Rush Limbaugh on Haiti

[bigbadberry3]

Limbaugh has been quite vocal about Obama's aid to Haiti. IMO a little harsh as any president regardless, of skin color, normally sends support to a nation in such a crisis. IIRC Bush sent money to the tsunami victims years ago and even offered aid to China for earthquake victims. Here is a link where Limbaugh solidifies his point to a caller calling the caller closed mind and biggoted:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politi...31539

I don't see the bigotry or am I that closed minded too?

[srellim234]

Being a bigot himself has always been an integral part of Limbaugh's own personality. He specializes in calling the kettle black in order to try to deflect it from himself.

His response to that caller was due to his comments the day before. When the White House website put a link to the Red Cross on it's home webpage and Obama said the government would forward any donations actually sent to them instead of directly to the Red Cross, Limbaugh started blasting the Administration again, claiming it was all a political ploy to collect names and addresses to solicit future political donations. He also claimed (without any supporting facts whatsoever) that the government would take money right off the top for administrative overhead and the charity wouldn't get all the money donated.

Consider that the GOP is doing the same thing ( http://www.gop.com/ ) as the White House but Rush won't say a word against them. Also, at the time almost every news organizaton (CBS, NBC, MSNBC, FoxNews, etc.) and a lot of commentators including Hannity, O'Reilly, Olbermann, etc. had links to one relief organization or another just like Obama had put on the Whte House page. Rather than provide an alternative route of private donation that he so "proudly" supports and touts, Limbaugh had only a link to a private gold coin firm on his site. The relief link that is there now didn't appear until a lot later.

Bottom line: Rush Limbaugh is a buffoon but a buffoon that has become rich by taking advantage of many peoples' fears, bigotry and gullibility.

I will conclude with the disclaimer that I'm commenting on this from a long discussion with my dad, who actually listens to Rush and thinks he's infallible, an assortment of both right and left news clippings and videos and visiting the websites. I didn't hear it firsthand because I refuse to do anything to even remotely allow anything I do to be counted in Rush's ratings.

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Modified by srellim234 at 4:13 PM 1/15/2010

[audtatious]

and the media is a buffoon for printing and commenting on his words incorrectly. The caller WAS a blockhead as I listened to her comments. He gave back to her what she was giving to him.

He's a radio host that discusses issues as HE see's them. Who cares?

[AZhitman]

A bigot?

Wow. Strong words from someone who's never listened to the man's show.

I refuse to do anything to even remotely allow anything I do to be counted in Rush's ratings.

How about some evidence of said bigotry? I don't always agree with the man, but you lefties sling the word bigot / racist / etc. around too damn much.

Start supporting your position, or it's just regurgitated pablum.

Awfully closed-minded to take a position on something that you refuse to learn about. Sounds kinda like an old person who won't accept women voting, or a toddler who won't eat her lima beans.

FWIW, we (as Americans) have a RIGHT to dislike people who are different from ourselves if we choose to, and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it.

[UpStar]

Being a bigot himself has always been an integral part of Limbaugh's own personality. He specializes in calling the kettle black in order to try to deflect it from himself.

very solid remarks He puts the B I G in bigot. This guy inspires stupidity and hatred and gains popularity from the weak minded individuals that support and listen to his circus show on a daily basis. He is the poison that will make the weak weaker and ignorant even more ignorant.

He's a radio host that discusses issues as HE see's them. Who cares?

Exactly! No ones cares except for his brain washed listeners/callers. I wish he came with a disclaimer stating "For Entertainment Purposes Only"


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[audtatious]

Same can be said for the commentators on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, etc etc etc.....Why not call out Chris Matthews and all the rest as well?

Seems you are as weak minded as everyone else you seem to despise.

[srellim234]

I listened to him long ago and long enough when I was firmly in the conservative Republican camp. Even as a staunch conservative Republican he repulsed me many years ago with his bigotry and false "holier than thou" know-it-all attitude. I never heard him actually carry on a legitimate intelligent discussion with someone he disagrees with. He only interrupts, talks over them, cuts them off and calls them names.

