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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.

At least 3 out of 5 mornings I listen to Laura Ingraham and Rush Limbaugh. They're on back to back if you listen to 1430 KYKN on iTunes.

I can say quite confidently that Limbaugh does not *explicitly* race bait. In other words, he will not say "blacks are lazy and are the benefactors of whites paying taxes."

However, if you listen to him for a couple of weeks, you will note that he has sufficient derogatory nicknames and continued insinuations and tie-ins that make his implicit race baiting emotionally (but not verbally) explicit and thematically implicit.

You can hear it in the way that he unnecessarily adds and emphasizes Obama's middle name. You can hear it in the way that he'll complain about social expenditures and how they're burdening white workers, and then immediately follow it up with an anecdote about an african american or hispanic family that is unemployed and using a public safety net. You can hear it in the way that he'll spit out the word "Kenyan" when trying to link in a story about Obama's past. You can sense it in the way that he refers to the planned Islamic community center in NY as the "Hamosque," thereby immediately conflating Hamas and all muslims through their site of worship*.

In the US, cash is king and Limbaugh is an economic success story. However, his wealth is built on being a purveyor of a strong, implicit message of class / race baiting. If I were Limbaugh, I would not be able to sleep at night.


* Ingraham differs from Rush in that she will use her Christian faith as a wedge to marginalize non-Christians. Rush is rather quiet about his own faith, but is comfortable insulting the muslim faith for obvious purposes.

Here is a fine example of Rush doing exactly what you are saying. He is not saying it but you know what he is not saying ( If that makes any sense what I mean).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGPmj...layer_embedded