Limbaugh went beyond merely using the S-word. He said that she should sell sex tapes to pay for birth control.
I think that he was trying to be funny, not being literal, and I don't want to pay for birth control. But aren't we hypocrites if we defend Limbaugh on this issue and attack such "comedians" as Letterman ("slutty flight attendant look") and Maher for making similar preposterous remarks about Palin?
And how about the Playboy article about "hate rape" of conservative women in 2009?
Although all of them have rights under the 1st Amendment, I think Limbaugh handed Obama a gift. And I have a 1st Amendment right to say it wasn't funny, and it supports the false notion that conservatives are vindictive yahoos.
I was one of the few that never got upset for those ‘attacks’ on Palin because I believe it is the price one accepts to pay for being a confrontation public figure. As you noticed it brought much hand wringing here. Well guess what? I thought Rush's comments were funny. Not great taste but entertaining. If I was asked to defend Rush I would reply that he is an entertainer.
Now the reaction to such ‘attacks’ is part of the political game of war. Obviously Dems were much more effective with this with Sandra Fluke than any relating to Palin, getting Rush on the networks. I just don't understand why it matters.
No, the problem Rush has is he endlessly harped on all the personal ‘attacks’ on Palin and many times claimed they were proof she was a ‘threat’ as a potential Republican candidate. Well does this mean Rush thinks that Sandra Fluke is a serious threat? No, once again Rush trapped himself.
“But aren’t we hypocrites if we defend Limbaugh on this issue and attack such “comedians” as Letterman (”slutty flight attendant look”) and Maher for making similar preposterous remarks about Palin?”
No.
Calling that slut a slut is not a preposterous remark, but a simple truth. A single woman who wants $3,000 for contraception is a slut.
Remarks about Governor Palin by such low-life scumbags as Letterman and Maher were malicious lies, and therefore deserving of condemnation.
One is allowed to deplore the deplorable, including sluts and malicious liars, while defending the good, which includes Governor Palin. No hypocrisy is involved.
BTW, you are an agent provocateur from the sleazy byways of the left, right?