----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:05 PM Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh's identity politics
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > What is interesting to me about the whole Limbaugh/McNabb thing is: Limbaugh > > is correct - to a point. Donovan McNabb IS overrated and he DOES get too much > > credit for the Eagles' susccess - but not because he's black. He is overrated > > and gets too much credit because he is a quarterback. ALL quarterbacks on good > > teams are overrated and get too much credit. (Well, almost all.) I'm a Giants > > fan and I think Kerry Collins is quite overrated. He's very good, but he's > > not Joe Montana. McNabb is good, but he's only (in my opinion) slightly better > > than Randall Cunningham. > > > > If Limbaugh had simply said that McNabb is overrated and has gotten too much > > credit, he would not have caused any controversy. Which is why, of course, he > > didn't stop there. > > I was watching ESPN when he made the remark. Now, it didn't make any > sense to me at the time, but then again, I was still in the hospital > from having given birth; but it didn't make sense to Dan, either, so it > wasn't just me. :P > > The most *reasonable* reason I could think of for McNabb to be overrated > was, hey, he was the quarterback who led a team to home-field advantage > throughout the playoffs and was eliminated from Superbowl contention at > the last game possible to eliminate them. > > But this whole media crap was ridiculous. Heck, I thought that Limbaugh > knew more about NFL football than I did, and the statement struck me as > ridiculous, so either I'm a complete idiot when it comes to football, or > Limbaugh made a ridiculously stupid remark. Everything I've seen about > it since he made that remark has me believing that it's the latter. > It was likely the Oxycontin talking. xponent Big Fat Idiot Content Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
