Rush Limbaugh Calls Law Student a ‘Slut’ Again - Demands Women Post Sex Tapes Online If They Use Birth Control

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Rush Limbaugh follows up his disgusting anti-woman remarks from yesterday with even more disgusting misogyny today, refusing to back down or apologize (of course — he never does) and reiterating his ugly slurs against Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke.

What a pig.

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LIMBAUGH: So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex. We want something for it. We want you post the videos online so we can all watch.

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1 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:38:38am

It appeals to his core demographic and helps sell advertising, That is all that counts to him.

2 erik_t  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:40:44am

It's okay, I'll call Rush a worthless piece of hatemongering shit again.

Rush: You're a worthless piece of hatemongering shit.

3 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:41:40am

What's his problem? And furthermore what is the problem of the Republican politicians who treat like asshole like he's some legitimate voice of reason.

4 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:42:49am

definition of male chauvinist pig:
1. Rush Limbaugh

5 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:43:08am

re: #3 HappyWarrior

What's his problem? And furthermore what is the problem of the Republican politicians who treat like asshole like he's some legitimate voice of reason.

What's Rush's problem? That he's a dinosaur, a decaying relic of an old way of thinking.

6 Kragar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:43:13am

I was listening to him when he made the statement, and he actually got me to yell at him on the radio.

The man is a liar and a disgusting miserable excuse for a human being.

7 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:44:10am

re: #6 Kragar

I was listening to him when he made the statement, and he actually got me to yell at him on the radio.

The man is a liar and a disgusting miserable excuse for a human being.

and proud of it

8 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:45:15am

Oh you have to be fucking kidding me. I mean, since this is Rush I'm not surprised, but come on. He really does lack anything remotely resembling morals or decency.

9 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:45:17am

re: #6 Kragar

I was listening to him when he made the statement, and he actually got me to yell at him on the radio.

The man is a liar and a disgusting miserable excuse for a human being.

Why in the world would you listen to him? It's like poking yourself in the eye with a needle and being surprised at the pain.

10 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:45:22am

It stings my pride a little bit to admit that I used to listen to him and actually admire him. I don't know what happened to the Rush Limbaugh that made witty and incisive political commentary instead of being a run-of-the-mill asshat, but I mourn his loss.

11 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:45:29am

I don't know how to tell you this, Rush, but I'm not "on the left", yet I still find you and your commentary on this subject vile and repugnant.

12 Obdicut  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:46:12am

re: #3 HappyWarrior

This is the guy that Boehner consulted on the debt plan.

13 jamesfirecat  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:47:05am

re: #12 Obdicut

This is the guy that Boehner consulted on the debt plan.

The very thought makes me orange with rage.

14 R.M, Ramallo  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:47:09am

Rush has all the credibility of a drug addict on the radio.
Er, wait...

15 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:47:14am

re: #10 thedopefishlives

It stings my pride a little bit to admit that I used to listen to him and actually admire him. I don't know what happened to the Rush Limbaugh that made witty and incisive political commentary instead of being a run-of-the-mill asshat, but I mourn his loss.

$$$$ happened

16 Kragar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:48:04am

re: #9 Turnabout is Fair Play

Why in the world would you listen to him? It's like poking yourself in the eye with a needle and being surprised at the pain.

Because I hate the wacky morning DJ shit most radio stations seem committed to inflict on the public, and this way I get an idea of the current GOP rage du jour.

17 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:48:35am

re: #9 Turnabout is Fair Play

Why in the world would you listen to him? It's like poking yourself in the eye with a needle and being surprised at the pain.

I used to listen to him on AFN, partly as background noise - his incidental music was good - and partly to keep up on the latest RW talking points and arguments.

18 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:49:25am

I wish I was having as much sex as these reactionary goobers seem to think other people are having. Jebus!

19 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:50:17am

I remember when I commuted to community college on the bus that one of the bus drivers used to have him on. I usually just listened to my iPod since I bring it with me everywhere but on the days that the battery was out, I had to hear Rush sometimes. This was during the 2008 primaries. It was so hilarious seeing Rush get his hopes that Fred Thompson would somehow beat McCain and somehow secure the nomination. Thompson won like what 0 states and I don't think got in third in any either.

20 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:50:33am

re: #9 Turnabout is Fair Play

Why in the world would you listen to him?

Low blood pressure problems?

21 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:50:36am

re: #16 Kragar

Because I hate the wacky morning DJ shit most radio stations seem committed to inflict on the public, and this way I get an idea of the current GOP rage du jour.

A-frakin'-men.

22 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:51:26am

re: #15 windupbird is in the gravity well

$$$ happened

Well, it does cost a lot to fund all those traditional marriages.

23 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:51:54am

re: #16 Kragar

Because I hate the wacky morning DJ shit most radio stations seem committed to inflict on the public, and this way I get an idea of the current GOP rage du jour.

Kurt Vonnegut once explained that he had a "story generator". A series of words, on thread spindle type affairs, all lined up. He would spin the individual spindles to get a random series of words that formed a tentative story line. (I think I am getting this right). Anyway, you could create the same thing to get a sense of what the "rage du jour" is, without having to listen to Rush. An example:

Obama - Debt Ceiling - Conspiracy - Hate America

or:

Tea Party - Constitution - Conspiracy - Godless

24 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:52:36am

In any case, I don't think anyone should be referring anyone else as a slut, period. That Rush tosses it around so freely just makes it worse.

