Rush really blew this one.
A conservative man should always strive to be a gentleman, even when dealing with women who are not ladies.
That may have held in the past, but thanks to Feminism, that's changed.
A conservative man should always strive to be a gentleman, even when dealing with women who are not ladies.
I agree about being a gentleman, but respectfully, I don't think that's where he blew it. I think he blew it by not tearing apart what she actually said and instead claiming she talked about her own sex life and contraception and then attacking her. He could have ripped apart her actual presentation. She threw him some softballs and he never swung at them.
Fluke told the stories of six women. One had been raped and didn't seek testing for STDs because she knew contraception wasn't covered and thought that meant nothing related to 'reproductive rights,' including STD testing, would be covered. That's just stupid; contraception doesn't treat stupid.
Fluke said after another woman:
"learned for the first time that contraception was not covered on her insurance and she had to turn and walk away because she couldn’t afford that prescription. Women like her have no choice but to go without contraception."
Rush should have torn that apart. We should all be tearing that apart. No choice? There's Planned Parenthood, free condoms in high school, states with $9/month oral contraceptives - and I Googled 'free oral birth control."
Instead, he ignored it and pretended as if Fluke made claims about her own sex life.
Fluke claimed one married woman had to do without any contraception because she couldn't fit it in her budget if it wasn't covered. Again - Planned Parenthood? Free condoms? Skipping Netflix and paying $9/month?
That's where he blew it, by not tearing apart the stories she really told.
Every time conservatives call Fluke a slut and claim she talked about her sex life (she never mentioned it), they miss the chance to dissect her real statements.