Earlier this week, Sandra Fluke, a law student at Georgetown University, testified before Congress as to why she believes contraception should be covered by government health care. She cited the high cost, and the medical benefits for people like her friend who uses contraception to control an ovarian cyst.
Whether you agree with her arguments or not, she is not the main story here.
In response to this testimony, controversial radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh went on a tirade. He said that if taxes give "sluts" like these free contraception, we are paying them to have sex. What does this make Sandra Fluke? According to Limbaugh, this makes her a prostitute, and thus, we are her pimps.
In a dramatic conclusion after many minutes of ranting, he concluded that he would be OK with paying for Fluke's contraception if she and every other woman recorded their intimate experiences and posted the videos online for the public to watch..
Yes, somehow Rush Limbaugh took a respectable law student testifying before Congress, and turned her into a prostitute / pornstar.
Mr. Limbaugh later issued an apology, but it was soon discovered that many of his sponsors such as AOL were withdrawing their support from his show. Sandra Fluke dismissed his apology saying that he was just trying to keep his show from crashing and burning and sinking into the deep abyss where the few people who actually care about the show now will never be able to find it again. We might have paraphrased a little.
So in the end, Rush Limbaugh has proved once again that he is a terrible person. That is not a judgement or an opinion, that is just a fact. End of story.
Rush Limbaugh is first and foremost an entertainer. Part of his style is to make shocking comments that will attract attention. He has certainly done that this time.... but maybe (and hopefully) it might backfire on him!
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