I think Rush had no choice but to pen the “apology” (read the whole thing, it is not a flat out mea culpa but being portrayed this in the media by our enemies. Frankly, Rush has come back from worse, recall the pill flap? He was bombarded by the left then too but chose the right path by taking the issue straight on. This one, he did even better with the “apology” wherein he continues to highlight his point while retracting having called the whore a slut.
The Fluke bimbo got what she wanted, she wanted a Breitbart moment and unfortunately for us, he gave it to her. Hopefully, once used she will be discarded like a used condom by the lefties once they have ridden her fame as far as it will go (pun).
Meanwhile, Rush like any businessman facing a loss of revenue cannot just sit there and be blasted. He issued the “apology” in light of the ginned up firestorm. Reading Carbomite’s press release on its site, it did not say they were dropping him, just they would have a meeting this week to discuss going forward. I expect they will say the “apology” sufficed and they will put him on super probation and move forward because they don’t want to lose their prime advertiser.
In any event, looking forward to Rush tomorrow. It will be interesting seeing the path he takes about this. If he is smart, he will let it go and not try to get the high road back because as correct his logic, the use of the loaded word “slut” was not wise. My advice to him if he cared would be the same as one given to rookie attorneys: when the law is against you, argue the facts and when the facts are with you argue the law. In either of these cases, any argument for using “slut” falls short.
One thing he cannot come on and be contrite, he does that, and he is done.
Consider also that Rush has now innoculated the GOP candidates on this by taking the lightning rod hit (imo quite purposefully).
The MSM, instead of being able to pursue this absurdity, now can only ask the candidates about Rush's statements; and the candidates can only thusly appear reasonable, and use the fracas as a pivot point to "let's talk about what's really important...ie jobs and this horrid economy."