Wingers Hate Americans: Media reacts to anger over flight from Beirut

[BurtWorm]

From Think Progress:

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/21/right-wing-evacuees/

The Bush administration’s efforts to evacuate Americans in Lebanon have been disorganized and lagged behind the efforts of other countries. As of yesterday, only a few thousand had been able to evacuate, and they departed “two days after the first Europeans left on ships.” Denmark, for example, “evacuated more than 4,000 of its citizens” by Thursday.

Conservatives have reacted to this incompetence by attacking the evacuees:

Rush Limbaugh, 7/19:

Even in the eyes of our ingrate, spoiled-rotten little children, brat-type ingrate citizens in Beirut, it’s our fault. (Crying.) “It’s a war zone. It’s a war! How do I get out? (crying) We’re having to shield ourselves from the sun in cardboard.” (sobbing) That’s embarrassing.

Fox anchor Neil Cavuto, 7/20:

The media is playing up a lot of whining, complaining Americans in this country who said there’s been no warning, no communication.

TownHall.com columnist Mike Gallagher, 7/21:

Amazingly, we’re not even going to charge these ungrateful evacuees for the free trip home. … Their sense of outrage and entitlement is slowly but surely becoming the American way. And it’s positively disgusting.

Fox anchor Steve Doocy, 7/19:

Shockingly, after they’ve been plucked out of Beirut, a lot of them are whining and complaining that, you know what, I had to sleep on the concrete and they didn’t have any food for me to eat.

[Dora]

1. Blame the victim. Blame the victim. Blame the victim.

It's the All-American way!

[ThomCat]

6. Of course they blame the victims.

You're right. It is absolutely the American way. :grr:

[Monkeyman]

9. Yep replugs are great at the blame game

As long as they can blame the victims and Democrats

[w4rma]

20. Like hell if its the American Way. These scumbags dishonor America. (nt)

[mikelgb]

2. .

:puke:

[gratuitous]

3. If only Rush was over there right now

So we could all enjoy his sterling example. From upwind, of course.

[BOSSHOG]

4. "Free trip home?"

taxpayers using taxpayer bought and paid for military equipment to get home? Free? And that macho steve doocy would never whine or complain about anything. He's such a man.

[BurtWorm]

5. (crying) "My ass has a boil on it! My ass has a boil on it!"

"I can't go to Vietnam! Boo hoo hoo!"

[Jon8503]

7. These people (neo-cons) of course, are totally and completely

disgusting. First of all they all love war. However, none of them were brave enough themselves to serve. They are only brave if they can stay back in their tv or radio studios and rant and rave about anyone that makes a legitimate but negative comment against their president or them. Otherwise, they are gutless wining, unpatriotic hypocrites.

[distantearlywarning]

8. These people

Excuse me, these assholes, would be the first ones demanding their "rights" if they were in the shoes of the evacuees. One of the hallmarks of today's right wing seems to be a total lack of sympathy or compassion for others, and a total lack of understanding of any situation they don't happen to personally be in.

[tabasco]

10. Taxpayers pay half a trillion dollars every year for DEFENSE.

These bastards have some f-----ng nerve!

The cost of evacuating these AMERICAN CITIZENS from a war zone would not even buy ONE PLANE.

Neocon propagandists and traitors.

The super-rich spend a lot on propaganda because it works.

[adigal]

11. Fox and Friends, similar to Barney and Friends

but for the unintellectual mean-spirited part of our nation, was talking about this yesterday morning, saying how ungrateful these people were. Even the news anchor on the "Fair and Balanced" station said, "No good deed goes unpunished, huh?"

So nice to see their continued love for this administration and death and bloodshed.

[tinfoil tiaras]

13. Fox and Friends=

:puke:

[jonnyblitz]

23. somebody on that show was complaining about how one

sided and biased an arabic news program was they had watched. I guess it wasn't "fair and balanced" enough for them. the outrage at the lack of balance that they perceived was a thing to behold. .

[Swamp Rat]

12. Cowards!

[blonndee]

14. Their fans will join in their hate

until that hate is turned against them. I guess they think they're never going to need help. I don't wish ill on them, but if that's what it takes to open their eyes...

[displacedtexan]

15. Once upon a time, a lone Roman could count on the full force...

of the empire to come to his rescue anywhere in the known world.

America used to be like that, too.

[mmonk]

16. They should be the ones in a war zone.

[Supersedeas]

17. Accountability-hell NO: blame the damned victims, same ole Pubby song

[Canuckistanian]

18. Jesus, the only danger these idiots have ever seen..

..is when they got off the highway at the wrong exit.

It's guys (and girls) like this who would be screaming the earliest and loudest if their butts were in the same situation.

[w4rma]

21. Rush was whining that he didn't have full service at the gas station

just a couple of weeks ago.

[Canuckistanian]

24. Oh, the humanity

Only the insane cultural elite have such expectations of being "serviced".

I'm reminded of a scene in the British series "To the Manor Born" where Audrey fforbes-Hamilton made her first visit to the supermarket and stood stupidly for several minutes, doing nothing. Finally, she blurted out "Isn't anyone going to serve me?"

[Straight Shooter]

19. These people are deranged, most of all Rush, from whom they take their cue

Ingrates? These "ingrates" are our fellow citizens. Are we not all in this together? If not, why not?

Ask yourself that question, Rush, and for once in your life try to be honest in your answer. (Hint: look in the mirror)

[symbolman]

22. We should start a fund for a FREE TICKET

to Lebanon for RUsh LIMBAUGH, make a big media blog deal out of it, and when he refuses to go, take the money and pass it on to the Next asshole right wing COWARD, until we get one over there.. maybe we can get Limballs Pissed ON over there like Tucker Boy..

I'd PAY for RUSH myself.. :)