Have you and Maureen Dowd no shame Lil' Tommy? Are you that blind to how brainwashed you sound? Fluke should be ashamed, she is a whore, for the Democrat Party. Dowd? Likewise. You? You're just a footsoldier, who really doesn't see the big picture. Beat a drum: Lil Marxist TomTom will march.
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Oxycontin Rush Fatblob's so called "apology" only came because his > sponsors started leaving his worthless and offensive show. > > Have You No Shame, Rush? > > By MAUREEN DOWD NYTimes Published: March 3, 2012 > WASHINGTON > > > AS a woman who has been viciously slashed by Rush Limbaugh, I can tell > you, it’s no fun. > > At first you think, if he objects to the substance of what you’re > saying, why can’t he just object to the substance of what you’re > saying? Why go after you in the most personal and humiliating way? > > Then, once you accept the fact that he has become the puppet master of > the Republican Party by stirring bloodlust (earning enough to bribe > Elton John to play at his fourth wedding), you still cringe at the > thought that your mom might hear the ugly things he said. > > Now he’s brutalizing a poised, wholesome-looking 30-year-old > Georgetown law student as a “slut,” “a prostitute” and “round-heeled” > simply for testifying to lawmakers about wanting the school to amend > its health insurance to cover contraception. > > Sandra Fluke “goes before a Congressional committee and essentially > says that she must be paid to have sex, what does that make her?” > Limbaugh coarsely ranted. “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. What does that make us? We’re the > pimps. The johns.” > > Isn’t this the last guy who should be pointing fingers and accusing > others of taking pills for recreational purposes? > > He said insuring contraception would represent another “welfare > entitlement,” which is wrong — tax dollars would not provide the > benefit, employers and insurance companies would. And women would not > be getting paid just “to have sex.” They’d be getting insurance > coverage toward the roughly $1,000 annual expense of trying to avoid > unwanted pregnancies and abortions, and to control other health > conditions. This is something men and conservatives should want too, > and not just because those outcomes actually do cost taxpayers money. > > Limbaugh leeringly suggested that were taxpayers to be stuck with the > bill, Fluke and other “feminazis” should give them something back: sex > videos. “We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch,” > he said. > > Fluke was lobbying Georgetown University to change its policy for > three years before she became a cause célèbre outcast when the > Republican congressman Darrell Issa barred her from an all-male panel > on contraception. But her conflict with her Jesuit school did not stop > its president, John DeGioia, from eloquently defending his student > (who ended up testifying for Nancy Pelosi’s all-Democratic panel). > > “She provided a model of civil discourse,” he said in a letter to the > school. “This expression of conscience was in the tradition of the > deepest values we share as a people. One need not agree with her > substantive position to support her right to respectful free > expression.” > > He branded the reaction of Limbaugh and some other commentators as > “misogynistic, vitriolic and a misrepresentation of the position of > our student.” > > Given this season’s lava spill of hate, it was fitting that DeGioia > evoked St. Augustine: “Let us, on both sides, lay aside all arrogance. > Let us not, on either side, claim that we have already discovered the > truth.” > > It’s hard to believe that not that long ago, Bob Dole, the former > G.O.P. leader and presidential nominee, was a spokesman for Viagra. > (Mother Jones pointed out that Rush, a Viagra fan, might be confusing > the little blue pill and birth control, since “when and how much sex > you have is unrelated to the amount of birth control you need.”) > > Rush and Newt Gingrich can play the studs, marrying again and again > until they find the perfect adoring young wife. But women pressing for > health care rights are denigrated as sluts. > > On Thursday, the Senate narrowly voted down a puritanical Republican > attempt to let employers and insurance companies deny coverage for > contraceptives on any religious or moral grounds they could dream up. > > Only a last-minute media glare caused Virginia’s Republican governor, > Bob McDonnell, and its Republican-led Legislature to modify a > shockingly punitive law aiming to shame and in many cases penetrate > women seeking abortions. The version that passed on Thursday is still > harsh enough to damage McDonnell’s vice presidential prospects. > > By Friday, President Obama, who had started out fumbling the > contraception issue, and the Democrats were taking gleeful advantage, > raising $1.6 million to combat the G.O.P.’s “war on women.” > > Mitt Romney reacted to Limbaugh for days with craven silence before > finally allowing on a rope line on Friday night that “it’s not the > language I would have used.” Is there a right way to call a woman a > slut? > > Rick Santorum, whose views on women are medieval, said “an entertainer > can be absurd.” Speaker John Boehner offered a tepid comment through a > spokesman that Limbaugh’s words were “inappropriate.” > > President Obama called Fluke and bucked her up, probably hoping to get > Limbaugh to double down. El Rushbo, as he calls himself, obliged. “Did > you ever think of backing off the amount of sex you’re having?” he > demanded of Fluke on Friday’s broadcast as some advertisers were > fleeing: Sleep Train Mattress Centers, Quicken Loans, Select Comfort > and AutoZone. > > The law student got the call from the president as she was about to go > on Andrea Mitchell’s show on MSNBC. She darted into an empty office to > talk to Obama and closed the door; soon Chris Matthews was wondering > who was inside and sending a staffer to check it out. > > “The president just wanted to make sure I was O.K.,” she said. “And I > am O.K. I’m pretty level-headed.” > > The childless radio yakker wondered snidely how Fluke’s parents, who > live in rural Pennsylvania, would feel about her crusade. Fluke, a > Methodist Democrat, said she was particularly touched that the > president told her, speaking as the father of two daughters, that her > parents should be proud. > > “My parents and I don’t always agree politically,” she said, but about > the issue of insuring contraception, “we see eye to eye.” > > Update: On Saturday evening, Rush Limbaugh posted a statement on his > Web site, which can be read here. > http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/03/a_statement_from_rush > > More: > NewYorkTimes.com > > > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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