Limbaugh: Democrats “like the [oil spill] disaster. They can blame it on capitalism” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 05/18/10 3:17 PM EDT From the May 18 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: Video file Previously: Limbaugh complains “we need to depoliticize the environment” then uses the oil spill to attack “leftist groups” Limbaugh: “This [oil] spill is nothing more than an opportunity for the Left to continue to attack this country” Limbaugh: “We still don't know what Obama's done” on oil spill besides “making speeches” Limbaugh: If oil from spill washes up on his beachfront property he may “blame Obama for it happening” for “the fun of it” Upping the ante: Limbaugh and Hannity's falsehood about oil spill response keeps growing
