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RUSH: Well, right on schedule, the Drive-By Media has decided it\u2019s time to hit Charles Barkley. And, right on schedule, Charles Barkley has decided he\u2019s not gonna take it. Charles Barkley has doubled down on his original comments, demonstrating once again how it is done, and we will get to the audio sound bites of all of this in due course. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: The Washington Post <\/a>ran a story today on why the Republicans would be shellacked and creamed if they shut down the government. Yes, here\u2019s why Republicans really shouldn\u2019t want a government shutdown in one chart, and it\u2019s a poll. Right. They have another story. “Charles Barkley is a Conservative Black Hero. But Almost Everything He Says is Wrong.” The Washington Post. This is Nia-Malika Henderson. You knew this was coming. You knew that Chuck was gonna be enemy number one. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s the new Cosby. That\u2019s what it says here. Barkley is the new Cosby. He is the scold of African-Americans. He\u2019s the new white conservative hero because he comes out and says what they say. But the problem for Chuck is, according to the Washington Post, the problem for Chuck is he\u2019s ill-informed on black culture and black behavior. “He seems to see black people as somehow existing outside of mainstream American behavior and culture.”<\/line><\/p>\n

So Chuck is now in the crosshairs of the Drive-By Media and the comparison to Cosby, by the way, is no accident here. Now, isn\u2019t it interesting. Chuck made his original comments last week. This is Wednesday. It was a week ago yesterday that Chuck made his comments on the radio in Philadelphia. You know what I find fascinating — and don\u2019t misunderstand this. What I find fascinating about this, when I came back from the Thanksgiving break on Monday, nobody had talked about it. It hadn\u2019t been anywhere other than on the website that I found, and I don\u2019t even remember which one it was. But last Tuesday Chuck makes these comments about Ferguson, and nothing, not a word. <\/p>\n

On Monday, I quoted what Chuck said, and then Monday afternoon and Monday night, all day yesterday, it blew up, and it was everywhere. Now, I need to make sure I\u2019m right on something, because I was off the grid Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Mr. Snerdley… (interruption) Okay, it wasn\u2019t. Brian, what about you? Had you heard what Barkley had said Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday? (interruption) Okay. So I\u2019ve got staffers — now, admittedly they kiss ass, but in this case they\u2019re being straightforward and honest. (interruption) That\u2019s right, \u2019cause you were working. You were working and checking the news, and there was nothing on Barkley. <\/p>\n

He made these comments eight days ago now, and not a soul had said a word. You couldn\u2019t find it outside of Philadelphia. And it didn\u2019t even make sports media. We\u2019d have heard about it if it did. So I, in show prep on Sunday, getting ready for Monday, ran across it, and on Monday I spent a lot of time talking about it, and then it blew up. It literally blew up Monday afternoon, Monday night, all day yesterday. Blogosphere, television, everywhere. <\/p>\n

And so now Chuck has sat for two more interviews, both of them on CNN. I think he\u2019s got a pet infobabe there he likes, \u2019cause that\u2019s who he talks to when he goes, Brooke Baldwin. And Chuck likes the ladies, let\u2019s be honest about it. Everybody knows this. So now Chuck\u2019s made two appearances on CNN. I think it\u2019s two. Maybe it\u2019s just one and they\u2019re showing it in stages. Anyway, we\u2019ve got the audio sound bites from it. Let me take a break now so that I don\u2019t have to stop in the middle. Take a brief time-out here, we\u2019ll come back, \u2019cause Chuck is doubling down here now. He\u2019s doubling down. <\/p>\n

<\/a>He is not intimidated by the Washington Post or anybody else in the Drive-By Media. And I\u2019m gonna tell you something else. This is the Chuck Barkley that — I better not. I don\u2019t know if I should say this. I don\u2019t want to take him off course. This is the Chuck Barkley that asked me to speak at his fundraiser, at his charitable fundraiser in Orlando way back in the nigh. This is the Chuck Barkley that I always — this is the Chuck Barkley that was prominent everywhere. <\/p>\n

I remember Chuck going through those periods of time where he was being looked at as a role model and he didn\u2019t want to be a role model because he didn\u2019t think athletes held enough stature. Remember all that? I knew Chuck Barkley during those days, but when Obama was elected, Chuck, he changed direction, and now he\u2019s back. That\u2019s my perception. I\u2019m not calling him names. I\u2019m not accusing him of anything. I\u2019m just observing, that\u2019s what I do here. <\/p>\n

But the Chuck that\u2019s out there now is a familiar Chuck to me. (interruption) You remember what one? (interruption) Oh, yeah. Chuck was thinking of running for governor of Alabama. Exactly right. Remember Chuck was gonna run? So Chuck, as far as I\u2019m concerned, this is the Chuck that I always knew. Not totally. There was obviously a change in direction when Obama was elected, but now he\u2019s back. Anyway, we\u2019ll take a break and come back and let you hear Chuck doubling down on CNN we get back after this. Don\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: By the way, what was it on Monday, what was it I said when I first began talking about Charles Barkley<\/a> and what he had said about Ferguson, Missouri? I said there\u2019s one man in America who can say anything he wants on race, and there will be no blowback. That\u2019s how I introduced it. There is one man in America, and it was that comment, after that, here came what? All the blowback. He-he-he. I kind of blew it for Chuck. <\/p>\n

