Rush apologizes for Fluke comments

[angelka71]

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.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/



As I understand it, he had already lost a few sponsors and now Carbonite has pulled the plug. The liberals have been waiting for a moment like this. It's not, of course, that they are so offended by Rush's crude comments...no, they use worse language and behavior that they parade around in front of us with the purpose of offending. No, this is the excuse they were looking for and now they are brow beating Rush's sponsors and one by one they are pulling out.

I know no one here likes Glenn Beck bc he's a mormon but that is how they succeeded in getting him off Fox. (No way his audience now is the size it once was), they got rid of Dr. Laura the same way.

Rush's apology, I know, was an attempt to stop the sponsors from pulling out, but now the liberals will only be emboldened. They will step up their attacks.

Wonder if this will be the end of him?

[angelka71]

Oh, and btw...me and my family members that are Carbonite customers are cancelling our membership.

[Rebecki]

Oh, and btw...me and my family members that are Carbonite customers are cancelling our membership.

Hopefully you'll let them know it's because they left Rush. If you don't tell them, they will think you are cancelling because of Rush and their sponsorship of him.

[raml]

The democrats should be apologizing for misrepresenting this woman who was not 23 but 30 and an active demonstrator and organizer of protests. She lied about how much birth control costs in DC you can get birth control pills for $5 a month and condoms free. To have cost her $1000 a year for birth contraceptives is a lie. She also knew this was a Catholic university so why did she go there just maybe to cause problems. I really don't think Rush should have apologized he has many many fans and I doubt that talk radio would get rid of him. I would rather listen to him than any of the other people on that station. Personally I think Rush was just telling the truth.

[JackieJ2]

I think he was right on the issue of what the real problem is, but he has a very hard time reigning in his tongue. I think conservatives need to rise above the gutter talk if they don't want to be dragged down in the mud. State your case, you have truth on your side, and don't give the enemy fodder. You know the Scriptures hold one who shows the ability to watch the tongue in high regard. And it shows people you don't have to lower your standards to make your point. Just saying.

[Mom2ten]

IMHO, Rush's main gist of his statement was pointing out how morally wrong she is and also how no one should be forced to support this lifestyle. 10 years ago people would have looked at her lifestyle and condemned it....not anymore

[SummerSailing81]

I agree with JackieJ2 about Rush not being able to rein in his tongue and conservatives rising about the gutter talk. That said, I truly believe that some left-leaning liberal lunatic Democrat supporter is behind this big fat lie to get a rise out of conservatives and, unfortunately, it worked. You can get FREE birth control through Planned Parenthood in DC, so there's no reason this woman should be paying $3,000 a year for it! And btw, if she's spending $3,000 in birth control a year, one has to wonder when she finds the time to study in law school - and I have my doubts whether she'll be able to pass the bar exam because obviously she's spending most of her time engaging in "extracirricular activities". This is just another attempt by the Dems and their supporters to get the voters' eyes off of Obama's miserable failing record as a leader, the fact they're fiddling with the unemployment numbers (it's actually at least 16% unemployment, not 8.4%), the national debt has tripled since Obama took over, we're heading toward $20 trillion in national debt, Obama can't do enough for the muslims yet he completely ignores the murders of hundreds of Christians around the world, he's completely trashed our relationship with Israel in support of the Islamic countries, the Dems are all for higher gas prices which means they're also for higher food, clothing, and every other thing we need to survive also rising in price, and the fact that if given another 4 years, the Dems are going to turn this country into Greece - rioting in the streets will become the norm here. It's a plan and it's working unless we - the sane, reasonable conservatives stop getting suckered in to these silly, petty confrontations with the lunatic left! Rather than fighting among themselves, the GOP candidates should be pointing out Obama's abysmal record - we all know they've got A LOT of ammunition to use against him because he actually has a record now - and it's a big fat FAILURE!

[angelka71]

Hopefully you'll let them know it's because they left Rush. If you don't tell them, they will think you are cancelling because of Rush and their sponsorship of him.

Oh, don't worry. They will have NO doubt as to why we are cancelling our memberships.

[Gideon300]

IMHO, Rush's main gist of his statement was pointing out how morally wrong she is and also how no one should be forced to support this lifestyle. 10 years ago people would have looked at her lifestyle and condemned it....not anymore

That is exactly what I got out of it too. As someone pointed out 10 years ago people would have easily pointed out this woman's loose morals. She should be ashamed, but she is not, and so should her parents for her testifying that she sleeps around often and wants people to pay for her recreational sex.

Rush's sponsors that are dropping him have proven they are putting their profits above what is right, as far as I'm concerned.

