Does Rush Limbaugh not know Curious George?
A caller to Rush Limbaugh’s radio program yesterday made a “joke” about Barack Obama looking like Curious George, the monkey cartoon character.
Of coure Limbaugh thought that was hilarious. He started laughing, but had to acknowledge that he probably shouldn’t laugh about such an insult. Comparing an African American presidential candidate to a cartoon monkey must have even struck Limbaugh as a low blow.
The incident took a rather bizarre twist though when Limbaugh later tried to completely distance himself from having bought into a racist joke by claiming that he didn’t even know who Curious George was!
Of course that defense is suspicious on at least two levels. First, how could you grow up in the US and not know the popular cartoon character Curious George?
Second, if you indeed don’t know who the heck Curious George is, why would you laugh at a joke comparing his looks to Obama’s?
Limbaugh’s explanation: He just wanted to be nice to the caller. Sure…..
on März 4th, 2008 at 13:48
What an embarrassing excuse. These insults will continue to get worse as the general election nears….