Limbaugh’s vile attack on a student who dared to speak up
Wow. This is true slime.
Some of you may recall Sandra Fluke, a student at Georgetown University and former head of Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice, who was barred by House Republicans from offering a woman’s perspective at a male-dominated hearing on the Obama administration’s contraception rule.
Later, House Democrats set up their own hearing in which Fluke was the star witness. Her full prepared testimony can be found here, but as the AP reported it:
“Fluke, a third-year law student, said that Georgetown Law, a Jesuit institution, does not provide contraception coverage in its student health plan and that contraception can cost a woman more than $3,000 during law school. She spoke of a friend who had an ovary removed because the insurance company wouldn’t cover the prescription birth control she needed to stop the growth of cysts.”
Think what you will of the issue or of Fluke’s testimony. Nothing the young woman said or did earned her this, from Rush Limbaugh:
“What does it say about the college coed Susan [sic] Fluke, 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. What does that make us? We’re the pimps.
“The johns, that’s right. We would be the johns — no! We’re not the johns. Well — yeah, that’s right. Pimp’s not the right word.
“OK, so, she’s not a slut. She’s round-heeled. I take it back.”
I’ve shied away from accusations that this issue is being driven on the right by misogyny, because in many cases it’s not. But clearly, in many other cases that’s exactly what’s driving it. Limbaugh’s attack is a vicious attempt to frighten and intimidate women into going silent on the issue, and the message is intended not merely for Fluke but for women in general. Limbaugh is a frightened little bully attempting to keep women in their place, and in that regard is no different than the mullahs of Afghanistan who condemn non-virgin women to a stoning.
It is a despicable, and it tells you a lot about the current state of affairs in our nation that someone with a podium as grand and lucrative as Limbaugh’s can spout such bile about a young woman whom he has never met, and do so without consequence.
– Jay Bookman
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Georgia, The " New Mississippi "
March 1st, 2012
11:31 am
Limbaugh is a poorly educated man that won the lottery with his talk show. Only his “ditto heads” value his opinions.
Dr. Pangloss
March 1st, 2012
11:32 am
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.
————–
And here we learn that Rush has never had a sex life. He doesn’t know how the Pill works. If a woman is on the Pill, she takes one a day, regardless of whether she boffs zero men or 100 men.
Fetus on a stick
March 1st, 2012
11:32 am
I am sure you lot are cheer the death of this Breitbart fella today.
Further, anybody who advocates the death of children really doesn’t have room to talk about ethics, because you lack them.
Finn McCool (Class Warfare = Stopping Rich People from TAKING MORE of OUR MONEY)
March 1st, 2012
11:32 am
Ohoh
In affidavits in a lawsuit, former Senators Bob Graham and Bob Kerrey say they believe the Saudi government might have played a direct role in the attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/us/graham-and-kerrey-see-possible-saudi-9-11-link.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Paul
March 1st, 2012
11:33 am
(ir)Rational
True story. One Christmas I got my dad a bottle of a new vodka, Glacier, from Idaho. Kept it out of sight in the garage, went out there, poured a couple glasses, went back in the house and handed him one. He took a sip, looked at me and said “It’s potato, but it isn’t Polish. Where’s it from?”
I knew a guy, distributor for a spirits company. Said he’d known a few people in his life with taste buds like that. It still blows me away.
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
11:33 am
I keep telling you the recent USA Today poll where the majority of voters in swing states are against Obamacare is THE sign.
If you had similar polling that indicated dissatisfaction with the Affordable Care Act[1] was a primary concern among likely voters, I’d say you’d have a case to make.
——
1. Pet peeve–I realize you feel you gotta call it “Obamacare” or an angel doesn’t get its wings, or something. For the record, I thought Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative was a giant money dump and wasn’t afraid of saying so, back in the day. But I didn’t refer to the SDI as, you know, “Star Wars.” Certainly not when discussing the matter with conservatives with whom I felt capable of educating.
Doggone/GA
March 1st, 2012
11:33 am
“She’s having so much sex she can’t afford the contraception”
And here all this time I thought “prostitutes” got paid for sex, not that THEY paid for it!
