Roger Ebert to Rush Limbaugh: 'You Should Be Horse-Whipped'

[sabra]

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100114/OPINION/100119985

A Letter to Rush Limbaugh
/ / / January 14, 2010


To: Rush Limbaugh
From: Roger Ebert


You should be horse-whipped for the insult you have paid to the highest office of our nation.

Having followed President Obama's suggestion and donated money to the Red Cross for relief in Haiti, I was offended to hear you suggest the President might be a thief capable of stealing money intended for the earthquake victims.

Here is a transcript from your program on Thursday:

Justin of Raleigh, North Carolina: "Why does Obama say if you want to donate some money, you could go to whitehouse.gov to direct you how to do so? If I wanted to donate to the Red Cross, why do I have to go to the White House page to donate?"

Limbaugh: "Exactly. Would you trust the money's gonna go to Haiti?"

Justin: "No."

Rush: "But would you trust that your name's gonna end up on a mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes?"

Justin: "Absolutely!"

Limbaugh: "Absolutely!"


That's what was said.

Unlike you and Justin of Raleigh, I went to Obama's web site, and discovered the link there leads directly to the Red Cross. I can think of a reason why anyone might want to go via the White House. That way they can be absolutely sure they're clicking on the Red Cross and not a fake site set up to exploit the tragedy.

But let me be sure I have this right. You and Justin agree that Obama might steal money intended for the Red Cross to help the wretched of Haiti.

This conversation came 48 hours after many of us had seen pitiful sights from Port au Prince. Tens of thousands are believed still alive beneath the rubble. You twisted their suffering into an opportunity to demean the character of the President of the United States.

You have a sizable listening audience. You apparently know how to please them. Anybody given a $400 million contract must know what he is doing.

That's what offends me. You know exactly what you're doing.

[hlthe2b]

1. How can any loving God let a treasure like Ebert be so sick...

while a piece of human waste, like Limbaugh enjoys good health? Ebert speaks for me.

[PatrynXX]

34. It's a faith test.

Clearly Ebert still has it. I'm impressed. I saw this on DU sticking out like a sore thumb. Actions speak louder than words. Whats Rush doing? Sitting on his fat ass not donating. Hence no actions. Nevermind there are actual Americans down there dying too. We just had one near where we live I guess died in the quake. Really nice guy I guess going to Wartburg in Iowa. His wife is safe don't know much more (local www.kwwl.com probably has more) just the sort that goes down and helps people in need. I'd like to see if Rush can Rush down there and see if he lasts a day. Yes the anchors and news dudes at MSNBC are complaining about getting sunburned. Although I'm surprised Brian Williams is down there, he's taking a really big risk if something goes wrong.

I kinda hope this pushes us to get Gauntonomo (sp) Bay inmates out of there faster so we can use it as an emergency hospital. Throwing the Talibans assertion (and Al Queda ) that Gauntanimo is a building for torture and turning into a place that saves lives instead.

(actress Alyssa Milano tweeted she donated $50,000 and was seeing if Corporations would match that)


http://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/statuses/7756415326

[Zoeisright]

48. Yeah, I don't buy it the 'faith test' stuff.

I hate that 'God chastens those he loves' crap. I wouldn't do that to someone I love, and if someone I loved put me through such pain and suffering, they'd get a quick slap and a 'see ya', not worship.

[bjobotts]

63. Rush is one sick stingy cold-hearted bastard. Trying to justify his stinginess and inability to care

[galadrium]

44. Ummm... cause there isn't one.

The same reason frauds like Bob Hope live to be 100.

[hlthe2b]

59. My parents adored Bob Hope... I can't speak badly of him...

despite his political leanings and any of the rest. I managed front row seats to see him for my parents not long before they died. Memories of their joy is something that carried me through the sadness of losing them.

[REP]

45. A god that doesn't micromanage or doesn't exist

While I do understand the need for gods in the lives of people, I've never understood the need for who micromanages on the Santa Claus naughty/nice, sees you when you're sleeping and with whom level. Aren't gods supposed to be, well, godlike, and no doling out random chances of health or sickness on the just or unjust?

