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Talk Radio Watch Title: Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson take heat on remarks Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson take heat on remarks
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and televangelist Pat Robertson are being scolded for their comments in the immediate aftermath of an earthquake in Haiti that has killed tens of thousands, according to early estimates. Critics from both the left and right are denouncing their remarks as insensitive to the disaster and attempts to score political points off human tragedy. Speaking on his radio show Wednesday, Limbaugh said the earthquake has played into Obama’s hands, allowing the president to look “compassionate” and “humanitarian” while at the same time bolstering his standing in both the “light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country.” He added: “We've already donated to Haiti. It’s called the U.S. income tax.” Limbaugh’s comments were, in part, a riff on Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) much publicized remark in a new book that Obama was able to win the election because he is “light-skinned” and lacks a “Negro dialect.” But regardless of the intended context, Limbaugh’s comments have been widely panned. “They are deeply insensitive,” said conservative commentator Pat Buchanan on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “The president speaks for the country when he says we’re going to go in there,” he said. “You want your whole nation, and it’s very positive. And I think Rush’s comments were cynical.” Sitting next to Buchanan on set, host Joe Scarborough called Limbaugh’s comments “deplorable.” “The insensitivity is stunning,” said the former Republican congressman. Liberal commentators also quickly jumped on Limbaugh. “Limbaugh did not know when to just shut up,” said liberal commentator Keith Olbermann on his MSNBC show “Countdown.” “Today he blamed communism for the poverty of Haiti, blamed President Obama for holding a news conference the day after this cataclysm when he did not hold one after the failed half-assed terror attempt in Detroit.” John Amato from the left-leaning website Crooks and Liars added that “with thousands of people dead already and as the suffering continues in Haiti, Limbaugh and his ilk only care about one thing: destroying Obama.” The conservative media watchdog site Newsbusters stepped up to defend Limbaugh, saying his comments were not put in proper context, but very few others are backing the conservative firebrand’s latest controversial remarks.
Poster Comment: Leave it to the fat, drug-addled pig Limbaugh to try to turn a natural disaster into a political act. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 8. “with thousands of people dead already and as the suffering continues in Haiti, Limbaugh and his ilk only care about one thing: destroying Obama.” Truth.
#5. To: Biffy-Boy Tannen, Bickus Dopus (#3) “with thousands of people dead already and as the suffering continues in Haiti, Limbaugh and his ilk only care about one thing: destroying Obama.” Lol, "truth"?? 0bama-the-Pyromaniac is setting fire to America with his lies, grand theft, and his destruction of the economy, and YOU two flying ass-hats are crying on each others' shoulder over WHAT again? "WAAAAHHH!!! - Limbaugh torched our Kenyan Hopey/Changy messiah!!" If you two poseurs are so damn heartbroken, instead of pounding the keyboard in between sips of Chamomile Tea, get on a frickin' plane with your checkbooks TO Haiti.
#7. To: Liberator, Biffy-Boy Tannen, Bickus Dopus (#5) If you two poseurs are so damn heartbroken, instead of pounding the keyboard in between sips of Chamomile Tea, get on a frickin' plane with your checkbooks TO Haiti. That would mean leaving momma's basement and their blow-up dolls!
#8. To: Ibluafartsky (#7) That would mean leaving momma's basement and their blow-up dolls! THAT ain't happenin' - who'd wanna leave THAT Shan-gri-la? No, I believe the stud-muffins will be content to play it safe at home with Latex Honey I and II. Plus fake sympathy and whimpering comes cheaply.
Replies to Comment # 8. That would mean leaving momma's basement and their blow-up dolls! Hi, yucktard. I see you and Mad Dog got back from testifying against Prop 8 in DC all right.
#113. To: Liberator (#8) Hilarious how quickly you and your chum turn to homoerotica, Luberator.
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