RAMZAD
March 1st, 2012
11:34 am
Rush probably can’t get it up, and that’s his jealousy and hate coming out!
Doggone/GA
March 1st, 2012
11:35 am
“I am sure you lot are cheer the death of this Breitbart fella today”
You would be wrong. And if you’d bothered to do something intelligent like reading previous posts on this blog you’d never have posted anything that dumb.
Carole
March 1st, 2012
11:35 am
When I heard about this last night I was fuming. Jerks like Limpball have no clue at all. What many people, especially men don’t understand is that there are several reasons for using the pill. Which is probably why it’s sometimes referred to that way. I personally used them purely for medical reasons and delayed doing so for the longest because of the “stigma” attached to them. It was a tremendous help, and I wish I had been brave enough to use them earlier. It would have prevented a lot of pain along with other issues. That pill addict can plant his lips where the sun don’t shine.
Tom(Independent-Viet Vet)
March 1st, 2012
11:35 am
I do not care for Rush to be mean-spirited to the young lady but I am, as a tax-payer, sick and tired of paying for everyone else’s personal issues.
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
11:36 am
All this talk of pie, and then…
Fetus on a stick
when’s lunch?
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
11:36 am
Speaking of Insurance and Entitlements – I will be 65 in a few days. Applied for the mandatory Medicare and discovered they are means testing Part B. Part A is Hospital, Part B is doctor. The basic monthly charge is $99, but they look at your past year tax return to determine your adjusted gross income. There are three brackets above basic where there is an increasing premimum added to the basic $99. I don’t have a problem with it being fair, but the end result is I will be paying much more each month for medical and prescription drug coverage than before Medicare.
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
11:36 am
Max – I would typically agree with this stance, but in this case, I have issues with the fact that people see birth control pills and only feel that they’re able to be used to prevent pregnancy. My wife was put on them at a young age, not for that reason, but for other, far more serious reasons. One of which being so she could have a chance at maybe one day being able to have children. So, denying medicine that is used for more than just one thing, because you can’t agree with one of its uses is ridiculous. Also, there is a HUGE double standard where they’re supplying Viagra through their insurance policy and not birth control.
Also, not using this as an argument or a defense or anything else, just as a “hey I didn’t know that” – but who knew Georgetown was affiliated with a religious institution?
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
11:37 am
Fetus, if you bothered to read the comments page you’re posting to, you’d see there were a very few unkind remarks about Breitbart, followed by mostly sympathetic postings from both sides.
Sorry to disappoint.
Dirty Dawg
March 1st, 2012
11:37 am
Since this has already had a bi-jillion comments this one probably will go unnoticed, but if this grip were my daughter I’d find out if the jerk would be libel for slander. Probably not, so my other option would be to invite him to play some golf…surely somewhere during those 18 holes I could put a five-iron in his skull.
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
11:38 am
For the record, Andrew Breitbart was still young enough to mend his ideological ways, and it’s a shame he passed away at such an early point in his journey. My sympathies to his family.
Partisay
March 1st, 2012
11:38 am
“head on over to Yahoo and read the comments about Andrew Breitbart from the liberals”
Steve – Big, big difference between someone responding to a story like on yahoo and Rush Limbaugh. The lengths some people go to try to defend this guy is ridiculous.
USinUK
March 1st, 2012
11:39 am
“He doesn’t know how the Pill works. ”
and, yet, that same idiocy has been repeated here dozens of times this morning …
A-MAZ-ING
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
11:39 am
Paul – That’s impressive, but if they did it correctly, he wouldn’t be able to tell after a few drinks. My father-in-law can do that with beer. He can tell you how fresh it is, who made it, what part of the country, whatever. Impressive considering what he typically drinks, but hey, to each their own.
They BOTH suck
March 1st, 2012
11:40 am
JohnnyReb
Happy Early Birthday………
Hope you enjoy a good time with your family and friends
Normal
March 1st, 2012
11:40 am
Joe Hussein Mama
March 1st, 2012
11:31 am
You have no idea…in my time, 67-69, it was dirt streets lined with bar’s, brothels and hotels. When re-joined and went back in ‘76, it had all changed. Paved streets and a Tasty Pizza, for chiristssake.