25 CBWill  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:54:00am

This coming from a man busted with a Viagra prescription that was not prescribed in his name and while he wasn't married at the time.

26 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:54:00am

You can disagree about what should and should not be public policy without needing to insult people.

As a matter of fact, I think that an argument carries more weight if given calmly and without insult and personal invective.

27 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:55:51am

re: #26 To hold my temper, most of the time.

Yeah, but you know how to comport yourself like a grown-up. Other people, especially Rush, not so much.

28 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:55:56am

re: #26 To hold my temper, most of the time.

You can disagree about what should and should not be public policy without needing to insult people.

As a matter of fact, I think that an argument carries more weight if given calmly and without insult and personal invective.

Sluit-shaming is a core virtue among the GOP these days. It is at the heart of their recent ultrasound bills. Guilt, fear and shame are the pillars on which they see sexual morality as resting.

29 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:56:17am

re: #26 To hold my temper, most of the time.

You can disagree about what should and should not be public policy without needing to insult people.

As a matter of fact, I think that an argument carries more weight if given calmly and without insult and personal invective.

I fundamentally disagree with you , you bleeding heart liberal godless child killing america hater!
// (obviously)

30 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:57:06am

re: #28 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

Sluit-shaming is a core virtue among the GOP these days. It is at the heart of their recent ultrasound bills. Guilt, fear and shame are the pillars on which they see sexual morality as resting.

And we have a winner in the category "Best name for a rock band".

31 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:57:35am

re: #28 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

Sluit-shaming is a core virtue among the GOP these days. It is at the heart of their recent ultrasound bills. Guilt, fear and shame are the pillars on which they see sexual morality as resting.

And through which they intend to control women and even men.

32 Interesting Times  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:58:41am
33 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:58:51am

re: #31 Simply Sarah

And through which they intend to control women and even men.

men are exempt from slut-shaming. But they make up for it with guilt and fear

34 Coracle  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:59:31am

re: #25 CBWill

This coming from a man busted with a Viagra prescription that was not prescribed in his name and while he wasn't married at the time.

You don't understand. Using sluts is OK. Being one is not.

Also, being a woman I disagree with makes you a slut.

Need I / ?

35 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:59:39am

re: #33 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

men are exempt from slut-shaming. But they make up for it with guilt and fear

Oh, they have other kinds of shaming for men.

36 erik_t  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 10:59:45am

re: #26 To hold my temper, most of the time.

You can disagree about what should and should not be public policy without needing to insult people.

As a matter of fact, I think that an argument carries more weight if given calmly and without insult and personal invective.

Yes, although this implies that Rush has an argument behind the insult and personal invective.

37 Kragar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:00:29am

Rush Limbaugh's Dominican Stag Party

Rush Limbaugh was traveling with four other men--including the producers of the hit show '24'--when he was detained over a mislabeled bottle of Viagra found in his luggage during a Customs search. A Department of Homeland security passenger manifest shows that Limbaugh and his four buddies flew from the Dominican Republic on a Gulfstream IV jet owned by Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates his radio program. Limbaugh returned to Palm Beach, Florida on June 26 with Joel Surnow, '24''s co-creator and executive producer and Howard Gordon, another of the Fox hit's executive producers (Hollywood agent Jeffrey Benson was also part of the Limbaugh quintet). With all those guys in tow, it is unclear what Limbaugh needed with those 29 100mg Viagra pills. The passenger manifest was among several documents released today by the Palm Beach County State's Attorney in response to a TSG open records request. Included in the material released were a copy of the handwritten statement Limbaugh provided investigators after he was detained upon the discovery of the impotency drug. An affidavit sworn three days later by Limbaugh was also released. In that document, Limbaugh explains that the Viagra 'was intended for my exclusive use' and that the drug had been prescribed in the name of his drug treatment doctor, Steven Strumwasser, 'to further maintain and protect my privacy.' (4 pages)

38 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:00:53am

re: #36 erik_t

In right wing "dialogue" the loudest, most insulting voice wins.

39 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:01:18am

re: #32 Interesting Times

Nah, they'll just start fitting them with mandated chastity belts on the first day of school, with the state allowing removal only upon obtaining a state-approved religious marriage. With the belts being put back on if the person should be found unfaithful or seeks a divorce.
//

40 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:01:28am

re: #28 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

Sluit-shaming is a core virtue among the GOP these days. It is at the heart of their recent ultrasound bills. Guilt, fear and shame are the pillars on which they see sexual morality as resting.

Remember that in a patriarchal society the male is never guilty of adultery. It's the wife (or daughter) not being obedient enough and avoiding any interaction with the male in question. In other words it is totally her fault.

41 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:01:33am

re: #35 Simply Sarah

Oh, they have other kinds of shaming for men.

just not for being sexually promiscuous. Unless they are Democrats...

42 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:02:23am

re: #41 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

just not for being sexually promiscuous. Unless they are Democrats...

