The Hidden Scandal of Sandra Fluke: Behind Rush Limbaugh's Massive Blunder

Cure Socialism ^ | March 5, 2012 | Jonathon Moseley

[heartwood]

let me add “if there are no grounds for that.” Or “if it is irrelevant.”

Tell me, is Fluke a slut?

[saleman]

Hey noob. Welcome to freerepublic.

How exactly does government/insurance paying for contraception take the government out of your uterus?

It looks to me like your statement, or the “10-14 women” you supposedly work with, are about 180 degrees out of phase.

BTW, I pretty sure that’s the first time I’ve every typed or even spelled “uterus”. Thanks a lot.

[Moseley]

She did not say she was having a lot of sex.

There is no justification for Rush's gigantic blunder... BECAUSE RUSH HIMSELF KNOWS BETTER.. Rush could TEACH the principles for why he shouldn't have spoken the way that he did. He knows better. So this is not to defend Rush's mistake.

However, Rush was CORRECT on the theory behind his argument. It is not true that it costs "OVER $3,000" over 3 years for birth control UNLESS a person has having sex 2-3 times a day, paying for condoms at $1 per condom. (Rush assumed $1 each, when you can get them for 40 cents each.)

Sandra Fluke put forward financial numbers on the cost which can only be true if one is having sex 2 to 7 times a day.

So, yes, Sandra Fluke did claim to be having so much sex that she and others are going broke having sex.

While she did not explicitly mention herself, the meaning of her remarks clearly placed herself squarely in the center of the group she was speaking for. After all, her only relevance for being there was that SHE is a Georgetown University law school student, at a Catholic University. Her only reason to be there was to speak about her experiences, as part of the group of Georgetown women.

[machman]

I agree. I love Rush, been listening for 20 years but he really struck out on the Fluke. The only real issue was that some women who need the pill for medical reasons were having problems getting them, therefore we should make a Catholic institution provide them no questions asked and to hell with their religious convictions. Rush should have hit this one out of the park instead he wiffed totally. He didn’t do his homework...

[ohioman]

The real problem is that you work with a bunch of dumb ass women. The women in my life all agree with Rush.

[heartwood]

Let’s say I pay for a doctor’s visit, once annually, to prescribe contraception. $200. Pills on the expensive side, $50 a month, because the generics make me flatulent, or give me migraines, or take away my sex drive. And I use condoms because I’m scared about STDs. Or I really, really don’t want to have a baby in law school and I would never have an abortion, and I’m the kind of math nerd who says 1% x 2% pregnancy chance = 0.02% pregnancy chance.

Hey, I’m up to $1000 a year, and I’m only having sex every other day. Okay, I’m having sex every day, but my boyfriend and I split the cost of the condoms.

(Actually I think Fluke’s numbers and anecdotes were pretty bogus but you could get to “up to $1000 a year” without being insanely far-fetched about it.)

[saleman]

“Okay, I’m having sex every day, but my boyfriend and I split the cost of the condoms”

If anything ever happens to your boyfriend, please let me know. Your don’t happen to like to fish do you?

[heartwood]

No, I don’t fish. I’m a Georgetown lawyer and I eat Icelandic salmon and Chilean sea bass and South African lobster.

Fish. As if.

[jazzlite]

I have been a woman on this earth for many years and the government has never been in control of my uterus. I am not a wealthy person but I have always been able to find very cheap birth control. So, this is not about birth control. This is about a dictatorship which will never stop until it dictates who lives and who dies. The charade going on now is just another small step toward that kind of destruction. The left never tells the truth and the double standard is their workshop. I watched THE VIEW again today just to see how ridiculous Joy Behar would get in defense of her idols and allies and came away wondering about Elizabeth Hassleback. Only God knows where all of this is going. I think people are literally scared for their
livelihoods and, maybe, even their lives.

[Moseley]

Let’s say I pay for a doctor’s visit, once annually, to prescribe contraception. $200. Pills on the expensive side, $50 a month, because the generics make me flatulent, or give me migraines, or take away my sex drive.

But the argument is that students CANNOT AFFORD to pay for birth control, and are going broke having so much sex.

So the question is not how MUCH you can pay, but the MINIMUM amount it would cost you. The argument is that a student CANNOT pay for her own birth control. So the question has to start with the minimum it would cost you, not the maximum.

Planned Parenthood's own website pegs the cost of the pill as starting at $15 per month, and also the patch starting at $15 per month.

So if you don't like the pill, use the patch.

In Washington, DC, no matter what the product or service, there is always someone who will charge you as much as you are willing to pay. You can pay $500 for dinner for two. But you can also cook yourself for $5 for two.

So sure you could always spend more. But would it be necessary? No.

And if a future lawyer cannot figure out how to afford her own birth control, do you want her anywhere near a courtroom?

[saleman]

I can't help you with the Chilean sea bass or the Icelandic salmon but grouper and maybe some nice red snapper would make a good substitute. Florida spiny lobster is the same, I believe, as any old South African lobster. Just sayin...

Shoulda known you were a Georgtown lawyer as much sex as you are having. Bon Apatite

[netmilsmom]

>>Tell me, is Fluke a slut?<<

Understanding that the accepted denotative meaning of slut is “a sexually promiscuous woman” OR “a woman of a low or loose character; a bold or impudent girl; a hussy, jade.” and understanding that she is shilling for the left to misrepresent this entire argument, I’d say yes.

I do not let those who do not work in my best interest define the debate.

[netmilsmom]

No problem, my FRiend.

We only have so much information. Our lives are filled with just trying to make it day to day. When all of the media is telling us that things are “this way”, and we have no one to help us learn the truth, it is very difficult.

That’s why I love FR. I gave it up for Lent because IT’S HARD. When Andrew Breitbart died, I had to come back. Now I’m giving up a few days a week instead.

[roofgoat]

has there been any proof one way or the other regarding if certain BC will be covered by GTown for those women who medically need it and have their Dr’s OK?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The entire controversy is not about birth control.

It is about abortion and mobilizing the women’s vote for Obama in November.

Birth control is legally and easily available throughout the land. It is not in danger of being made illegal. What is at risk is Obama’s re-election.

It’s just like Clarence Thomas’ appointment to the Supreme Court and the Anita Hill allegations of sexual harassment. That was drama that hid the issue of abortion. Thomas was subjected to a high-tech lynching because of his pro-life beliefs.

The Left will always use abortion to mobilize the masses, stir the talking points in the media and invite testimony on the Hill. But, they don’t always win. Justice Thomas’ seat on the court is proof of that. He’s still there, no matter how much they hate him.

[Sloth]

This was the latest battle in the liberals' war on religion.

That's still too short-sighted. This is not a war on religion, it's a war on freedom. Why should only religious organizations have an exemption? Why should a Catholic owner of a secular business be compelled to provide birth control? Heck, why should an atheist owner of a secular business be compelled to provide birth control?

[WaterWeWaitinFor]

“I wonder how we got the vote.” haa. THAT’s funny. I’ve thought about that many times over the years. I would be front and center fighting to GET the vote. When I was a little girl, my mother always taught us kids that you MUST vote in every primary and every election. Only reason to miss a vote is if you’re in a coma or dead.

So....... I always vote. It’s my right but don’t want to be nulified by some double dipping hack.