For King, this IS the most pressing issue of the day. Any opportunity to suck Rush's butt cannot be missed if you want to be a leader in Republican fantasy land.

Wow, do you think Rush gets sore getting serviced so frequently by so many GOPers?

I hope that King knows that he could legally marry Rush-- he lives in Iowa!

"In the bigger picture, of course, this is all terribly foolish. Goodell didn't stop Limbaugh from buying a team; Limbaugh's fellow investors decided they didn't want to be associated with him anymore."

I didn't follow this closely but isn't it possible that it was Goodell's lack of enthusiasm that prompted Limbaugh's fellow investors to make the decision they did?

The NFL tried to force Limbaugh to give up his First Amendment rights in order to be allowed to buy a team. There should be a full Congressional investigation.

Al,
I really do hope you are joking. Yes, he does have a First Amendment right to say crap. It doesn't mean that he doesn't have to take responsibility for the crap that spews out of his mouth.

Al is joking. He is a well known performance artist.

The sad thing is that Al usually spouts the views of millions of red blooded 'Mericans dittoheads.

Sometimes (OK, all the time) I wish people were informed just enough to recognize these reptiles and be ready to publicly body slam their carcasses.

Goodell: "Sir, we are here today to discuss the health of our athletes. However, I see that whether the subject is the health of football players or the people of this nation, you simply don't give a shit. Perhaps you can do the right thing for just once and get the hell out of the way of those who do care."

Perhaps Rep. Steve King has brain injuries suffered playing football in high school or college. Or maybe he just fell down some stairs.

The possibility that the good and honorable right congress person , King , from Idaho was an attempt to reconcile other equally concerned citizens of the cruel damage accrued from rushlack . The dreaded rushlack is an insidious attack on Rush Limbaugh and his fine fat bank account . The caterwauling is perfectly understandable in that as so goes Rush's economy so goes the country , from a certain sort of heartfelt heartland camaraderie . This golden standard social security of the neo con cradle to grave safety net is NOT socialism . This also steers well wide of the notorious messiah complex of President Obama's devotees . It is merely exactly as it seems , slavish devotion to a cold and distant avatar who knows their every thought .

We all have Core Beliefs. "all taxes are bad", "all men are created equal".

When unrelated events/facts become influenced by those beliefs it is time for some psychiatric help.

i appreciate that the modern Republican party has dropped all pretense of intellectual consistency.

by all means, Representative King, lets have government micromanage ownership, personnel, and editorial decisions of private entities.

i'll let you do that for the NFL if you'll gladly and without complaint let me do that to military contractors, carbon-based energy companies, banks and brokerages, manufacturers who send jobs to other countries, industrial agriculture companies, and health care related industries.

so do we have a deal?

Consistency is only pursued by small men in diapers.

@FRP-King from Idaho? Seems reasonable if you say it this way. I da ho, the Limbaugh Ho.

This hearing is supposed to be about head injuries?

Sounds like Rep. Steve King (R) got bumped in the head a few times.

Where is the committee chair and why isn't he keeping the hearing on topic?

I didn't follow this closely but isn't it possible that it was Goodell's lack of enthusiasm that prompted Limbaugh's fellow investors to make the decision they did?

I live in St.Louis and I think the investors decision had to do more with the uproar brewing among players than any comment Goodell made. Most of the black players on the Rams said they'd refuse to play for a Limbaugh owned team. In the end, the investors just didn't want the circus side show that is Rush Limbaugh to hurt their bid.

. In the end, the investors just didn't want the circus side show that is Rush Limbaugh to hurt their bid.

Not to mention the fact that Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, said he would vote against any ownership group that included Limbaugh. Once one of the members of the club announces he's voting against you, you can't get in the club even if you have the initiation fee and the annual dues for the next five years.

As a staunch defender of the right of private clubs to exclude anyone they choose, Limbaugh should be able to understand this.

King from Idaho? Seems reasonable if you say it this way. I da ho, the Limbaugh Ho.

As a suggestion this reply seems to miss , the passion . Of the devotees to Randian Limbaugh Limbo , it is a subtle shift from the cool cerebral taunting of our better schoolyards . It hardly is a matter of how low but rather of how deep into the "natural" piety you can go .
Therefor I do suggest that rather than "Ho" a less disciplined but more passionate "Oh !" be considered .
Thank you .

The NFL enjoys no antitrust protection from Congress, as evidenced by the rival startup leagues (USFL, XFL) over the decades.

Funny how Roger Goodell's lack of enthusiasm for Rush as an owner is horrible and immoral, but congressional Republicans blocking George Soros from buying part of the Washington Nationals was perfectly fine. Because it's oppressive when private parties decide who can and can't buy a team -- only the government should be allowed to decide who can and can buy a team.

