Rush Limbaugh is a a big fat idiot. No, really, he is.

McNabb responds, and good for him.

"Limbaugh insisted Wednesday he had 'no racist intent whatsoever.' In fact, the conservative commentator said he must have been right; otherwise, the comments would not have sparked such outrage."

Is he a racist, in addition to being a big fat idiot? I don't know, but this ancient conservative canard that blacks who aren't performing well are being kept in their jobs for corporate diversity and the like sounds, well, pretty racist to me.

First of all, there's plenty of black QBs in the NFL and big time college.

Secondly -- I only do baseball stats, but I recall watching McNabb single-handedly beating teams a year or so ago.

Thirdly, Philly sports "fans" eat their young.

One thing is for sure. Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot. ESPN should dump him, but they know that at least 50% of their audience love Rush and were probably thinking the same thing.

I hate Limbaugh. In large part, at the moment, because he's forced me to talk about the NFL. No self-respecting blog does that.

Thanks to King Kaufman who hates him too. In my humble opinion.

But back to the weirdness of politics. Michael Lewis, author of the wonderful "Moneyball," gets to the heart of what has driven the Davis recall.

Aside: Read Moneyball if only for the parts on Joe Morgan announcing the A's/Twins Division Series last year. I'm listening to him doing the Braves/Cubs game tonight. He just said, with the Braves down by 2 in the 1st...in the 1st I repeat, "The Braves haven't run or bunt all year. They may have to start doing that here. They can't wait for the 3 run homer." Well, yes they can; that is what they've done all year. Telling your hitter to bunt when he hasn't done it "all year" is not a recipe for success. Great 2nd baseman. The best, so far. Dumb baseball analyst.

But back to the vast right wing conspiracy. The vague "integrity" attacks on Clark are eerily familiar. Whether familiar to the 90s (sex and the invention of the internet) or the 50s (fellow travellers), I'm torn.