Can't Touch This

How are all the loyal Bushies going to spin this?



Did you see it? Kind of hard not to. At the :15 Bush wipes his hand off on Clinton's shirt after shaking a Haitian's hand.

And while Think Progress rightfully points out that Bush has a pretty severe aversion to germs, this just sends the wrong message. After all, how many people that saw it happen know that Bush is known to grab a healthy serving of hand sanitizer to his palms after shaking someone's hand?

Bush is really out of his element in this relief effort. Come to think of it, he was pretty much out of his element while he was occupying the White House. Kind of makes me wonder how he cleaned up after fisting the average American for 8 years.

Symbolism Over Substance

Conservatives are literally falling over themselves with this non-issue. Apparently, there is no American flag being flown in Haiti while US troops are there to assist with the relief effort. When one actually takes time to read the entire write-up from The Army Times, you get a much clearer picture of why the American flag is absent.

But you wouldn't know that by listening to conservatives.



The downside, is this does provide fuel for the fire that is continually spouted by people like Rush Limbaugh, Ed Morrissey, and on down to the seething throngs over at Fox"Nation" ( where the Army Times article is linked and only a small portion is highlighted ) who obviously didn't read the article either.

It's been highlighted by me and others over and over that the unblushing flag-sucking of conservatives shows that they are out of touch when it comes to protocol and respect for other nations. But that infers that conservatives actually believe in both protocol and respect when other nations are involved.

The Rush To Racial Divisiveness

Does this surprise anyone?



It's as predictable as the claims that he responded to this quicker than the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack. But this isn't the first time Limbaugh has used racially charged rhetoric as inflammatory attacks on Obama.

This next quote ties two of Limbaugh's favorite things together: Income Tax and conspiracy theories about the Obama White House:



Rush has always placed himself above anyone that isn't white - period. He is, for lack of a more appropriate term, a racist of the highest order. And while many will claim that he has black friends, or that Thomas Sowell ( who is black ) will guest-host his show from time to time, this does not erase what he is.

But this is not a first for Rush Limbaugh, to claim that a disaster isn't such a big deal or that we, as the United States, shouldn't stand along with the rest of the world to help the less fortunate. After all, so long as this twitching mass of cigar smoke, cholesterol, and hate can sit by and make money of off hate and racism, he will not care about those that are less fortunate.

As Keith Olbermann put it last night, I would wish him to Hell would the fact of who is truly is already not be Hell enough.