Which reminds me, it rains upon the just and unjust alike, to quote from a popular god.

Might not Ebert's god be why he is still alive?

[sam sarrha]

91. it's amusing to hear people wanting to Micro-Manage the Gods.. it's a Package Deal.. nice shinny car

till it runs over your kid...

this guy is really great, i saw him on CSPN Booknotes... this cutting edge science explains so much about people.. especially Rush and the other Narcissistic OCB Haters.

i always thought there was a region of the brain that caused an inexplainable void that people attributed to gods..
and basically i was right.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=+Andrew+Newberg+&x=17&y=30

http://www.amazon.com/How-Changes-Your-Brain-Neuroscientist/dp/0345503414/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263655817&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Brain-Life-Obsessiveness/dp/0812929985/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263655856&sr=8-2

this all seems to have started at an annual round table of leading scientists and thinkers hosted by the Dali Lama.. described in the book
http://www.amazon.com/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialogue-Dalai/dp/0553381059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263656868&sr=8-1

it seems to be where the connection of using Meditates as a "Control" in brain scans, it seems that a "Control" has been lacking in nearly all Psychological tests and experiments from the beginning if that science.
http://www.amazon.com/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialogue-Dalai/dp/0553381059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263656868&sr=8-1

not a bad list for MSN...
http://www.bing.com/search?q=meditation+is+the+best+treatment+for&FORM=MSNH11&qs=n

[jennied]

73. Why bring God into this at all? Whether you believe or not

it doesn't really have much relevance to the current topic.

[hlthe2b]

86. It was a METAPHORICAL question...

Geebus... Your disdain and intolerance for even a metaphorical mention is quite telling... Grow up.

[Leopolds Ghost]

77. Why, is he ill? Siskel died of cancer, n/t

[hlthe2b]

85. You don't know how ill Ebert has been?

The past few years he has had multiple surgeries related to his thyroid cancer... Because of complications he has had multiple attempts to reconstruct--all failing to the point where he has had to rely on stomach tube for all fluid and nutrition-- He will never be able to eat or drink again, much less talk and resume his tv appearances. It has been hell for him, yet he keeps plugging along. He deserves admiration...

[sam sarrha]

93. thyroid problems.. Link>>

http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Thyroid+Cancer
"...Statistics

In 2009, an estimated 37,200 adults (10,000 men and 27,200 women) in the United States will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer. It is estimated that 1,630 deaths (690 men and 940 women) from this disease will occur this year. Thyroid cancer is the seventh most common cancer in women.

The five-year relative survival rate (the percentage of people who survive at least five years after the cancer is detected, excluding those who die from other diseases) for all stages of thyroid cancer is about 97%. The five-year relative survival rate of papillary and follicular thyroid cancers and MTC range from 97% to 100% for early-stage cancer and decrease with later-stage cancer (See Staging). Anaplastic thyroid cancer is associated with a much lower survival rate...."

[BlueIris]

2. I love Roger Ebert. I mean, violence is bad, but

I sympathize with the sentiment. Could Rush be more offensive?

[musicmadness]

5. Rush

To Rush:

Fuck you, you piece of shit truth denying, soul-less, heartless, mindless, greedy, fat son of a bitch. I hope you burn in hell for walking on the corpses of innocents in Haiti, and for your entire life of self serving greed. You compare everyone that disagrees with you to Hitler, but you are the one in fact with your prokaryote-like intelligence that is most like that mass murderer. I'm embarrassed that there is someone as fucked up as you on the same planet as myself.

[Old and In the Way]

8. Welcome aboard!

Now tell us how you really feel about this POS. :-)

[guitar man]

11. aww, come on

stop sugar coating it! :rofl:

welcome to DU :hi:

[Tanuki]

12. Great first post!

Looking forward to more.

:toast:

[johnnie]

13. Ha!

Good 1st post.

