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Groucho48  3 stars
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Registered: 2003-10-22 03:00:14
He's down 6 advertisers already. This comment from one of the sponsor's, Carbonite, CEO...


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No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.



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__Bonk__  5 stars
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Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
I just heard the attack on the woman by Rush on tv this morning. It seemed so personal and uncalled for. Perhaps Rush is taking drugs again. He is fat again

 

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Tych2  4 stars
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Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
I highly doubt it will amount to much. He already apologized from what I heard on NBC this morning.

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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It wont amount to much but it does show how his mind works.

 

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Brother_Tempus  3 stars
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they'll be back ... this isn;t the first time Rush has pissed people off .. it will not be the last

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
Most likely Rush is s big hypocrite if he attacks some innocent girl so brutally. Those who protest the loudest...

 

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Groucho48  3 stars
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Registered: 2003-10-22 03:00:14
Pretty weak apology...


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"For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke.

I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit? In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone's bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level.

My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices."



He didn't mean a personal attack???


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“Can you imagine if you were her parents how proud…you would be?” he said. “Your daughter … testifies she’s having so much sex she can’t afford her own birth control pills and she wants President Obama to provide them, or the Pope.”

“What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex — what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She’s having so much sex she can’t afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex.”



Then when he gets some blowback,


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So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex. We want something for it. We want you post the videos online so we can all watch.



Yeah, I can see where he didn't mean to make it personal. And, remember, she didn't talk at all about her own sex life. The focus of her testimony was about a friend of hers who needed birth control pills to help deal with ovarian cysts, and, since that wasn't covered by her insurance, eventually couldn't afford to pay for the pills anymore.

 

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Tych2  4 stars
Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
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Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
People say things they shouldn't have. They apologize and America forgives. That's how it works. Whether you like it or approve is irreverent. I wouldn't accept his apologize, but I am also irreverent in this. Deal with is and move on to more important things.

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
I dont accept is apology and if I was a Rush Limbaugh listener I would stop listening to him

I just sent him an email. The people who screen his mail can read it.

 

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Tych2  4 stars
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Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
__Bonk__ posted:

I dont accept is apology and if I was a Rush Limbaugh listener I would stop listening to him



No you wouldn't. You don't understand people very well Bonk. That is not a slight on you. People that support Rush feel like he does. If you were a liberal that listened to him you would continue to do so also. There will be a couple that stop listening to him, but by and large his audience numbers will not change.

 

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