Rush Limbaugh: No, I’m not evading it at all. If I said it I meant to say it, and I do believe that everything is political to this president. Everything this president sees is a political opportunity, including Haiti, and he will use it to burnish his credentials with minorities in this country and around the world, and to accuse Republicans of having no compassion. [...]
APRIL: [A]re you implying that the Huffington Post as the one and only resource that I [read]? I even watch Fox News once in a while.
Rush Limbaugh: No, no, no, no, no. I’m not implying that. … What I’m illustrating here is that you’re a blockhead. What I’m illustrating here is that you’re a closed-minded bigot who is ill-informed. … And if you had listened to this program for a modicum of time you would know it. But instead you’re a blockhead. You’re mind is totally closed. You have tampons in your ears. Nothing is getting through other than the biased crap that you read.
Here's the entire conversation as recorded by Media Matters:
That comment set off a storm of online coverage and commentary from Think Progress, Yahoo Buzz, and hundreds of bloggers. The Reid Report asked:...… and at what point do rational people simply stop listening?
NewsBusters, a conservative blog, totally ignored Rush's tampon blast, and focused on the Haiti comments as if to maintain their ability to defend Limbaugh.
Rush Limbaugh defended his Haiti comments, but will he defend his tampon insult?
Stay tuned.
I am appalled and shocked that such a public figure as Rush Limbaugh can make unfounded statements that President Obama or the government is, or plans to, steal money which is offered to disaster victims. These claims are unsupported with any evidence. He certainly has a right to free speech in the United States, but it is illegal to make false or unsupportable negative statements about persons or entities. The links on whitehouse.gov are to ensure that people are going to the actual charities on the internet - there are plenty of fraudsters who will misdirect money from generous individuals to their own pockets.
ReplyDeleteI am further offended by the comment Rush made to the caller identified as "April" about removing the tampons from her ears. That was uncalled-for, sexist, and, frankly, gross.
I cannot get either of these shows in their entirity. I could get them from rushlimbaugh.com if I paid him for a membership, which I will not do. Instead, I plan to grit my teeth and listen to a Rush Limbaugh Show on a local radio station, write down the names of the companies which advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show, write a paper letter, mailed through the US Mail - not email - to a top-level marketing executive in each of those corporations and tell them that because of their support for Rush Limbaugh's show where he makes such offensive comments, I will not purchase their products or services in the future. I encourage others who are similarly offended to do likewise. Money talks. If the companies realize that their sales are being impacted negatively by their sponsorship of Rush's show, they will either withdraw their support, or perhaps put in their own rules to make his show less offensive.
This is not political commentary, nor is it entertaining. It is quite offensive.