Let's hope that stupidity and heartlessness isn't contagious
I've just been reading a couple of articles about what some prominent conservatives in the US have been saying about the disaster in Haiti. Their stupidity is awe-inspiring:
Pat Robertson: Haitians were originally "under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil," said the 80-year-old former presidential candidate. "They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal," the televangelist said. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other."
Rush Limbaugh: "told his audience not to give money to Haiti [...] said the country is run by dictatorships and the U.S. has already helped it. [...]" [said] that the Obama administration would use the situation to "burnish their, shall we say, credibility with the black community, in the… the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country". [...] Limbaugh said, "We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax."
What I enjoy is the response of the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs: "It never ceases to amaze that in times of amazing human suffering, someone says something that could be so utterly stupid. But like clockwork, it happens with some regularity"
Amen, Mr. Gibbs.
Pat Robertson: Haitians were originally "under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil," said the 80-year-old former presidential candidate. "They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal," the televangelist said. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other."
Rush Limbaugh: "told his audience not to give money to Haiti [...] said the country is run by dictatorships and the U.S. has already helped it. [...]" [said] that the Obama administration would use the situation to "burnish their, shall we say, credibility with the black community, in the… the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country". [...] Limbaugh said, "We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax."
What I enjoy is the response of the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs: "It never ceases to amaze that in times of amazing human suffering, someone says something that could be so utterly stupid. But like clockwork, it happens with some regularity"
Amen, Mr. Gibbs.