Has Rush Limbaugh finally gone too far?
 

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Electio...y-gone-too-far

Radio host Rush Limbaugh created a furor for labeling a woman a 'slut' after she testified in favor of mandatory employer health coverage of contraception – and that was just the beginning. He may have hurt the Republican cause this time.


By Peter Grier, Staff writer / March 2, 2012


In this January 2010 file photo, radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference at Planet Hollywood, in Las Vegas. Has he finally gone too far for labeling a woman a 'slut' after she testified in favor of mandatory employer health coverage of contraception.

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Has Rush Limbaugh finally gone too far? Has he said something so outrageous that it is actually damaging the conservative principles he espouses?

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Those are relevant questions in the wake of the radio host/gadfly/provocateur’s labeling Georgetown University law school student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute,” while urging her to make public video tapes of her intimate acts. Mr. Limbaugh made the comments after Ms. Fluke testified in support of mandatory employer health coverage of contraception in front of a nonofficial congressional committee.

“If we are going to have to pay for this then we want something in return, Ms. Fluke,” Limbaugh said on his radio show earlier this week. “And that would be the videos of all this sex posted online so we can see what we’re getting for our money.”

Fluke herself has said she was “stunned” by these remarks. In an appearance on MSNBC’s "The Ed Show" on Thursday night, she said, “All [Limbaugh] needs to know is this is really inappropriate. This is outside the bounds of civil discourse.”

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Democrats and their political allies have rushed to her defense. Some 75 House Democrats have signed a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R) asking him to condemn Limbaugh’s words. The Women’s Media Center posted a Web story titled “Rush Limbaugh’s Sexism: Finally Too Much to Bear?”

Meanwhile, some Republicans have noted that while they don’t support his rhetoric, they support the point about health insurance Limbaugh was trying to make.

“A law student is now a hardship case? She needs the rest of us to provide her with free contraceptives?” said conservative columnist Mona Charen in a piece posted Friday morning on National Review Online.

Few commentators predict that Limbaugh will back down. He makes his living saying outrageous things: that’s how he attracts 20 million listeners a day, many pointed out. Even a nascent boycott of Limbaugh’s advertisers organized by opponents probably won’t faze him. (So far one advertiser, Sleep Train Mattresses, has pulled ads from Limbaugh’s show in reaction to the controversy.)

The problem, say some in the GOP, is that Limbaugh’s personal goals can conflict with the political goals he says he supports, and this may be one of those times. In pouring gasoline on a subject that was already a propane fire, he may have drawn attention to himself, but it’s possible he’s singeing Republicans who are standing close to the action.

“It doesn’t help,” said Carly Fiorina, National Republican Senatorial Committee vice chairman, Friday on "CBS This Morning." “That language is insulting, in my opinion. It’s incendiary and most of all, it’s a distraction.”

Ms. Fiorina noted that the Limbaugh uproar had taken some attention away from Thursday’s vote in the Senate on the Blunt amendment, legislation that would have exempted religiously affiliated employers from providing employees with contraception.

“It’s a distraction from what are very real and important issues,” said Fiorina.

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Ya well, Obama has quickly picked up on this misnomer, and called the girl himself personally....

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Maybe Rush should see that when he calls anyone names like that, he reveals what a complete he is? The saddest thing about Rush is that he even has an audience, and gets quoted, imo.

“It’s a distraction from what are very real and important issues,” said Fiorina.

Most likely his raison d' etre? Although I disagree with the mando contraception thing myself...but that is irrelevant.

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Rush being Rush!!! And Pelosie being Pelosie, dragging a catholic law student before congress as the poster child for birth control entitlement!!! Her action is really a lower low than Rush's low!! We must look like fools to the rest of the world.

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You got one part of your post right, lol.

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I'm not a big fan of Limbaugh or any talk radio host for that matter. I stopped listening to talk radio about three a half years ago because I felt like it was influencing my vote. I would rather think for myself.

