Conservatives Criticize Limbaugh’s Haiti Comments On The O’Reilly Factor

by Joe Coscarelli | 11:05 am, January 16th, 2010

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Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Bill welcomed two radio hosts to discuss “misguided” attacks on President Obama‘s response to the tragedy in Haiti. He lead the Impact Segment by calling out “some conservative radio people,” but vying for public enemy #1 (along with Pat Robertson, of course) in terms of insensitivity, is none other than Rush Limbaugh. On The Factor, conservatives agreed: the attacks are over the line.

“It’s not a bad thing he responds quickly to Haiti, is it?” O’Reilly demanded. Mike Gallagher agreed, noting that it was “uncomfortable for me to criticize some of my fellow conservative hosts,” but that Obama-directed criticisms were indeed misguided. “It frustrates the heck out of me,” Gallagher continued. “It’s what the rabid left does — this is the kind of crap they pull. We shouldn’t be doing it on our side and I’m more than a little bit embarrassed by some of it.”

“It’s the antithesis of conservatism!” he fumed on. “The White House is doing plenty with which we can find fault, we don’t need to use an earthquake to beat up Barack Obama over.”

O’Reilly also took the opportunity to cite his own criticism of President Bush‘s response to Hurricane Katrina, calling Obama’s Haiti response as more effective. It was a moment of complete rationality on The Factor last night, and it’s difficult to not see Gallagher’s point: with the way the upcoming elections seem to be trending, the right might not need cheap shots.

See the clip below:

Bill O'Reilly, Conservatives on Haiti, Mike Gallagher, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Haiti, The O'Reilly Factor

Fidoohki

There is a right wingers that is acting like the left wing loons.. We’re supposed to be better than that.
Thrasher

David Brooks racist commentary was worst than the usual hate speech from Rush and company..How come the chatter class is giving David Brooks( NYT) a pass???
BJL411

Good ole Faux Snooze-

this is the closest they’ve come to even covering the Haiti crisis. They sure as hell haven’t covered the in the streets stories .. Only on rare occasion did Faux bring it up and always, ALWAYS from the perspective of some Americans in need! or returning home! God forbid they show a black baby with a gash in its head needing a drink of water! OH NO NOT ON FAUX !

They covered Rush, they covered Pat Robertson, but that’s about as close as they come to the actual story… oh oh! but they did show a white guy reporter of Faux on the ground in Haiti.. AT THE AIRPORT.. talking to a military pilot.. talking about emptying a plane of supplies so they could make room to bring 200 Americans back to the US!!!! They literally.. LITERALLY spent 4 minutes on this segment discussing putting AMERICANS in the plane to bring them home and if they’d be safe flying without seat belts.. !!!

Yeh baby! this is how FAUX covers the crisis in Haiti!! FAIR AND BALANCED BABY!

Now I must head back to my fav world political forum on Craigslist where the Cons/Republican supporters show their true colors on a daily basis. Samples:

haiti = monkey island § 01/16/10 11:10
: . . Less monkeys now § 01/16/10 11:11

Mmmm…Maybe they’ll all catch malaria or 01/16/10 11:13 -5
: . . in DC? § 01/16/10 11:14
: . . : . . In Haiti. § 01/16/10 11:15
: . . : . . : . . But not a bad idea, eh? § 01/

Do you suppose Teddy, like MLK in the cartoon, 01/16 11:16:28
is watching as MA turns against HC and Dem senators?

……..hell won’t let you watch tv §

thank god FOX news was not 01/16 11:21:19
covering Haiti 24/7. there is other news to report, and who cares about those niggas anyway
johnny dollar

Just about every statement about Fox coverage in the above is untrue. And the language ought to be considered objectionable.
blueblogger

Dan you do need to do something about the posters like the above that says “thank god FOX news was not 01/16 11:21:19
covering Haiti 24/7. there is other news to report, and who cares about those niggas anyway

There is no place for this!!!!
homie

I think you misunderstood the post, BB. Read it again.
Ted

BJL is just reporting what conservatives / republicans are posting on Craigs List. No I have not gone On Craigs List myself. If true, disgusting to say the least.
Fidoohki

Ted says,

It’s craigslist. That pretty much sums it up. I’d also say that these ‘conservatives/republicans’ are probably
the very same type of rightwingers we are talking about. The whackjobs.
blueblogger

Thanks, I must have been blinded by the light!!!! I thought it was strange coming from BJL. Thanks guys!!!
The Real Royal King

I suppose you might be a bit more convincing, Koldys, if you weren’t screaming out of Ailes’ backside. Facts, or head back to Dollar’s Dump and preach to Cecelia’s Tone Deaf Choir.
Thrasher

Why is David Brooks given a pass for his racist commentary?? Why?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Hanna-Jack/100000537150402 Hanna Jack

You can really judge a right-wing leader by how he or she reacts to a humanitarian crisis. As Haitians were coping with the hellish earthquake
hard drive recovery