Agree. Actually, Rush’s “slut” comment was satirical humor, which is his stock in trade. Fluke was testifying before a government hearing that women should receive taxpayer money for contraception and “reproductive health”, even in the context of out of wedlock, casual sex. Rush’s take was that if Fluke takes money for recreational sex, she qualifies as a slut.
Compare this to Dave Letterman’s comment when Palin attended a Yankee game a couple of years ago with her daughter. The “joke” was that Sara’s daughter was getting “knocked-up” by A-Rod (player Alex Rodriquez) in the Yankee dug out. I can’t even imagine any pressure on Letterman’s sponsors over that.
“Rush’s take was that if Fluke takes money for recreational sex, she qualifies as a slut.”
Close, but not quite. By definition, a slut is anyone with multiple sex partners. A slut, who charges for the activity, is a prostitute. All prostitutes are sluts, not all sluts are prostitutes.
Rush used the terms correctly. The leftists are deliberately misquoting him; we have to be careful to avoid doing the same (even while trying to defend him).