[icebear]

bill maher has called sarah palin the "c" word and ed schultz called laura ingrahm the same word rush called that moron. where's the outrage over that? *crickets*

[TimothyK]

That is exactly what I got out of it too. As someone pointed out 10 years ago people would have easily pointed out this woman's loose morals. She should be ashamed, but she is not, and so should her parents for her testifying that she sleeps around often and wants people to pay for her recreational sex.

Rush's sponsors that are dropping him have proven they are putting their profits above what is right, as far as I'm concerned.

Yup. That about sums up my thoughts. I honestly question why he apologized. Maybe for the video bit, and that would be for the sake of his better listeners. But to the liberal socialists crying foul? The feminazis getting up in arms over putting 2 and 2 together?

They can go take a long walk off a short pier.

[XMaryX]

I think he was right on the issue of what the real problem is, but he has a very hard time reigning in his tongue. I think conservatives need to rise above the gutter talk if they don't want to be dragged down in the mud. State your case, you have truth on your side, and don't give the enemy fodder. You know the Scriptures hold one who shows the ability to watch the tongue in high regard. And it shows people you don't have to lower your standards to make your point. Just saying.

Well said!!! (PS: I'm a BIG FAN of 'squirrelbait' and 'fishslap'....I think I'm going to start a thread on the emoticons)

[Prodigal Son]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/



As I understand it, he had already lost a few sponsors and now Carbonite has pulled the plug. The liberals have been waiting for a moment like this. It's not, of course, that they are so offended by Rush's crude comments...no, they use worse language and behavior that they parade around in front of us with the purpose of offending. No, this is the excuse they were looking for and now they are brow beating Rush's sponsors and one by one they are pulling out.

I know no one here likes Glenn Beck bc he's a mormon but that is how they succeeded in getting him off Fox. (No way his audience now is the size it once was), they got rid of Dr. Laura the same way.

Rush's apology, I know, was an attempt to stop the sponsors from pulling out, but now the liberals will only be emboldened. They will step up their attacks.

Wonder if this will be the end of him?

Well, i wish he hadn't said it. It was crude, but liberal commentators have said much worse. I stopped listening to Rush's radio show years ago. One, i rarely listen to the radio anymore. And two, I heard him all but admit to using the 'n' word on occassion. He was provoked though, by a caller who stated that white people were an evil race. But still...

I liked Glenn Beck, mormon or not. He had a lot of common sense when it came to conservative issues. Plus his reports on Iran, terrorism, and Am-a-nut-job, where interesting. I especially loved when he had Joel on the program.

[XMaryX]

I just read the transcript of Ms. Fluke's speech, and as a woman, I most definitely agree w/ her reasoning regarding the contraception being used for medical issues. I took myself off the Pill for over a year, and suffered very heavy monthly-bills (so-to-speak) fraught w/ migraines, cramps, aches, etc. that were impeding upon my daily life, especially going to work. At least once every month during 'that time' I was out of work because I was so sick and felt so miserable, all because of menstruation. No matter how many Advils, Alleves, Relpaxes, Excedrin for migraines, and PreMarin I took, the sickness was so debilitating that just this past week I put myself back on the Pill.

The sole reason for me taking oral contraception is to make that horrid time-of-the-month more bearable (and eliminate a pattern of me being absent from work every 28-30 days).

Obviously, a Christian organization should not be handing out condoms or subsidizing IUD's or Depo, but the Pill definitely has merit for certain medical issues and that should be taken into consideration.

[christiangrl777]

I just read the transcript of Ms. Fluke's speech, and as a woman, I most definitely agree w/ her reasoning regarding the contraception being used for medical issues. I took myself off the Pill for over a year, and suffered very heavy monthly-bills (so-to-speak) fraught w/ migraines, cramps, aches, etc. that were impeding upon my daily life, especially going to work. At least once every month during 'that time' I was out of work because I was so sick and felt so miserable, all because of menstruation. No matter how many Advils, Alleves, Relpaxes, Excedrin for migraines, and PreMarin I took, the sickness was so debilitating that just this past week I put myself back on the Pill.

The sole reason for me taking oral contraception is to make that horrid time-of-the-month more bearable (and eliminate a pattern of me being absent from work every 28-30 days).

Obviously, a Christian organization should not be handing out condoms or subsidizing IUD's or Depo, but the Pill definitely has merit for certain medical issues and that should be taken into consideration.

I also used the pill for similar reasons years ago, but that really has nothing to do with Flukes comments since she is talking about having sexual relations all day, every day apparently, by how much money it cost her. We aren't discussing health reasons, we are discussing using the pill for premarital sex and making other people pay for their pills.

I hope that made sense, its getting late.

[Idgy3]

We aren't discussing health reasons, we are discussing using the pill for premarital sex and making other people pay for their pills.