However, I completely agree with Limbaugh here. The woman said she is having so much sex she can't pay for it. He simply suggested that she back off of some of the sex.

She brought this on herself. I don't think Limbaugh would call someone a 'slut' unless they publicly announced that they were having plenty of illicit sex, so much in fact that they can't pay for it all.

It's just as bad as the woman in Florida who had more than 12 kids and couldn't afford to provide for them so she told reporters that someone needed to pay for it.

That's entitlement if I've ever seen it.

This woman has her own personal interests in mind. I don't know how much more black and white it could be.

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Did he say anything that a real conservative wasn't thinking anyway? Is he too honest?

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Santorum has that problem also. It's great for voters, not so much for the GOP.

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I don't remember her saying that in her testimony. Care to provide a link to her saying that? lol

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Nice to finally see a Republican condemning Rush:

http://www.wfsb.com/story/17065315/b...-slut-comments

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To honest for some folks, looks like.

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Here is the full story from ABC:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/...ry?id=15834374

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Her testimony is a joke, but her comments were taken waaaaay out of context.

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I have to admit though that I have pretty strong opinions about this because I am fairly radical in my views on this particular issue. My wife and I don't use contraceptives. That wasn't just my idea. We made that decision together.

Also, I am of the opinion that abortion will never be banned completely until people change their views on contraceptives. I think the recent vote in Mississippi proves that.

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I don't see anything wrong with how Rush handled this after listening to the girl's stupid reason for supporting contraception at law school.

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No personal responsibility, everything should be free. These are our future lawmakers, scary isn't it?

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Exactly and they are making out that Rush is the one that is wrong.

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He said what I thought, I was just too Christian to say it out loud. Meanwhile this ideology of entitlement is about to destroy this nation.

I don't listen to Rush either by the way.

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I did listen to Rush that day. I happen to know that he was going after her for attempting to put tax payers on the hook for contreception. Further, she is a slut. I do not care if she likes the label or not, but when a woman is willing to sleep with a man outside of marriage and without pay, she is an incredibly easy slut. He simply called her what she is. She is immoral, wicked, and attempting to force us to finance her harlotry. Those who support her are like her and will receive the same judgment that she does.


If you do not like that, read the judgments pronounced against Israel for licentious immorality. I am not nearly in the same league as the prophets when it comes to calling out sin. If any here do not like it, that is between you and God, but He has not changed His oppinions of this abomination.

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Matthew 15

What Pollutes Your Life
1-2 After that, Pharisees and religion scholars came to Jesus all the way from Jerusalem, criticizing, "Why do your disciples play fast and loose with the rules?"
3-9But Jesus put it right back on them. "Why do you use your rules to play fast and loose with God's commands? God clearly says, 'Respect your father and mother,' and, 'Anyone denouncing father or mother should be killed.' But you weasel around that by saying, 'Whoever wants to, can say to father and mother, What I owed to you I've given to God.' That can hardly be called respecting a parent. You cancel God's command by your rules. Frauds! Isaiah's prophecy of you hit the bull's-eye:

These people make a big show of saying the right thing,
but their heart isn't in it.
They act like they're worshiping me,
but they don't mean it.
They just use me as a cover
for teaching whatever suits their fancy."

10-11He then called the crowd together and said, "Listen, and take this to heart. It's not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up."

12Later his disciples came and told him, "Did you know how upset the Pharisees were when they heard what you said?"

13-14Jesus shrugged it off. "Every tree that wasn't planted by my Father in heaven will be pulled up by its roots. Forget them. They are blind men leading blind men. When a blind man leads a blind man, they both end up in the ditch."

15Peter said, "I don't get it. Put it in plain language."

