Posted on 03/03/2012 10:12:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Rush Limbaugh’s diatribes against Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who spoke out about contraception, continue to roil the political environment. And it may be nicking the bottom line for the conservative talk show personality who draws millions of listeners daily.
Republicans, already facing a potential problem with many female voters over a controversial issue, are scrambling to respond – distancing themselves from a powerful voice among many of the party faithful. House Speaker John Boehner and GOP presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney put out statements – although the tone seemed grudging.
US Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, who faces what could be a tough re-election campaign against Democrat Elizabeth Warren, says Limbaugh should apologize for calling Ms. Fluke “a slut,” “a prostitute,” and one of his signature slurs “a feminazi.”
But Limbaugh, who’s made himself very wealthy with his bloviating conservative commentary and mocking wise cracks, shows no sign of backing off, recently targeting other women as well for his ridicule.
When House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi organized a meeting to hear Ms. Fluke’s testimony, Limbaugh referred to the former House Speaker as “Botox-filled.” When racecar driver Danica Patrick voiced her support of President Obama’s rule regarding contraception, Limbaugh said, “What would you expect from a woman driver?”
Whether or not it will make any difference to Limbaugh’s operation is unclear, but several advertisers on his syndicated radio show have pulled their ads and more are considering it.
Select Comfort, which sells Sleep Number mattresses, tweeted: "Recent comments by RUSH LIMBAUGH do not align w/our values, so we made decision to immediately suspend all advertising on that program."
Quicken Loans announced; “Due to continued inflammatory comments – along w/valuable feedback from clients & team members – QL has suspended ads on RUSH LIMBAUGH program."
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Didn’t she make herself a limited purpose public figure by testifying? She was also testifying about sex which means she can’t use that her sex life wasn’t discussed (it wasn’t directly). That means the bar is very very high. He’ll invoke New York Times vs. Sullilvan. Of course if the courts hold that New York Times vs Sullivan is no longer valid God help the media and the entertainment industrywhen all the conservatives who’ve been smeared go after not only the media but the actors, directors, writers etc of things like Game Change.
Rush should have played it a bit more cleverly and just called her Floosie Flookie.
Same meaning just less of an edge.
Wonder how this apology affects his Sullivan ratings?
At least he won’t have to read Carbonite commercials like they were actual news. Rush is a lot of things, but he is no Paul Harvey.
How about just pronouncing only the first syllable of Comfort?
Cheers!
hehe oi oi, that would work equally as well, I must say :D
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