Anyway, here he is, Charles Barkley on CNN. This aired last night. Brooke Baldwin interviewing Chuck. She said, “Do you think that we would be seeing all that unrest had Darren Wilson been black and all the facts remained the same, would we still have a slain 18-year-old, would the outrage be there if the cop was black?”<\/p>\n

BARKLEY: The notion that white cops are out there just killing black people, that\u2019s ridiculous. It\u2019s just flat-out ridiculous. And I challenge any black person to try to make that point. This notion that cops — the cops are actually awesome. You know, they\u2019re the only thing in the ghetto between this place being the wild, wild west. So this notion that cops are out there just killing black men is ridiculous. And I hate that narrative coming out of this entire situation.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, man. Oh-ho-ho. See, we\u2019re back again to the same old thing. We\u2019ve got truth, which he just uttered, which is up against power. And the power is the civil rights coalitions and the Democrat Party, which does not want to hear this. This is unacceptable. The cops are awesome? The cops are the only thing in the ghetto between it being the wild, wild west? The notion that cops are out there killing black men is ridiculous? <\/p>\n

No, that\u2019s the narrative. The whole point of “hands up, don\u2019t shoot” is the cops are hunting young Gentle Giants and assassinating them. So here comes Chuck: No, it\u2019s ridiculous, it isn\u2019t happening, don\u2019t want to hear it talked about, the cops are awesome. CNN is kind of confused as to what they\u2019ve got here. Brooke Baldwin said, “Well, we\u2019re waiting for the results to come down from the grand jury for Eric Garner here in New York.” This is the choke hold victim, by the way, if you haven\u2019t seen that videotape, it\u2019s — well, doesn\u2019t matter, because Barkley\u2019s answer will cover it. “We\u2019re waiting for the results to come down from the grand jury for Eric Garner here in New York. And it\u2019s one thing in Ferguson, there\u2019s some audio, but this, you see the video, you see the cops surround him, the choke hold, and it was a homicide where he dies.”<\/p>\n

BARKLEY: I don\u2019t think it was a homicide. The cops were trying to arrest him and they got a little aggressive. I think excessive force, you know, something like that. But to go right to murder — Brooke, when the cops are trying to arrest you, if you fight back, things go wrong. There\u2019s some black people out there who are crooks. We, we, as black people, we got a lot of crooks. We can\u2019t just wait until something like this happen. We have to look at ourselves in the mirror. There\u2019s a reason they racially profile us at times. Sometimes it\u2019s wrong, but sometimes it\u2019s right. To act and sit there and act like we hold no responsibility for some of this stuff, it\u2019s just disingenuous.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, you understand how minds were just blown with that one. He doesn\u2019t think Eric Garner was murdered. The media narrative is that Garner was murdered and the cops set out to murder him, and then he doubles down and said that black people have a lot of crooks in their community and they bear responsibility for profiling. And I tell you, the people, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s Brooke Baldwin, CNN, I don\u2019t care who it is, many of them, this is the first time they are hearing this. <\/p>\n

They imagine people like conservatives thinking this, but they don\u2019t know anybody who talks this way. They don\u2019t know anybody who actually believes this. And here now they are confronted with one of the most popular black athletes in the country saying this, and it\u2019s not computing. We have time for one more here before the break. Brooke Baldwin says, “Okay, Ray Rice. Now, we\u2019ve seen the video, the elevator, Atlantic City, punching his then fiancee, knocking her out cold. We now know that Ray Rice is eligible to play back in the NFL. Do you think a team is going to pick him up?”<\/p>\n

BARKLEY: I do not. It\u2019s just too hot right now. Ray Rice made an awful mistake, and I\u2019m hoping somebody got the courage — \u2019cause it\u2019s gonna take courage — I hope somebody got the courage to give him another chance, \u2019cause he deserves another chance.<\/p>\n

BALDWIN: Why does he deserve a second chance? He knocked his then-fiancee out cold.<\/p>\n

BARKLEY: We\u2019ve had players who killed people who get second chances. Can\u2019t ever hit a woman. Let me repeat that. You can\u2019t ever hit a woman. Let me tell you something. I\u2019ve been really disgusted in Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith from the NFL. This thing could have been handled right away. For them to put off how to handle this, quote, unquote, “conduct policy” has been atrocious. You can\u2019t have men hitting women, period.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. So that speaks for itself. Now, what next? Yeah, we can squeeze this in. Up next is Brooke Baldwin and our buddy Don Lemon. They\u2019re talking to each other and they\u2019re speechless. They cannot believe what they just heard Chuck Barkley say.<\/p>\n

BALDWIN: Ooh, where do we begin?<\/p>\n

LEMON: Why don\u2019t you say how you really feel, Charles? This is what he says: “We have a lot of crooks,” talking about African-Americans. Then he says, “There\u2019s a reason we are racially profiled.” I\u2019m paraphrasing here. “We act like we hold no responsibility. It\u2019s just ridiculous.” (gasping) What do you say to that?<\/p>\n

BALDWIN: (Dramatic exhale)<\/p>\n

RUSH: (Exhaling) They\u2019re hyperventilating. They don\u2019t know what to say to that. So the Washington Post came to the rescue today and the headline: “Charles Barkley is a Conservative Black Hero. But Almost Everything He Says is Wrong.” And, by the way, Barkley, he\u2019s just the new Cosby. <\/p>\n

So now there\u2019s blowback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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