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Title: Limbaugh: Sandra Fluke is not a ‘slut’ or ‘prostitute’
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Published: Mar 5, 2012
Author: Dylan Stableford
Post Date: 2012-03-05 19:27:28 by tom007
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Limbaugh: Sandra Fluke is not a ‘slut’ or ‘prostitute’ By Dylan Stableford | The Cutline – 5 hrs ago Email 27 Print Save this List Limbaugh (AP/Chris Carlson) Rush Limbaugh opened his syndicated radio show on Monday by reiterating the weekend apology he had made to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student whom the outspoken host had called a "slut" and "prostitute" for her testimony about contraception the week before. "I descended to [the left's] level when I used those two words to describe Sandra Fluke," Limbaugh said. "I've always tried to maintain a very high degree of integrity and independence on this program. Nevertheless, those two words were inappropriate. They were uncalled for. They distracted from the point that I was actually trying to make, and I again sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for using those two words to describe her. I do not think she is either of those two words. I did not think last week that she is either of those two words." He added: "It was way beneath me, and way beneath you. I was wrong. I genuinely apologize." Limbaugh claimed he was not forced into issuing an apology to Fluke, despite calls from prominent conservatives—including House Speaker John Boehner and GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum—to do so, as advertisers of his show fled in droves. "The apology was sincere and heartfelt ... pure, simple, heartfelt," he said. "All the theories, all the experts are wrong." Limbaugh's comments came a day after a seventh advertiser, ProFlowers.com, pulled its advertising from his radio show, following Quicken Loans, Sleep Train, Sleep Number, Citrix Systems Inc., Carbonite and LegalZoom. An eighth, AOL, announced on Monday that it would stop advertising, too. "At AOL one of our core values is that we act with integrity," Maureen Sullivan, an AOL spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement. "We have monitored the unfolding events and have determined that Mr. Limbaugh's comments are not in line with our values." [ RELATED: Twitter users lobby Limbaugh advertisers to drop business (or not) over Fluke controversy ] But Limbaugh told listeners that pressure from advertisers did not lead to his apology. "I reject millions of dollars of advertising a year, much to the chagrin of my ad sales team," Limbaugh said, "including General Motors. I made the decision [after the government bailout] not to accept [GM advertising] because you, the audience, comes first." "We're going to replace those that leave," he said. "Fine, we'll replace [you]." On Saturday, Limbaugh posted an apology to Fluke on his website. "For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke," the statement read. "My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices." Earlier Monday, fellow radio talk show host Don Imus dismissed Limbaugh's apology to Fluke as "lame," and suggested he sit down with her. "He's a fat, gutless loser," Imus said, "and if I'm running a radio station, he's not on it ... until he does that." But in an appearance on "The View," Fluke said Limbaugh's initial comments were "personal enough, so I'd rather not have a personal phone call with him." The National Organization of Women still wants to see him fired. "When one of the leading commentators for the conservative Republican Party is out there using this vicious language against an ordinary young woman who simply wanted to testify before Congress—that goes so far beyond the pale," NOW president Terry O'Neil said in an interview on CNN. "I'm not going to wait for apologies from the left," Limbaugh said, "for saying despicable things they say about us, about people like Sarah Palin. Don't expect apologies, they're never going to apologize." "Talk about a double standard," Limbaugh intoned, after several callers complained that it was unfair he was forced into an apology. "Rappers can say anything they want about women [and] it's called art. And they win awards." He added: "Forget about the double standard going away—it never will." Other popular Yahoo! News stories: • Obama rings up Limbaugh's 'slut,' Georgetown's Sandra Fluke • Female bylines still lacking in male-dominated literary magazines • Does this PETA ad featuring a woman in a neck brace promote veganism or violence? Pagination Previous Obama rings up Limbaugh’s ‘slut,’ Georgetown’s Sandra Fluke
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
And Imus is a skinny scrotum faced hypocrite who got fired from his nationally syndicated program "Imus in The Morning" for much the same kind of faux paux. Not that I would care to defend the fat gutless loser either. In the past Bill Maher said Elisabeth Hasselbeck should be gang raped in Egypt and he called Palin a dumb twat and a cunt. No apology. David Letterman joked about Palin's 14 yr old daughter being raped. A week later he made the weakest apology I've ever heard. MSNBC's Ed Schultz called Laura Ingraham a slut. No apology. Obama Campaign staffers wore t-shirts that read, "Palin is a Cunt". I never heard Obama apologize. Al Sharpton tried to railroad several innocent white guys into jail based on a false accusation by Tawana Brawley. He has adamantly refused to apologize. E. Michael Jones pointed out long ago the main concern of Liberalism shifted from pitying the poor to sexual license. Sandra Fluke is a stupid liberal whore who will come back to haunt all of us when she comes up for appointment to the Supreme Court a couple of decades down the road. Earlier Monday, fellow radio talk show host Don Imus dismissed Limbaugh's apology to Fluke as "lame," and suggested he sit down with her. "He's a fat, gutless loser," Imus said, "and if I'm running a radio station, he's not on it ... until he does that."
