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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:29 PM Mar 2012

Rush: I Became Like The Left When I Attacked Sandra Fluke, So I Apologized

Rush: I Became Like The Left When I Attacked Sandra Fluke, So I Apologized

Rush Limbaugh opened his radio show Monday with a long explanation for why he issued his rare public apology to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student he called "a slut" on air. Limbaugh said his apology was "sincere," but said his biggest failing was adopting the tone of the left.

"This is the mistake I made," he said. "In fighting them on this issue last week, I became like them."

Against my own instincts, against my own knowledge, against everything that I know to be right and wrong, I descended to their level when I used those two words to describe Sandra Fluke. That was my error.

Listen:

- more -

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/rush-i-became-like-left-when-i-attacked

This vile pig is showing no remorse.

Rush's 53 Smears Against Sandra Fluke
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002382940

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Rush: I Became Like The Left When I Attacked Sandra Fluke, So I Apologized (Original Post) ProSense Mar 2012 OP
well played, asshole--I guess this is your ticket back to the top librechik Mar 2012 #1
Like the left? liberal N proud Mar 2012 #2
And this ProSense Mar 2012 #5
NINE, count em NINE, Rush. that's how many national corporations ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #3
hahahahaha NightOwwl Mar 2012 #20
Everyone is imperfect, but not everyone is Borderline personality disordered. "...watch it..." came patrice Mar 2012 #4
I just had to tune in to hear what he would say about this. totodeinhere Mar 2012 #6
All right which one of you made Rush call Ms. Fluke a slut and a prostitute? Botany Mar 2012 #7
This is the Ed Schultz called Laura Ingram a "Right-Wing Slut" Card DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #8
In re "reference to", don't you know words mean ONLY what corporate media-fascists say they mean & patrice Mar 2012 #12
Hatred for profit, that's what Rush is about, carrying his money to the bank. He has RKP5637 Mar 2012 #9
never have i been so sincere as when i tell this rat-bastard to go fuck himself spanone Mar 2012 #10
Is it even possible for this man to open his mouth without insulting someone? n/t FourScore Mar 2012 #11
His whole schtick has got to be about making himself as ugly as possible aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #15
No Rush, you are not like the left. RDANGELO Mar 2012 #13
An Interesting Victim Card... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #14
fucking media is highlighting his apology BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #16
Today's CNN web article did back off a bit BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #17
Thom Hartmann has been destroying Limbaugh on FSTV all morning aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #18
GOOD!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #22
And they say Dylan goes electric. Shut up, Rush. Initech Mar 2012 #19
That was no apology Generic Other Mar 2012 #21
". . . against my own knowledge . . ."? WTF?? Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #23
I...I....I....Me....Me....Me graywarrior Mar 2012 #24

librechik

(30,663 posts)
1. well played, asshole--I guess this is your ticket back to the top
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:32 PM
Mar 2012

But I thought your side was supposed to be sooooooooo much better than us. Why did this even come up, Rush? I found your apology inadequate for the crime of becoming a liberal.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
5. And this
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:36 PM
Mar 2012

"I descended to their level when I used those two words"

This cretin spent three days spewing vile insults.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
3. NINE, count em NINE, Rush. that's how many national corporations
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:33 PM
Mar 2012

that used to spend money on your lard based ass have pulled the plug.

N I N E, which should be familiar to you. In inches, it is the square of the length of your penis when fully erect. Even with a boatload of Viagra.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
4. Everyone is imperfect, but not everyone is Borderline personality disordered. "...watch it..." came
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:35 PM
Mar 2012

from deep inside this person and that depth is the product of his own behavior, which, given his wealth, we can assume encompasses an extremely wide set of experiences.

Don't get suckered into the infinitely regressive mirror chamber of echoes known as Rush Limbaugh. Which, of course, doesn't mean that you can't go there, just that, if you do, you damn well better know your way back out again, lest you also become just another echo.

totodeinhere

(13,034 posts)
6. I just had to tune in to hear what he would say about this.
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:36 PM
Mar 2012

And I must say that you can sense a change in the tone of his voice. He sounds like a little boy who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He sounds downright pathetic now. I was also able to get the names of a couple of local advertisers on his show and call them to ask them to pull their spots from his show.

