Lehigh Valley Conservative Voice

I’m Offended

If the NFL believes Rush Limbaugh is not suitable for their league then why should I believe they don’t hold Rush listeners in the same contempt? I and millions of other conservatives have tuned into the Rush Limbaugh show since it came on the air in the late eighties. In all this time I have never heard him say anything that is offensive to the mainstream point of view. The perspective he does offend is that of the left and because they cannot respect or tolerate opposing points of view they have always been out to destroy him. They have tried slander, belittlement, boycotts, threats of new FCC rules that would allow the government to regulate what is on the air, and even quasi-government funded competition such as Air America. None of this has worked to curb the influence and audience of the man who speaks for those who see the values of the country threatened by big government progressives.
Those who listen to the Rush Limbaugh show know of his love for the game of football. He has talked about the game for years from the perspective of an informed fan. He often engages his football player friends in playoff discussions on the air and provides insight on management and ownership issues through his longstanding friendships with various club owners. Rush Limbaugh’s NFL enthusiasm has made the game of football interesting to his vast audience. For this the NFL should be thankful; instead they have given him and, by inference, his fans the backs of their hands. They have now made it official that he/we are not up to their standards, apparently his/our perspective is too “polarizing.”
Apparently, the NFL finds Rush Limbaugh “objectionable” because of the slanderous lies being spread about him by his liberal/progressive critics (some of them in the media). It is curious and troubling that they apparently don’t find the slander objectionable. As a born and bred Pittsburgh Steeler fan I now see the NFL in an entirely new light. As a Rush fan I find their actions towards him to be “objectionable” and I think it is safe to write that my fondness for the league has been profoundly diminished. I think this Sunday I will do something other than watch or even care about football; I also think during the week I will skip the radio sports shows I had until now enjoyed. Not out of spite but because now I know the league doesn’t respect conservatives.
They have made it clear they don’t need us.