Granted. Although for women it's just for her having at some point maybe having thought about having sex.

43 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:02:29am

re: #41 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

just not for being sexually promiscuous. Unless they are Democrats...

... or gay.

44 aagcobb  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:03:12am

re: #3 HappyWarrior

What's his problem? And furthermore what is the problem of the Republican politicians who treat like asshole like he's some legitimate voice of reason.

Because he is the voice of the GOP Base. Ever notice how every time a GOP politician criticizes Rush, he has to apologize?

45 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:03:35am

re: #43 Slumbering Behemoth

... or gay.

Gay Female Democrats = Superconductors for the wrath of Republican Jesus

46 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:03:59am

re: #44 Youcan'ttouchthis

Because he is the voice of the GOP Base. Ever notice how every time a GOP politician criticizes Rush, he has to apologize?

This is all true.

47 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:04:08am

re: #42 Simply Sarah

Granted. Although for women it's just for her having at some point maybe having thought about having sex.

Because sex is bad if you're not doing it to have kids. Unless you're a man. Then you can have all the sex you want. One of the perks of being made in God's image, don't ya know.

48 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:04:12am

re: #40 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Remember that in a patriarchal society the male is never guilty of adultery. It's the wife (or daughter) not being obedient enough and avoiding any interaction with the male in question. In other words it is totally her fault.

Yep, she gets whipped or stoned, as it's understood that the only way somebody other than her husband has sex with her is if she "allowed" it to happen. Even in instances of rape, she's seen as the guilty party.

49 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:06:33am

re: #23 Turnabout is Fair Play

Kurt Vonnegut once explained that he had a "story generator". A series of words, on thread spindle type affairs, all lined up. He would spin the individual spindles to get a random series of words that formed a tentative story line. (I think I am getting this right). Anyway, you could create the same thing to get a sense of what the "rage du jour" is, without having to listen to Rush. An example:

Obama - Debt Ceiling - Conspiracy - Hate America

or:

Tea Party - Constitution - Conspiracy - Godless

Manatee Idea Balls

50 aagcobb  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:06:36am

re: #37 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh's Dominican Stag Party

One can only wonder if Rush went to D.R. for the girls or the boys.

51 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:07:51am

re: #45 Turnabout is Fair Play

Gay Female Democrats = Superconductors for the wrath of Republican Jesus

Throw in "atheist", and you'll have a dangerously unstable wingularity.

52 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:08:20am

re: #50 Youcan'ttouchthis

One can only wonder if Rush went to D.R. for the girls or the boys.

Yes

53 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:08:24am

re: #37 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh's Dominican Stag Party

So Limbaugh is a hypocrite, there's a shock. Then again this is the same guy who wanted to lock up "druggies" for years and then it was revealed he had a problem with Oxycontin. And the dreaded ACLU that he made a career out of bitching about stood up for him. Maybe Rush should be less judgmental when he clearly has his own problems.

54 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:08:24am

re: #51 Slumbering Behemoth

Throw in "atheist", and you'll have a dangerously unstable wingularity.

secularist Islamist

55 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:08:48am

re: #37 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh's Dominican Stag Party

A guy who can't get it up calls a young sexually active woman a slut? No, it can't be! //

56 R.M, Ramallo  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:09:45am

At some point in his adolescence, some girl laughed at his advances, and went off with the black guy.
//... or is it?

57 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:11:02am

re: #44 Youcan'ttouchthis

Because he is the voice of the GOP Base. Ever notice how every time a GOP politician criticizes Rush, he has to apologize?

Rush seems to want to make the GOP synonomous with abusing women


not sure how this helps their brand

58 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:11:11am

Changed my name and information, fyi

59 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:12:37am
LIMBAUGH: So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex. We want something for it. We want you post the videos online so we can all watch.

Given the choice, I'd rather have Breitbart back.

60 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:13:25am

re: #44 Youcan'ttouchthis

Because he is the voice of the GOP Base. Ever notice how every time a GOP politician criticizes Rush, he has to apologize?

Which is why they've stopped doing so, responding to accusations that they agree with him by saying "Look, I don't pay attention to him, so why should I apologize for him?"

61 Interesting Times  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:13:34am

re: #57 windupbird is in the gravity well

Rush seems to want to make the GOP synonomous with abusing women

And they're more than happy to help:

Even in the ultrapolarized atmosphere of Capitol Hill, it should be possible to secure broad bipartisan agreement on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, the 1994 law at the center of the nation’s efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The law’s renewal has strong backing from law enforcement and groups that work with victims, and earlier reauthorizations of the law, in 2000 and 2005, passed Congress with strong support from both sides of the aisle.

Yet not a single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor last week when the committee approved a well-crafted reauthorization bill introduced by its chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy, and Senator Michael Crapo, a Republican of Idaho, who is not on the committee.

62 ReamWorks SKG  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:14:23am

In Jewish Law, Adultery applies to both sexes. (I hate when people like Santorum use "Judeo-" in front of things.

"And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death." (Leviticus 20:10)

(In practice, you need two witnesses and a confession to sentence someone to death in Jewish law, so it's more theoretical.)