Hypocritical he is. He is so firmly entrenched in the sanctity of marriage and that it should be between a man and a woman that he's done it three times! Breaking his vows of "'til death do us part."

A man is only as good as his word, and obviously his word is not to be trusted.

[UpStar]

Seems you are as weak minded as everyone else you seem to despise.

Too bad this this thread isn't about me. You've failed to contribute to the topic. Try sticking to the topic instead of criticizing me!

Same can be said for the commentators on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, etc etc etc.....Why not call out Chris Matthews and all the rest as well?

this is a weak attemp to divert the attention from what the topic is about...you've failed. try again
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[audtatious]

I listen to him occasionally and also cringe at times. He does bring up some valid points and he brings up interesting sound bytes and statements from others that you simply don't hear via the mainstream media and would never hear if the likes of Rush, Hannity and others were not on the air which is the main reason the Dems in charge want to silence them.

[audtatious]

Too bad this this thread isn't about me. You've failed contribute to the topic. Try sticking to the topic instead of criticizing me!

Maybe you should re-read your comments on demeaning those to whom you disagree with and then tell me I'm being overly critical in calling a spade a spade.

this is a weak attemp to divert the attention from what the topic is about...you've failed. try again

Ahhhhh...deflection......

[UpStar]

Maybe you should re-read your comments on demeaning those to whom you disagree with and then tell me I'm being overly critical in calling a spade a spade.

Ahhhhh...deflection......

I'd rather stay on the Rush Limbaugh on Haiti topic. Proving myself to you or anyone else is a waste of time.

Back to the Rush Limbaugh on Haiti talk This should be a good topic for days to come. Enjoy! I'll check back after the MLK holiday.

[smockers83]

Too bad this this thread isn't about me. You've failed contribute to the topic. Try sticking to the topic instead of criticizing me!

this is a weak attemp to divert the attention from what the topic is about...you've failed. try again

Fail.

This attempt is a weak attempt to divert the valid criticism of your hypocrisy back to someone else.

very solid remarks He puts the B I G in bigot. This guy inspires stupidity and hatred and gains popularity from the weak minded individuals that support and listen to his circus show on a daily basis. He is the poison that will make the weak weaker and ignorant even more ignorant.

Want to know who I think of reading that? Obama, the NYT, DailyKos or whatever the hell it is, and the likes. In fact, I have a particular person in mind affected by your very words by those very sources.

The one source no one ever talks about is CNBC. Best news channel out there IMO.

[audtatious]

You forgot Huffington Post, Media Matters and all the others

[dusred]

Exactly! No ones cares except for his brain washed listeners/callers.

Difference of opinion ≠ brainwashed.

I listen to Rush occasionally and sure I don't agree with everything he says, but this is America and you can hold whatever opinion you want.

[smockers83]

People fail to realize that what Rush and others like Savage say is in response to what others say. Sometimes when someone says something stupid to me, I in return say something equally stupid from the opposite side. Sometimes I don't even think that Rush truly believes everything he's saying, he just says it to swing the pendulum back. And, it drums up these responses which gives him more publicity.

[audtatious]

^^^ is exactly what he stated to the caller

[bigbadberry3]

By the default of being a politician, one most always try to make themselves look as good as possible. Of course Obama will send aid, every president has to countries following a natural disaster. Most presidents and leaders like to appear sympathetic to catastrophes to appeal to the voters, and like I said earlier, the last Bush in office did the same after the tsunami. Limbaugh is an entertainer and his job is to get himself attention. By saying things like this about Haiti, he is stirring attention to himself, exactly as he wanted. I think both parties, Obama and Limbaugh, are doing what they their positions require them to do. However, I disagree with Limbaugh that the US would siphon off of donations as 100 million is change to the government.