16-20Jesus replied, "You, too? Are you being willfully stupid? Don't you know that anything that is swallowed works its way through the intestines and is finally defecated? But what comes out of the mouth gets its start in the heart. It's from the heart that we vomit up evil arguments, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, and cussing. That's what pollutes. Eating or not eating certain foods, washing or not washing your hands—that's neither here nor there."
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I don't agree with tax payers paying for birth control, there are plenty of places to get that free of charge. And further more, its called "responsibility".Ther's a sayin, "If u wanna play, ya gotta pay".
The other thing, I don't like Rush. I don't listen to Rush. He does not represent my thoughts. Someone on here said, he spoke what I was thinking, but I'm too "Christian to say it out loud"....Oh Good Grief! Jesus also said , "what u think in your heart, so r u".
Maybe I'm more liberal than I thought, but, we r living in the 21st century people! This is what the majority of society does! Its what they've always done. Heathens or saints, have had pre marital sex, fornicated all througout history. There is no way that's gonna turn around or change, just because we want it to. Only Jesus can change the heart and mind set and lifestyle of a person, if that person wants them to.
We can voice our opinions in the media all day long. But the minute we agree with someone like Rush, who "thinks" he is above the law of love, spews his garbage, which BTW, is no different that the garbage that was spewed agains, Laura and Sarah, or when Lettermen did the same. Rush lowered himself to their level of behavior.
Our bible tells us not to judge, less we be judged with same manner.
Now look, we r being judged once again in the media as contemptable! Thanks Rush!

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I missed that, too? That would tend to bolster the Rush rant...

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After looking into this more carefully, it seems that she didn't come right out and say that she has so much sex she can't afford it. Rush was inferring that from some of the things she did say however.

An article from the Huffington post said the following:

Here's the link to the whole article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1316625.html

So, it seems that Sandra Fluke said she needed $3,000 dollars worth of contraceptives and was complaining about the cost so Rush was simply inferring from this that she was having so much sex she couldn't afford it.

Here is an article also from the Huffington Post concerning Bill O'Reilly and his take on it (he sides with Limbaugh):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1318249.html

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I think Rush went too far, though he apologized and all that I think that using that term is just too rude.

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:iagree

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If you are calling someone something rude like that, you are judging them IMHO.

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Well, hmm, one tunes in to Rush to get judgements, tho God how i hate to defend him--but, what is the nice word for someone who likes to have lots of extra-marital, I assume, sex? So it would seem to me that if this characterization above is correct, I might still think he is a heel, but I'm not sure how much more delicately he could state that he isn't interested in providing unlimited contraception for sluts?

I find her counter argument that she meant that some insurance co would actually be paying or whatever specious; we all pay.

It seems to me, Matt, that no judgement is required until we are asked to collectively foot the bill, is Rush's position here. The whole bill? Certainly the fallout.

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Rush has helped the Right lose the election.
The Right is already thought of as a bunch of meanies anyway but Rush sealed the deal.

It does seem that a woman standing up before the world screaming her need for free contraception for her 3 times a day sexual excapades and shes not even married is shameful, but then again - did she really say that?

Surely if Imus could take his whoopin - its time for Rush to take his.

The liberal talk show host called Laura Ingram a slut and apologized ON THE AIR ON HIS SHOW - not some written apololgy on his website.

David Letterman's joke he told about Sara Palin's daughter on his show was awful and he apologized ON THE AIR ON HIS SHOW - not some writting apology on his website.

With Mr. Limbaugh though, he doubled down on his bombastic language against this woman UNTIL it started hitting the advertisers started pulling their ads.

