Limbaugh: less fat but STILL an Idiot Posted by Lorelei Kelly

Hat tip to mediamatters . Note to Republicans: I am so, so, sorry that this guy reportedly speaks for your base.

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."

On the August 21 broadcast of the nationally syndicated *Rush Limbaugh Show*, a caller said to host Rush Limbaugh"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." Limbaugh responded by claiming 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? Ifthey lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble." The caller responded, "The black population," to which Limbaugh said, "Right."

Limbaugh also stated: "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."

Limbaugh added: "Clinton sent the U.S. military off to Bosnia. No U.S. national interest at stake. The liberals will use the military as a 'meals on wheels' program. They'll send them out to help with tsunami victims. But you put the military -- you put the military in a position of defending U.S. national interest, and that's when Democrats and the liberals oppose it."

However, interest in ending the killing in the Darfur region of Sudan is bipartisan. In 2006, Congress passed the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act*(sponsored by then-Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL). The law contained several sanctions on Sudan, including a ban on ships involved in Sudan's oil trade  docking at U.S. ports of entry. An initial version of the bill  passed the House by a vote of 416-3, and the final version passed the House by  voice vote and the Senate by unanimous consent and was  signed by the president on October 13, 2006.

Keep going for the transcript.

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

LIMBAUGH: Here's [caller] 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.*

CALLER: It's just -- I can't believe it's really that simple.

LIMBAUGH: *Well, see, I knew you couldn't believe it. But here's the --
here's one that's even going to be harder to believe and it is even more
truthful. Could you tell me what vital national interest, [caller], is at
stake in Darfur?*

CALLER: Um, I don't know.

LIMBAUGH: *Nothing. Zilch, zero, nada.* Darfur is not attacking us. Darfur
has not said they want to attack us. So they will -- same thing -- *Clinton
sent the U.S. military off to Bosnia. No U.S. national interest at stake.
The liberals will use the military as a "meals on wheels" program. They'll
send them out to help with tsunami victims. But you put the military -- you
put the military in a position of defending U.S. national interest, and
that's when Democrats and the liberals oppose it.* And --

CALLER: Right. Terrorists have attacked us and our oil supply comes from,
you know, Iraq and Iran and the Middle East, and yet that's not worth defending.

LIMBAUGH: Right. That's exactly right. You've got it. You've got it. Now you
just have to believe your own instincts from here on out.

Comments

[Mike M.]

You know, a lot of us oppose sending the US military into Darfur. I'd argue it's too expensive and too dangerous.

[Don Bacon]

*They [Dems] want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur.*

Rush is no idiot. He pegs the Dems correctly on some issues, but this is not one of them. The Dems do not want us to leave Iraq any time soon, and of the Dem presidential candidates only Senator Biden favors sending US ground troops to Darfur.

[masaccio]

At least we can all agree that Rush "Pills" Limbaugh is a fat idiot.

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[Maca]

LIMBAUGH: *There are two reasons. What

color is the skin of the people in
Darfur?*

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