And so....what's the alternative? I'm married 20 years and the pill is not the method of birth control that my husband and I rely on...but the alternative is for there to be a LOT more abortions. We don't live in "Perfect"....there is going to *be* premarital sex, and teen sex. There has always been premarital sex, and that ain't changing anytime soon. Better to provide a way to prevent pregnancies, then for there to be tens of thousands more murdered babies (whose surgical demise is, let's not forget, also funded by tax dollars in many cases...). The reality of society's behaviors is not the way any of us would have it if we could choose, but providing birth control is the (much) lesser of two evils.

[ThePenguin]

And so....what's the alternative? I'm married 20 years and the pill is not the method of birth control that my husband and I rely on...but the alternative is for there to be a LOT more abortions. We don't live in "Perfect"....there is going to *be* premarital sex, and teen sex. There has always been premarital sex, and that ain't changing anytime soon. Better to provide a way to prevent pregnancies, then for there to be tens of thousands more murdered babies (whose surgical demise is, let's not forget, also funded by tax dollars in many cases...). The reality of society's behaviors is not the way any of us would have it if we could choose, but providing birth control is the (much) lesser of two evils.

I don't want to pay for abortions, I don't want to pay for birth control so people can have sex-on-demand; I should have to pay for neither. There will be premarital and teen sex, yes, but let those teenagers and young adults deal with the consequences of their actions when they inevitably mess up and end up with a child or an STD. It's not my responsibility to pay for someone to have as much sex as they want, even if it will prevent unwanted pregnancies and the spread of diseases. If people don't want kids or STDs they can either wait until they're married to have sex or they can do it before marriage and deal with the consequences.

[TimothyK]

The sole reason for me taking oral contraception is to make that horrid time-of-the-month more bearable (and eliminate a pattern of me being absent from work every 28-30 days).

You're in a minority. That's not the primary use of the medication. It's birth control.

Obviously, a Christian organization should not be handing out condoms or subsidizing IUD's or Depo, but the Pill definitely has merit for certain medical issues and that should be taken into consideration.

They already have. That's not an issue.

The religious organizations have no qualms with prescribing the pill to those relative few who may need it for valid medical reasons.

In regard to the medical use of the pill, I hope you're aware dear sister that there are potential health and cancer risks that come with the benefits.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/f...contraceptives
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bir...l-pill/WO00098

If your family has a history of breast cancer, it could very well be a double-edged sword striking one problem down and cutting into you several others.

Even if you don't have a family history in that regard, the pill can still end up increasing your affinity to other kinds of cancers, increase your blood pressure, and affect your cholesterol among other things.

If you're already aware of these issues and/or it is to your benefit to remain on the pill, God bless you and may He keep you from all these things.

And so....what's the alternative? I'm married 20 years and the pill is not the method of birth control that my husband and I rely on...but the alternative is for there to be a LOT more abortions. We don't live in "Perfect"....there is going to *be* premarital sex, and teen sex. There has always been premarital sex, and that ain't changing anytime soon. Better to provide a way to prevent pregnancies, then for there to be tens of thousands more murdered babies (whose surgical demise is, let's not forget, also funded by tax dollars in many cases...). The reality of society's behaviors is not the way any of us would have it if we could choose, but providing birth control is the (much) lesser of two evils.

We've already established a couple pages back that affordable contraception is readily available to any and everyone that wants it. The medical argument is a non-issue.

So what's left?

Sandra Fluke is insisting on forcing the tax payer to pay (more) for the recreational sex (among other things) of other people such as herself, even demanding that religious institutions violate their moral charter in direct violation of the first amendment.

Separation of church and state. Liberals whine about it all the time. Unless of course when it comes to themselves and getting what they want done, constitution be damned.

I find it funny a pastor can't make mention of politics without risking his financial support from the government, yet a slatternly woman can demand the pastor to pay for her contraception against his conscience and gain an audience before congress.

[Prodigal Son]

Yes, I know. It was a rhetorical question. The issue here is to take down religious institutions First Amendment rights in order to force them and companies to pay for the abortion pill and most likely what Fluke also wants - taxpayer paid sex changes.

FNC reported yesterday on new ICE regulations. These regs reportedly would give illegal immigrants in federal hands, meds for transexuals and perform taxpayer funded abortions. The Hyde Amendment bars taxpayer funding for abortions, but since illegal immigrants are not US citizens, it's doesn't apply to them.

http://times247.com/articles/manual-...mone-treatment

[XMaryX]

I also used the pill for similar reasons years ago, but that really has nothing to do with Flukes comments since she is talking about having sexual relations all day, every day apparently, by how much money it cost her. We aren't discussing health reasons, we are discussing using the pill for premarital sex and making other people pay for their pills.

I hope that made sense, its getting late.

I haven't been on in awhile, so I apologize for the delay in my reply, but yes, a great big 'nay' for sexual purposes but a 'yay' for medical, and unfortunately, most of these ladies are probably using it for the former.