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Limbaugh’s little club issue

Now that Rush Limbaugh is trying to buy the St. Louis Rams, a team in a league where 70 percent of the players are black, he might consider quitting his membership in the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, which has never had a black member. Joseph Kennedy quit the Everglades when his son became president. Socialite C.Z. Guest was suspended after she brought Estee Lauder, who was Jewish, there in 1972. Florida’s New Times reports that Kleenex heir James Kimberly took Sammy Davis Jr. to the club once and they were escorted out. A source said Limbaugh had no trouble when he brought Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas there for lunch. But the Rev. Al Sharpton, who’s agitating to block Limbaugh’s purchase of the Rams, said, “At the very least he should resign — he never should have joined an exclusive club. I may go down to Florida with some brothers and sisters to see if we can have dinner at the Everglades. Guess who’s coming to dinner at the Everglades?”