Botany

(70,281 posts)
7. All right which one of you made Rush call Ms. Fluke a slut and a prostitute?
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:39 PM
Mar 2012

"The left" made Rush insult an innocent college student who was using her
Constitutionally protected freedom of speech? Please!

BTW it is the very strength and quality of Ms. Fluke's testimony that made
Rep. Issa deny her a chance of testify in front of his Congressional and the
right knows this so they had Limbaugh go against her in order to try to
change the subject.

BTW part deux a third year law student at Georgetown vs Rush Limbugh
is not a fair fight when it comes to intellect.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
8. This is the Ed Schultz called Laura Ingram a "Right-Wing Slut" Card
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:46 PM
Mar 2012

Never mind that she's a public figure and while it was an unacceptable choice of words for which he apologized, it was made in reference to her political views and in no way was a comment on her sex life. I like the fact that Rush has been reduced to "look over there!" as a defense strategy. It's not a good day to be Rush.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
12. In re "reference to", don't you know words mean ONLY what corporate media-fascists say they mean &
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:17 PM
Mar 2012

NOTHING else?

There is no commune in fascist communication. This is one of the reasons it is so dangerous to turn public education over to them and their ChurchCoC buddies. Everything is one way, top-down, in direction. Individual perception, understanding, comprehension are ir-relevant. It's a mono-culture doomed to violent impotence and death. One might speculate that this is the source of its misogyny.

RKP5637

(67,030 posts)
9. Hatred for profit, that's what Rush is about, carrying his money to the bank. He has
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:50 PM
Mar 2012

no conscience, no remorse, no guilt. It's all about making money, a greedy sociopath out to line his pockets. And this is more spin for more money. We have so many that abuse freedom speech, it's disgusting, all they do is drag this country down and fuel divisiveness and hatred.



aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
15. His whole schtick has got to be about making himself as ugly as possible
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:25 PM
Mar 2012

He seems to revel in it and take pride in it like Marty Feldman. From his grotesque physical appearance, to his obnoxious sounding voice, to his choices of words, he seems happy to make himself synonymous with monstrousness.

RDANGELO

(3,430 posts)
13. No Rush, you are not like the left.
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:22 PM
Mar 2012

You are promoting intolerance, while those on the left are fighting against it.

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
14. An Interesting Victim Card...
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:24 PM
Mar 2012

Usually he plays the "entertainer" card...the "just kidding folks" and how this was some attempt at humor. He tried that initially and had to pull back so this is what he comes up with? He became his own Manchurian candidate? He programmed himself to self destruct?



From what I can decifer his spewfest today was a combination of shock and anger that people were taking his words seriously. Sounds more like a scared little boy trying to talk his way out of trouble...

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
16. fucking media is highlighting his apology
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:35 PM
Mar 2012

as if it were real.

I can't stand it.

The last three days of pure woman bashing are gone in a poof of reich wing funded smoke.

goddamn them, god fucking damn them.


Don't let off the pressure, don't LET them get away with their stinking hustle.

BumRushDaShow

(127,270 posts)
17. Today's CNN web article did back off a bit
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:42 PM
Mar 2012

from promoting the non-apology after neglecting to note why it's considered a non-apology. They have a blip of a paragraph on the push-back. But it's not ironic that they continue to leave out the meat of the monologue that cancelled out the parts that they keep pushing as an "apology".

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
18. Thom Hartmann has been destroying Limbaugh on FSTV all morning
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:45 PM
Mar 2012

playing clip after clip of Limbaugh's poisonous statements made over the decades.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
22. GOOD!!!!
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 04:18 PM
Mar 2012

fewer people see him than watch CNN

but still, GOOD at least someone in media is putting the truth out there.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
21. That was no apology
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 04:14 PM
Mar 2012

He is like the spouse who hits his wife, and then says he's sorry he stooped to her level! What a fucking jerk.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
23. ". . . against my own knowledge . . ."? WTF??
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 04:19 PM
Mar 2012

Oh, man, that isn't going to work.
He can't claim temporary insanity now.

He smeared Sandra for 3 whole days.

That's not an apology, that's an excuse!!

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