Romney’s Double Standard: Gives Limbaugh A Pass For Sexist Remarks, But ‘Outraged’ At Bill Maher

[Galraedia]

When Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” repeatedly, all Mitt Romney could say was that “it’s not the language I would have used.” Asked later about Limbaugh, Romney added, “I’m not going to weigh in on that particular controversy.”

While Romney refused to issue a strong condemnation of the language used by Limbaugh, he’s far more willing to do it against liberal pundit Bill Maher:

In an appearance on the Sean Hannity radio show, Romney said, “Frankly, what Bill Maher said, and I finally read the transcripts, I was offended, outraged that a person would say that on TV and would not have been called on the carpet before now and not apologized for it. To have the Obama campaign retain a million dollars from Bill Maher, it is simply outrageous. I don’t condone that kind of language and particularly in a public setting, a TV setting.… It’s just gone way beyond the pale.”

Maher used a crude epithet to describe Sarah Palin, an act which ThinkProgress criticized him for. Defending his language about Palin, Maher said, “ To compare that to Rush is ridiculous – he went after a civilian about very specific behavior… I used a rude word about a public figure who gives as good as she gets.”

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/15/445818/romneys-double-standard-gives-limbaugh-a-pass-for-sexist-remarks-but-outraged-at-bill-maher/

[Liquorice]

1. Things would be much easier if progressives would just stop using

sexist and misogynistic language. And yes, I agree that what Limbaugh said was much worse.

[PDJane]

2. These men don't get it.

I swear they've been living in their own little bubble for so long that they're completely divorced from the planet.

[Major Hogwash]

3. Nevertheless, Bill Maher is a comedian.

But, you're the one that makes me laugh, Romney.

Maher was talking about Sister Sarah you moran!!
Sister Sarah ran in a beauty contest a long time before she ever ran for political office.

Do you even know what beauty contest she competed in?
The Miss Ogynist beauty contest!

[RockaFowler]

4. And it wasn't said on TV

He said it in a Stand-up routine.