You Can Have Black James Bond If Rush Limbaugh Can Get A White Shaft
Conservative radio icon and honorary Hutt Rush Limbaugh really, really hates it when people call him “racist.” Just ask him. He hates it so much that, two weeks ago, he went off on a rant against the very idea of a black actor portraying fictional character James Bond, not because Rush Limbaugh is racist, but because the fictional character James Bond just is white, like Santa Claus and Jesus. Two weeks ago, Limbaugh responded to a hacked Sony email in which Sony Pictures Chair Amy Pascal bluntly says “Idris should be the next Bond,” referring to famous British actor Idris Elba, and told his audience that there’s no way Elba, “who is, I can’t say African-American, ’cause he’s British. African English. African Brit. He’s black,” could possibly portray the fictional superspy.
“James Bond was invented, created by Ian Fleming, a former spy, MI6, and James Bond is a total concept put together by Ian Fleming,” Limbaugh explained, adding “He was white and Scottish, period. That is who James Bond is. But now Sony is suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Briton rather than a white from Scotland. But that’s not who James Bond is, and I know it’s racist to probably even point this out.”
While Limbaugh has a hard time knowing what to call a black person in this crazy, mixed-up PC world, he obviously has bothered to Google James Bond. Of course, he knows that the character James Bond has been changed countless times, was first portrayed onscreen as an American by actor Barry Nelson, wasn’t assigned Scottish ancestry by author Ian Fleming until several years into Sean Connery’s portrayal, and has been played by Australian, Irish, and English actors since then.
Limbaugh then equated having a black actor portray James Bond with…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Larry Schmitt January 6th, 2015 at 18:36
Isn’t Limbaugh a fictional character? A “person” like him couldn’t possibly exist in real life, could he?
neworleans878 January 6th, 2015 at 18:44
If you had written a fictional story 40 years ago about people like Rush and the rest of the R.W. media money hate machine, no body would have bought it.
They would have reasoned that the story was too far fetched; that there would never be enough gullible Americans to support such a huge industry.
Booya Bible January 6th, 2015 at 18:49
Apparently Eisenhower thought they’d be fiction. They’re not. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/14/f5/f6/14f5f644301593edfbc4c5c857986ed9.jpg
Larry Schmitt January 6th, 2015 at 19:36
Isn’t Limbaugh a fictional character? A “person” like him couldn’t possibly exist in real life, could he?
nola878 January 6th, 2015 at 19:44
If you had written a fictional story 40 years ago about people like Rush and the rest of the R.W. media money hate machine, no body would have bought it.
They would have reasoned that the story was too far fetched; that there would never be enough gullible Americans to support such a huge industry.
Booya Bible January 6th, 2015 at 19:49
Apparently Eisenhower thought they’d be fiction. They’re not. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/14/f5/f6/14f5f644301593edfbc4c5c857986ed9.jpg
Booya Bible January 6th, 2015 at 18:44
Scots can be black. Anyone who had a rudimentary understanding of the concept of immigration would know that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Scottish_people). Shit….I just shot myself in the ass….Limbaugh doesn’t have a rudimentary understanding of anything.
Booya Bible January 6th, 2015 at 19:44
Scots can be black. Anyone who had a rudimentary understanding of the concept of immigration would know that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Scottish_people). Shit….I just shot myself in the ass….Limbaugh doesn’t have a rudimentary understanding of anything.
Suzanne McFly January 6th, 2015 at 18:48
So he is finally getting sick of women laughing when he exposes his white toothpick?
Suzanne McFly January 6th, 2015 at 19:48
So he is finally getting sick of women laughing when he exposes his white toothpick?
tracey marie January 6th, 2015 at 18:56
what an imbecile
rg9rts January 7th, 2015 at 07:54
I resemble that statement!
tracey marie January 6th, 2015 at 19:56
what an imbecile
rg9rts January 7th, 2015 at 08:54
I resemble that statement!
Roctuna January 6th, 2015 at 19:07
Multiple upvotes for the headline.
Roctuna January 6th, 2015 at 20:07
Multiple upvotes for the headline.
Foundryman January 6th, 2015 at 19:11
Limbaugh outraged over something that hasn’t even happened yet….Isn’t there a psychological term for that? Like maybe paranoid schizophrenia?..Not that he has just one but, whats the phobic name for the fear of the future? Fear of black spys? Fear of rewriting movie scripts?
The stupid will always run wild in this one….
Foundryman January 6th, 2015 at 20:11
Limbaugh outraged over something that hasn’t even happened yet….Isn’t there a psychological term for that? Like maybe paranoid schizophrenia?..Not that he has just one but, whats the phobic name for the fear of the future? Fear of black spys? Fear of rewriting movie scripts?
The stupid will always run wild in this one….
whatthe46 January 6th, 2015 at 19:18
i’m watching NO GOOD DEED with Idris right now. with his fine…
tracey marie January 6th, 2015 at 20:46
I am with you, that is one sexy man
rg9rts January 7th, 2015 at 07:53
THWACK…pique LOL
rg9rts January 7th, 2015 at 07:52
did I lie???
whatthe46 January 6th, 2015 at 20:18
i’m watching NO GOOD DEED with Idris right now. with his fine…
tracey marie January 6th, 2015 at 21:46
I am with you, that is one sexy man
rg9rts January 7th, 2015 at 08:53
THWACK…pique LOL
rg9rts January 7th, 2015 at 08:52
did I lie???
