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So was Limbaugh jealous of Pat Roberston's remarks about the crisis in Haiti and felt the need to engage in a full-on race to the bottom?

Posted by Diva (aka Diva) Jan 14 '10, 07:22

"This will play right into Obama's hands. He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, "credibility" with the black community -- in the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country. It's made-to-order for them. That's why he couldn't wait to get out there, could not wait to get out there."

"Now, I want you to remember, it took him three days to respond to the Christmas Day Fruit of Kaboom Bomber, three days. And when he came out after those three days, he was clearly irritated that he had to do it. He didn't want to do it. He comes out here in less than 24 hours to speak about Haiti."

So the Bigot-Addict Limbaugh is comparing a response to a failed terrorist attack that resulted in singed testicles to a response to a natural disaster resulting in death, destruction and the displacement of roughly 3+ million people in the poorest country in this hemisphere.

If I'm not mistaken, doesn't he operate out of Southern FL which has a vibrant Haitian-American population? Coupled with his later comment "We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the US Income Tax", I can't fathom anything to be more insensitive, cynical and classless at this time.

This is just my opinion.

Responses:

Remember: he's *not* a racist! The specific color of the skin discussion here has no racial overtones! -- nm - David Jan 14, 07:47 1
- Maybe Rush will be lucky enough to have an earthquake hit where he lives! -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 07:52
he's an idiot. I think classless is a very good word for comments like those. -- nm - CQ Jan 14, 07:28 1
- word -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 07:37
If he is in a race to the bottom with Robertson then he's losing badly. That's not even close to Robertson saying they deserved it. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:28 37
- When Robertson dies we call all say he deserved it. -- nm - Redmond, pants on the ground Jan 14, 07:32 3
  - Nah....just sleep tight knowing that in his belief system, he'll stand before St Peter and face judgment for all his actions. - Will Hunting Jan 14, 07:34 2
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    - People bought spray on hair from Ron Propeal too! It's all in the marketing. -- nm - Redmond, pants on the ground Jan 14, 07:35
- At least Robertson says we should help them, in his own, very weird way. It seems Limbaugh is saying people should not donate more -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 07:30 31
  - That's what you call an out-of-context quote. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:38 30
    - give me the context where that doesn't imply that we shouldn't donate to haiti, 'cause I got nothing. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 07:51
    - I listened to it. They were talking about donations, and he said "We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax." - Guigue Jan 14, 07:41 28
      - I've already told you - Guigue Jan 14, 07:50 1
        
        Oops, this goes under Ender's post below (reposted) -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 07:51
      - Worst, it was in a totally paranoid rant saying that using the whitehouse.gov website to find ways to give to haiti - Guigue Jan 14, 07:43 15
        
        umm, except for the fact that the links the whitehouse.gov site provides go directly to the Red Cross anyway. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 07:47 14
        
        (here's the relevant page, if anyone is interested) -- (link) - znufrii Jan 14, 07:49 13
        
        Of course he's not talking about the actual page on the actual website, he's talking about the government inserting itself between people and charity. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:51 12
        
        You haven't listened to it have you? - Guigue Jan 14, 07:55 1
        
        and the red cross is running the SMS donation number, AFAIK -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:55
        
        so he's saying the government *shouldn't* use any means at its disposal to encourage people to donate to charities? - znufrii Jan 14, 07:54
        
        But they're not. They're leveraging a communications platform to helpfully direct people to an existing charity. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:53 8
        
        This was in regards to somebody apparently being pointed to whitehouse.gov in order to give. They could just as easily have been pointed to Redcross.org. - Ender Jan 14, 07:56 7
        
        Dude, they are insinuating that the money will not go to Haiti, and that your name will end up on a list and people will call you for contributions -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 07:58 6
        
        You realize he doesn't script 3 hours of show a day and isn't actually intimitely aware of the website right? - Ender Jan 14, 08:01 5
        
        You hear what you want to hear. He specifically said "Would you trust the money's gonna go Haiti?" - Guigue Jan 14, 08:03 4
        
        L4 -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 08:05 3
        
        Dude... Forget it, you suck at arguing -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 08:06 2
        
        To be fair, you suck at picking topics to argue about. 15 seconds of off the cuff dialog does not lend itself to intense analysis. - Ender Jan 14, 08:12 1
        
        If only you had anything to support your interpretation other than your obvious general appreciation for the guy - Guigue Jan 14, 08:15
      - Because he's specifically talking about being directed to Whitehouse.gov to give rather than giving straight to the Red Cross. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:43 9
        
        It's in the segment, but I really don't see how the comment is related to that topic - Guigue Jan 14, 07:46 8
        
        Please, find for me where he actually says you shouldn't give to charitable organizations. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:47 7
        
        I've already told you - Guigue Jan 14, 07:51 6
        
        You're logic's a little faulty there. "we've already donated" does not equal "we shouldn't donate any more". -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:53 5
        
        In what context does anyone ever say, "I already gave once" and not mean it as a "Do I really have to again?" - Will Hunting Jan 14, 07:54 4
        
        I think we've already talked about Rush enough. Way more than he deserves, in fact. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:54 3
        
        I'm just annoyed that Ender's defending him like that -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 07:56 2
        
        Of course you are, it's much easier to bash somebody over 45 seconds in a 3 hour program if nobody defends him. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:58 1
        
        Well defend him then! Prove me wrong! So far you haven't done anything but say "It's out of context! It's unfair!" - Guigue Jan 14, 08:01
- yes - we should measure how awful their statements are carefully. My opening quip was sarcasm. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 07:29
holy crap. What an asshole/ -- nm - mud Jan 14, 07:26
They are both asses -- nm - amoxy Jan 14, 07:25 1
- *bows down before them* -- nm - GOP Jan 14, 07:33

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