63 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:14:43am

re: #61 Interesting Times

falls into the general point of view that if a man slaps/rapes a woman, she must've been asking for it...

64 leftynyc  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:14:52am

And I'll call him an tiny dicked impotent junky. At least mine is true.

65 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:15:02am

Seriously, we should help Rush

He wants to be the mouthpiece of the GOP, let's make that happen

LIMBAUGH: So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex. We want something for it. We want you post the videos online so we can all watch.

becomes:

Today a spokesman for the GOP demanded that a woman who testified in favor of contraception film herself engaging in intercourse if her birth control was covered by her insurance provider.

See? great!

66 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:15:19am

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

67 nines09  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:15:38am

Rush is just vocalizing the GOP/TP base feelings. They have them, you know. Only people with feelings issues can hate as they do. Poster Child for Head Trauma.

68 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:16:07am

re: #64 leftynyc

And I'll call him an tiny dicked impotent junky. At least mine is true.

Call him the spokesman of the republican party


He's their leader!

69 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:16:19am

re: #66 sator arepo tenet opera rotas

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

there would be crocodile tears galore but nonetheless a fair number of sincere ones...

70 R.M, Ramallo  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:16:30am

O/T been away. must say the name changes threw me off for a minute!

71 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:16:34am

re: #66 sator arepo tenet opera rotas

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

I'd respectfully hold my tongue for at least the first 24 hours. After that, all bets are off.

72 Interesting Times  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:16:56am

re: #66 sator arepo tenet opera rotas

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

73 allegro  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:17:19am

I like having sex. As a young, fertile woman I used birth control so I could enjoy lots of sex with lovely men who liked sex, too, one of whom was my 'til-death-do-we-part husband. I no longer need to use birth control but I still like having sex with intelligent, fun, women-loving men whose company I enjoy.

I would say "fuck you, Rush" and all the men agreeing with him and cheering him on but... ew. No. I have much better taste that that as do most of the women I have ever known.

But then, I imagine that is their problem, isn't it?

74 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:18:06am

re: #66 sator arepo tenet opera rotas

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

You won't find me saying RIP Lew Rockwell, RIP Don Black, RIP Rush Limbaugh, or RIP David Duke


Nope, ya won't :D

75 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:18:36am

re: #66 sator arepo tenet opera rotas

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

And I repeat my response. I won't miss him in the slightest, but I won't celebrate either. Just one less thing to worry about.

76 jaunte  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:19:27am

@FrankLautenberg
Watch Sen. Lautenberg rip outrageous Rush Limbaugh @SandraFluke "prostitute" comments. VIDEO: youtu.be/rG3C5Qlemq8

77 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:20:50am

re: #66 sator arepo tenet opera rotas

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

His is a lucrative niche which will quickly be filled by some other know-nothing blowhard.

78 Kragar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:21:30am

Rush show transcript

I've got the original story here that all this feeds off of, so all of you sit tight. Look, at least I didn't call her "a woman driver," and I'll tell you this, you people on the left: I'll happily buy her all the aspirin she wants. Snerdley, you would agree. We would happily buy Sandra Fluke all the aspirin she wants. What could that possibly cost. But contraceptives? So much sex at Georgetown?

The headline: "Sex-Crazed Co-Eds Going Broke Buying Birth Control, Student Tells Pelosi Hearing Touting Freebie Mandate -- A Georgetown co-ed told Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s hearing that the women in her law school program are having so much sex that they’re going broke, so you and I should pay for their birth control." Cybercast News Service. So what would you call that? So I called it what it is. And, bam! Boy, you nail these people with the truth. So I'm offering a compromise today. I will buy all of the women at Georgetown University as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want. Well, here's the thing about that. Where are all these guys?

Is it any wonder, Clinton wanted to go to this law school and why Hillary went to Wellesley? Is it any wonder? Where are the guys here? Do they not have a role here? We assume they're having sex with guys. (interruption) Well, we're talking about birth control, Snerdley. So you gotta assume having sex with guys. So, do they not have some responsibility? (interruption) Well, two women... I have to ask sex expert with Snerdley on this, but I'm not aware that two women without another device can get pregnant on their own using naturally endowed accoutrements. I don't think times have changed that much. (chuckles)

Now, I am 61. Maybe something I haven't heard about that two women together would need contraception. That's a whole new ball game if that's the case. But I don't think we're talking about that. So it means there are men involved and that would mean there's some responsibility on the part of the men. Do they not have condoms? Why don't these women go ask the men to buy them contraception? Why go before a congressional committee and demand that all of us -- because they want to have sex any time, as many times and as often as they want, with as partners as many partners as they want -- should pay for it? Whatever, no limits on this. I mean, they're going broke having to buy contraception! They're getting back-alley pills, folks. That's what this leads up to.

Worthless sack of shit.

79 darthstar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:21:40am

Rush Limbaugh IS a contraceptive.

80 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:22:06am

re: #73 allegro

I like having sex. As a young, fertile woman I used birth control so I could enjoy lots of sex with lovely men who liked sex, too, one of whom was my 'til-death-do-we-part husband. I no longer need to use birth control but I still like having sex with intelligent, fun, women-loving men whose company I enjoy.

