Rush 'meant' what he said about Haiti

by donny 2 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  donny

  This is another guy I listened to before I woke up. I can understand that he is not a supporter of Obamas policys, but he finds something negative in everything the guy does. He's just like some of the rabid Bush haters of yesterday.

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100115/pl_politico/31539

  Rush 'meant' what he said about Haiti

  Rush Limbaugh is not backing down from his claim that President Barack Obama is trying to score political points off the earthquake in Haiti.

  Challenged by a caller during his show Thursday, Limbaugh said: “If I said it, I meant to say it, and I do believe that everything is political to this president.”

  “Everything this president sees is a political opportunity, including Haiti, and he will use it to burnish his credentials with minorities in this country and around the world, and to accuse Republicans of having no compassion,” Limbaugh said in comments flagged by the liberal blog Think Progress.

  Limbaugh has come under fire from both the right and the left for saying that the earthquake played directly into Obama’s hands, allowing him to look “compassionate.” The host claimed the White House’s response would bolster Obama’s standing in the “light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country.”

  He also appeared to discourage help for the island nation, saying, “We've already donated to Haiti. It’s called the U.S. income tax.”

  Critics have characterized Limbaugh’s comments as insensitive and tone-deaf at a time when heartbreaking images of the devastation dominate news coverage.

  Confronted with some of that criticism, Limbaugh slammed a caller as “close-minded.”

  “What I’m illustrating here is that you’re a blockhead,” Limbaugh shot back. “What I’m illustrating here is that you’re a close-minded bigot who is ill-informed.”

  “If you had listened to this program for a modicum of time, you would know it,” he said. “But instead, you’re a blockhead. Your mind is totally closed. You have tampons in your ears. Nothing is getting through other than the biased crap that you read.”
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  BizzyBee

  And Roger Ebert meant it when he said this:

  A Letter to Rush Limbaugh

  / / / January 14, 2010

  To: Rush Limbaugh
  From: Roger Ebert
  
  You should be horse-whipped for the insult you have paid to the highest office of our nation.
  
  Having followed President Obama's suggestion and donated money to the Red Cross for relief in Haiti, I was offended to hear you suggest the President might be a thief capable of stealing money intended for the earthquake victims.

  Here is a transcript from your program on Thursday:

  Justin of Raleigh, North Carolina: "Why does Obama say if you want to donate some money, you could go to whitehouse.gov to direct you how to do so? If I wanted to donate to the Red Cross, why do I have to go to the White House page to donate?"
  
  Limbaugh: "Exactly. Would you trust the money's gonna go to Haiti?"
  
  Justin: "No."
  
  Rush: "But would you trust that your name's gonna end up on a mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes?"
  
  Justin: "Absolutely!"
  
  Limbaugh: "Absolutely!"

  That's what was said.
  
  Unlike you and Justin of Raleigh, I went to Obama's web site, and discovered the link there leads directly to the Red Cross. I can think of a reason why anyone might want to go via the White House. That way they can be absolutely sure they're clicking on the Red Cross and not a fake site set up to exploit the tragedy.
  
  But let me be sure I have this right. You and Justin agree that Obama might steal money intended for the Red Cross to help the wretched of Haiti.
  
  This conversation came 48 hours after many of us had seen pitiful sights from Port au Prince. Tens of thousands are believed still alive beneath the rubble. You twisted their suffering into an opportunity to demean the character of the President of the United States.
  
  This cannot have been an accident. A day earlier, a sound bite from your show went viral, in which you said Obama would exploit the situation to "please his black followers -- both the light-skinned and the dark-skinned ones."
  
  Setting aside your riff on Harry Reid, consider what you imply. Obama will aid Haiti to please African-Americans. Haiti has lost untold thousands of lives. One third of the population has lost its homes. Countless people are still buried in the rubble. Every American president would act quickly to help our neighbor. You are so cynical and heartless as to explain Obama's action in a way that unpleasantly suggests how your mind works.
  
  You have a sizable listening audience. You apparently know how to please them. Anybody given a $400 million contract must know what he is doing.
  
  That's what offends me. You know exactly what you're doing.
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  troubled mind

  I really am not a mean person ,But when I heard Rush L. had a heart attack ......I was not sad . Just wish it could have been the big one . The man needs to go with Pat Robertson on a long ride down a short pier in a car full of cement blocks .