Had to take my young virgins to Subic City to get the feel of the old days for them. I think that’s when I started feeling old…
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
11:41 am
Dirty Dawg – Just going off the fact that she graduates from Georgetown Law in about 2 months, I’ll bet his lawyers are already busy preparing to defend against just such a law suit.
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
11:41 am
as a tax-payer, sick and tired of paying for everyone else’s personal issues.
oh, do grow the hell up. You are a citizen of this republic–it is your responsibility to put into the commons so that it will be there to help you when you need it. And you sure as hell will need it at some point.
No man is an island. Not even a Galtian ubermann.
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
11:42 am
What you guys are missing is, Rush’s comments were not personal toward the girl. It could have been his cousin and he would have said the same thing.
I posted earlier the person who put the girl in the spotlight is only slightly less guilty than Limbaugh.
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
11:42 am
I will be 65 in a few days.
I should let you know, the party invite still has not arrived, j-reb. Sure it’s just an oversight on your part.
Aquagirl
March 1st, 2012
11:42 am
I am, as a tax-payer, sick and tired of paying for everyone else’s personal issues
Well, since the issue here is insurance coverage, your off-topic whine is duly noted. Would you like to weigh in on Newt’s moon colony next?
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
11:44 am
TheyBOTH Suck – thanks
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
11:45 am
stands – I should throw one and invite all you guys so we can all see most are good folks, just different opinions.
barking frog
March 1st, 2012
11:45 am
Johnny Reb
Medicare is expensive.
Paul
March 1st, 2012
11:46 am
(ir)Rational
You want to talk beer sometime, talk to AmVet.
Just don’t refer to any American offerings as ‘beer’….
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
11:46 am
Paul – My dad taught me better than that.
USinUK
March 1st, 2012
11:46 am
Johnny Reb – your 11:42 doesn’t even pass the laugh test … not specific to the girl???
What does it say about the college coed Susan [sic] Fluke, 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.
names her by name – nahhh … that’s not personal …
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
11:47 am
Johnny – I would stick out at that party. Considering most of you have 20 years on me, minimum. Apparently, you have nearly 40. Old fart.
USinUK
March 1st, 2012
11:48 am
“as a tax-payer, sick and tired of paying for everyone else’s personal issues.”
what an effing selfish BRAT.
ByteMe - Liberal Thug
March 1st, 2012
11:48 am
Medicare is expensive.
So’s not having it. Pick your poison.
Paul
March 1st, 2012
11:48 am
JohnnyReb
Not personal toward the girl? Were we reading he same transcript?
“What does it say about the college coed Susan [sic] Fluke, 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.
Tealiban Party
March 1st, 2012
11:49 am
At least this young woman is getting and using her drugs legally. The same CANNOT be said about Limbaugh.
Thulsa Doom
March 1st, 2012
11:49 am
Hmmm. Let’s see now. We got a student whose family can afford the tuition at an elite, expensive university like Georgetown but they want to whine about the $50 a month for birth control. Tell ya what missy. Spend more time studying, use condoms at 50 cents a pop when you need to do your recreational thing, and quit asking the taxpayers to pay for free sheet for you. And quit your damn lying about the cost being $3,000. How anyone can grant such a bald faced damn liar credibility for such a blatant lie is mystifying.
You know we’ve gone off the deep end when Georgetown students are now complaining about not getting their birth control paid for by the taxpayers.
Oh, and about your friend who had an ovary removed because her insurance didn’t pay for the pill. ONE MORE TIME!- If you can afford a Georgetown law school education then you can pay for your freaking birth control. If it was that important the girl should have gotten a part time job during the summer and made enough money to pay for her birth control for the next 3 years. Or put that $50 on plastic or asked mom and dad for $50 more or taken out a small student loan or gone to that great planned parenthood or county health dept. or somewhere.
Libs got more excuses for their crap than Jimmy Carter has peanuts. Amazing. Simply amazing.
Adam
March 1st, 2012
11:49 am
I find it funny all the people who went straight to their talking point source of choice to find out what they can say to defend Limbaugh on this. Just admit you’re WRONG.
