Limbaugh really is the lowest form of life alive

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Limbaugh Discourages Donations to Haiti, Questions Obama’s Motives for Encouraging Donations
January 13, 2010

Newsprism has been monitoring the blogosphere today to guage reactions to the earthquake in Haiti. I’m happy to report that on the left and right, the predominant reaction has been to offer prayers and sympathy and to inform people where they can donate to relief efforts.

At wizbang.com and breitbart.com (scroll down to see comments), I’ve found some very offensive remarks and some inappropriate politicization, but nobody should judge these sites nor the conservative movement based on a few wingnuts. (In fact, it could well be that a misguided liberal troll or two is trying to discredit the right with these posts.)

The alleged leader of the conservative movement, however, has shown his true colors today in a way that should shock and disgust any true conservative, and certainly, any good Christian or good American.

On his radio program, Rush Limbaugh has not only chosen to politicize the earthquake, but is actually discouraging listeners from donating to relief efforts!

Limbaugh’s reasoning is chilling: First, he claims that “we” have already donated via income taxes…in other words, since our government is helping Haiti, we need do no more (other than complain about it.) Second, Limbaugh insists that such donations would be wasted anyhow:

There are people that have been trying to save Haiti just as we’re trying to save Africa. You just can’t keep throwing money at it because the dictatorships there just take it all…(and) you’re not creating a permanent system where people can provide for themselves.

Aside from conflating Africa and Haiti (a rather racist rhetorical move), Limbaugh ignores the fact that the charities involved are or will be working on the ground directly with the victims in a country whose government has been all but wiped out; no dictator will be able to pilfer a substantial amount from donated funds. He also ignores the fact that relief is needed immediately without regard to the systemic or institutional issues he brings up.

Just as unconscionable is Limbaugh’s accusation that President Obama is using whitehouse.gov to solicit donations for earthquake relief in order to 1.) skim some of those donations and 2.) develop a list of contributors from whom to solicit donations “for (Obama) and other causes.”

But all whitehouse.gov does is link directly to charities providing relief to earthquake victims and survivors!

This is not conservatism. It’s the most vile of partisan politics mixed with a disgraceful lack of human compassion.

Limbaugh’s next move, predictably, will be to capitalize on the controversy caused by his cold, cold hearted comments.
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