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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRush: I Became Like The Left When I Attacked Sandra Fluke, So I Apologized
Rush Limbaugh opened his radio show Monday with a long explanation for why he issued his rare public apology to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student he called "a slut" on air. Limbaugh said his apology was "sincere," but said his biggest failing was adopting the tone of the left.
"This is the mistake I made," he said. "In fighting them on this issue last week, I became like them."
Listen:
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This vile pig is showing no remorse.
Rush's 53 Smears Against Sandra Fluke
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002382940
librechik
(30,676 posts)But I thought your side was supposed to be sooooooooo much better than us. Why did this even come up, Rush? I found your apology inadequate for the crime of becoming a liberal.
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)What is he talking about
Like the left?
Not anything on the left that I can think of!
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"I descended to their level when I used those two words"
This cretin spent three days spewing vile insults.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)that used to spend money on your lard based ass have pulled the plug.
N I N E, which should be familiar to you. In inches, it is the square of the length of your penis when fully erect. Even with a boatload of Viagra.
NightOwwl
(5,453 posts)hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
patrice
(47,992 posts)from deep inside this person and that depth is the product of his own behavior, which, given his wealth, we can assume encompasses an extremely wide set of experiences.
Don't get suckered into the infinitely regressive mirror chamber of echoes known as Rush Limbaugh. Which, of course, doesn't mean that you can't go there, just that, if you do, you damn well better know your way back out again, lest you also become just another echo.
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)And I must say that you can sense a change in the tone of his voice. He sounds like a little boy who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He sounds downright pathetic now. I was also able to get the names of a couple of local advertisers on his show and call them to ask them to pull their spots from his show.
Botany
(70,581 posts)"The left" made Rush insult an innocent college student who was using her
Constitutionally protected freedom of speech? Please!
BTW it is the very strength and quality of Ms. Fluke's testimony that made
Rep. Issa deny her a chance of testify in front of his Congressional and the
right knows this so they had Limbaugh go against her in order to try to
change the subject.
BTW part deux a third year law student at Georgetown vs Rush Limbugh
is not a fair fight when it comes to intellect.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Never mind that she's a public figure and while it was an unacceptable choice of words for which he apologized, it was made in reference to her political views and in no way was a comment on her sex life. I like the fact that Rush has been reduced to "look over there!" as a defense strategy. It's not a good day to be Rush.
patrice
(47,992 posts)NOTHING else?
There is no commune in fascist communication. This is one of the reasons it is so dangerous to turn public education over to them and their ChurchCoC buddies. Everything is one way, top-down, in direction. Individual perception, understanding, comprehension are ir-relevant. It's a mono-culture doomed to violent impotence and death. One might speculate that this is the source of its misogyny.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)no conscience, no remorse, no guilt. It's all about making money, a greedy sociopath out to line his pockets. And this is more spin for more money. We have so many that abuse freedom speech, it's disgusting, all they do is drag this country down and fuel divisiveness and hatred.
spanone
(135,874 posts)FourScore
(9,704 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)He seems to revel in it and take pride in it like Marty Feldman. From his grotesque physical appearance, to his obnoxious sounding voice, to his choices of words, he seems happy to make himself synonymous with monstrousness.
RDANGELO
(3,435 posts)You are promoting intolerance, while those on the left are fighting against it.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)Usually he plays the "entertainer" card...the "just kidding folks" and how this was some attempt at humor. He tried that initially and had to pull back so this is what he comes up with? He became his own Manchurian candidate? He programmed himself to self destruct?
From what I can decifer his spewfest today was a combination of shock and anger that people were taking his words seriously. Sounds more like a scared little boy trying to talk his way out of trouble...
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)as if it were real.
I can't stand it.
The last three days of pure woman bashing are gone in a poof of reich wing funded smoke.
goddamn them, god fucking damn them.
Don't let off the pressure, don't LET them get away with their stinking hustle.
BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)from promoting the non-apology after neglecting to note why it's considered a non-apology. They have a blip of a paragraph on the push-back. But it's not ironic that they continue to leave out the meat of the monologue that cancelled out the parts that they keep pushing as an "apology".
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)playing clip after clip of Limbaugh's poisonous statements made over the decades.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)fewer people see him than watch CNN
but still, GOOD at least someone in media is putting the truth out there.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)He is like the spouse who hits his wife, and then says he's sorry he stooped to her level! What a fucking jerk.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Oh, man, that isn't going to work.
He can't claim temporary insanity now.
He smeared Sandra for 3 whole days.
That's not an apology, that's an excuse!!
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)What a megalomaniac.