LIMBAUGH'S BUM RUSH FROM ESPN

Conservative talk-radio firebrand Rush Limbaugh resigned from his position as sports analyst on ESPN's "NFL Sunday Night Countdown" after remarking that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is overrated because the liberal media wants to see a black quarterback succeed.

Limbaugh's ominous rhetoric didn't sit well with the network or with McNabb--who said he has no qualms about panelists critiquing his performance on the gridiron but took offense at the mention of his race--and the radio mainstay has been blasted in the New York Times' editorial page. ESPN released a statement meant to cleanse the network's hands of Limbaugh once and for all.

This blog is a fairly conservative blog and has sporadically listened to Limbaugh's radio program and found him to be spot-on about 75 percent of the time. It's the other 25 percent that worries this blog. Limbaugh really stepped in it this time; he used his position as an NFL commentator to advance his personal agenda against affirmative action and preferential treatment of African-Americans, besides the fact that his criticism was baseless.

Syracuse alum McNabb is among the league's five best quarterbacks and to suggest that he deserves less acclaim for his skilled gamesmanship is ludicrous. This blog sides with Limbaugh on many partisan political issues, but in this case, Rush is wrong and should cut his losses by apologizing as soon as possible.