I would say "fuck you, Rush" and all the men agreeing with him and cheering him on but... ew. No. I have much better taste that that as do most of the women I have ever known.

But then, I imagine that is their problem, isn't it?

Eh, I'm not going to hold it against someone else if she curses at someone that called her a slut or the like just because she might actually have interest in having sex. Lord knows I don't hold it against myself.

81 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:22:26am

re: #78 Kragar

Juicy bits!

82 Interesting Times  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:22:49am

re: #66 sator arepo tenet opera rotas

I'll repeat my hypothetical question from another thread just for lulz. Suppose Rush kicks the bucket right now. "RIP Rush" or "good riddance"?

I referred to Limbaugh as subhuman toxic filth in an earlier thread and stand by that. When he drools out this disgusting misogyny, and defends a militia that rapes and mutilates children, he crosses over into the category of people the world would be so much better off without.

That said, for practical reasons, I wouldn't want him to die in a manner that opens him up for any sympathy. I'd much rather see him thoroughly debased, disgraced, and ridiculed such that when he does finally shuffle off this mortal coil, no one particularly cares beyond a "whatever happened to..." footnote.

83 allegro  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:23:17am

re: #76 jaunte

@FrankLautenberg
Watch Sen. Lautenberg rip outrageous Rush Limbaugh @SandraFluke "prostitute" comments. VIDEO: youtu.be/rG3C5Qlemq8

Hooray for him! More of this please.

84 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:23:44am

re: #76 jaunte

@FrankLautenberg
Watch Sen. Lautenberg rip outrageous Rush Limbaugh @SandraFluke "prostitute" comments. VIDEO: youtu.be/rG3C5Qlemq8

And the GOP's response to Limbaugh's remarks? Silence yet again.

85 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:24:00am

Limbaugh needs a "real job" and no bitching about liberals for a living isn't a real job.

86 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:24:03am

re: #84 Targetpractice

And the GOP's response to Limbaugh's remarks? Silence yet again.

He's their spokesman! :D

87 iossarian  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:24:07am

re: #84 Targetpractice

And the GOP's response to Limbaugh's remarks? Silence yet again.

Values voters.

88 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:24:12am

re: #76 jaunte

@FrankLautenberg
Watch Sen. Lautenberg rip outrageous Rush Limbaugh @SandraFluke "prostitute" comments. VIDEO: youtu.be/rG3C5Qlemq8

You'll never hear a Republican do that.

Hey Republicans: Prove me wrong!

89 darthstar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:24:28am

re: #84 Targetpractice

And the GOP's response to Limbaugh's remarks? Silence yet again.

Want the GOP to get offended? Call Nancy Reagan a slut. Anything short of that is fair game.

90 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:25:06am

Piss off, Rush.

91 ReamWorks SKG  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:25:28am

Ok! I jumped on the "Display Name" bandwagon. I don't want to fool anyone, so I put in a f/k/a.

Now back to work!

92 iossarian  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:26:25am

re: #89 darthstar

Want the GOP to get offended? Call Nancy Reagan a slut. Anything short of that is fair game.

Someone needs to come up with a [graffiti] tag that displays text in the style of an etching on the wall of a particularly insalubrious bathroom stall.

93 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:27:47am

re: #89 darthstar

Want the GOP to get offended? Call Nancy Reagan a ****. Anything short of that is fair game.

I'm a bit bothered seeing that written even as a hypothetical example.

94 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:28:51am

re: #91 ReamWorks, SKG (fka Reuven)

Ok! I jumped on the "Display Name" bandwagon. I don't want to fool anyone, so I put in a f/k/a.

Now back to work!

Come on. Everyone's doing it. Don't you want to be popular?

95 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:29:29am

re: #94 To hold my temper, most of the time.

Come on. Everyone's doing it. Don't you want to be popular?

NO.
:P

96 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:29:53am

re: #89 darthstar

Want the GOP to get offended? Call Nancy Reagan a slut. Anything short of that is fair game.

Attacking a Republican woman is verboten, see also: Palin and "lipstick on a pig."

97 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:30:19am

re: #93 Simply Sarah

I'm a bit bothered seeing that written even as a hypothetical example.

Agreed. The best way to counter the likes of Rush is not to descend to his level. He wouldn't understand that the statement was meant to point out the ludicrous nature of his own proclamations. Pointless.

That said, I don't think darthstar was proposing that type of dialogue.

98 Big Joe  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:30:22am

Sheriff Joe is going to be giving his report on Obama's Citizenship in a few minutes.

WND Live Feed

99 darthstar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:30:22am

re: #93 Simply Sarah

I'm a bit bothered seeing that written even as a hypothetical example.

Yeah...it's offensive no matter who it's pointed at (and I'm not judging Nancy Reagan, mind you...if I was married to Ronnie I would have been giving special assignments to the Secret Service myself)...ugly words are ugly, regardless of their target.

100 ReamWorks SKG  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:30:35am

re: #95 Varek Raith

NO.
:P

It was either ReamWorks or "Anal Roberts".

