GOP meme dispatched: Limbaugh "apologized"

[ProSense]

Peggy Noonan: Rush's Remarks 'Crude, Rude, Even Piggish'

On ABC's This Week, conservative commentator Peggy Noonan strongly denounced Rush Limbaugh's defamatory remarks about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke.

"What Rush Limbaugh said was crude, rude, even piggish, it was just unacceptable, he ought to be called on it," Noonan said Sunday. "I'm glad he has apologized. I guess there will be a debate now about the nature of the apology. But what he said was also destructive."

She added: "It confused the issue. It played into this trope that the Republicans have a war on women. No, they don't, but he made it look they that way. It confused the larger issue which is the real issue, which is 'Obamacare,' and its incursions against religious freedoms, which is a serious issue. It was not about this young lady at Georgetown."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/peggy-noonan-rushs-remarks-crude-rude-even-piggish

Clearly, Republicans are out in force pushing Limbaugh's lame statement as an "apology," and condemning the original attacks after the non-apology has been issued. On edit, Noonan gives herself away here: "I guess there will be a debate now about the nature of the apology."

Here's Cantor: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002382154

[warrior1]

1. Peggy, Peggy, Peggy

The GOP have always had a war on women, even the women who served in the GOP. You guys own this.

[ProSense]

7. Yes,

this is their mess as much as it is Limbaugh's. After all, as Noonan's ass covering for Limbaugh shows, he has a special hold on Republicans.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Their pooh-poohing is going to cause more and more gaffes

They can't weasel out of this one until they change the topic away from their current war on women that is cloaked as some "religious freedom" nonsense.

[xxqqqzme]

3. religious freedoms?

Which religion is it saying it is God's law that women have no right to make their own health care decisions?

It is only about religious freedoms IF you're a rabid RW rethuglican!

[ProSense]

4. Yeah,

"It is only about religious freedoms IF you're a rabid RW rethuglican!"

...shorter Noonan: Limbaugh was "crude, rude, even piggish...he has apologized... larger issue...is 'Obamacare,' and its incursions against religious freedoms"

Obfuscation and red herrings. Actually, it's a disgusting attempt to cover up for a blowhard while pushing a right-wing lie, and both are at the expense of women.

[nobodyspecial]

5. And what about the religious freedom of workers

The law only impact those who work at religiously affiliated schools, universities and hospitals, many of which are run by Catholics. You don't have to be a practicing Catholic to work in these places. Isn't a violation of those worker's religious beliefs to have decisions made for them based on the faith of others? Obama's compromise struck that balance.

[Matariki]

6. "Scramble, scramble, we've lost control of the narrative. It's supposed to be Obamacare"

"Not the GOP war on women".

[Blue Owl]

8. With a ProFlowers bouquet, probably

n/t

[izquierdista]

9. Repub apology formula

"If I were to APOLOGIZE, it wouldn't be because I have any contrition or I feel that I have wronged someone. I would APOLOGIZE that you might have been offended by the form of what I said, but there is not need to APOLOGIZE for the content, because I'm right and you are still full of shit. I APOLOGIZE to myself for getting into this dustup, because it is going to take time away from other profitable money grubbing I could be doing. Now if you don't shut up and go away, you are going to have to APOLOGIZE, as you are making me feel like a victim."

There, I apologized 5 times, are you happy?

[spanone]

10. piggy noonan is unacceptable.