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“James Bond is a total concept put together by Ian Fleming. He was white and Scottish. Period. That is who James Bond is, was,” Limbaugh said. “But now Sony is suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Britain, rather than a white from Scotland. But that’s not who James Bond is and I know it’s racist to probably point this out.”

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Posted by wildtigercat93

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Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:08 pm to FT

James Bond is a code name

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Posted by FT

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Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:10 pm to FT

I think it's interesting that he immediately tried to protect himself from calls of racism. Not the Scottish angle; that doesn't seem to matter to him. Daniel Craig isn't Scottish. He doesn't use a Scottish accent in the films. Rush didn't suddenly get all upset when Craig was quintessentially English as Bond, or when Pierce Brosnan was. If he was coming at this as a fanboy, I'd get it, but he's not. He doesn't really care about the Scottish thing; he cares about the white thing.

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Posted by Spock's Eyebrow

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Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:13 pm to FT

God forgive me, but he does have a point. I myself am still reeling from Black Lancelot on OUAT, a show I stopped watching during its Peter Pan era.

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Posted by jacks40

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Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:15 pm to FT

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rather than a white from Scotland. But that’s not who James Bond is and I know it’s racist to probably point this out.”

White from Scotland. Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't only one Bond actor fulfilled both of those qualifiers?

I'd support Elba having a turn as Bond but I'm a big Elba fan.

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