The second thing Limbaugh said about the aid already being the US taxes is upsetting people as it indicates that people should not help those out in need in times of crisis by withholding donations. I think that if a natural disaster hit the US, people would donate money to help even though the government already supplies assistance.

[audtatious]

He never said "don't send money" as was initially portrayed by the mainstream media and places like the Huffington Post. From a generosity perspective the US is always the first there and the amount of private donations sent forth for disasters makes the 100mil that Obama is sending look like change. Personally I have no issue with Obama pledging 100mil to help with the disaster (which is far dwarfed by the amount of money we will spend by sending over the military like we have). In comparison, the EU (who some of our representatives think we need to be like) got together and pledged a whole 3mil Euros.

I do have an issue with the amount of "aid" we send to these countries. We have sent Haiti over 1.5+ billion over time to help them improve their gov't imposed issues and they have done what with it? Built large Gov't palaces and done nothing for the people nor infrastructure. At what point should we expect a "return on investment" of some form? At what point should we make these Gov's responsible for the messes their corruption is causing? At what point should we stop giving and extending known problems due to our generosity?

I say let's help them through this issue and if their Gov't goes right back to the same corruption we drop any and all subsidies to them. At some point they will get a clue.

[Rev_D21]

He never said "don't send money" as was initially portrayed by the mainstream media and places like the Huffington Post.

I love this...RUSH IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA! He's syndicated across 100s of stations. How many progressive/liberal stations are there? How else would he land a $400million contract? Who's beating him in the ratings for his time slot? Who's beating him overall? Look at market share, tell me Rupert Murdoch and his right wing news organizations aren't holding most of the market.

If Rush never said 'don't send money' then what did he say? Media Matters only transcribes what these people say, I don't see what is so left wing about that. O'Reilly gets his facts wrong all the time then blames Media Matters for posting what he actually says, laughable!

Lastly, how was "Obama the Magic Negro" not racist?

[dusred]

If Rush never said 'don't send money' then what did he say?

He said "Don't send money through the White House website". That's what he said. He said to keep the donations to private charities. Donating money through the White House website turns the matter political and Obama is using this disaster to make himself look good by using our money (sound familiar?).

Lastly, how was "Obama the Magic Negro" not racist?

There was a thread where we discussed that already it is found here:

zerothread?id=392710

If you want to talk about that you're welcome to bump it.

Please get your facts straight before you come in here blabbing your garbage. You never listen to Rush so how do you know what he said or what context he said it in? Srsly.

[srellim234]

He said "Don't send money through the White House website". That's what he said. He said to keep the donations to private charities. Donating money through the White House website turns the matter political and Obama is using this disaster to make himself look good by using our money (sound familiar?).

If he really meant to promote non-political private donations he would have said the exact same thing about the GOP national website. Why is it political when the Dems do it but not when the GOP does it?

[audtatious]

I love this...RUSH IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA! He's syndicated across 100s of stations. How many progressive/liberal stations are there? How else would he land a $400million contract? Who's beating him in the ratings for his time slot? Who's beating him overall? Look at market share, tell me Rupert Murdoch and his right wing news organizations aren't holding most of the market.

Rush is all opinion. He is not a news anchor reporting on a story. Air America is more than welcome to kick it up a notch if they chose to do so. Nothing is stopping them other than a lack of people to listen to their shows which results in low sponsorship. Nowhere is the right wing news organizations stopping them and I can guarantee you that it's being watched very closely as the Dems would love to bring charges against them. They happen to have a market for their right-wing babble whereas the left wing does not. Why punish them and on what legal grounds?

If Rush never said 'don't send money' then what did he say? Media Matters only transcribes what these people say, I don't see what is so left wing about that. O'Reilly gets his facts wrong all the time then blames Media Matters for posting what he actually says, laughable!