Paul
March 1st, 2012
11:50 am
USinUK 11:46
I love how your mind works!
JamVet - There are two types of Republicans, millionaires and suckers.
March 1st, 2012
11:50 am
Rush Limbaugh is a disgusting, depraved human being. As Hillbilly D said once, I have flushed better than him.
And I knew what to expect as I scrolled through the responses. ONLY Jm, among the right wingers, stood up against this perverted sack of sh*t. There were a few almost acknowledgements, but other than that, I will say this much.
I really do hope that there is a Christian hell, reserved for our supposed Christians.
And here is to hoping that when he gets there, Rush, gets to have our slimy right winger regulars here kiss his despicable arse forever, ala Sisyphus and the boulder…
getalife
March 1st, 2012
11:51 am
Last cycle, rush was reprimanded by the gop for his insults but then the gop would apologize to rush.
Hilarious.
Probably the same thing will happen this cycle.
Paul
March 1st, 2012
11:51 am
Thulsa
G’morning.
But 13 pages in, those talking points were dispensed with about 10 pages ago -
but welcome aboard anyhow -
USMC
March 1st, 2012
11:51 am
“And here we learn that Rush has never had a sex life. He doesn’t know how the Pill works. If a woman is on the Pill, she takes one a day, regardless of whether she boffs zero men or 100 men.”–Dr. Pangloss
LOL! Yeah, just ask CNN’s Daryn Kagan!
Old Dawg
March 1st, 2012
11:52 am
In the words of Lewis Grizzard (a great American), “How can you say I hate women, I married four of them!
As for Rush being a bully, unfortunately, he speaks for millions of folks who have too much pent-up anger over issues they don’t understand but want to be led by someone who oversimplifies everything.
Is there waste in government? Sure. And that includes the billions of dollars down the drain and decades to produce the Osprey aircraft.
Is there waste in business? Certainly. And that includes expensive sales trips for every area of enterprise, just don’t expect me to pay for them when the insurance/financial/manufacturing company has been bailed out by the government.
I really love the way Rush and FauxNews are quick to criticize the New York Times or competing networks when it does or says something they don’t agree with, but they fall all over themselves with complaints of harsh treatment when they do something similar. The big difference is that when the Times, the major networks etc are caught in a lie or step too far over society’s lines, the perpetrator is either suspended or fired.
It doesn’t happen with conservative talking heads/networks, though in far too many instances they should have.
Now it’s time to go back to work so I can pay for another weapons system!
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
11:52 am
USMC – Oddly enough, if she only takes it on the days when she is getting some, it doesn’t work. Weird how those things work.
Mad Max
March 1st, 2012
11:53 am
irrational – a – thanks for a respectful response; in regards to the issue, most insurance policies will pay for drugs under medical necessity; it may take a few calls and letters but many “non-covered” items are covered if medically necessary. We all complain about the high cost of insurance and medical care, but this is where it starts, providing coverage beyond medically necessary. Just my opinion.
Dirty Dawg
March 1st, 2012
11:53 am
Er…make that ‘girl’…
carlosgvv
March 1st, 2012
11:54 am
(ir)Rational – 11:24
Actually, that is a liberal fuzzy feel good fallacy that has been around for many years. Muslims, Jews and Christians do not worship the same God. The Jewish God will someday send the Messiah. The Christian God has already sent the Messiah, Jesus. The Muslim God sent the prophet, Muhammed. The Jewish God does not recognize Chrisianity and Islam as sacred. The Christian God does not recognize Judaism and Islam as sacred. The Moslem God does not recognize Christianity and Judiasm as sacred.
Real American
March 1st, 2012
11:54 am
Limbaugh…a man that takes suitcases of Viagara to hotspots for pedophilia on vacay.
Brietbart’s looking up going “Rush…..you might wanna think about some things going forward….”
Thulsa Doom
March 1st, 2012
11:55 am
JohnnyReb,
I deal mostly with people aging into medicare with medsupp and medavantage plans and most of my people are paying $115 a month in 2011 and 2012. Just be prepared because most likely they will hit you with $115. And then if you go the medsupp route you have to add in that and the cost of a part d drug stand alone plan which between the 2 of them usually is $165-$190 a month on top of your part B premium.
