Rush Limbaugh: No More Aid for Haiti
U.S. News and World Report
By John A. Farrell and Thomas Jefferson
January 14, 2010Did he really say that? I guess so. I checked his web site. He’s not even ashamed he said it. For Rush Limbaugh, the deaths of thousands of Haitians in a natural disaster is just fodder for another hateful rant against American government and President Obama.
Said Rush:
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.What kind of world does this nincompoop live in, that this nonsensical musing pops out of his mouth? What makes him see things through such an ugly prism, at a time when the bodies are still being dug from the wreckage? And then this oaf went on to discourage Americans from making contributions to the Red Cross because, via foreign aid, "we’ve already donated to Haiti – it’s called the U.S. income tax."
I expect all of us hope that with this piece of outrageous Limbaugh poison will put a dent in his influence, but we’ve wished for that before. I’m not always sure what aspect of the mental life of his fans Limbaugh plays to. Certainly this example is openly racist, and deeply contemptuous. I know that Limbaugh’s scripts are put together by his staffers, but he’s the person who dusts them with his unique brand of sarcastic venom. If you look at his web site right now, it has been changed frome earlier in the day to reflect his usual kind of defense to the criticism he’s been getting:
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Democrats Push to Kill Capitalism; Obama Uses Alinsky Plan on Banks
Obama implements the Alinsky strategy against banks -
MSNBC Reporter Complains About the Media Accommodations in Haiti
For the journalists, every story is always all about them. -
Liberals Can’t Wait to Compare Obama on Haiti to Bush on Katrina
Before it’s over, the left will drag George Bush into this -
Rush Did Not Say "Don’t Make Donations to Haiti"
Media Tweaked: "Light-Skinned" Remark Pinned on Rush, Not Reid
The truth about what Rush said about Obama and Haiti
I’m over refuting Rush, but I do want to comment on one particular piece of this malarkey – "Media Tweaked: "Light-Skinned" Remark Pinned on Rush, Not Reid." This is a favorite ploy of the Limbaugh staff. After weeks of ranting about Harry Reid’s comments about Obama’s light skin and accent, Limbaugh now raves that people didn’t react when Reid commented on "light-skinned" but take offense when he does it. First, people did react to Reid. Second, Rush’s comment was contemptuous racism, Reid was stating relief that Obama was more electable. But those things don’t really matter. What matters is that the Limbaugh Staff invariably turns criticism of Limbaugh into his martyrdom, and deflects attention away from the his behavior. I’m not going to bother to read "The truth about what Rush said about Obama and Haiti." I’ve read enough of Rush’s truths for a lifetime. But I do have something to say about "Rush Did Not Say ‘Don’t Make Donations to Haiti’." He actually said a lot more:
RUSH: We’re going to start in Raleigh, North Carolina. Justin you’re first today. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Mega Rush Baby dittos. My question is, why did Obama in the sound bite you played earlier, when he’s talking about if you wanted to donate some money, you can go to WhiteHouse.gov —RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: — to direct you how to do so. If I want to donate money to the Red Cross, why do I need to go to the WhiteHouse.gov page and —RUSH: Exactly. Would you trust that the money is going to go to Haiti?CALLER: No.RUSH: Would you trust that your name is going to end up on a mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes.CALLER: Absolutely.RUSH: Absolutely right.CALLER: That’s the point.RUSH: Besides, we’ve already donated to Haiti. It’s called the US income tax.CALLER: Rush, my mother was going to be on a missionary trip. She was going to leave at 4:30 this morning to go to Haiti with our church.RUSH: That’s another point, too. Churches —CALLER: No government money, Rush.RUSH: Exactly right. Look, there are people that do charitable work every day in Haiti. It’s not as though — like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, it’s our fault. Reverend Wright, it’s our fault, there’s no excuse for such poverty when there’s a nation as rich as we are so close. There are people that have been trying to save Haiti just as we’re trying to save Africa. You just can’t keep throwing money at it because the dictatorships there just take it all. They don’t spread it around, and even if they did they’re not creating a permanent system where people can provide for themselves. It’s a simple matter of self-reliance. Nobody takes that approach down there because this has always been a country run by dictators and incompetent ones at that.
He says that Obama is running a money scam on Whitehouse.gov, would keep the money donated to the Red Cross, and then add your name to his campaign’s mailing list. And, by the way, sending money to Haiti is a waste of time because the Haitians are corrupt [like the Africans][and Reverend Wright]. Let’s face it, to Rush, all black people are just no good. I think Rush Limbaugh is a real racist, the kind that used meet in the swamps and lynch people. I expect that, when it’s all said and done, that’s his appeal – to the racist elements in America. His rants about the Haitians probably reflect his feelings about all Black Americans as well. Recall his comments during his brief career on ESPN as a sportscaster. "I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well,” Limbaugh said. "There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team." But his racism has flowered with the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency. The kind of attack documented above is repeated daily. I doubt this particular piece of insensitivity and hatefulness will do much to his influence. The people who listen to him go for that kind of thing. It may make it more awkward for the Republicans in Congress to see him as an asset.
…”a country run by dictators and incompetent ones at that”.
Fat boy’s cognitive capacities have been permanently diminished by his long-term drug seeking experience with opiates. Is a “competent” dictator one who doesn’t necessarily murder, torture and repress his people on a daily basis…maybe only occasionally when the need arises? Was Saddam competent in some conception of the word because he built systems of administration that ensured that the routine business of his state went on at all? Is it a matter depending wholly on what one’s definition of competence is?
This clown is over the top but unfortunately only a contemporary manifestation of someone who appeals to the basest instincts, fears and ignorance of H. sapiens.
I’m certainly not a professional in the mental health community but there must be an awful lot of info in your medical books abut what makes a bully or a racist or both. As a child I remember the bully on our little deadend street had all the kids on our street following his ever rants and deeds (I was a little older than the rest so I was just an observer). Some of these kids were really very nice human being so I found it almost shocking that they would follow and listen to every word the bully said or did. I’m hoping that Rush has finally met his waterloo. He deserves nothling less with all the hate and pain he has tried to spread with his tongue. Oh before I send this comment I wanted to chuckle a bit about how angry he and O’Reilly must be that one of their top enemies is now US Senator Al Franken.