#2. To: tom007 (#0)
-Alex Kurtagic
#3. To: X-15 (#2)
Factually incorrect. But does not really matter. Do you know why? MSNBC's Ed Schultz called Laura Ingraham a slut. No apology.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#4. To: tom007 (#3) (Edited)
The Catholic Church represents a moral authority in conflict with modern liberalism, and they can't stand that. It has to conform to their will or be destroyed. They can't do it all at once so they try chipping away at it with issues like the birth control mandate. "It's not only Obama who, as we now learn, reportedly used that term (teabagger), but numerous "respectable" news media personages, including Anderson Cooper. When they did that, there should have been an earthshaking uproar by conservatives that didn't stop until these august members of the media abjectly apologized and undertook never to use the term again. But that didn't happen. Having surrendered on that issue, it's a little late now for conservatives to be bringing it up. This is not a matter of abstract justice. This is a matter of making a fuss. Liberals made a huge fuss about Limbaugh, and got him to apologize. Conservatives did not make a huge fuss about "teabaggers," and got no one to apologize. I repeat that there is a need for a group of conservative organizations that will do, on a variety of issues, what NumbersUSA does with immigration: generate tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of phone calls to the relevant institutions. That's what makes a difference."
-Alex Kurtagic
#5. To: tom007 (#3)
The Daily Caller first noted the epithet in the midst of Schultz’s critique of Ingraham’s criticisms of President Barack Obama’s trip Ireland. “And what do the Republicans thinking about?” Schultz said. “They’re not thinking about their next-door neighbor. They’re just thinking about how much this is going to cost. President Obama is going to be visiting Joplin, Mo., on Sunday but you know what they’re talking about, like this right-wing slut, what’s her name - Laura Ingraham? Yeah, she’s a talk slut. You see, she was, back in the day, praising President Reagan when he was drinking a beer overseas. But now that Obama’s doing it, they’re working him over.” www.politico.com/blogs/on...ds_Schultz_for_calling_In graham_a_slut.html
#6. To: X-15 (#2)
Whose a third year law student at a respected institution? Come on X - calling her stupid is third grade, call her on her policies or data. Disagree is fine, calling this women stupid is just wrong and abusive. And for what reason? Sandra Fluke is a stupid liberal whore
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#7. To: tom007 (#6)
She's leftist scum, she will never cease to rail against Western Civilization, she's the next Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Why are you drinking her bath water??
-Alex Kurtagic
#8. To: X-15, tom007 (#7)
Calling a person a leftist or a rightist is so old fashioned. Why not just call her an agent of the NWO? She's leftist scum, she will never cease to rail against Western Civilization, she's the next Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#9. To: tom007 (#0)
Bwhahahahaha! That ship sailed a long time ago Rush. You are a fraud. When the Republicans had complete control of the federal government and used that control to out-Democrat the Democrats by growing the size of government more than any group of people since the LBJ administration, you spent your 3 hours a day pretending that the Democrats still had control. Instead of focusing upon Republican betrayal and using your bully pulpit to help force them to live up to their party platform and 40+ years of small government rhetoric, you purposely kept the focus off of them and directed your audiences attention to the meaningless bullshit the Democrats were doing - meaningless bullshit that had no way of passing and had no administration support. You could have made a huge difference in this country during the Bush years Rush. If you had given Bush and the Republicans the same scrutiny you did to Clinton and the Democrats; if you would have held them to the same standard, you theoretically could have inflamed your listeners enough to put a stop to much of the spending and big government legislation passed by your party. Instead you pissed your hours away by either ignoring their behavior or giving them verbal fellatio. I wish you nothing but ill will you fraudulent piece of shit. "I've always tried to maintain a very high degree of integrity and independence on this program.
Calling Ron Paul an isolationist is like calling your neighbor a hermit because he doesn't come over and break your window - unknown
Jesus said, "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. Evangelical Fundinuts say, "kill them all who will not bow down to the Zionist Jew." - F.A. Hayek Fan
#10. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#9)
Given the rumors about Rush, married 4 times with no kids, Limbuggerer's bedroom, and urinal, preferences it may have been more than verbal. The real slut circling an engorged golden "microphone" is the ped behind it. Instead you pissed your hours away by either ignoring their behavior or giving them verbal fellatio.
#11. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#9)
C'mon now - don't hold back. :-) I wish you nothing but ill will you fraudulent piece of shit.
#12. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#9)
Yeh, that hit the gag reflex when I read it as well. "I've always tried to maintain a very high degree of integrity and independence on this program.
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
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