The other day I essentially “marveled” at how Republicans could take a statement made by Harry Reid during the previous presidential campaign and turn it into a salacious argument on racism.  I’ve thought about Reid’s statement – that Barack Obama was light skinned and spoke WITHOUT a “NEGRO” dialect – which (these characteristics) gave Obama a real chance to become president.  A very poor choice of words, to be sure, for a prominent politician to say to someone who’s writing a book (although, I’m fairly certain Reid was thinking his comments were “off the record”)  Well, just like other similar arguments the “right” (wrong) wing “clamps” onto – because of the ideology of the very people making the argument – Reid’s statement rings true.  Remember the republicans “pouncing” on Obama’s comments about how they divide people to the point where voters unsuspectingly vote against their own self-interests due to “wedge issues” such as guns and religion.   I mean, can you imagine the fuss Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Boehner, McConnell, O’Reilly, and the rest of them would be making if Obama was “dark skinned,” had dreadlocks, and spoke with the “street” dialect?  The sad reality is that it wouldn’t matter how brilliant he was – under those circumstances he’d have no chance – which I believe is the “gist” of what Reid was saying.  Just like the FACT republicans use issues such as abortion, gays, guns, and religion to hide the FACT they support HUGE CORPORATIONS who are stealing Americans blind, supporting and profiting off of illegal and immoral wars, and doing everything in their power to repeal all the benefits of the New Deal in order to destroy the middle class in this great country.

After listening to Limbaugh and some of them acting like BOLD FACED HYPOCRITS following the revelations about Reid’s comments I thought these guys have finally hit the pinnacle of “lowness.”  The phrase I used the other day to give the best analogy I could think of was they reminded me of “The pot calling the kettle black.”  I thought, “They just can’t get any lower.”  Well, I WAS WRONG!!!!  Last night, after just a couple days to digest how TOTALLY disgusting the republicans who identify with people like Limbaugh are things got even worse! (and, I’m sorry to say that – but adults in this country should be able to easily figure out what a lowlife liar he is – I have former friends who believe what he says – that I can’t even bring myself to associate with anymore – I see the racist behavior coming from them and they don’t even recognize it’s happening and they get REALLY MAD and defensive when it’s pointed out to them – not just by me)

I heard Limbaugh last night going off on President Obama regarding Haiti.  He said something like Obama was using the situation in Haiti to further his standing with “both light skinned and dark skinned” Blacks.  He implied (I can’t remember the exact words, I was listening to the radio) that our President was taking advantage of the “situation in Haiti” for political gain.  Well, at the time I hadn’t heard what the “situation in Haiti” was.  When I got home and turned on the evening news I saw what Limbaugh was talking about.  Almost instantaneously I felt like a human being couldn’t get any LOWER than Limbaugh.  Even he had outdone himself this time.  This guy must not have a compassionate bone in his body.  The pictures I saw on TV showed a small nation – already the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere (if not the world) – that had been virtually DESTROYED by an earthquake.  Estimates were of something like 3 MILLION people displaced (almost half the population of their country), and anywhere from 10,000 to 50,000 people dead!

So, Rush Limbaugh had the golden opportunity to ONCE AGAIN show what a racist he is and to confirm that he has absolutely NO COMPASSION for anyone outside his own little circle (if he has any compassion at all).  When I saw the devestation on TV in Haiti, it made his words seem even worse.  Every once in a while I tune in just to keep abreast of what his latest lies are.  THIS WAS OVER THE TOP!  How can any human being take a terrible tragedy like this and turn it into a partisan political issue.  And, does Limbaugh really believe the American public is stupid enough to fall for this (accusing Obama of using this for political gain). 

I guess the so-called “ditto heads” could be renamed “dumb-asses” if they really listen to this crap and take it seriously.  As far as I’m concerned HE’S GONE TOO FAR this time.  Of course, Limbaugh’s sponsors don’t seem to have a bit of moral fiber in themselves either – and they will probably continue to support him because he has a large audience.  In America, money rules.  These so-called “Religious right” supporters talk about “family values” to hoodwink the voters who are swayed by the very wedge issues President Obama referred to in the campaign.  Tonight as I was driving home – yes, despite my liberal leanings I go to and from work EVERY DAY – here was Limbaugh at it again.  This time he was urging his “ditto-heads” NOT TO DONATE to the relief effort in Haiti.  He even took that into the partisan political realm.  He said something along the line if you donate to the Red Cross, pretty soon they will be asking you for money for Obama’s campaign (evidently, he was talking about donating through a White House link to the Red Cross on the internet – as if Obama and the Red Cross have some secret pact to turn this Haitian tragedy into a fund raiser).  He finished the diatribe I heard by saying something along the lines that “you’ve already donated to the Haitian relief fund – you’ve paid taxes.”  THIS MAN IS SICK!

When I looked at the pictures of the devastation in Haiti tonight it brought tears to my eyes.  A school with 700 children completely flattened with not a sign of one survivor.  7000 people put into a mass grave as the country braces for the aftermath of all this death with decaying bodies and the disease possibilities which conceivably could compound the incredible problems they’re already struggling with.  Every person who is able SHOULD BE DONATING TO THE CAUSE to help those people who have survived.  I still remember George W Bush’s Mom stating that the Astrodome or the Superdome in New Orleans was a “good place” for “these” people after Hurricane Katrina because they were “underprivileged.”  Evidently Pat Robertson – another from the “right” wing of the Republican party is blaming this earthquake on a 400 year old “pact with the devil,” and then there’s Limbaugh.  Everytime they get the opportunity to prove they’re racists, they jump at the chance!  WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?   And, how does the Republican party even continue to exist in this nation without kicking people like this out?  Why would ANYONE want to be associated with people who think like that?

It is discouraging to me that people who think like Limbaugh and these others continue to get a national stage to spew their garbage.  Thank God, people from all over the world are mobilizing to provide relief to Haiti.  Obviously, it’s too late for thousands, but the possibilities of magnifying this tragedy are real and my prayers, and I’m sure the prayers of millions of others all around the globe, is for the people to get the water and supplies necessary to minimize the suffering – and for the relief workers to somehow manage to prevent widespread disease from the aftermath of this earthquake.  While I’m praying for the people of Haiti, I’m going to include a prayer for those of us in America:  Rush Limbaugh, please …… JUST GO AWAY!

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