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big_dog

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Sat Sep 27, 2014, 02:38 PM Sep 2014

Laura Ingraham: President Obama Wants To Expose Troops To Ebola To Make Up For Colonialism [View all]

On Friday, talk show host Laura Ingraham spoke about the Ebola outbreak. She disapproves of President Barack Obama’s decision to send troops to West Africa to help fight the outbreak and argues, instead, for the global equivalent of locking yourself inside your house and hiding until the outbreak works itself out.

“Is this the American military mission to assist in the fight against Ebola? Again if we are really serious about Ebola being a threat to the United States of America, we have to shut down our border because you never know who could come across–probably not people with Ebola, but who knows. We gotta be much tougher on who we allow to come into this country legally on planes…”

She then likely thought, ‘I haven’t been offensive enough in this three minute clip. How do convey that I don’t understand international humanitarian aid while being as offensive as possible?’


So, she continued: “The military is just another tool in his arsenal to level the playing field, right? I mean, in other words, Africa really deserves more of America’s money because we’re people of privilege. We’re people of great privilege, so we should do what we can, we the American taxpayers, to transfer wealth over to Africa. It’s his father’s rage against colonialism, as Dinesh D’Souza wrote about, and maybe this is a way to continue to atone for that… If a few American military personnel have to be exposed to the Ebola virus to carry out this redistribution of the privileged’s wealth, then so be it.” http://www.salon.com/2014/09/26/laura_ingraham_obama_wants_to_expose_troops_to_ebola_to_make_up_for_colonialism/

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Fingernails on a chalkboard. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #1
Is "batshit" one word or two? merrily Sep 2014 #2
Don't care if its one word or two. In this case you can spell it Laura Ingraham. wandy Sep 2014 #16
so, two words, then. merrily Sep 2014 #20
Could she be a bigger idiot? Solly Mack Sep 2014 #3
never, EVER ask those questions about conservatives Skittles Sep 2014 #5
So true. Solly Mack Sep 2014 #6
Sarah Palin couldn't have said it better. Or, the average inmate in a padded cell. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #4
These people are getting sicker by the day. katmondoo Sep 2014 #7
what does she think of a Christian like dr Brantley ? JI7 Sep 2014 #8
That's deranged, even by Ingraham's low standards. (nt) Paladin Sep 2014 #9
Serious, epic fail here. Initech Sep 2014 #10
Well, at least they're admitting to colonialism. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #11
Dumbass! The United States did not colonize Africa. Some European countries did in the late 1800's. TheBlackAdder Sep 2014 #12
America is apologizing for Europe's colonization of Africa....got it. Idiot talk for idiots is Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #13
The sad part is, most of their listeners don't even know what colonializm is or if the US did it. TheBlackAdder Sep 2014 #14
Graduated from Dartmouth. Ralph Wiggum's Ivy League dream still lives! JHB Sep 2014 #15
Take consolation in this, Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #17
This is what her audience want to hear. nt. Mariana Sep 2014 #18
Somebody get that woman some antipsychotics! Warpy Sep 2014 #19
Bwhahahaha Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #21
Laura Ingraham is a dipshit. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #22
Don't understand why you posted the same thing last night. Kingofalldems Sep 2014 #23
Talk about a tool, racist tool for the GOP..ugh. n/t Jefferson23 Sep 2014 #24
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