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Shenanigans!
What a bunch of Barbara Streisand.

Without backing down from his comments about a black football player, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh resigned from his TV sports job, saying he regretted having caused "discomfort" to his colleagues at ESPN.

Limbaugh stepped down from the sports network's "Sunday NFL Countdown" late Wednesday, three days after making the statements that sparked outrage from Democratic presidential candidates, the NAACP (search) and the player himself.

The cable sports network accepted the radio talk show host's resignation.

"My comments this past Sunday were directed at the media and were not racially motivated," Limbaugh said in a statement Wednesday. "I offered an opinion. This opinion has caused discomfort to the crew, which I regret.

"I love `NFL Sunday Countdown' and do not want to be a distraction to the great work done by all who work on it," Limbaugh said. "Therefore, I have decided to resign."

This kind of thing makes me sick to my stomach. How 'bout we start taking the Rev. Jesse Jackson to task for the wildly racial things he frequently says? Oh, wait, now I'm a racist too.
posted by Jeremy at 8:12 AM