Rush Limbaugh & Pat Robertson Re: Haiti Quake

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What a couple of complete scumbags...

Leave it to certain commentators to display unique interpretations of compassion and reason when everyone else is merely adhering to the traditional definitions of the words.

When most people are using their time and efforts to brainstorm ways to help the citizens of Haiti, who have no doubt endured massive suffering after Tuesday’s huge earthquake, Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh opted to use theirs in a decidedly different fashion Wednesday. ...
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Based upon the nonsense that these two wastes of skin are spewing, I think perhaps the most immediate & best way to deal with it is to send a big donation to aid agencies which will be able to help in Haiti.
 
You know, just when I think Pat and Rush have lost all ability to shock me with anything they say, they constantly rise to the challenge.
 
Jeez Louise! Rush seems to be saying, "Look out! Obama is going to politicize this!" while blatently politicizing it. And Robertson with his typical, "It's their fault for being ungodly" is just a miserable excuse for a human being. It almost makes me wish there were a just God so he could smack Pat down.
 
Pat Robertson can shove it if he has a ◊◊◊◊◊◊* crazy religious problem with that nation. That isn't even worthy of political statement, it's just plain demeaning. :\

I could see Limbaugh's statement having some truth to it, but honestly he chose a ****'y time and subject to play politics. There isn't exactly anything unusual about the US stepping in to provide aid to that country, not really an issue of who's in the oval office.
 
The inherent offensive of these statements aside, I would be particularly irate if I were a Conservative, because this is exactly what gives them a bad name.

So the only question now is who on the Right will have the courage common decency to denounce these clowns.
 
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johnny karate said:
So the only question now is who on the Right will have the courage common decency to denounce these clowns.
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I'm on the right (mostly) and I will. I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh, but I listened to some talk radio yesterday, and all of the Salem (Medved, Hewitt) and Fox guys I heard were interviewing aid agencies or Haiti experts, and telling you where to donate.

Limbaugh is, at best, a race baiter at this point. Robertson, an egomaniacal tool.
 
johnny karate said:
The inherent offensive of these statements aside, I would be particularly irate if I were a Conservative, because this is exactly what gives them a bad name.

So the only question now is who on the Right will have the courage common decency to denounce these clowns.
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Exactly... it will be very interesting to see who, if anyone, on the far right will have the guts to stand up to Big Papa Limbaugh and that worm Robertson. Personally, I'm not holding my breath for an such statements, though I'm pretty sure that a lot of conservative politicians are privately cringing at these remarks.
 
carlitos said:
I'm on the right (mostly) and I will. I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh, but I listened to some talk radio yesterday, and all of the Salem (Medved, Hewitt) and Fox guys I heard were interviewing aid agencies or Haiti experts, and telling you where to donate.

Limbaugh is, at best, a race baiter at this point. Robertson, an egomaniacal tool.
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Good on you, Carlitos. Sadly, I don't think this will put a dent in their viewership.
 
carlitos said:
Limbaugh is, at best, a race baiter at this point. Robertson, an egomaniacal tool.
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People like Robertson gives me the creeps.

But while I agree with Limbaugh on a lot issues but I really don't see the justification in him jumping to the political card on the basis that Obama's offering aid to that region. His predecessors have offered similar aid in the past particularly given that the country has been pounded by tropical systems in recent years.
 
Based upon the nonsense that these two wastes of skin are spewing, I think perhaps the most immediate & best way to deal with it is to send a big donation to aid agencies which will be able to help in Haiti.
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Your suggested course of action didn't need two blowhards to say silly or irresponsible things for it to be a good idea. ;)

As to Robertson:
Robertson: “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about. [Haitians] were under the heel of the French...and they got together and swore a pact to the Devil. They said, ‘we will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French.’ True story. And the Devil said, ‘OK it’s a deal.’ Ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another.”
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Maybe Pat is old enough to have been there to see the deal made. Jeeze, what a cruel thing to say, not to mention pointless. He failed to follow rule Number 1: never overlook an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.

DR
 
Well, maybe now people will better understand why so few of us on the left felt any sort of sympathy when the pig man was in the hospital.
 
Robertson is a great friend of Israel.

Please stay on topic, which is the statements of Limbaugh and Robertson about Haiti.
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parky76 said:
Robertson is a great friend of Israel.
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Of the modern state and borders of Israel, yes. Of Jews, no. He just wants them there to be the first casualties of the final war.

And, more than anything else, he wants there to be war.

Comes the End of Ages, by Muslim reconning, that ball of lard Robertson is going to wish, as he drags it off around his neck on the path to hell, that he had accumulated a bit less gold in this world. And the real followers of God's word will stand on the ridgeline that separates that path from the path to heaven chanting "neener,neener,neener." And those who puffed thermselves up in his reflected vainglory will be there to shove him to the head of the line for the fire pit, because they will know that he got them there. They will follow him to the gates of hell, mostly to be sure that he goes in.
 
So, all the Haitians swore a pact with the devil. "True story." LOL. I hope they put a voodoo curse on that idiot, if the Katrina victims already haven't.
 
Oh this is just more partisan rhetorical nonsense. Oh noes, Rush said something mean again! I'm telling mommy!

Please, anything like this is always politicized in some way. If a liberal version of Rush did this very thing, would you expect the liberals to be complaining about it?

Oh hell no.

They'd be applauding it all they way!

Now Robertson is a whole other matter entirely. There's a saying:

"Even the devil can read scripture."

And like it or not, while it is a bad thing for anyone to politicize a tragedy like this, what Robertson is doing is far more deplorable behavior.
 
I note as well that Limbaugh and his caller are operating out of a false impression. The caller wonders why Obama suggested folks go to the Whitehouse.gov site; why can't he just donate to the American Red Cross. Limbaugh concurs and suggests that money donated at the Whitehouse.gov site won't go to Haiti, and you'll get on an Obama email list.

So I surf over to the Whitehouse.gov page on Haiti and what do I see?

This morning the President gave another update relief efforts in Haiti, promising the people of Haiti that "you will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten." Again, while the US Government does all it can, you can also help immediately by donating to the international fund of the Red Cross to assist the relief effort.

* Donate $10 to be charged to your cell phone bill by texting "HAITI" to "90999."
* Contribute online to the Red Cross,
* Find more ways to help through the Center for International Disaster Information.
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(Bolding added for emphasis. There's a link underneath the second bullet point that goes directly to the American Red Cross' Haiti page.)

I'm also a bit surprised at the claim that Obama's courting support from both light- and dark-skinned blacks in this country; like he needs to shore up that base?

So yes, I'd say Robertson and Limbaugh are dolts.
 
Eyeron said:
Oh this is just more partisan rhetorical nonsense. Oh noes, Rush said something mean again! I'm telling mommy!

Please, anything like this is always politicized in some way. If a liberal version of Rush did this very thing, would you expect the liberals to be complaining about it?


Oh hell no.

They'd be applauding it all they way!?
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No.

Just... no.

This isn't about partisanship. This is about basic humanity.

Rush Limbaugh didn't just take a tragedy and try to make political hay with it; he expressed a complete disregard for the pain and suffering of hundreds of thousands of human beings. To wit:
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We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax.
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Eyeron said:
Now Robertson is a whole other matter entirely. There's a saying:

"Even the devil can read scripture."

And like it or not, while it is a bad thing for anyone to politicize a tragedy like this, what Robertson is doing is far more deplorable behavior.
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See the above comment by Limbaugh. I think it's splitting hairs to say one is more deplorable than the other. Robertson at least has the excuse of being a demented religious zealot, while Limbaugh says repugnant, hateful things just to get ratings and put money in his pocket.
 
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