King couldn't find/think of any more racially offensive Limbaugh comments that weren't completely fabricated?

Remind me who said that we all have to bend over and grab our ankles because we have a black President? I guess King was excluding comments that offended both black and gay people in the same line.

King also got the Limbaugh quote wrong:

Limbaugh on 9/28/2003

"Sorry to say this, I don't think he's been that good from the get-go," Limbaugh said. "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."

Regardless. King is trying to spin this back onto the media? The media is somehow racist because, at the time, a three-time pro-bowler, league MVP-runner up, and quarterback that led his team to 2 NFC championship games wasn't really that good according to Limbaugh. It was all defense. He's just given a lot of publicity because he's black? wtf.

King your an embarrassment to humanity. Go crawl back under the rock you came out from.

Hey, Al-bot: I pointed this out to you the other day; but here it is again: A citizen's 1st amendment rights can only be violated by the government. Private business entities can and do penalize people for expressing themselves all the time. I have the right to call my boss a jackass; but he also has the right to hold me accountable for it. Pick up a Civics textbook sometime.

So is Limbaugh the only person in history to ever be denied the opportunity to purchase or have a share in the purchase of an entity (business, franchise, etc.) because of public comments made by said person?

If not, then stop trying to figure out how to get the last nail in and get off the damn cross, Rush.

So Rusky gets punked because he does not fact check (Not the first time)? Wow, what a surprised.

Oh, and when contronted that he was punked, he defended himself by saying “we stand by the fabricated quote because we know Obama thinks it anyway” (Yeah good try to save face, what a loser)

After so many years of mis-labeling and mis-characterizing others he gets smacked down by the NFL “Not For Limbaugh”. Poor little Rusky his feelings are still hurt, way to go NFL, great job!

P.S. Now I know why he lost the weight, and will be a pageant judge, he hopes on getting a date, creepy.

So Rusky gets punked because he does not fact check (Not the first time)? Wow, what a surprised.

Oh, and when contronted that he was punked, he defended himself by saying “we stand by the fabricated quote because we know Obama thinks it anyway” (Yeah good try to save face, what a loser)

After so many years of mis-labeling and mis-characterizing others he gets smacked down by the NFL “Not For Limbaugh”. Poor little Rusky his feelings are still hurt, way to go NFL, great job!

P.S. Now I know why he lost the weight, and will be a pageant judge, he hopes on getting a date, creepy.

makes you wonder about King's voters. He must represent a very strange district. But, then, Arizona has always had a contingent of completely, irredeemably crazy white people who are sure the brown people are about to murder them in their sleep...everything you see in King flows from that sad delusion.

King likes his job. He's just making sure he keeps it.

What a country we have here.

oops...my bad. Iowa has its share of crazy white people who are sure the brown people and the socialists are about to murder them in their sleep too. What else? King represents his constituents quite accurately I imagine.

and I stand by my comment about Arizona, even if King isn't from there.

(no coffee yet this morning..)

Just to clarify, King is from Iowa, not Idaho.

Those of us who are regular readers know that 'Al' is basically harmless and clearly does *not* believe what he posts.

That said, calling him a "performance artist" is a bit of a stretch. I remember *both* times where I laughed out loud at an 'Al' post... *both* times. When he gets somewhere in the neighborhood of 25% laughably funny, I'll reconsider the word "artist" as a description.

I know we all love Al 'round here and would miss his contributions every bit as much as we'd miss hearing 'God damn somebody's shit-filled soul to hell' from neill 9 times a day. However, by this same token, what we'd lose in the form of charming simplicity, consistency and predictability, we'd more than make up for with whatever real discourse takes its place.

Most of the black players on the Rams said they'd refuse to play for a Limbaugh owned team. -oh my

So what's been stopping them from playing so far this season!? Ba doom crash.

"Perhaps Rep. Steve King has brain injuries suffered playing football in high school or college. Or maybe he just fell down some stairs."

Perhaps. But when I first started reading Steve's post I thought maybe King had questioned Goodall about Rush Limbaugh's brain injury. Or maybe both Limbaugh and King have brain injuries. That might explain their rantings.

I'm ashamed of my radio because it will still play the broadcasts of Rush Limbaugh. A SmartRadio would know when the blowhard is speaking and refuse to make a sound until the station is changed.

Voice recognition programmers, here's your golden opportunity of the day.

King's grandstanding only makes him look more like an a-hole. This had nothing to do with why the mtg was taking place. I guess singing "Barack the magic negro" didn't make it to king's desk plus he was hitting on someone he knew could not answer his charges of Rush's history of racism...it's not his field...but let him challenge Media Matters with his redundant questions and he will walk away with ass in hand.

Why it was even important to King to mention Rush tells us everything we need to know about who he thinks leads the repub party. King's behavior was completely uncalled for and his pay should be docked for that tirade.