Rush Limbaugh today blamedÂ Robin Williams’s suicide on his “political leftist” attitudes. “Theyâ€™re never happy, are they?â€

It had to happen, didn’t it. Already, the Westboro Baptist Church has announced they will politicize — or, “religicize,” perhaps –the funeral of Robin Williams by picketing it — their stock in trade.Â

Seemingly on the same level, Rush Limbaugh today also announced something equally abhorrent.

Robin Williams’ “political leftist” attitudes are what led to his suicide, the 63-year old radical right wing pundit claimed.

For the record, both Williams and Limbaugh have acknowledged drug addiction. Limbaugh did not mention that.

“Now, what is the leftâ€™s worldview in general?,” Limbaugh asked his radio audience. “What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, itâ€™s one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. Theyâ€™re never happy, are they? Theyâ€™re always angry about something. No matter what they get, theyâ€™re always angry.”

Limbaugh did not point to any studies that might support that theory, but moved on to opine that “the promises of America are not for everyone,” namely, those who have a liberal point of view.Â

“They are animated in large part by the false promises of America, because the promises of America are not for everyone, as we see each and every day. I mean, right here thereâ€™s a story Fox News website. Do you know, it says right here, that the real reasons that Robin Williams killed himself are he was embarrassed at having to take television roles after a sterling movie career.

That article, which is a vile attack on the late, great actor, reads like a National Inquirer hit job. It claims Williams was “worried about [his] faltering career, struggled with survivor’s guilt.”Â

“He had it all, but he had nothing,” Limbaugh charges. “He made everybody else laugh but was miserable inside. I mean, it fits a certain picture, or a certain image that the left has. Talk about low expectations and general unhappiness and so forth. Right here it says that one the contributing factors to Robin Williams deciding to kill himself was ‘survivorâ€™s guilt.’ Itâ€™s in the headline.”

I read that and I thought, â€œSurvivorâ€™s guilt? What? What survivorâ€™s guilt? What?â€ So I read it, and it turns out that three of his closest friends, the story says â€” Christopher Reeve, John Belushi, and Andy Kaufmanâ€¦ The source, unnamed in the story, said that Robin Williams felt guilty that he was still alive while his three friends had died young and much earlier than he had. Well, that is a constant measurement that is made by political leftists in judging the country. Itâ€™s outcome-based education: 2 + 2 = 5. â€œThatâ€™s fine until the student learns itâ€™s 4. Weâ€™re not gonna humiliate the student by pointing out that heâ€™s wrong. If he figures it out, cool. Weâ€™re gonna take the fast learners and weâ€™re gonna slow them down so that they donâ€™t humiliate the kids that donâ€™t learn as fast as they do. Itâ€™s just not fair.â€

Mediaite (which linked to the Fox News article — we will not) notes that Williams had only met Andy Kaufman briefly — the two were not close friends.

Is there anything more vile than taking the death of a person beloved by millions, a person who dedicated much of his life to his family and to various charities — including the USO and a charity he co-founded, theÂ Windfall Foundation,Â St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Red Cross, and others — and twisting it to suit your own ugly, hate-filled word view?

Media Matters has the audio of Limbaugh’s comments.

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Transcript via PoliticusUSA

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