Gingrich: Limbaugh right to apologize for remarks (AP headline)

KGW - Portland ^ | March 4, 2012 | AP

[Cincinatus' Wife]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says Rush Limbaugh was wrong to call a college student a "slut" and "prostitute" in the debate over contraception coverage, and was right to apologize for the comments.

Gingrich tells CNN's "State of the Union" that he's glad the conservative commentator issued the apology on Saturday and that it's time to move beyond the controversy.

Gingrich says it's "silly" to suggest that Limbaugh speaks for the GOP. Gingrich contends the media are "trying desperately to protect" President Barack Obama.

[TankerKC]

I agree with the facts as you present them, but respectfully disagree with your conclusion that there is a comparison to the Imus incident.

Imus used a racial slur against girls who he didn't know. They probably didn't know him. They weren't involved in any kind of public conversation. It was unprovoked name calling.

Rush responded to a person that chose to become a part of a public conversation. He used harsh language to counter a hash action--demanding that others pay for your (or your classmates') contraception.

So, I'll fault him for calling her a prostitute rather than a pimp.

[Scoutmaster]

I agree with the facts as you present them, but respectfully disagree with your conclusion that there is a comparison to the Imus incident.

Thank you, but I think you have me confused with somebody else. I never said that. Just as Sandra Fluke never said any of those things about her sex life that Rush attributed specifically to her for four straight days.

Another poster made the inaccurate Imus comparison.