It goes to show both sides have made unfortunate and mean statements but Mr. Limbaugh MUST APOLGIZE ON THE AIR ON HIS SHOW.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPYdc...layer_embedded

Newt! Newt!! :thumbsup

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Maybe some of these liberals will apologize for their "humorous" statements:

“But I’ve often said that if I had — I have two dogs — if I had two retarded children, I’d be a hero. And yet the dogs, which are pretty much the same thing. What? They’re sweet. They’re loving. They’re kind, but they don’t mentally advance at all. … Dogs are like retarded children.” — Bill Maher

"I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health" -- New York city councilman Charles Barron

“Did you hear this – Sarah Palin finally heard what happened in Japan and she’s demanding that we invade ‘Tsunami.’I mean she said, ‘These ‘Tsunamians’ will not get away with this.’ Oh speaking of dumb twats, did you…” --Bill Maher

“Again, (America is) a stupid country with stupid people who don’t pay attention.” — Bill Maher

"Drudge? Aw, Drudge, somebody ought to wrap a strong Republican entrail around his neck and hoist him up about six feet in the air and watch him bounce." -- Liberal radio host, Mike Malloy

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I am not a fan of Rush's, though I agree generally with his conservative positions.

But for the Democrats to bring in a stupid young law student to demand that the public pay for her ability to have sex without any responsibility, I say someone in the culture should be able to stand up and say that she is stupid and wrong. This is a lawless culture without constraint, and it is a very bad message to the nation and the world!!!

This is NOTHING but a political ploy by the Demos to draw the conservatives into a battle over a subject that will bring out the bitter women in the culture screaming and hollering about being abused and that their "health" is being put at risk!!! Trying to change the subject from the abject failure of our neophyte president that has not clue, except to use Chicago tactics to stay in power. He will stop at nothing to be re-elected is my attitude toward him.

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Have you notice that the crazies congregate on the left???? Therefore, when their crazies say nutty things they all stand, laugh, and cheer, like they are so deep and insightful. Ridiculous! And Maher is the craziest of all!!

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You must have seen different testimony than I did. I don't recall her ever wanting the public to pay for her ability to have sex without any responsibility. Exactly when did she ask that?

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I am not a fan of Rush's, though I agree generally with his conservative positions.

But for the Democrats to bring in a stupid young law student to demand that the public pay for her ability to have sex without any responsibility, I say someone in the culture should be able to stand up and say that she is stupid and wrong. This is a lawless culture without constraint, and it is a very bad message to the nation and the world!!!

This is NOTHING but a political ploy by the Demos to draw the conservatives into a battle over a subject that will bring out the bitter women in the culture screaming and hollering about being abused and that their "health" is being put at risk!!! Trying to change the subject from the abject failure of our neophyte president that has not a clue, except to use Chicago tactics to stay in power. He will stop at nothing to be re-elected is my attitude toward him.

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Newt seems to be the only Republican candidate that is speaking to this story for what it is. We are allowing the media to frame the argument on a women's rights issue when it is about religious liberty.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journal...ctured%20Story

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Very true!!

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I'll ask you the same I have asked all of her detractors. Where did she ever say she needed birth control for "getting it on"? Everyone keeps saying that, but no one can provide a statement from her that confirms that.

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She is at Georgetown on a "public interest" scholarship! So, she wants to be protected from having children while in law school, by having the public pay for her birth control pills!!!

Because it is in the "public interest" for her not to have kids, that the public would then have to pay for the cost of her natal care, and day care for her children, and of course, room and board for them as well.

So, you see she wants the public to take responsibility for her decisions. Like she is an animal and can't control herself and must have sex!!

Oh, but the left will say that for a law student, "...birth control pills are for her health, control periods, and estrogen and etc, etc!!! What a messed up entitlement leftists mindset!!!

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Fluke's complaint is that women are spending $3,000 for birth control during their time in college.

“For a lot of students, like me, who are on public interest scholarships, that’s practically an entire summer’s salary,” she complains.

That expense calculates to 2.74 times per day she says she and her fellow students are having sex. Enrollment is going to skyrocket, I imagine. :heeheehee

"If she is, kudos! But promiscuity is not the hallmark of a virtuous woman. Is it Limbaugh’s fault for pointing it out or Fluke’s fault for the behavior? It’s a rhetorical question and the answer proved Limbaugh’s entire point." - Dana Loesch