USinUK
March 1st, 2012
11:56 am
Paul – 11:50 – you owe me a coke
weetamoe
March 1st, 2012
11:56 am
I did not know you listened to Limbaugh. I am sure the young women at Georgetown law have more pressing things to do. I am surprised by the stupidity of the Fluke woman who who whined about the cost of contraceptives, though. Couldn’t she just pay for them with a little bit of her student loan money?
Keep Up--Te Gusta losing woofingpoofs?
March 1st, 2012
11:56 am
Well we see Doomy did not read the prior 12 pages of posts and just wants to embarrass himself with the ignorance of his posts.
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
11:57 am
Max – The argument could be made, very easily, that it is much cheaper for the insurance to cover a pack of pills every month than it is to cover the mother for 9 months of being pregnant, and then the child and the mother after that 9 months.
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
11:57 am
I know Rush used her name, but he would have said the same thing regardless of the woman testifying. That’s why I stated it was not personal. It will be intersting to hear his comments today, and he will comment if there is as big a fire storm elsewhere as here.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
March 1st, 2012
11:57 am
ragnar danneskjold
March 1st, 2012
7:54 am
Dear Jay @ 7:51, you should know by now that an appeal to authority absent logical argument will never persuade a conservative – unlike leftists, we are not cultists.
Oh this is rich.
Your nom-de-blog, pirate boy, is taken from the romance novel of a meth addicted sociopath who had her own personal
entouragecult hanging on her every word. Now her romanced novels are held up by millions as economic gospel.And you claim not to be a cultist?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
11:57 am
most are good folks, just different opinions.
true that, J-Reb. As Dylan put it:
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point of view
Tangled up in Blue.
RedHead
March 1st, 2012
11:58 am
This is why I’m very, very scared about the future of the UK health system if it’s set to go the way of yours. Sure, it’s expensive for the state to pay for contraception, as it does in the UK, but hey, it’s way cheaper than child benefits. And nothing’s more costly to society than an unwanted child with no-one to care for it.
mark
March 1st, 2012
12:00 pm
kayaker 71 – there is nothing bootzy and limpy can say to make me vote for a republican’t. Those two bloated whales, who’s childern and other relatives have insurance and access to reproductive health have it, so why can’t a student, who pays for the policy?
go pray to your myth gods and goddess. In god, i don’t trust, or belive. You can take you 10 ideas and post them on your walls, in your house.
And add this one: Keep your religion to thy self!!
Thulsa Doom
March 1st, 2012
12:00 pm
Paul,
I read the first few pages and especially the page where Jay admitted that the true cost of the pill is about $50 a month or $1800 a year instead of the $3,000 that the girl charged.
In any event the idea that the girl, her friend, and others receiving a Georgetown education can’t come up with $50 a month for the pill is ludicrous. She’ll make a pile of dough after she graduates. Let the woman pay for it via a loan, plastic, or working a part time job. Not my problem.
JamVet - There are two types of Republicans, millionaires and suckers.
March 1st, 2012
12:01 pm
I am surprised by the stupidity of the Fluke woman…
What is NOT surprising is that you are a Limbo buttkisser.
Birds of a filthy feather…
Tom(Independent-Viet Vet)
March 1st, 2012
12:02 pm
Aqua Girl – I think the moon colony idea by Newt is ridiculous. Unless the 1st ship there takes Mr Obama(as I hope he will be called next year), Mr decibels,Mr Hussein Mama, and yourself ! Bye, now that is something in the country’s best interests,that I would be willing to contribute towards. Have a nice flight dear!
Thulsa Doom
March 1st, 2012
12:02 pm
sand flea,
Doomy didn’t have all the time on his hands this morning that you did.
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
12:02 pm
carlos – So, you obviously don’t realize that fact?
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
12:02 pm
Doom – I have had it really good with my retirement from Delta, I paid only $125 a month. The Part B charge is the highest bracket because the wife and I are blessed with high income. I took a supplemental policy with Humana which includes the prescription coverage. The bottom line is, I’m going from $125 to $390 a month. I don’t plan to actually retire until I am 67.
