This relatively short post is for all of you out there who think that brands are the sole responsibility of the marketing department. Recently, it was reported that the St. Louis Rams were up for sale and that several groups were interested in bidding for the team, most notably, a group headed up by Dave Checketts (former CEO of Madison Square Garden) and controversial radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh.Several NFL players have already stated that if Mr. Limbaugh’s bid is successful they will never play for the Rams.

Unlike those attributing fake quotes to Rush Limbaugh with no evidence to back them up, Rush Limbaugh played audio of Jessie Jackson repeating those fake quotes. A great point made by Rush – where are the fact checkers? CNN can fact check SNL’s Obama spoof, but lies and smears against Rush Limbaugh are repeated without question. Via Breitbart

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh’s participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him….

Seven links at 7PM on Wednesdays: Professor Chris Lawrence has a roundup on BHO’s Nobel Peace Prize commentary. Charles Johnson, who was responsible in 2004 for publicizing (note, it was a Free Republic member who noticed the proportional font) the Dan Rather fake memos, himself has descended into fake-but-accurate Ratherisms about Rush Limbaugh. Barry Oh and Jeff Flake, a side-by-side comparison of male physiques. Aaron Schock couldn’t be reached for comment.

This quote has been completely taken out of context by the usual racists and race hustlers to smear Rush Limbaugh. Well, here’s the quote in FULL context. You can decide for yourself if it makes Rush “racist”:The Classless NFL Culture January 19, 2007BEGIN TRANSCRIPT CALLER: I’ve listened to you since September 11th, and I find that I almost always agree with you. I’d say I only disagree with you about 1.5% of the time coincidentally enough.

Skip ahead to 2:04. I believe him, actually. The uncanny sense one has listening to Matthews is that his mouth moves faster than his brain. When you’re saddled with that handicap, you’re bound to talk your way into analogies that come out … the wrong way.Besides, I think we have to grade him on the curve. By MSNBC’s standards of violent imagery over the past 24 hours, this was pretty tame. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. The group’s head said Limbaugh’s participation had become a complication in its efforts.

Limbaugh dropped from group seeking to buy Rams ST. LOUIS ? Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday [...]

AP – Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a group headed by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts. Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh’s participation had become a complication in the group’s efforts and the bid will move forward without him.