Hirightnow January 6th, 2015 at 20:09
I could dig a “white” Shaft…
He’d be one mean..
neworleans878 January 6th, 2015 at 20:22
Don’t know about a white Shaft…
But I do know that Rush and the rest of the RW media money hate machine give the shaft to America every day…
ps…just got of the phone with Perry and he’s glad you’re back, Doc. Walter White just wasn’t evil enough. :)
Hirightnow January 6th, 2015 at 21:57
Well…I’ve been taking some time off,you see, and hoping to perfect my new “LIBERAL-INATOR”®…things are kinda tough around the holidays, and there’s this aquatic mammal I’ve been having to de…oh, I see you’re familiar with Perry the…you…you know what? I’m just going to leave,OK?
neworleans878 January 6th, 2015 at 23:29
So well done that I heard the accent in my head as I read!
Hirightnow January 10th, 2015 at 18:27
BTW, you know that was my actual pic, not one of WW, yes?
neworleans878 January 10th, 2015 at 20:20
No. When you said you look like WW, you sure weren’t kidding!
Bunya January 7th, 2015 at 13:29
shut yo mouth!!!
StoneyCurtisll January 7th, 2015 at 15:07
Just talkin bout Shaft~!
Can ya dig it?
Hirightnow January 10th, 2015 at 18:25
:)
StoneyCurtisll January 7th, 2015 at 15:20
There was already a “white shaft’..
Sylvester Stallon as Cobra..(didn’t go over so well)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoGoSu4NEyo
arc99 January 7th, 2015 at 15:37
I liked Cobra.
But I am a sucker for movies with marginal acting and lots of car crashes and explosions.
It is probably a reaction from my college days. I used to date this girl who loves Ingmar Bergman movies. She eventually dumped me and broke my heart.
So now, for me it is forget all that artsy character and plot development stuff. Explosions, crashes, and gratuitous nudity are all I need for a good time at the cinema
Hirightnow January 6th, 2015 at 21:09
I could dig a “white” Shaft…
He’d be one mean..
nola878 January 6th, 2015 at 21:22
Don’t know about a white Shaft…
But I do know that Rush and the rest of the RW media money hate machine give the shaft to America every day…
ps…just got of the phone with Perry and he’s glad you’re back, Doc. Walter White just wasn’t evil enough. :)
Hirightnow January 6th, 2015 at 22:57
Well…I’ve been taking some time off,you see, and hoping to perfect my new “LIBERAL-INATOR”®…things are kinda tough around the holidays, and there’s this aquatic mammal I’ve been having to de…oh, I see you’re familiar with Perry the…you…you know what? I’m just going to leave,OK?
nola878 January 7th, 2015 at 00:29
So well done that I heard the accent in my head as I read!
Hirightnow January 10th, 2015 at 19:27
BTW, you know that was my actual pic, not one of WW, yes?
nola878 January 10th, 2015 at 21:20
No. When you said you look like WW, you sure weren’t kidding!
Bunya January 7th, 2015 at 14:29
shut yo mouth!!!
StoneyCurtisll January 7th, 2015 at 16:07
Just talkin bout Shaft~!
Can ya dig it?
Hirightnow January 10th, 2015 at 19:25
:)
StoneyCurtisll January 7th, 2015 at 16:20
There was already a “white shaft’..
Sylvester Stallon as Cobra..(didn’t go over so well)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoGoSu4NEyo
And yes that is Brigitte Nielsen, pre Celebrity Rehab days.
arc99 January 7th, 2015 at 16:37
I liked Cobra.
But I am a sucker for movies with marginal acting and lots of car crashes and explosions.
It is probably a reaction from my college days. I used to date this girl who loves Ingmar Bergman movies. She eventually dumped me and broke my heart.
So now, for me it is forget all that artsy character and plot development stuff. Explosions, crashes, and gratuitous nudity are all I need for a good time at the cinema
tr60 January 11th, 2015 at 14:58
I used to date an actress, complete with an MFA, and it was fun to watch movies with her because she could grasp things at a far deeper level than I could.
That said, she could cook for shit and forget about doing house work, or making a living outside of the piddlying acting work she got.
Carla Akins January 6th, 2015 at 21:03
Yeah well, Rush isn’t the dictator and he doesn’t get to make demands or set conditions. Where is the endorsement of the free market system he’s so fond of touting – shouldn’t the market determine whether or not Idris succeeds as Bond?
Carla Akins January 6th, 2015 at 22:03
Yeah well, Rush isn’t the dictator and he doesn’t get to make demands or set conditions. Where is the endorsement of the free market system he’s so fond of touting – shouldn’t the market determine whether or not Idris succeeds as Bond?
Ray M. January 6th, 2015 at 21:23
Ian Fleming based his Bond character on a number of individuals he came across during his time in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II. I suppose it’s possible one of those individuals was black.
Were there many blacks in the Brittish Naval Intelligence Division during World War II?
Personally I could care less if Bond is played by a white or black actor ….. as long as he’s good.
Sting Ray January 6th, 2015 at 22:23
Ian Fleming based his Bond character on a number of individuals he came across during his time in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II. I suppose it’s possible one of those individuals was black.
Were there many blacks in the Brittish Naval Intelligence Division during World War II?
Personally I could care less if Bond is played by a white or black actor ….. as long as he’s good.