102 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:31:07am

re: #98 I'd rather be sailing

Sheriff Joe is going to be giving his report on Obama's Citizenship in a few minutes.

WND Live Feed

mustn't....click....the...link.....

103 darthstar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:31:49am

re: #91 ReamWorks, SKG (fka Reuven)

Ok! I jumped on the "Display Name" bandwagon. I don't want to fool anyone, so I put in a f/k/a.

Now back to work!

I'm not fooled...but I'm not going camping with you any time soon, either.

104 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:32:04am

re: #97 Phlebas

Agreed. The best way to counter the likes of Rush is not to descend to his level. He wouldn't understand that the statement was meant to point out the ludicrous nature of his own proclamations. Pointless.

That said, I don't think darthstar was proposing that type of dialogue.

Understood. Still don't like even seeing or hearing it, though.

105 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:32:22am

re: #96 Targetpractice

Attacking a Republican woman is verboten, see also: Palin and "lipstick on a pig."

Oh man I remember that. Obama got called a sexist for that. It was like your frigging nominee is the one who made the lame joke about Chelsea Clinton being "ugly" because her mom is Hillary and dad is Reno. Now to McCain's credit, he did apologize personally for that but the sudden discovery by conservatives that sexism exists was annoying. They used it anyone criticizing Palin's qualifications.

106 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:33:29am

Bowl of cereal time. bbiab

107 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:33:33am
108 Gus  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:33:41am

Another round of incoherent word salad at two octaves high from the de facto Republican Party leader, Rush "Oxycontin Junkie" Limbaugh.

109 Kragar  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:34:25am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

What are Attila's economic policies?

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women.

110 iossarian  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:34:40am

Why does anyone take anything any Republican says seriously any more?

I mean, other than the fact that there are a hundred million people in the US who would blindly follow them into a nuclear war with any nation that looks at us funny?

:(

111 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:35:21am
112 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:35:30am

re: #110 iossarian

Why does anyone take anything any Republican says seriously any more?

I mean, other than the fact that there are a hundred million people in the US who would blindly follow them into a nuclear war with any nation that looks at us funny?

:(

America!

113 iossarian  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:36:10am

re: #112 windupbird is in the gravity well

America!

"My advice to you is to drink heavily."

114 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:36:37am

re: #113 iossarian

"My advice to you is to drink heavily."

covered

115 Interesting Times  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:36:51am

re: #65 windupbird is in the gravity well

Seriously, we should help Rush

He wants to be the mouthpiece of the GOP, let's make that happen

Today a spokesman for the GOP demanded that a woman who testified in favor of contraception film herself engaging in intercourse if her birth control was covered by her insurance provider.

See? great!

Did my best to make that tweet-able:

116 allegro  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:43:35am

And who is this "we" they talk about who are paying for birth control? The payers are the insurance companies who are themselves being paid high premiums to cover prescription medicines. Those payments come from the premium contributions paid by the insured women and the employer contributions as negotiated as a part of the women's compensation package.

117 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:44:08am

re: #105 HappyWarrior

Also, if you don't like her politics or personality, it's because you fear and/or loathe her.

118 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:44:49am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

What are Attila's economic policies?

Pillage.

119 allegro  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:45:32am

re: #118 Varek Raith

Pillage.

You forgot the rapey stabbies.

120 Gus  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:46:15am

Snowing! BIAW

121 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:47:44am

Ok, OT. I asked yesterday but everybody was too caught up in some outrage or other: has anyone else moved to Diaspora from Facebook?

122 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:48:00am

Received from an admirer in Illinois:

you are an asshole. anyone who pretends to offer condolences and inserts venom towards the deceased is a worthless piece of shit

123 General Nimrod Bodfish  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:48:36am

re: #119 allegro

You forgot the rapey stabbies.

So, does that mean that OWS is a descendant of the Huns?

/Kilgore

124 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:49:18am

re: #122 Charles Johnson

A skeptical anthropologist was recording South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal elder who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation. When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the elder looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas".

125 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:50:35am

re: #122 Charles Johnson

Received from an admirer in Illinois:

What a shame that irony is lost on the wingnuts.

126 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:51:01am

re: #122 Charles Johnson

Venom? You kept it pretty damn classy in my opinion.

127 Decatur Deb  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:51:03am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

What are Attila's economic policies?

Asset portability.

128 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:51:23am

re: #126 Slumbering Behemoth

Venom? You kept it pretty damn classy in my opinion.

Must be the magic of the ponytail.
/

129 Decatur Deb  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:52:16am

re: #122 Charles Johnson

Received from an admirer in Illinois:

I hate Illinois Nasties.

130 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:52:30am

re: #126 Slumbering Behemoth

Venom? You kept it pretty damn classy in my opinion.

Yeah, I've seen how some other people on the left have responded to Breitbart's death. Maybe he's offended that Charles thought Louie Gohmert was out of line for comparing Andy to Lincoln and Quincy Adams which he was.

131 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:53:30am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

What are Attila's economic policies?

Rape, pillage, OCCUPY!

PS: I think some stabby came in somewhere also.

132 neilk  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:55:11am

I hope Limbaugh doesn't die in the next few minutes, so I can call him a disgusting, disgraceful, shameless pig with a clear conscience.

