Limbaugh Calls Health Care Bill "Reparations" and a "Civil Rights Bill" - DailyKos

[WillyT]

Limbaugh Calls Health Care Bill "Reparations" and a "Civil Rights Bill"
by TomP
Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 06:11:23 AM PST

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Media Matters is reporting that Rush Limbaugh criticized health care reform as "a civil rights bill" and "reparations" in the February 22 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show.

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There are several commentaries on this... I'll just post this one:

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Political Animal by Steve Benen

I'm going to go on a limb here and describe this as about the most racist thing a major American media personality has said in quite a while.

This is about Limbaugh trying -- with no subtlety at all -- to stir up racial fears and anxiety in the hopes of blocking improvements to a dysfunctional health care system, which has repeatedly screwed over a fair amount of Limbaugh's audience.

The racism isn't even restrained. Limbaugh has trashed progressive efforts to improve America's health care system for years, but notice he didn't start talking about "reparations" and comparing reform to a "civil rights bill" until the President of the United States was African American. The nauseating message is about as subtle as a sledgehammer.

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Link (w/Video): http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/23/839805/-Limbaugh-Calls-Health-Care-Bill-Reparations-and-a-Civil-Rights-Bill-

The racist teabaggers are gonna suck on that one but good!

:puke:

[cutlassmama]

1. The drugster is racist

[Fridays Child]

2. So, it's finally been said out loud: Repukes hate it because it will help black people.

Quelle surprise.

[Nikki Stone1]

7. It's not going to help black people: it will take away whatever expendable income they have

to keep paying and paying greedy Wall Street companies.

[booley]

3. Think Beck will sue him?

He did this first. He might be mad Rush stole his material.

BTW, gotta love how cons say their opposition to health care reform isn't about race.. then turn around and make their opposition about race.

[OHdem10]

4. Age old GOP strategy--Put a wedge between working class and

minority groups. Develop resentments. Make the white working
class think they are getting screwed.

[WillyT]

8. Not Just GOP...

Divide and conquer has served corporate America very well over the years.

:shrug:

[WillyT]

5. Hi Keith !!!

:hide:

:rofl:

:shrug:

[Nikki Stone1]

6. Rush is delusional. It's a Wall Street giveaway, pure and simple

Dumb ass.