Rush Limbaugh's Sandra Fluke comments "absurd," says Rick Santorum

[brooklynite]

Source: CBS

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Friday dismissed radio host Rush Limbaugh's disparaging remarks about student activist Sandra Fluke as "absurd."

"He's being absurd, but that's you know, an entertainer can be absurd," Santorum said on CNN. "He's in a very different business than I am."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57389724-503544/rush-limbaughs-sandra-fluke-comments-absurd-says-rick-santorum/

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Pretty risky, taking a tough position like that...

[Happyhippychick]

1. Freeper heads explode in three, two, one....

[Throckmorton]

10. Only Newt in freeperville

Rim Job has forbidden positive talk of anyone but Newt.
Yes, I need a shower.

[Bjorn Against]

30. I wandered over there to see what they were saying

They are all outraged that Santorum would say such nasty words about Rush, they are all 100% behind Rush and the thread is filled with misogyny that even makes Rush look tame by comparision.

As sick as their words are however I am glad this is coming out for all of America to see because this could seriously bring the downfall of the Republican Party. Everyone is talking about the huge impact this is having on women, but men are very impacted by this issue as well and the large majority of men want birth control easily available for their partner. Men and women alike are largely united on this issue and Rush is going to drag his party down at rapid pace because he is taking a stance that everyone except his tiny bubble finds repulsive.

[IndyJones]

42. So what are the men who are also having sex called? Does Rush have a name for that, too?

Or is it just that any woman who is on bc who has sex a slut? He's such a douchecanoe.

[montanacowboy]

2. But he covers his ass perfectly

he calls boil ass an "entertainer" - different from "me"

He spouts the repukian vomit, he is part and parcel of the ilk of Sanctimonious Santorum, and they love it, they want more, but then they hide behind , well he is an "entertainer"

time for this fat assed blowhard to go

[nanabugg]

21. Santorum is not dissing Rush. In fact, he is dissing those who are offended by Rush.

Read what he says very carefully.

[Roland99]

3. There's two prominent GOP front runners dissing the Rush

Is this the beginning of the end for that tub of lard?

[wordpix]

40. "rush is just high again---all entertainers are absurd when they're high"

Earth to Ricky: you, Rush and Tax Haven Mitt are in the clown car but who's driving?

[LiberalLoner]

4. I'll give him credit for saying that.

I would never vote for him, and hate his views on...a lot of things...but I respect that he put Rush down for his comments.

[pangaia]

49. I don't think he put Rush down at all.

He just apologized for him, calling him just an entertainer.. which, of course, he is not.

[secondvariety]

5. He should know.

He wrote the book on absurd.

[onehandle]

6. Doesn't count. He used the 'entertainer' meme. Fail.

How 'bout you, Mittens?

[darcypearson]

7. Spam deleted by William769 (MIR Team)

[Xipe Totec]

9. Hush Limbaugh. nt

[truthisfreedom]

8. It's about time for the pukes to pinch off that loaf.

Rush is becoming a turd in their punchbowl. He's probably back on the hillbilly heroin. That shit kills your conscience completely.

[KeepItReal]

11. Santorum walking this one back is gonna be interesting

Rush is a petty, vindictive, MoFo

[Ian David]

12. Whenever Rush or Coulter say something to extreme, they fall back on the "entertainer" excuse.

You know who else was just a radio entertainer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide#Media_propaganda

[Iliyah]

13. Rush is no entertainer

he's a serial liar, racist protagonist, vitriol hater, and truly is against females. Rick S., a Christian doesn't see Rush as an devil but an angel, enough said, huh...

[Herlong]

15. This Santorum comment does not pass the smell test.

What?

[thucythucy]

16. What a coward!

"Absurd" is the best he can do?

Try obscene, degrading, anti-woman, disgusting, puerile, pathetic, hateful, hurtful...

"Absurd" makes it sound like he's doing comic theatre. How can anyone listen to that hateful screed and dismiss it as simply "absurd?"

Santorum is a coward, pure and simple. Either that, or (and I suppose this is just as likely) he secretly gets a chuckle out of Rush, secretly agrees with the idea that the best way to deal with "uppity" women is to try to shame and humiliate them.

Either way, this is an epic, epic fail.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. "but that's you know, an entertainer can be absurd," Is even more cowardly. What a

damn weasel.

[Beartracks]

31. Imus got fired for "absurd." Kramer had to quit stand-up for "absurd."

Just sayin'.

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[nolabear]

17. ABSURD? That dismissive, reductive, irresponsible little weasel!

If he's entertained then he's as misogynistic and disgusting as the snake who spewed that venom in the first place.

(Apologies to weasels and snakes)

[olegramps]

19. Just about what you can expect from some lying pussy assed bastard.

[juajen]

46. Honestly, I object to the "P" word. Please find another adjective.

[Warren Stupidity]

20. An entertainer? Oh fuck you too ricky.

[fantomas]

22. A JFK speech makes him want to puke, but calling women "sluts" is entertainment?

It's scary that this man is a father of daughters.

