So under pressure and losing sponsors, Rush Limbaugh "apologized" for calling Sandra Fluke a slut, saying "I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke."
He did this quietly, via a post on his website. Not on his radio show, which he has focused three full days on attacking Ms. Fluke, calling her a slut, a prostitute and suggesting she post videos of her having sex on line as a trade for her contraception.
Well, Mr. Limbaugh, as a woman, I will say loud and proud—your half-assed non-apology is NOT accepted.
Maybe you should focus on the fact that your whole take on the situation was false. And misleading. And out-right lies.
You said on your show that Sandra Fluke told Nancy Pelosi during a hearing that "the women at her school are having so much sex they are going broke buying birth control pills."
That is a lie.
You then brought her parents into the discussion, questioning the pride they must feel for Sandra.
"Your daughter goes up to a congressional hearing... and testifies she's having so much sex, she can't afford her own birth control pills and believes Obama should provide them. Or the Pope."
I know research and fact checking are two practices that are completely foreign to you and your team, but if you had taken five minutes, you would find this. It's Sandra Fluke's testimony.
If that is too much for you to watch, you could also get a copy of the actual transcript of her testimony.
Then you would know that Sandra Fluke didn't talk about her sex life at all, or anyone else's for that matter. She spoke of friends who take oral contraceptives to counter the effects of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Sounds sexy, doesn't it Rush?
Actually, I don't think you know what it is, and you don't care to learn. Truth and facts, again being foreign concepts to you and your team. It's much easier for you to go on the radio and hurl insults and call women vile names for wanting their medication covered under their insurance plans. Not the government. Not taxpayers. The insurance companies. Like the ones we all pay into with our paychecks, and what Sandra Fluke and her fellow students pay for with their tuition.
I'm surprised that, having been married four times without having any kids, no one has taught you how the birth control pill works. Unlike Viagra (which is covered under insurance plans), or your precious Oxycontin, you just take the pill once a day. And that's it. Just the one. Then you could have sex 10 times, or not at all. You still just take the one pill. And, again, unlike Viagra and your precious Oxycontin, it doesn't really make you feel different. I take it every day, and afterward I don't feel any sexier or more aroused than I would without it. I get more of a reaction from my daily allergy pill.
You see, the birth control pill actually is medication, not a sex pill. Women take the pill for a variety of medical reasons. By reducing its purpose to just calling it a sex pill is demeaning to all the women who take it, let alone the women who are taking it specifically for medical reasons. Frankly, it's none of your business or anyone else's WHY someone is taking birth control. It's a legal medication that allows women to have control over their bodies and their reproductive choices.
You said in your "apology" "I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities."
That would be absurd. If it happened. But Sandra Fluke was not talking about her personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. You made that up. For three days. And again, women are standing up and speaking out to ensure that their basic health care needs are covered by their health insurance plans. Not by taxpayers. By insurance plans. The plans we pay into with our paychecks.
But it seems that you reap what you sow, as advertisers are abandoning your ship despite your half-assed apology.
Karma's a bitch, Rush, and I'll bet she's on the pill.