[Jazzgirl]

24. You go musicmadness!

I actually had to go look up the word "prokaryote". I have never seen it. I do agree that Limpballs is a "unicellular organism that lacks distinct nucleus and membrane-bound organelles". :evilgrin:

[dw]

80. Even better...

I had to look it up too. American Heritage says the origin is Greek: 'pro' meaning before, and 'karuotos' meaning having nuts.

[Sherman A1]

32. Excellent!

and welcome!:toast:

[SallyMander]

35. OMG, LOL!

Best first post ever! :toast:

Welcome to DU!

[liberaltrucker]

36. WOW! A hell of a first post!

Welcome aboard! You're gonna love it here.

:hi:


:hug:

[Maru Kitteh]

38. WELCOME TO DU!!!! I can see you are going to get on GREAT here! Welcome!

[RoyGBiv]

42. Speak It!

[City Lights]

47. Welcome to DU, musicmadness!

:hi:

Great post! :yourock:

[winyanstaz]

49. good job :)

[Gman]

53. LOL!

pro⋅kar⋅y⋅ote
  /proʊˈkæriˌoʊt, -iət/ Show Spelled Pronunciation

–noun

any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.

[SusanaMontana41]

58. Great beginning!

Welcome to DU!
:thumbsup: :hi:

[demigoddess]

62. i have long said I would not want his karma, can you just imagine!

I once said to my daughter that rush will come back as an overweight, very unattractive woman, but that is too good for him.

[otohara]

64. You Rock

MusicMadness - Welcome to DU.

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[Hekate]

70. roflmao I had to look up prokaryote!

:rofl:

Hekate

[tango-tee]

72. From another newbie:

Welcome at DU. And don't be so shy :evilgrin:. There's no need to hold back your true feelings to such an extent!

[RayStar]

74. Well said

Thank you Musicmadness. I don't understand why the owners of the program have not pulled Rush off the air.

[Jamastiene]

78. I wish my first post on DU had been that strong.

:thumbsup:

[nomaco-10]

84. Big Welcome to You! Greatest 1st post evah, and I've been around here a long time. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

87. My sentiments exactly.

[gtar100]

94. ++

[Old Time Pagan]

43. Sure he can!

This sort of hate filled vitriol plays beautifully to his target audience. Since they're who he gets paid the big bucks to attract, that's the sort of obscenity he'll keep spewing.

Selling hatred is a lot like selling violence. Your audience gets jaded and demands a higher level to remain interested. Dear old Rush is caught in a vicious cycle, the moment he stops being more disgusting and offensive will be the moment that he begins his long fall from the pinnacle of hate where he's currently king of the mountain.

[Richardo]

3. Roger Ebert is a national treasure, and one of the best writers ever.

I hope we have him for many more years. :patriot:


:kick: and R!

[PatrynXX]

37. aww and there is my beagle inspiration guy

love that quote and love beagles. Have that copy and pasted , printed out everywhere. (Ricardo Rocks Beagles)


OT but cheer up although I do miss her, but glad she's not around with sounds of fucking Rush around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5EygNUWonw

[Laf.La.Dem.]

4. Thank you - great letter

I bet 10 to l Rush will not care about this type of letter - he is one sick person

[Warpy]

6. Wow, illness might have destroyed his speech

but it certainly hasn't affected his voice.

He's right, this is disgusting. I only wonder what it will take for that mass of blubber to jump the shark sufficiently that his meteoric rise turns into a gutwrenching plunge out of public favor.

Limbag aint human. I don't know what it is, animals are generally kinder.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. +1000!

[lsewpershad]

7. I'm with you

I'm also prepared to do the whipping

[progressoid]

9. gonna need a big whip

[SirRevolutionary]

46. He wouldn't even feel the whipping

through all that blubber.

[chervilant]

71. Besides,

he's probably into being 'whipped'...