[IcyPeas]

23. good one fantomas

[fujiyama]

24. Absurd is hardly a condemnation, and neither is merely calling him an entertainer

What a cop out. The reality is that people like Ricky believe exactly what Rush said. I also love the "he's in a different business than I am" line. That just goes to show right there that Rick himself cannot use a word like "slut" in describing women, but mouthpieces like Rush should feel free in insulting minorities and women...After all, he's "just an entertainer".

This is nothing more than wink at the fundies and Rush's crack pot idiot listeners showing them he's on their side. Rick isn't fooling anyone.

[YOHABLO]

25. Santorum said on CNN. "He's in a very different business than I am."

Oh really? I find you Rick and Limbaugh part and parcel to the same entertainment group .. The GOP.

[wordpix]

39. "part and parcel to the same entertainment group"---the clown car rolls on

[houstonguy34]

26. WOW

When you have the crazy people in your own party calling things... Thats funny lol

[GETTINGTIRED]

27. and this is the bunch of

Humanitarians and gutless wonders that want go run women's personal lives. Thanks but I will pass. All of these men have a mother and perhaps a daughter. Etc, ......... how proud they must be

[NightOwwl]

28. "He's being absurd..."

Oh the horror! What an awful thing to say!

That was no diss.

[AlbertCat]

29. "He's being absurd, but that's you know, an entertainer can be absurd,"

But not a guy who thinks there is no such thing as a liberal Christian, and that victims should make lemonade outta the lemons of.....rape.

Nothing absurd there!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

32. I guess Santorum is more in the business of Abramoff than Limpbaugh

[wial]

33. not sure how different

Ricky's pretty absurd too.

[Hissyspit]

34. Ah, the "he's just an entertainer" dismissive bullshit.

Fuck you, Santorum.

[MarianJack]

35. I wonder when he's going to call limbugger to say he is sorry.

Isn't that the usual protocall for those republicans who dare disagree with the nose miner's pronouncements from on high?

PEACE!

[dfgrehe]

36. Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team)

[yellowcanine]

37. Not a condemnation of the remarks though.

Just sayin'.

[MsPithy]

38. Limbaugh is absurd, but everyone agrees he is the head of your party, Rick.

What does that make you?

[unkachuck]

41. and icky-ricky knows all about 'absurd'....

....why are you hedging, ricky?....pretend like you might be in a general election someday and say what everyone else seems to think, 'the fat slob went too far!'

....rickster, this shouldn't be that difficult for you....you should be embracing the whole birth control argument no matter who pays for it....birth control stops unwanted pregnancies which may lead to abortions....

....you don't defend abortions, do you?

[christx30]

43. Poor Rush.

His freedom to call women sluts is being violated. What kind of world do we live in that a rich entertainer with millions of followers can't call a woman a slut without people jumping on his ass. <sniff> This is just absolutely breaking my heart. I'll bet if I called a woman a slut, her boyfriend or husband or father would kick my ass, violating my freedom of speech.
What? You mean that's not how freedom of speech works? You mean BOTH sides get their say and everyone is free to make up their own minds?
The Dixie Chicks said that they were ashamed to come from the same state as GWB and the right stops buying their albums. They were defended by the left for speaking their minds and exercising their first amendment rights. The Right denounced them saying that while they have the right to speak their minds, they have to face the consequences of doing so.
Now the shoe is on the other foot. Rush made a personal insult against a person (which he technically can do, though he probably shouldn't have), and people jump on his ass. Suddenly, Rush is a victim? His rights are being violated?
Not only is this hypocrisy, but it's just plain stupid.

[Doc Holliday]

45. If Rush ever

called my daughter a slut, I'd punch him right in his fat fucking face. In public.

But I'm not very Christian about such things. If he turned the other cheek, I'd punch that one, too.

And maybe once in the belly, too, if I could do it before I was swarmed by bodyguards.

It'd be worth getting arrested.

Good thing Ms. Fluke's daddy is more civilized than me, I guess.

[lunatica]

47. You're wrong. Santorum is giving Rush a way out by claiming he's only an enterainer.

[SemperEadem]

48. yeah, but if a firestorm of this magnitude

had not broken out and if he were the uncontested front runner, would it still have been absurd? I don't think so.

santorum calling limpfuck's comments "absurd" is what is comical, considering the misogynistic shit he's been saying during the course of this campaign and his whole career.

[lastlib]

50. And Romney's response was even worse:

"That's not the language I would have used. I'm focusing on the issues that I think are significant in the country today, and that's why I'm here talking about jobs and Ohio."

Didn't want to diss the head of the party, Mittens? Women's health isn't a significant issue to you, Mittens? Not the language you would have used, but you would have expressed the same idea? Fuck you, Mittens. And the horse you rode in on.

[slackmaster]

51. Santorum and Limbaugh are both irrelevant. The sooner people start ignoring them, the better.

Santorum shot himself in the foot with his remarks about JFK. There's simply no way he's going to recover from that. Charles Krauthammer hit the nail on the head in his latest column.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/romneys-luck/2012/03/01/gIQAodiZlR_story.html

Limbaugh is just an entertainer. He's an attention whore who understands his audience and panders to them. He doesn't care if a few advertisers leave; there will always be others to take their place. He doesn't set policy, he's not running for office.

[quaker bill]

52. "absurd" <> "untrue"

They are not the same. He leaves open the question of agreement and / or whether he might say the same thing if he were an "entertainer".