charges actual cash to lie for other right-wing birds.

Williams fouled it out of the park. Limbaugh probably used OxyContin, Williams explained, because of his ear problem. The reverse was the case. Hearing loss is a side effect of heavy OxyContin use, according to pharmacists, and the addled Limbaugh was popping enough pills to keep one of the five Mafia families solvent.

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1. Let's take a moment

and try inserting a substitution in Rush's statement: "The (liberal) media has been very desirous that a black (woman in politics, attorney general, etc) do well." Would he EVER use that as a criticism of Condi?

edit 'cause I used illegal punctuation!