At Countless Screaming Argonauts, the podcast of record, one of our mottoes has been this – “Pointing out the idiocy of the world, one idiot at a time. It has served us well as we have commented on numerous stories about drunk induced mishaps, crazy people doing crazy things and even our own internet meme, Dumb / Not so Dumb. However occasionally someone just goes beyond being an idiot, to a place where words no longer do the stupidity justice. This was the case last week with Pat Robertson’s commentary about the people of Haiti and their “pact” with Satan. Well, not to be outdone by a fellow idiot, Rush Limbaugh threw his own comment into the ring for consideration.
On his radio show Limbaugh said the earthquake in Haiti will play right into President Obama's hands by allowing him to play up his "compassionate" and "humanitarian" credentials, and that the President will use this crisis to "boost his credibility with the black community." And then, as if that weren't enough, Limbaugh commented on the fact that the White House had set up a link on its website to help people make donations to various relief efforts. Limbaugh used this fact to promote a conspiracy theory that finding these charities via the White House website puts your money at risk of not reaching Haitians. Limbaugh also said "We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax.” Finally he reacted to former President Bill Clinton's appointment as UN special envoy to Haiti by saying "I'm just gonna tell you, if I was named envoy to Haiti, I'd quit government. Envoy to Haiti? You can't even pick up a prostitute down there without genuine fear of AIDS."
There is no deep, dark, fiery enough place in hell for a person like this. I think I will ask my podcast partner if we can create an “Ultimate Idiot” award for idiots who go above and beyond the normal idiocy that affects only themselves and name it after him, the CSA Ultimate Idiot award, “The Limbaughhhhhh!”
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