Rush says stupid crap as does O'Reily, Hannity, and the others. If they said it they said it and they should deal with it. Problem is that in numerous cases what they are quoted as saying is not quite what was said. Now, do you approve of things that Matthews says on national TV? Just tonight he stated:

"In Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees."

What about the mainstream media (national TV or print media) constantly calling anyone who protests against the Obama Administration a "teabagger"? Is that acceptable?

Lastly, how was "Obama the Magic Negro" not racist?

Depends on the point of view. "Barack the Magic Negro" was the title of a column by a Dem reporter with the LA Times, not something Rush came up with on his own.

[AZhitman]

I love this...RUSH IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA! He's syndicated across 100s of stations. How many progressive/liberal stations are there? How else would he land a $400million contract? Who's beating him in the ratings for his time slot? Who's beating him overall?

Good point.

So, taking the fact that there's NO libbie radio host worth a damn (they all suck and can't pull an audience), and applying UpStar's stellar intellectual reasoning, we can surmise that either:

a) The majority of America is brainwashed

OR

b) the majority of America agrees with at least SOME of what he says

If a) is true, then maybe that's how we got our current President - The brainwashed majority... if b) is true, you lefties need to find a libbie talk show host who isn't a moron and who can actually engage listeners.

I'll let you guys throw LEFT hooks at each other, since you clearly disagree even within your own ranks. Maybe srellim can explain it all to you.

[AZhitman]

Lastly, how was "Obama the Magic Negro" not racist?

Dunno, did you make that up?

Misquoted AND mis-credited. Wrong words and wrong guy.

[WDRacing]

If Rush offed himself right now the world would be a much better place. He's a tool to the 10th power.

[audtatious]

If all current politicians and news reporters who like to spin things would wear concrete shoes and jump off a pier the US would me a much better place.

[dusred]

If Rush offed himself right now the world would be a much better place. He's a tool to the 10th power.

I agree that generally Rush is a toolbag and I don't agree with him all the time but he does have his place. If he wasn't there alot of stuff would slip past without our notice.

[audtatious]

With all of them if you get past their bias you can get a glimpse of each side with valid points. Problem is that both sides spew a bunch of BS as well. One thing I appreciate with Rush and others is they bring up past events that I don't remember or had forgotten about. Sure, both sides of the coin there too.

[Rev_D21]

Dunno, did you make that up?

Misquoted AND mis-credited. Wrong words and wrong guy.

Well Rush didn't write it but he had it on his show which shouldn't surprise too many. I don't think I made it up, if I did where's my royalties? I researched Rush on Wiki, the man is quite a bag of garbage. He's still not oppressed by any means, the mainstream media certainly isn't the dems, they wouldn't be in the position they are in now if they had the mics the conservatives have. Can't blame anyone for that and you can't blame the mainstream media for misquoting Rush when Rush is the mainstream media. On another note, the only compelling lib on the radio is Ed Shultz, the rest are pretty weak and I can't stand Stephanie Miller, that cooter is a dust bowl, you can hear it every time she laughs.

One fact I must state, I'm not a Dem, I'm an Indy. Dems are too weak for me to stomach. I do lean left on some things, I'm a commie Canadian after all, but not all things. I'll never vote Repub though, they just don't appeal to me. 12 years of Bush was enough for me to least a lifetime. If a strong 3rd party with some backbone and some common sense, I am dreaming I know, I will go with them or I will go back to Canada and enjoy watching America argue itself into the ground.

Oh and I did mean to type "Barak the Magic Negro", I have no clue how I typed 'Obama' other than I must have gotten way ahead of myself.

[dusred]

Well Rush didn't write it but he had it on his show which shouldn't surprise too many.

No. Rush did write it BUT he used a line from the LA Times as the title and theme of the song.

I researched Rush on Wiki, the man is quite a bag of garbage.

Need we get into a Wiki discussion? Calling him a bag of garbage is quite uncalled for.

Miller, that cooter is a dust bowl, you can hear it every time she laughs.

Again, uncalled for.