Posted on 03/02/2012 8:05:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
NEW YORK (AP) — Stepping into an emerging culture clash over women, President Barack Obama made a supportive phone call Friday to a law student who testified before Congress about the need for birth control coverage, only to be called a "slut" by Rush Limbaugh.
For Obama, it was an emphatic plunge into the latest flare-up on social issues. Democratic officeholders and liberal advocacy have accused Republicans of waging a "war on women" because of GOP stances on contraception and abortion rights, and Limbaugh's tirade on his radio talk show was seen as an escalation.
In addition to her call from the president, the third-year Georgetown University law student, Sandra Fluke, was backed by members of Congress, women's groups, and the administration and faculty at her Roman Catholic university.
Demands for Limbaugh's sponsors to pull their ads from his show rocketed through cyberspace, and at least four companies, Quicken Loans, LegalZoom online legal document service, and bedding retailers Sleep Train and Sleep Number, bowed to the pressure.
Obama considers Limbaugh's remarks "reprehensible," according to White House spokesman Jay Carney. He said the president called Fluke to "express his disappointment that she has been the subject of inappropriate personal attacks" and to thank her for speaking out on an issue of public policy.
"The fact that our political discourse has become debased in many ways is bad enough," Carney said. "It is worse when it's directed at a private citizen who was simply expressing her views."
Obama reached Fluke by phone as she was waiting to go on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports."
"He's really a very a kind man," Fluke later told The Associated Press.
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YES!
I wonder if Joe the plumber heard about this turn-around about the sanctity of private citizens...
I don’t think Rush should back down a bit. It’s quite clear that the woman was wanting taxpayers to pay for her contraception.
Contraception prevents pregnancy. Pregnancy is caused by sex. The lady wants us to fund her sex.
What do you call a lady who gets her sex funded?
Women aren’t sluts they are just generous
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/fgss/
yeah, she's a lesbian....
Fluke is a slut and Obama is her pimp.
This is no gaffe. Rush is a pro and he knew what he was saying. The fact is the left has gone too far into bizarro land to give any rational, honest commentator any choice. Rush has been ‘careful’ in the past. Not very long ago you would have not been able to get Rush to use the word ‘evil’ and personalities of the Left in the same sentence. He will now call them evil outright.
We're going down a road. We are not where we were. If you listen to Rush this is reflected in his rhetoric. He's a communicator and to a certain extent he is subject to federal ‘oversight’ but at some point a spade must be CALLED a spade.
The private citizen under attack is none other than RUSH LIMBAUGH!!
Under attack by no less than the President of the United States and members of Congress and the dominant media.
This is nothing less than RAW FASCISM!!
What’s next, federal stormtroopers banging on his studio doors?
The culture war is heating up, folks.
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” - W.B. Yeats
You’d think the magic negro has more important things to do than call some who’re.
Economy in the toilet,
Oil prices more than doubled in his first three years.
Our military personel getting killed for squat in afganistan.
And this very stupid marxist punk needs to get involved in a flap over a who’re?
The messiah pans ahead. Four days ago he told the world he was going to buy a Chevy Volt in 5 years.
LMAO!!! EVERYTHING he has touch has failed. There must be a campaign slogan in that somewhere.
And he is so damned clueless on top of everything else.
pans = plans
(keyboard needs cleaning)
From another article that I read she wanted the pill to regulate her periods. Which is fine,but why go to a school that is not going to offer that? She is an agitator.
Meanwhile the value of free advertising for the Rush Limbaugh show exceeds 40 Million and counting...
FUBO. FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU!
Sandra Fluke:
Dank Seal Fur
Red Anus Flak
A Slander F*k
Reds Anal F*k
If this young woman had expressed a conservative view, rather than asking us to pay for her fun and games, she would be vilified by the left. People like Bill Maher and the weird sisters on the View would be mocking her every word.
” he is so damned clueless “?
NO no, this chicago punk thinks he is the smartest guy in any room.
Just the sort of geek you just hoped got a lot of ass kickings as a yut.
Hey if I post FUBO enough times, since it implies a sexual act with a public figure, I wonder if I can qualify for a government grant?
The left doesn’t need Obama. It appears a number of people over at National Review On-line are aghast at Rush’s accurate description of Miss Flaky Fluke. “Oh my, mustn’t use dreadful words like slut to describe Flaky Fluke”’ say the namby-pamby bluenoses at NRO. Except a slut is exactly what she is.
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