133 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:55:19am

re: #131 RayFerd

Rape, pillage, OCCUPY!

PS: I think some stabby came in somewhere also.

That doesn't sound very fiscally conservative.

134 calochortus  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:56:37am

I would imagine Rush thinks his drugs are OK because he paid for them all by himself, whether they were obtained legally or not...

What I don't get is how any woman could possibly go along with this offensive line of drivel? The Tea Party is very good at seeing slippery slopes, but not so much when it comes to women's rights.

135 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:57:11am

Email in my inbox. Townhall.com's straw poll has Santorum in the lead.

Yawn. Big surprise.

Too bad they aren't electing a president.

136 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:57:49am

re: #130 HappyWarrior

There's going to be a contingent of asshats on either side of the aisle that either wish ill on their political opponents or take joy in their death.

Most of us here are above that sort of black-hearted nastiness, our host especially so.

137 AK-47%  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:00:44pm

re: #136 Slumbering Behemoth

There's going to be a contingent of asshats on either side of the aisle that either wish ill on their political opponents or take joy in their death.

Most of us here are above that sort of black-hearted nastiness, our host especially so.

weren't there some Fundamentalist Christian assholes going on about "rejoicing at the death of a leader" in reference to Obama?

138 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:02:28pm

re: #137 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

weren't there some Fundamentalist Christian assholes going on about "rejoicing at the death of a leader" in reference to Obama?

Hell, hoping and praying for it.

139 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:03:39pm

re: #137 Ministry of Fairness and Balance

I don't recall that, but there was the whole imprecatory prayer thing in relation to Obama that was circulating in that crowd a while back.

140 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:05:58pm

Clearly we live in times that demand a new breed of superhero. Introducing:
Spider-Bat-Hardhat-Mechanicman.

A new Hero for Troubled Times

141 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:06:55pm

re: #136 Slumbering Behemoth

There's going to be a contingent of asshats on either side of the aisle that either wish ill on their political opponents or take joy in their death.

Most of us here are above that sort of black-hearted nastiness, our host especially so.

Yeah I know. I don't want to be that person. I honestly feel bad for his family because they knew him outside of the political realm and he's their husband/father.

142 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:06:58pm

re: #140 Phlebas

Clearly we live in times that demand a new breed of superhero. Introducing:
Spider-Bat-Hardhat-Mechanicman.

A new Hero for Troubled Times

Spideybutt!

One of my sons was nicknamed spideybutt for a number of years for obvious reasons.

143 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:07:45pm

Well, WND's livestream is showing up here as the worst livestream I have ever seen. I'm not even getting audio that can be listened to.

144 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:09:12pm

re: #143 To hold my temper, most of the time.

Well, WND's livestream is showing up here as the worst livestream I have ever seen. I'm not even getting audio that can be listened to.

Thank Gd for small graces

145 Big Joe  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:09:54pm

Better Live Stream here

146 calochortus  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:10:39pm

re: #143 To hold my temper, most of the time.

Folks over at Free Republic aren't happy with it either... CIA plot or incompetence at WND? You be the judge.

147 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:10:50pm

re: #145 I'd rather be sailing

Better Live Stream here

Thanks, although I missed Sheriff Arpaio.

148 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:13:40pm

13 seconds of watching, and I can tell exactly where this is going:

The document looks wrong
But we can see right through it
It has layers
It's full of stars
The conspiracy lives!!!!!

More red meat for troofers and birfers, more technological legerdemain for the rest of us.

149 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:14:06pm

re: #148 Phlebas

13 seconds of watching, and I can tell exactly where this is going:

The document looks wrong
But we can see right through it
The conspiracy lives!!!

More red meat for troofers and birfers, more technological legerdemain for the rest of us.

Wasn't this all discussed in detail when it was released?

150 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:15:05pm

re: #149 To hold my temper, most of the time.

Wasn't this all discussed in detail when it was released?

QUIET YOU VILE WOMB ON TWO LEGS!


see how this works? I would make a GREAT wingnut.....

151 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:15:15pm

re: #141 HappyWarrior

Yeah I know. I don't want to be that person.

You'll enjoy a better life with a clearer conscience that way.

Bin Laden, on the other hand? Fuck that guy, I'm glad he's dead.

152 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:16:34pm

Malodorous, morale destroying garbage like this goes on the internet, but they are trying to crack down on porn.

153 jaunte  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:16:37pm

re: #145 I'd rather be sailing

Better Live Stream here

I say that guy's eyes are too close together.

154 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:17:16pm

And Arpaio refers to the President as "Mr. Obama". What an embarrassment to Arizona.

155 allegro  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:18:11pm

re: #138 RayFerd

Hell, hoping and praying for it.

And bought the t-shirts...

Image: pray_for_obama.jpg

156 Coracle  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:19:09pm

re: #152 Phlebas

Malodorous, morale destroying garbage like this goes on the internet, but they are trying to crack down on porn.

So much for Rush's video.

157 calochortus  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:19:20pm

re: #154 Phlebas

What's wrong with "Mr. Obama"? It is the correct form of address for a president.

