Limbaugh claims Dems' interest in Darfur is securing black "voting bloc"

[kpete]

Limbaugh claims Dems' interest in Darfur is securing black "voting bloc"

Summary: On his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh claimed that Democrats "want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur." He continued: "There are two reasons. What color is the skin of the people in Darfur? It's black. And who do the Democrats really need to keep voting for them? If they lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble." A caller responded, "The black population," to which Limbaugh said, "Right."


From the August 22 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

LIMBAUGH: Here's in Lake Orion, Michigan. Thank you for calling. Great to have you on the EIB Network.

CALLER: Hey, Rush. It's great to talk to you. I talked to you once before. I've been listening to you for a couple of years now, and I think I'm getting brighter, but there's a lot to be learned. I know I'm no expert in foreign affairs, but what really confuses me about the liberals is the hypocrisy when they talk about how we have no reason to be in Iraq and helping those people, but yet everybody wants us to go to Darfur. I mean, aren't we going to end up in a quagmire there? I mean, isn't it -- I don't understand. Can you enlighten me on this?

LIMBAUGH: Yeah. This is -- you're not going to believe this, but it's very simple. And the sooner you believe it, and the sooner you let this truth permeate the boundaries you have that tell you this is just simply not possible, the better you will understand Democrats in everything. You are right. They want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur.

CALLER: Right.

LIMBAUGH: There are two reasons. What color is the skin of the people in Darfur?

CALLER: Uh, yeah.

LIMBAUGH: It's black. And who do the Democrats really need to keep voting for them? If they lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble.

CALLER: Yes. Yes. The black population.

LIMBAUGH: Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela -- who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.

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[Rodanthe]

1. He and others like him

need to be ignored by us and people like us. It only adds fuel to his little fire. Besides, you are NEVER going to convince anyone who finds the man credible that he is a lying sack of shit wind bag who only says outrageous stuff in an effort to boost his ratings, so don't waste your breath.

Think of him as the Eminem of his genre (although Eminem actually has talent). But, you know what I mean: Take the media hype and the protestors out of the Eminem with Elton John performance at the grammys and what do you have? Nothing.

[MessiahRp]

2. It's like the RW radio shills play a game of "Who's more racist"... winner gets the KKK listeners..

As if that were a prize.

Rp

[Vogon_Glory]

3. Limbaugh, Rwanda, and Darfur

Many of us older DU posters remember the retroactive interest Limbaugh and other right-wing yakkers took in the Rwandan genocide during the 1990's. Of course they excoriated the Clinton administration for doing nothing about it.

What I've wondered since then is (A) Did Limbaugh and other ostensibly like-minded right-wingers call for military and humanitarian intervention while the massacres were still going on? (B) Did Limbaugh and other right-wingers advocate donating to government and non-government relief organizations operating in Rwanda after the Hutu butchers were run out of Rwanda? (C) Have Limbaugh and his right-wing fellows contributed to NGOs providing relief to Rwanda since then, and if so, how much?

As for Darfur, has Limbaugh advocated donating to NGOs aiding the displaced Darfur refugees, and if so, how much has he contributed?

If the angry, avenging G*d that the self-righteous profess to believe in actually exists, I suspect that there's an especially fiery place in Hell a-waiting for such hypocrites along with considerable personal attention by demons with detailed knowledge and experience concerning human anatomy and pain centers.

:nuke: