Posted on 03/05/2012 10:14:14 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said over the weekend that he hopes Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke sues radio host Rush Limbaugh over comments in which he said Fluke is a "slut" and a "prostitute" for advocating for free contraception as part of her college healthcare plan.
"I'd like to see her take him to court," Hoyer told the Montgomery Advertiser in Alabama. "She is not a public figure and, for that reason, she should be able to sue for slander, libel or whatever else might be involved."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
“I’d like to see her take him to court”
Democrats give up the hunt for other peoples cash.
The socialism farm is going bust.
“I’d like to see her take him to court”
Democrats never give up the hunt for other peoples cash.
The socialism farm is going bust.
He should not have called her a prostitute. I doubt she charged for one single sex act.
A slut is what she is. That and a skank.
The most cost-efficient method turns out to be a diaphragm, according to an analysis in U.S. News and World Report. The cup-shaped rubber device, which a woman inserts with a spermicide before intercourse, costs around $60 per year to use (not including the appointment to get it fitted).
Abstinence and fertility-awareness are free, strictly speaking in dollars and cents, as is the prophylactic of last resort: the pull-out method. However, that method is also the least effective. As many a mother has reminded her daughters and sons: All it takes is one swimmer.
Alexandria Bullock, 25, a category manager for a marketing company in Boise, Idaho, likes the flexibility of a once-a-month program. She recently started using the NuvaRing and pays $25 for the device, which is inserted monthly and deploys time-release hormones.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/04/14/contraception-cost-birth-control-pills-craigslist/
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$25 montly x 36 months = $900
So you think we should pay for the most expensive birth control pills of Fluke’s choice?
Excerpt:
emocrats and women’s groups protested when Issa, saying the topic of the hearing was religious freedom, not access to birth control or women’s rights, rejected Fluke as a witness because she was not a member of the clergy.
Instead, Issa convened an interfaith panel made up only of men. During the hearing past week, Fluke sat quietly behind the witness table, an obvious display of her refusal to be silenced.
The all-male panel focused on the president’s new mandate that employers with religious affiliations must offer health insurance plans that covered birth control. But the exclusion of the woman panelist sparked backlash from women’s groups and jokes on late-night comedy shows.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi kept the issue front and center Thursday by holding her own hearing with only one witness, Sandra Fluke/
Pelosi made her a public figure. If she wants to blame someone blame her.
And Palin should sue Maher and Bristol should sue Letterman.
She didn’t formally testify before congress. The house republicans refused to let her testify because she had no expertise or knowledge that had bearing on the hearing (constituionality of obamacare). The democrats set up a mock hearing situation made to look like it was a real hearing.
That she testified before congress is a lie (now she’s a lying slut).
She allowed herself to be put on national public display in a publically aired forum so she is a public figure.
Steny, I'd bet more Americans recognize her name than yours, you moron!
Not only is she a public figure, but that's her career plan.
Nope. What Rush was doing was clearly name-calling. He never called her a prostitute in the specific, literal sense. Name calling isn't actionable.
How is she going to prove that being known as a “slut” will hurt her career as a Leftist mouthpiece? Seems like a plus to me. Look at who does best in that position.
There must be a case for actual damages in order to win this lawsuit Mr. Hoyer. In this case, there are no damages, only celebrity.
You went to Law School didn’t you, Mr. Hoyer?
“Nancy Pelosi then held her own special hearing to give Fluke her platform for activism. Amusingly, while Democrats complained that it was a crime Fluke was not allowed to testify at the earlier hearing, in Pelosi’s dog and pony show, Fluke was the only one allowed to speak. Hypocrisy, thy name is Democrat.” http://teapartyatperrysburg.blogspot.com/
...I wonder if he is willing to fund the lawsuit...
...after all, Ms Fluck has already admitted that she don't have much money...she spends it all on birth control.
If she lets Hoyer et al drag her into this snake pit, I have a grand that I am willing to contribute to a defense fund...
A man walks up to a woman in a bar and says, “Will you sleep with me for a million dollars?” She thinks for a second and then says, “Sure.” The man smiles and says, “Will you sleep with me for one dollar?” The woman tosses her drink in the man’s face and says, “What kind of girl do you think I am?”
“We already know the answer to that,” replies the man. “Now we’re just negotiating price.”
The whole thing was a publicity stunt to begin with—this is just another way of trying to keep the story in the news.
The most cost efficient method of birth control is certainly not the diaphragm, when you take into account the high pregnancy rate even with perfect use, 5-6%. It is considerably higher for women who have already had a child even when they have been properly refitted, perhaps 15%. (And if you’ve ever tried to insert that spring-loaded, slippery, self-launching disk during the height of passion, you’d pay for something else.)
1) I don’t think Catholic institutions should have to pay for contraception. My daughter needed the BCP to regulate extremely heavy menses, her Catholic college woulddn’t cover it, we didn’t argue, we paid out of pocket for her doctor and her prescription.
2) I am dubious about insurance companies covering routine medications - is it cost-efficient or not?
3) I don’t think policy holders should have to pay for other policy holders to take expensive brand names if there is an effective generic.
4) I think Fluke is playing fast and loose with the truth, saying contraception can cost up to $1000 a year. What does it typically cost? I doubt her story about her lesbian friend with PCOS losing an ovary because she was denied the BCP and couldn’t afford it. I doubt all her sob stories: the women of Georgetown can’t afford contraception! They’re embarrassed! Fluke is a typical leftist narrative-framer, and Rush played right into it.
5) Fluke never said she used contraception, or used it to the tune of $1000 a year. Rush confused the issue, played the obnoxious blowhard for laughs in an offensive fashion, threw red meat to his followers, many of whom are now confused on the issue also.
6)Georgetown deserves what ever trouble it has coming to it, for recruiting students like Fluke instead of looking for bright young orthodox Catholics.
Don’t worry about Fluke. The MSM is over playing their hand.
I so agree, this is almost teetering on hysteria and will blow back hard -
Just about anyone should sue Hoyer over comments he’s made, so he should keep his big mouth shut about Fluke. She won’t sue because all the skeletons in her closet would tumbling out to see.
I can’t recall seeing the media and the left so giddy. You’d think they had just elected Vladimir Lenin to be President of the United States and he had imposed martial law and abolished the constitution by decree.
“You’d think they had just elected Vladimir Lenin to be President of the United States and he had imposed martial law and abolished the constitution by decree.”
Change the name to 0bama and, well, “2 out of 3 ain’t bad.” /snark
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