Partisay
March 1st, 2012
12:03 pm
So JohnnyReb, answer my question.
If I had said those things about YOU on the radio, by your name, would that be personal toward you? After all, I COULD HAVE said that same thing about anybody else. But I named YOU, by YOUR name, not just anybody else.
So….was it personal to you?
Tom(Independent-Viet Vet)
March 1st, 2012
12:03 pm
Thulsa Doom – Ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USMC
March 1st, 2012
12:04 pm
“Fluke, a third-year law student, said that Georgetown Law, a JESUIT institution…”
I guess Ms. Fluke missed the clue word JESUIT while applying to Georgetown University Law School…LOL!
Can’t she get her birth control at Planned Parenthood??? just axking.
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
12:06 pm
stands – funny you should mention Dylan. I watched The Band’s 1976, I think that was the year, farewell tour footage last night and Dylan was one of the performers along with Clapton, Muddy Waters, Neal Diamond, Emmie Lou and others. Great music.
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
12:06 pm
Thulsa – There is more than one type of birth control pill. If you had of read a few more pages, you would see where, without insurance, my wife’s pills cost about $90 per month, which is, oddly enough, right at $1,000 per year, which when multiplied by 3 (wait for it, you go to law school for 3 years) comes out to $3,000 to cover the cost of birth control during law school.
I’m very curious as to the people who are trying to say that she claimed birth control cost $3,000 per year, as she clearly said $3,000 over the course of law school. Which is 3 years.
JamVet - There are two types of Republicans, millionaires and suckers.
March 1st, 2012
12:06 pm
Given his plethora of them in the past, he racist, bigoted fatman’s repuslive comments are not at all surprising.
This man will insult anybody. Even his betters, like Iraq war veterans who opposed the war.
But personally I am glad the freeloading parasite is on the air.
And that Jay provides this forum which allows Rush’s equally nauseating sycophants here the chance to kiss his ring.
It is all the proof one needs to know why people of conscience and morality give the GOP a very wide berth…
Joe Hussein Mama
March 1st, 2012
12:07 pm
F. on a Stick — “I am sure you lot are cheer the death of this Breitbart fella today.”
Yes, well, the primates over on Free Republic are already screeching about how it’s Obama’s fault, so what can you do?
stands for decibels
March 1st, 2012
12:07 pm
I watched The Band’s 1976, I think that was the year, farewell tour footage last night
via Martin Scorcese’s The Last Waltz, I presume? Man, I GOTTA see that one of these years…
Mad Max
March 1st, 2012
12:08 pm
Irrational – On an individual basis yes, but that assumes that everyone denied birth control would not take personal responsibility and take steps on their own to prevent pregnancy. That’s a big assumption. And possibly having the baby for those that do would force them to grow up and assume some responsibility. The question remains that should the government dictate that; the market could just as easily come to either decision – if the cost of caring for the number of people becoming pregnant exceeds the cost of providing low cost contraception, then the companies will decide to offer it. It the pedulum swings the other way, then it will be the opposite and there would most likely be a mix of offerigs at differing market costs for us to choose from (or to make employers more or less desirable to us as consumers).
JohnnyReb
March 1st, 2012
12:08 pm
Partisay – of course the girl took it personal, but the point is he does not know her, and would have said the same of any woman giving the same testimony.
Rush is on the air – first comment was on this firestorm.
Dirty Dawg
March 1st, 2012
12:09 pm
Since ‘Breitbart’s’ name came up, and given that Keith Olbermann had been on his case for the last couple of weeks over his, Breitbart’s, rants against the ‘Occupiers’, and since I, like Jack McCoy at Law&Order, don’t believe in ‘coincidences’, I don’t believe for a minute that his death was from ‘natural causes’. He either ‘offed’ himself or he was invited to join Ken Lay, fake his death and, I assume any number of other ‘well-healed’ wing-nuts, at their ‘undisclosed location’ where they go when ‘the heat’s on’…probably some South Seas Island.
getalife
March 1st, 2012
12:10 pm
Breitbart’s blog was fun before registration and one con blog that did not ban me.
I thought he had a drug problem.
