did. reverend sharpton, if you were part of a group that was going to buy a baseball team, don't think conservatives in this country would say, no, let's cut that fellow out because of what he said 20 years ago or what he said down there in louisiana in that case -- >> i do. >> look, i don't think they would stop you. >> pat, i think conservatives tried to hold barack obama responsible for what his former pastor said, not what even he said. how are you saying that? we saw a whole year where barack obama was questioned about everything his former pastor said for 20 years on whether he was qualified to be president of the united states. we can't ask rush limbaugh about what he said himself? not his pastor, not his former pastor. what he said. >> sure. >> what do you mean, gentlemen? here's what rush limbaugh said about reverend sharpton earlier this week. let's listen to limbaugh himself.