Haiti Brings Out The Worst In America's Worst

guys, that Huffington Post article is a spoof

That Pat Robinson statement is stunning, even from him. How exactly does an entire nation make a pact with the devil? And it lasts for generations? Does Kansas have a pact with the devil since they have so many tornados? I just don't understand how this guy makes a living saying this shit.

cincybearcat wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

there's no surprises here. the Republican brain works backwards.

So now these guys speak for all republicans huh?

I'll remember that the next time some lefty but job says something kooky that they are speaking for you.

i would be willing to bet that between these two they speak for a majority of you republicans. between the two they have a lot of influence and reach more people than anyone on liberal talk radio. what is rush on, something like 600 radio stations or something, while people like thomm hartmann and stephanie miller are on less than 100 each...

mb262200 wrote:

I don't support all of Rush, but I listen to him.....and you guys are clearly making shit up. You are trying to tell me he says something when the video is right there and i've listened to it over and over. Nowhwre does Rush say Obama is using the earthquake to suck up to black people. What I do see time and time again is people taking something Rush says and blowing it completely out of context.

Interested in the exact quote?

“This will play right into Obama’s hands — humanitarian, compassionate. They’ll use this to burnish their, shall we say, credibility with the black community — the both the light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country. It’s made to order for them," - Limbaugh, on Haiti.

Commy wrote:

The US does help, sure, but its a pr move if anything, doesn't mean we're right in invading countries.

Then I proposed the US not send any money or aid. Since it's always just for pr.

JB811 wrote:

Is Rush any different than Al Sharpton? Both are blowhard windbags. Same thing really. Both parties have their a-holes. There is no point getting worked up about it.

I believe Sharpton is an idiot. I believe Rush is an idiot. I think Rush is GENERALLY more dangerous, though Sharpton has fucked up (Duke Lacrosse comes to mind..)

I find Robertson the most disturbing out of all of this though. And that people listen to him.

oh OF COURSE!!! the comments were taken out of context.....now i feel a little better about these guys :roll: :roll:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/31502

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.

While Limbaugh received a modicum of support, nobody of note has stepped up to defend Robertson’s claim that Haiti got hit by an earthquake because it is “cursed.”

Speaking about the disaster during his program “The 700 Club” on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Robertson said that when Haiti was still a French colony its leaders “swore a pact to the devil” to get out from “under the heel of the French.”

“They said, ‘we will serve you if you will get us free from the French.’ True story. And so, the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal,’” Robertson claimed, as was recorded and sent around by the liberal group Media Matters.

“But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other,” he continued. “That island of Hispaniola is one island. It is cut down the middle on the one side is Haiti the other is the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etc. Haiti is in desperate poverty.”

Robertson, who has a long history of making controversial remarks on his program, urged his followers to pray for the residents of Haiti and said that “out of this tragedy I’m optimistic something good may come.”

Speaking on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said Thursday morning she was left “speechless” by Robertson’s remarks.

“That's not the attitude that expresses the spirit of the president or the American people, so I thought it was a pretty stunning comment to make,” she said.

A statement from Robertson’s spokesman Chris Roslan tried to downplay the “cursed” remark.

“Dr. Robertson never stated that the earthquake was God’s wrath,” the statement read. “If you watch the entire video segment, Dr. Robertson’s compassion for the people of Haiti is clear. He called for prayer for them. His humanitarian arm has been working to help thousands of people in Haiti over the last year, and they are currently launching a major relief and recovery effort to help the victims of this disaster.”

g under p wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

Commy wrote:

The US does help, sure, but its a pr move if anything, doesn't mean we're right in invading countries.

Then I proposed the US not send any money or aid. Since it's always just for pr.

Limbaugh: 'We've Already Donated To Haiti, It's Called US Income Tax' (VIDEO)

Seems like Rush is on that same path of not donating to Haiti Relief.

Well, it didn't take long for conservative firebrand Rush Limbaugh to use the crisis in Haiti to attack President Obama politically. On his radio show yesterday Limbaugh said the earthquake in Haiti will play right into Obama's hands by allowing him to play up his "compassionate" and "humanitarian" credentials, and that the President will use this crisis to "boost his credibility with the black community."

As if that weren't enough, Limbaugh also pivoted off a caller who complained about Obama directing the public to the White House website to find charitable organizations operating in Haiti to promote a conspiracy theory that finding these charities via the White House website puts your money at risk of not reaching Haitians.

Limbaugh also seems to feel we've done enough already for Haiti: "We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax."

Peace

1. i agree with Commy
2. disagree with Cincy
3. still hold the belief that Limbaugh is a disgraceful human being
4. my heart goes out to the people in Haiti. we should offer them whatever support/assistance we can