[Tanuki]

10. Thanks for posting this. I am proud of Ebert,

and I hope other opinion leaders will publicly rebuke Limbaugh in equally strong terms. I am especially glad that Ebert cited the entire quote and context, as Limbaugh is now (coward that he is) trying to lie about what he really said.

[dgibby]

14. Craig Ferguson ditched his opening monologue last night to

excoriate Rush. It was a thing of beauty!

[Walk away]

15. I think most of his listeners are life long racists like himself.

They won't be donating to Haiti anyway. These uber-conservatives are generally known to be greedy and heartless.

[undeterred]

16. Limbaugh deserves to be caught in the rubble of an earthquake

and left to slowly die.

[lsewpershad]

18. Agreed

[TwentyFive]

20. Exactly. Somehow, I wish Limbaugh could trade places with one of the victims. NT

[Divine Discontent]

65. can we horsewhip him though... please.

[Kansas Wyatt]

92. You might have to settle for...

Jumping up and down on the rubble, unless you can find a fat roll exposed.

[Scurrilous]

17. K & R

:thumbsup:

[TwentyFive]

19. Great idea! Horsewhip Limbaugh on TV. Put it on PayPerView, proceeds go to Haiti

I think we'd raise billions.

[Sylvarose]

21. I'm going to late the Bill Hicks respoind for me

...he did the ultimate screed on Rush that was unparalleled and so richly deserved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7Q7BkAbCk

sr

[quinnox]

22. Rec"

I always liked Roger Ebert and am sad he has had serious health issues. Gene Siskel and him were the best back in the day and I loved their show.

Its nice to know he has always been on the good side in his politics, though there wasn't much doubt about that.

And I mean that, by using the word good deliberately. The republican party as it is today, it is evil and appeals to the scum of the earth only.

[lpbk2713]

23. Now there's an idea worth looking into.

WTG Roger.



:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[TCJ70]

25. So, every once in awhile I tune in to Limbaugh...

...just to hear what kind of crazy things he says. I actually heard this exchange and literally said, out loud, in my car, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"

I couldn't believe. There is very little that actually elicits that kind of response from me...but the underlying accusations in this exchange got me fired up.

[Oldtimeralso]

26. I Would Like to Help Horsewhip Limbaugh

but I don't think I could stand in line for hours, no make that days.

[fascisthunter]

27. Of Course He Knows What He Is Doing... He's a Sociopath

a mentally crippled, miserable loser.

[jakefrep]

29. Horsewhipping is too good for Limbaugh

That fat bastard probably enjoys it.

[Myrina]

30. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x126396

[democrank]

31. Thank you, Roger

[era veteran]

33. Obama's website; Redcross link// Rush's website gold coins link

Anal cyst, anal cyst, anal cyst, & complete bastard.

[dhpgetsit]

39. I don't approve of cruelty to horses.

[Mopar151]

40. Rush needs to have his assets confiscated

And coverted to disaster aid for Haiti. It's no more than the fat bastard deserves.

[winyanstaz]

51. yup....

and his big asset kicked all the way to hell and back.
BOYCOTT RUSH AMERICA!

[Starry Messenger]

41. Ebert is a national treasure.

This is even better than his takedown of Ben Stein.

[backscatter712]

50. Douse him with gasoline and light him on fire...

He'd burn like a candle for three weeks!

[avaistheone1]

52. Add another 100 lashes from me.

[PJPhreak]

55. And I'll donate one of these...

[pleah]

54. K&R

[liberation]

56. I am sorry but....

.... given Limbaugh's track record, there is a distinct possibility that he may be into the whole "horse whipping" thing. So he may be looking forward to it.

I am just saying...

[ddeclue]

57. What a degrading thing to do to a horsewhip!

[RoccoR5955]

60. Horse-whipping is too good for him

I want to see he, Robertson, and the numbskulls at Faux Noise hurt and suffer for a long, long, long time!

