There are many on the right who are very unhappy, to say the least, about Rush Limbaugh issuing an apology for calling Sandra Fluke a slut. They shouldn't be. The anger should be directed at him using the word in the first place. Above and beyond how derogatory the word is towards women, it changed the conversation; and not in a good way.
I understand what Rush was trying to do. He was pointing out the irony of her claim. But the truth is we know nothing about this woman's sex life. If you are thinking to yourself that you do, then when is the last time she performed a sexual act? How many partners has she had in the past six months? Is she heterosexual or homosexual? Chances are you know none of the answers to these questions because she never discussed her sex life and what type of birth control (if any) that she uses. She discusses the topic in a more generic conversation and talked about countless "others" who tell her their stories of woe.
What Rush and everyone else needs to be concentrating on is the first amendment. The government trying to dictate to a church what is and what isn't protected by the constitution, not her sex life. Seriously, are you all that interested in her sex life? I am not. I could care less what she does in her bedroom. As long as it done by consenting adults, it is none of my concern. What is my concern is how she is trying to push her will and her view-point onto the Catholic Church and Georgetown University. She chose that school for a reason. She went there specifically to try to force them to change their policy on birth control. She did this before Obamacare and the mandates were even an issue. She has been working on this for almost three years.
Look, birth control isn't the issue. I have used birth control in my life (which I paid for myself) and I can guarantee you no one will be accusing me of being a slut. Newsflash; not all conservative women are virgins when the get married and therefore use birth control. Newsflash;, not all conservative women are looking to have large families; so they use birth control. The issue is does the federal government have the right to force a religious institution to go against the doctrines and teachings of the church that has been around for thousands of years? These church teachings have been in existence long before the U.S. was ever formed.
The left set the trap and we conservatives walked right into it. This isn't about sex, it isn't about birth control, it is about liberty. We need to do ourselves a favor and stop talking about this woman's sex life and deal with the fact that she is trying to push her will onto the rest of the country; regardless of the constitutional protections that are in place. We need to stop playing their game. They wanted to paint conservatives as a bunch of people who think anyone who uses birth control is some sort of sexual deviant who needs us to tell them how to live their lives and what drugs they can and cannot put into their bodies. That is a battle we cannot, should not and will not win. Americans don't want the right telling them how to live their lives anymore than they want left doing it. What Americans want is their freedoms and liberties to be protected. Our job is to tell them that they are being ebbed away by an over-reaching, ever more powerful federal government in the guise of discussion on birth control. If we keep the discussion on birth control and Ms. Fluke's sex life they don't see that they are giving away their liberties willingly in exchange for a $9 pack of generic birth control pills.
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Rush admitted today on his radio show that he lowered himself to the level of the Left by using those words in regard to Ms. Fluke. He took full responsibility and admitted he was wrong to do that. He said we should NEVER resort to the tactics of the Left to make our point and that his apology is sincere.
I take Rush at his word and he did the right thing to issue an apology. He took about a 1/2 hour to address this issue, which included the apology and an explanation of the entire story about how Ms. Fluke got the opportunity to make her comments before some members of Congress (and as a result to the country). He also reinforced what you have stated in your post, that this isn't about contraception. The Left is trying to make it about contraception, when in fact it's about the First Amendment.
As for the sponsors who dropped him...Rush says they have every right to do so and that they will be replaced by sponsors who want his audience's business. Good for Rush.
Carbonite stock fell 3.5% today while the rest of NASDAQ fell about 1/3 of that value. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next week-or-so.
Well said!
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