Limbaugh: We need segregated buses

In a remark extraordinary even by the standards of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio heavyweight declared on his program Wednesday that the United States needed to return to racially segregated buses. Referring to an incident in which a white student was beaten by black students on a bus, Limbaugh said: "I think the guy's wrong. I think not only it was racism, it was justifiable racism. I mean, that's the lesson we're being taught here today. Kid shouldn't have been on the bus anyway. We need segregated buses–it was invading space and stuff. This is Obama's America." A full transcript of Limbaugh's comments on his radio show is available at MediaMatters.org. Limbaugh's comments came after a called complained to say that local law enforcement said the attack probably wasn't racially motivated. The incident had been hyped by the conservative Drudge Report, which posted a video of the fracas.