Thulsa Doom
March 1st, 2012
12:11 pm
Rush was definitely wrong to call the woman a prostitute or slut.
What he should have called her is a publicity hound or an entitlement pig. If she’s got time to go testify before Congress and time to participate in nonsense like serving as the head of the Georgetown university law students for “reproductive justice” whatever the hell they mean by “reproductive justice” then the girl has time to flip burgers 1 night a week to get her birth control paid for.
Ahem
March 1st, 2012
12:12 pm
The witness was a prop; she made up the facts; she was a pawn of the left. Rush used strong language to make a point. Most media types and entertainers could be accused of the same. The issue is not the pills, but why one person should be compelled to pay for another’s contraception.
Jefferson
March 1st, 2012
12:12 pm
Duckhead wants folks to pay for medicine that insurance SHOULD pay for and then sucks up to millionaires and says they can’t afford to pay taxes. He has zero credibility, may as well hand it to himself.
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
12:14 pm
Max – Isn’t trying to obtain birth control in the first place showing personal responsibility? I don’t agree that insurance should be able to deny medicine. I just don’t. I don’t care what the medicine is for. Last year, I was prescribed something for a stomach condition that my insurance company denied. I sought other options, but it would have cost me close to $1,000 for one course of medicine. Yeah, it wasn’t for a life threatening disease, but I have to say, my quality of life has certainly improved since I had that problem taken care of.
Paul
March 1st, 2012
12:14 pm
Thulsa Doom
“I read the first few pages and especially the page where Jay admitted that the true cost of the pill is about $50 a month or $1800 a year instead of the $3,000 that the girl charged. ”
Subsequent posts by USinUK and others explained that when office charges and exam charges are included the costs can ratched right up. They also noted the cost wasn’t per year, but during three years of law school, in which case the cost would be greater than 3k.
Bill O'rangutan
March 1st, 2012
12:15 pm
Yes, well, the primates over on Free Republic are already screeching about how it’s Obama’s fault
*Human* primates. Keep my kind out of this!
Normal
March 1st, 2012
12:16 pm
Just got this in my email…good news. After all equality for ALL is what we, as a nation, are all about…
As an aside, you don’t think this is the “natural Cause” that killed Breitbart, do you….
Dear Normal,
History is being made today. With Governor Martin O’Malley’s signature, marriage equality is about to become law in Maryland. Maryland will be the eighth state, plus the District of Columbia, to enact such a groundbreaking law.
This triumph comes in one of the greatest strings of victories for LGBT rights we’ve ever seen. In just three weeks, following a major court victory against Proposition 8, you’ve helped us pass marriage equality bills in Washington, New Jersey, and now Maryland.
And despite New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s heartbreaking veto, the legislature’s pro-equality vote marked a powerful moment in this years-long battle.
These victories are exhilarating, but they are not accidents. All three of these legislative gains are the result of years of working together to elect fair-minded candidates and placing organizers on the ground to build support for these bills. It’s all possible because of the unwavering activism of over a million HRC members and supporters like you.
Let’s celebrate our victories and get ready for the fights ahead. Put a point on the marriage equality map you’ve helped draw – and join thousands around the country in congratulating Maryland on this remarkable moment:
In the coming months, right-wing groups will try to derail marriage equality at the ballot box. The National Organization for Marriage is already collecting signatures in Washington and Maryland to try to undo these victories – just as they did with Proposition 8 – and they’re tapping super-rich, anonymous donors every day for more cash. We’re organizing in these states to stop them.
And another thing is becoming clear: Something is changing in America. Just eight years ago, two women would be denied a marriage license by every city clerk in America. Today, marriage equality has been enacted in eight states – and that number keeps growing. It’s all thanks to you.
Let’s show the cynics, the radicals, and the right wing how big our community is and the passion driving this movement. Send a message of support by posting your comment on the internet now.
Knowing how hard we’ve worked together makes these victories so much sweeter. And knowing who we’re fighting for – loving couples around the country, their kids, their communities – makes it that much more important.
Thank you for all that you have done, and will do, to continue winning the civil rights battle of our generation.
Sincerely,
Joe Solmonese
President
Paul
March 1st, 2012
12:16 pm
Looks like, 14 pages in, we’re about to recycle everything from pages 1-13.