[defendandprotect]

61. Only excuse is that Limbaugh understands what W would have done -- stolen what he could!!

[GreenTea]

66. Ebert; always love and respect his intelligence, passion & compassion for what's right.....

He certainly doesn't have to, nor need put himself out there, for any other reason other than he morally must speak out against insensitivity, hate, stupidity & lies, ones that try justifying their smug arrogant pontificating of injustice & prejudice, as Limbaugh constantly does without repercussions...Thanks once again Roger Ebert. You're truly a fine man.

The wealthy republican elitist Pigman Limbaugh will spew any disgraceful bullshit for his hate, racism, divide & political gain....No words of disgust I can think of that fits this repulsive creature.

[Botany]

67. two thumbs up Mr. Ebert

Roger,

I have read where you can't eat, speech is difficult, you have said no to any more aggressive medical care to try to
"fix" your personal biology, and yet you still speak for me and many others ..... All I can say is "good show, good show."


all the best,
botany

[valerief]

68. +1

[Skittles]

69. LONGTIME EBERT FAN HERE

YES INDEED :thumbsup:

[tango-tee]

75. I've often thought about this.

When I reach the end of my days on this earth, I'd like to be able to look back and think that I haven't been completely useless. That space, resources and oxygen haven't been completely wasted upon me. That I've been as kind and thoughtful as possible, given my faults and idiosyncracies as a human being. That perhaps I've even been able to provide a measure of comfort and joy to those near and dear, or afar but still dear. That the pain I've caused others wasn't inflicted upon them purposely. That I've tried to make amends and coexist peacefully.

And then there's Rush. I do believe that this heartless, hate-spewing, stinking piece of fermenting trash actually enjoys being, well, himself. Inciting a particularly vulnerable segment of the population to follow his Pied Piper routine, becoming equally hateful, equally heartless and harmful. What I wish upon him as he takes his last breath is the crystal clear realization that the world would have been better off without him. And to me, that would be a terrible last thought.

[FVZA_Colonel]

76. What do you want to bet we see a joke about his cancer ala the Michael J. Fox garbage from 2006?

[Enthusiast]

79. I'm a long time fan of Roger Ebert.

My favorite piece by Roger is his stinging essay on Ben Stein's movie Expelled.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/12/win_ben_steins_mind.html

[blackhorsecavnam]

81. Roger Ebert to Rush Limbaugh

Rush the lish Limbaugh has always portrayed himself as strong
on National Defense yet he now calls the military "meals
on wheels". Had he actually had the courage to put his
fat butt on the line during Vietnam he might have a bit of
credibility, but he was to cowardly to do that. Now, he parks
his fat ass behind a microphone and says he "has talent
on loan from God". 

The only thing Rush has ever proven to me is that there is a
God, I mean, does anyone serious think that two amoeba
swimming in a tidal pool billions of years ago would have had
the sense of humor to create such a pompous self serving
assinine blowhard?

[cazoots]

82. Ebert owns limpballs

Anyone who believes Limbaugh is off the opiates is in deep denial. Having seen the behavior patterns of opiate addicts first hand I am willing to bet my home and all my material posessions that
Rushdie is still abusing the PK pills because of his malovent, psychotic demeanor. He has become an individual full of "righteous" hatred spewing simply EVIL lies meant to harm, hurt and disparage others who refuse to see the world through through his sh*t filled eye lenses. Make no mistake, this is who sick psychopathic piece of crap who loves his money waaaaaaay more than his country.
May his soul burn in hell for eternity. (One can only hope.)

[Enthusiast]

95. You have a higher opinion

of Limbaugh than I do.

[Hubert Flottz]

83. Too big to flail...

hang the pigboy

[DailyGrind51]

88. Why does this drug-addicted, thrice divorced college drop-out still have an audience?

I love reading Ebert's film reviews!

[Demeter]

89. Somebody Get Me a Horse

(I'm sure Groucho Marx said something like this)

[anachro1]

90. Is there a united agreement

among all Republicans that they will not help in Haiti's rescue efforts? Are ANY of these useless, self centered assholes doing anything to help?

[Enthusiast]

96. Useless, self centered assholes

says it all.