{"id":77404,"date":"2014-12-26T14:09:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T14:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77404"},"modified":"2014-12-26T14:06:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T14:06:02","slug":"limbaugh-idris-elba-shouldnt-play-bond-hes-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/limbaugh-idris-elba-shouldnt-play-bond-hes-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Limbaugh: Idris Elba shouldn&#8217;t play Bond; he&#8217;s black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Bond was white, is white and should always be white &#8230; at least according to Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n<p>On his radio show Tuesday, Limbaugh was reacting to a story that came from the leaked Sony emails &#8230; saying Idris Elba, star of &#8220;Luther&#8221; and &#8220;The Wire,&#8221; should take over the iconic part from\u00a0Daniel Craig.<\/p>\n<p>But Limbaugh feels that Elba (who he describes as &#8220;African-English,&#8221; since Elba is a Brit) is not right for the role because Bond was created as a white guy and should stay that way.<\/p>\n<p>Limbaugh said, &#8220;Now Sony is suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Briton rather than a white from Scotland. But that&#8217;s not who James Bond is, and I know it&#8217;s racist to probably even point this out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Limbaugh tried turing the tables, asking people what they would think if\u00a0Barack Obama\u00a0was played by George Clooney and Kate Hudson were to play Michelle.<\/p>\n<p>Rush has a bunch of other examples you just have to hear.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KKBbzBORgD4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nSource: tmx.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Bond was white, is white and should always be white &#8230; at least according to Rush Limbaugh. On his radio show Tuesday, Limbaugh was reacting to a story that came from the leaked Sony emails &#8230; saying Idris Elba, star of &#8220;Luther&#8221; and &#8220;The Wire,&#8221; should take over the iconic part from\u00a0Daniel Craig. 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