Rush Limbaugh Haiti Comments Draw Ire

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has draw the ire of many with his comments about the Obama administration and donating to the Haitian relief effort.

On Wednesday Limbaugh spoke with a caller from North Carolina and asked, "Would you trust the money's gonna go to Haiti?" The caller answered no and then Limbaugh continued "But would you trust that your name is gonna end up on the mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes?"

The caller agreed and Limbaugh added another dig at the White House, "Besides, we've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax."

In the most controversial remarks made during the show, Limbaugh said, "This will play right into Obama's hands. He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, 'credibility' with the black community -- in the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country. It's made-to-order for them."

Politico.com reported that Limbaugh took criticism from both the right for his remarks, but that the host is standing by them. On his show Thursday Limbaugh said "Everything this president sees is a political opportunity, including Haiti, and he will use it to burnish his credentials with minorities in this country and around the world, and to accuse Republicans of having no compassion."

On Thursday movie critic Roger Ebert slammed Limbaugh for his comments writing, "You should be horse-whipped for the insult you have paid to the highest office of our nation."

Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" also responded to Limbaugh's remarks. "I think I know the cause of your heart trouble: you don't have one," he said Wednesday. Stewart also (in so many words) told Rev. Pat Robertson to be quiet.

On his Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club" on Wednesday Robertson said, "You know ... something happened a long time ago in Haiti. ... They got together and swore a pact to the Devil."

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs characterized the comments by both Limbaugh and Robertson as "stupid."