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
12:16 pm
Paul – As I’ve illustrated, it doesn’t even take doctor’s visits to push it up over $3,000 over the course of the three years.
getalife
March 1st, 2012
12:16 pm
“Women’s health and reproductive rights are hanging by a very slim thread right now, as the narrow 51-48 vote to table the destructive Blunt amendment demonstrates.
Women and minorities voting gop are self defeatists.
Thulsa Doom
March 1st, 2012
12:17 pm
JohnnyReb,
Good for you. I spoke with a retired Delta pilot once about his Medicare. Same thing. He was blessed and had a good plan and a very substantial retirement income of around 200k I’m guessing. He actually had to pay up near $200 a month for his part B because he made so much money. I hope you don’t get tagged too hard on your part B premium given a healthy income.
YOUR party SUCKS! But MINE is GRRRRRREAT! (formerly That Black Guy)
March 1st, 2012
12:17 pm
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
9:27 am
Adam – I’m perfectly happy just running my own. Wish my wife would let me.
That can’t be true.
According to Adam, ALL conservatives are EXACTLY the same and he knows how ALL of us thinks and what motivates ALL of us, and what postition ALL of us take on ANY and ALL topics.
And if we haven’t stated a position, he will tell us what our position is and then tell us that we are wrong for having a position that HE assigned to us.
Normal
March 1st, 2012
12:17 pm
,,,and more good news!
Senate defeats bill to reverse birth control rule
In this Feb. 28, 2012, photo, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talks to reporters foll…
WASHINGTON — The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama’s policy on contraception insurance coverage.
The measure sponsored by Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican, was defeated 51-48. The measure, an amendment to a pending transportation bill, would have allowed employers and insurers to opt out of portions of the president’s health care law they found morally objectionable. That would have included the law’s requirement that insurers cover the costs of birth control.
Republicans said it was a matter of freedom of religion; Democrats said it was an assault on women’s rights and could be used to cancel virtually any part of the law.
Keep Up--Te Gusta losing woofingpoofs?
March 1st, 2012
12:18 pm
Doom Doom….
whiney posts about time — standard
demonstrating your complete ignorance of a subject — standard
worthless efforts to insult after demonstrating your complete ignorance — priceless
Common Sense isn't very Common - Papist Independent
March 1st, 2012
12:19 pm
Joe Hussein Mama@10:39 am
My wife suggested taking that video clip and mashing it up with Guadalcanal Diary’s “Whiskey Talk,” but I dissuaded her.
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Joe – are you a fan of Guadalcanal Diary? I went to high school with some of the member’s. They have a few clips on Youtube if you are interested.
(ir)Rational
March 1st, 2012
12:19 pm
former Black Guy – Yeah, Adam isn’t that bad, but he does like to overly generalize everything.
John Birch
March 1st, 2012
12:19 pm
The government should provide free birth control, condoms and abortions on demand instead of forcing insurance companies to provide contraception benefits.
getalife
March 1st, 2012
12:19 pm
Another victory for our President on health care.
He is on a roll.
timbo
March 1st, 2012
12:20 pm
Here is an alternative. Why doesn’t this girl get insurance that DOES pay for her birth control instead of trying to force Georgetown University to change their policy, which will I’m sure increase the cost of all the students insurance plans?
YOUR party SUCKS! But MINE is GRRRRRREAT! (formerly That Black Guy)
March 1st, 2012
12:21 pm
Mick
March 1st, 2012
9:32 am
Brietbart – he won’t be missed…
Bet his wife and 4 kids will miss him.
Stay classy
Thulsa Doom
March 1st, 2012
12:21 pm
Irrational and Paul,
Since I’m late to the party and some of you are citing $90 a month or $3,000 over 3 years then lets acknowledge that. Still doesn’t answer the question as to why a Georgetown university law student expects others to pay her tab for birth control. That’s all I really want answered. Is why others should be expected to pay for her birth control and as a corollary why can’t she or her family pay for it themselves? I may be late to the party but I’ve yet to see a reasonable explanation as to why taxpayers should be on the hook for her birth control.