Spewing the constant hate and incendiary rhetoric may have finally resulted in consequences for right wing conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh.  It is being reported by a listener of  WOSO radio that Limbaugh was recently dropped from the only English speaking AM radio station in Puerto Rico.  Such action was allegedly taken after Limbaugh called President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who is Puerto Rican,  a “racist” and comparing her to David Duke the former head of the Klu Klux Klan.  ProgressPolitics tried to confirm the story with WOSO but could not get a straight answer.  When we asked WOSO if Rush Limbaugh had been dropped we were told “it’s not that simple.”  Lets hope its true. 

Limbaugh along with Ann Coulter and other right wing conservatives have attacked Judge Sotomayor based on comments, taken out of context, that she made during a speech a few years ago.  Of course Limbaugh spews such invective vile only to boost his own ratings and profile.  Lets hope this time it backfired and Limbaugh’s outrageous demogoguery has hit him where it hurts…..in his pocket.  This may be the one instance where he unwittingly did the exact opposite of what he intended which is to rile up his fellow conservatives, shock the main stream media into giving him more publicity thereby increasing his listeners equaling mo money for Mr. Limbaugh.  This time, however, supposedly after receiving many viewer complaints concerning Limbaugh’s comments about the Second Circuit Appelate judge, WOSO radio station was forced to drop Limbaugh from their AM line-up and by AM line-up we mean drop Limbaugh altogether.   Because WOSO refused to confirm or deny the action it may be backtracking.   We also checked the station’s lineup and Limbaugh’s show is still listed.  We can dream.  WOSO is known for its conservative politics and always backs the Republican party here in United States.  Apparently Limbaugh’s ability to control the GOP reaches all the way to a local radio station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

For context, Limbaugh’s exact statement about Judge Sotomayor:

“Here you have a racist – you might want to soften that, and you might want to say a reverse racist,” Limbaugh said of that comment.

“And the [liberals] of course say that minorities cannot be racists because they don’t have the power to implement their racism,” he continued. “Well, those days are gone because reverse racists certainly do have the power to implement their power. Obama is the greatest living example of a reverse racist, and now he’s appointed one.”

Really, Rush Limbaugh accusing Judge Sotomayor of racism…..that is rich!  It amazes me that a man who couldn’t manage to graduate college has the temerity to offer a gender/race-based “analysis” of Judge Sotomayor’s qualifications and ability to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.  As I said….RICH!

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is expected to be confirmed and rightly appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States but it is heartening to see that Limbaugh may be suffering as a result of his ignorant, hateful, and imbecilic words and actions.   We can only hope that in light of the current climate hate radio is nearing the end of its shelf life.