- Rev Peterson Says America Needs Ten More Like Rush Limbaugh
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- BOND News Release
- Contact Ermias Alemayehu
- 323 782-1980
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- LOS ANGELES -- Rev.
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization
of A New Destiny today came out strongly in support of popular radio talk
show host and former ESPN commentator Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh came under
attack for comments he made last Sunday on ESPN's NFL pregame show in which
he criticized the media for giving undeserved credit and recognition to
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, who is black. As a result,
Limbaugh's critics demanded that he be removed from his position at ESPN.
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume called Limbaugh "bigoted and ignorant."
Late Wednesday Limbaugh resigned from his position on ESPN and issued a
brief statement in which he wrote, "My comments this past Sunday were
directed at the media and were not racially motivated. I offered an opinion..
I love the NFL Sunday Countdown and do not want to be a distraction to
the great work done by all who work on it.."
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- Rev. Peterson commented: "As a black American I
didn't find Rush's comments to be offensive or in any way racist. Rush
was doing what ESPN hired him to do which was to give his unique opinion
and analysis about football. What has so many people angry is the fact
that a Republican white male dared to publicly criticize the performance
of a black athlete. The real bigots are the people attacking Rush for expressing
his opinion," said Rev. Peterson.
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- "Where was the outrage from Kweisi Mfume and others
when the black Chicago Cubs Manager Dusty Baker said that black and Latin
players were better suited to play in the summer heat than white players,"
asked Rev. Peterson.
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- "We need more Rush Limbaughs and less Kweisi Mfumes
in the world. That is what's wrong with race relations in America, we don't
have enough people with the courage to call things as they are because
they're afraid of being called 'racist'," Rev. Peterson said.
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- Rev. Peterson's new book SCAM: How The Black Leadership
Exploits Black America is available now exclusively on WorldNetDaily.com.
In bookstores on October 21, 2003!
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