158 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:19:32pm

not all OCR docs are searchable. What a disingenuous bunch of douchebags.

159 jaunte  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:19:38pm

....l'Ayers!

160 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:20:18pm

Listening to military wingnuts popping collective gaskets over the news that the DoD's looking to save money by raising premiums and co-pay costs for folks on Tricare. They're all screaming their heads off that this is "proof" that Obama hates the troops and is trying to screw them over.

161 allegro  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:20:48pm

re: #157 calochortus

What's wrong with "Mr. Obama"? It is the correct form of address for a president.

Isn't it President Obama or Mr. President?

162 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:20:58pm

re: #157 calochortus

His choice of address is significant. If you met the President, you would refer to him as Mr President.

163 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:21:46pm

As the journalists wish they could chew through their arm and get out of this.

164 Simply Sarah  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:23:30pm

Well, many news organizations will refer to a political leader, such as President Obama, by their title the first time they are mentioned in a story and then by Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss/whatever after that. I somewhat doubt that's the angle being used here, however.

165 jaunte  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:24:00pm

Have any of the birthers come up with a theory as to how the Obama birth announcements were counterfeited in the Honolulu papers?

166 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:24:03pm

It is my sincerest hope that the White House pays absolutely no heed to this crock of treacherous nonsense. In fact, I think that these ongoing attempts to delegitimize the legal President of the US should merit a lengthy stay in a secret federal detention centre.

167 calochortus  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:24:50pm

re: #161 allegro

re: #162 Phlebas

I have a vague memory that it was a topic of some debate when George Washington was president. (No, not a personal memory-I read about it) but I'll look it up.

168 jamesfirecat  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:24:59pm

re: #165 jaunte

Have any of the birthers come up with a theory as to how the Obama birth announcements were counterfeited in the Honolulu papers?

Hottub time machine.

169 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:25:52pm

re: #165 jaunte

Have any of the birthers come up with a theory as to how the Obama birth announcements were counterfeited in the Honolulu papers?

TARDIS

170 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:26:19pm

re: #165 jaunte

Have any of the birthers come up with a theory as to how the Obama birth announcements were counterfeited in the Honolulu papers?

They have an inside man at the service that manufactures the microfilms.

That's the only thing that I can think of.

171 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:26:27pm

Say what now?

Santorum Makes Money From Birth Control

Kind of a stretch to make a point, I think. Not that I doubt Santorum is a hypocrite, mind you.

172 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:26:33pm

re: #165 jaunte

Have any of the birthers come up with a theory as to how the Obama birth announcements were counterfeited in the Honolulu papers?

A birfer on Arutz Sheva explained to me how all the microfilms were seekritlee swapped out while no one was looking.

CONSPIRASEEZ!

173 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:26:40pm

False premises. Why are we even hearing about "optimization"?

174 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:27:54pm

Teddy Roosevelt would have had this dangerous traitor arrested and shipped out to some bug infested jungle.

175 Lidane  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:28:00pm
176 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:28:33pm

re: #162 Phlebas

The NYT and other media outlets will make the first reference to the President as President Obama. Thereafter, they refer to him as Mr. Obama.

See this as a representative example.

177 neilk  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:28:53pm

I don't think you are supposed to refer to him as "Mr. President" except to his face, but even then you are only supposed to use the honorific once and may thereafter refer to him as Mr. Obama. Likewise in journalism, a common style is to call him President Obama the first time and Mr. Obama afterward. It's possible that Shitkicker Arpaio is trying to make some sort of point by refusing to call him President Obama, but merely saying Mr. Obama is not disrespectful.

178 calochortus  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:29:23pm

re: #167 calochortus

OK, it is complicated... But I have no doubt that it was not in this case meant to be polite.

179 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:29:51pm

re: #164 Simply Sarah

One of the funniest/saddest things I've seen was a news program ending with letters from viewers, with one from a clearly angry viewer who was incensed that said program would refer to Bill Clinton as "Pres. Clinton" now that he had left office.

The new caster patiently explained why it's a title held for life, even when the office isn't.

180 shutdown  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:29:56pm

re: #176 lawhawk

The NYT and other media outlets will make the first reference to the President as President Obama. Thereafter, they refer to him as Mr. Obama.

See this as a representative example.

Point me to the first time Arpaio refers to the President as the President. Also, written and spoken etiquette are different.

181 neilk  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:30:07pm

And repeatedly calling him President Obama is not only not required, it's kind of weird.

182 neilk  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:33:33pm

[Link: www.wnd.com...]

Here is an interview where Arpaio refers to him as "President Obama", for what that's worth.

183 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:36:02pm

Don't know if it's been covered but shouldn't we be talking about important things like Sheriff Joe "Orly" Arpaio's press conference about his investigation into....Obama's birth certificate

184 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:39:20pm

re: #174 Phlebas

Teddy Roosevelt would have had this dangerous traitor arrested and shipped out to some bug infested jungle.

IIRC, Teddy liked exploring bug-infested jungles.

185 Fortitudine  Thu, Mar 1, 2012 4:46:47pm

re: #129 Decatur Deb

I hate Illinois Nasties.

Try 'em with barbecue sauce.


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