Rush Limbaugh turns the table those you use the race card:
RUSH: Hugh in Grand Rapids, Michigan, nice to have you with us, sir.
CALLER: Yes. My concern really is with regards to Mr. Bennett's comment, the first part of it, that makes an assumption that blacks are predominantly responsible for most of the crime, and I believe there probably is some statistical evidence that, you know, could probably back it up and stuff, but I think that's probably what a lot of people are reacting to. I know that's where my concern is with that comment.
RUSH: Well, I have no doubt people are reacting to that. But, see, you know what? If I were Bill Bennett and I had said that, and somebody said, "How do you defend yourself?"
"Well, I don't know. This is where the political correctness comes in. I don't know if I can say this."
"Why can't you say it?"
"Well, because it may be true, and I'm going to catch hell if I say it because it's true."
"What do you mean it may be true?"
"Well, I've heard Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson complains about all the black men in jail in America. I've heard Al Sharpton complaining about all these black men in America who are in jail, and it's unfair and unjust." Now, am I disagreeing? Is Bennett disagreeing with Jesse Jackson when he said what he said? If you look at the crime statistics, what are they? I'm not even going to go there. If you care, go look at the crime statistics. I mean, this has been a major, major, major bone of contention from the civil rights movement for I don't know how long; that the criminal justice system is unfair because there are so many young African-American males in jail. I'm not saying it. They are. Go look at the numbers. I don't know what they are. Find them.
See, we've gotten to a point here where if there is statistical evidence, even, that might buttress the comment, you can't say it. Why? Well, it upsets people. Why? Well, it offends them. Why? Well, you know, they've already got two strikes against them because they live in America and they're a minority group. Then to denigrate them like this, blah, blah, blah, blah. Oh, okay. I'm just going to repeat something else I said in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath coverage, folks. I'm getting sick and tired of people like me and Bennett being tagged with this racism bunch. I know Bennett. He's not a racist. Bill Bennett doesn't have a racist bone in his body, doesn't have a racist thought in his mind. Neither do I. But I'll tell you what, you go watch the coverage of Hurricane Katrina, the aftermath, and all these lying reports based on rumors of all the crime. Folks, do you remember it? The crime? The rapes? The dead bodies piled high in the basement of the Superdome? Who was doing it? If these reports were true, well, who lived there? Who were the victims? We saw the pictures. Who believed that stuff? It turns out none of that was true. It turns out there weren't any rapes, there weren't mass murders, there wasn't anarchy inside the Superdome or the convention center (story | story | story). All of that was 100% drivel. It was lies based on rumors. They wanted it to be true so they could blame it on Bush. But who believed it? The very people who claim they're not racists. It seems to me if you're going to believe rumors that that kind of activity is going on and being created by that population, you got to have a certain opinion of blacks in your mind, liberal media. That's how I interpret it. I'm not going to go on the defensive about this, folks, because if there's anybody that needs to justify or explain their racist tendencies, it's the American left in this country.
