Limbaugh Disses Haiti, Accuses Obama of Using Info for Campaign

Re: Limbaugh: ‘We’ve Already Donated To Haiti, It’s Called US Income Tax’ (VIDEO), Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham First Posted: 01-14-10 08:14 AM | Updated: 01-14-10 09:04 AM

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.”

Rush Limbaugh is showing the entire nation the stuff he’s made of. He is once again defining himself. This time he is calling for citizens of the US to stop donating to the ravaged country of Haiti. Limbaugh claims that your donations through the official White House website will somehow wind up in the hands of the President to be used for some imaginary nefarious deeds. He says that Obama will use this charity to “burnish his credibility in both light-skinned and black-skinned African-American communities”.

Audio:

http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?content=2D6YL91RJ1ZQJH0X&widget_type_cid=svp 

http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?content=5XW3R409T8R7Y6C4&widget_type_cid=svp

Aren’t African-American communities the same as plain ole American communities? In my town, black people live next door to white people. We are just neighbors, just a community.

I think that Limbaugh has gone too far this time. I think the accusations that Obama will use the money collected at WhiteHouse.gov in other ways than advertised should be investigated as slander.

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