Was Rush Wrong?
 

Radio host Rush Limbaugh apologized for calling a woman who advocated for birth control a 'slut' on his show.

Should Limbaugh be reprimanded?
Yes, he was out of line.
55 % Yes, he was out of line.
129,559 votes

No, his job is to give an opinion.
31 % No, his job is to give an opinion.
73,061 votes

14 % I don't care.
31,874 votes
Total Responses: 234,494


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Rush Limbaugh has lost seven sponsors as of today, and the republicans have seen an 18 point swing in women's support. Keep up the good work, Rush. It's been a week of calling women sluts, Blunting contraception, forced vaginal probes and living in 1950. Or 1850.

The Rush Limbaugh tail does seem to be wagging the Republican dog at the moment.

Of course it was not advisable for him to speak in the terms he used in trying to deal with the subject through absurdity. It fell flat.

But, it's no worse than many leftist commentator's comments about Republican or Conservative women over the years.

This is a bit of selective outrage drummed up by the lefist media who have been out it get Limbaugh for years out of professional jealousy and ideological differences. Rush is just too effective for them for over 20 years.

Rush didn't help himself with his initial comments, but the "national outrage message" is a total farce.

The only reason, I repeat only reason Rush apologized was because advertisers were bailing on him. He remains an unapologetic pig. :rant-rave:

It's not an apology to post a statement on your website. An apology is calling the apparent victim and saying "I'm sorry". Of course, Rush Limbaugh and Clear Channel are only concerned about advertising dollars. What does that make him? The same think he called Sandra Fluke.

In reply to RichieLion's post, President Obama has returned Bill Maher's one million dollar donation to him because of remarks Maher made, which I'm not familiar with.

not many answers to the question asked!!!

The message....THE MESSAGE!!!...was not wrong. It is what most people would think.

How he delivered the message using the words he did was wrong. The following is not a justification, just an observation: the name calling method certainly is not unique to Rush alone!!!

btk

His view was right (Federal Government should not be involved in birth control). His delivery was wrong.

Now, a few advertisers headed to the exits true but it wouldn't surprise me if a few Party suits were dispatched to WPB with a strong message of their own.

I've seen no report of that and I've just made a Google search. I think you might have heard wrong.

Here's the latest story I've found and it only wonders if the money will be returned.

It also includes clips so you can see and hear some of the vile things he's said.

http://nation.foxnews.com/bill-maher...dirty-donation

AOL becomes the ninth sponsor to bail out on Limbaugh. Any sponsor that remains runs the risk of looking like they condone his words and actions. Poor Rushbo won't be able to afford his Viagra soon.

Sandra Fluke said on "The View" that she doesn't accept his apology (I'm paraphrasing here).

Rush's only sin was behaving in the style of the leftist commentators. He came down to their level and thus shamed himself.

I'll lay odds Rush survives this sham outrage as he's survived all the other leftist attacks on him.

apples and onions.

Don't see how you came to that conclusion. Bill Maher's been infinitely more contemptible than Rush Limbaugh has ever been.

It's extremely relevant to compare Maher's antic's to Limbaugh's.

There's more liberal commentators who've use foul terms in referring to Conservative women like Palin and Bachmann, and those can be brought up.

It's all relevant to this discussion.

Because he is a known over the top comedian and I say comedian lightly. Rush is the source of news for so many Hard Right Conservatives. They are not the same type program.

Bill Maher is not the titular head of the democratic party. He is a comedian, as is John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, David Letterman. Bill Maher doesn't have democrats shaking in their shoes afraid that they'll offend him, lining up to kiss his ring. He is not the grand poobah of dems.

Whatever he said about conservative women never made the national news, never had sponsors bailing, as far as I know. Democrats should pray that Limbaugh survives. Whenever he opens his mouth, the gender gap widens.