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Tue Mar 6, 2012, 08:30 PM Mar 2012

Mitt Romney Is Awash In Rush Limbaugh ‘Slut’ Money


VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mitt-romney-is-awash-in-rush-limbaugh-slut-money/


The political media has been quick to assess the damage that Rush Limbaugh‘s “slut-gate” has done to the Republican Party, particularly given their presidential candidates’ bewildering failure to denounce the conservative radio giant’s attacks on Sandra Fluke, and all women. But they have so far failed to highlight the fact that one of those candidates, Mitt Romney, actually profits from Limbaugh’s inflammatory rhetoric, and probably owes voters a better answer than “That’s not the language I would have used.”

The Young Turks‘ Cenk Uygur took a shot at remedying that on Monday night. Toward the end of a segment in which he reissued his challenge for Rush Limbaugh to release his ratings, Cenk threw up a little Rush Limbaugh business flow chart, which showed that Limbaugh’s syndicator is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, which is owned by Bain Capital, from whom Mitt Romney is still cashing checks. While the other Republican candidates can innocently (and foolishly) deflect questions about Limbaugh’s attacks, the media have an ironclad case to demand a better answer from Romney than this: ... <SNIP>
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