Rush Limbaugh

I can’t say that I was surprised by what Rush Limbaugh said about Sandra Fluke. Mr. Limbaugh is against the young lady only because she is with President Obama on this issue. As I have said before, The Right, in this case Mr. Limbaugh, is against anything and everything the President is for. Rush is under fire for what he said on his radio show about Miss Fluke after she testified before Congress about birth control for women.

Rush attacked this woman for three days calling her a slut, prostitute, and suggesting the she should post videos of herself having sex for people to watch. He said that Miss Fluke wanted us (the public) to pay for her birth control. First, that is not what she said. What was being asked was for insurance companies to cover birth control. Second, she was talking about the other uses for contraception like ovarian cysts. He insulted this woman and lied about what she said. Making stuff up is not new for Mr. Limbaugh but he doesn’t usually take it this far.

Now I know that the leaders of the Republican Party are afraid of Mr. Limbaugh. They have groveled at his feet for a long time. If they say anything that he doesn’t agree with they will have to openly apologize to him. He acts as if he is President of the Republican Party and the leaders of the party treat him that way.

Now after public push back on Mr. Limbaugh’s comments about Miss Fluke advertisers have been pulling their ads from his show. Even after all this the leaders of the Republican Party are still afraid to condemn Mr. Limbaugh. They are trying to find ways to support him. The most they will say is that he used the wrong words. They are even saying that it is the President’s fault that all this is happening. How can we have people in elected office who are afraid of a radio show host? The things Mr. Limbaugh said about Miss Fluke are unacceptable. His comments were VILE and DESPICABLE.

I get saying things in the heat of the moment and sometimes going too far. I know sometimes lines are crossed. I don’t think someone should get fired because they crossed that line. The problem is that this went on for three days. There was plenty of time for him to calm down and think about what he said. He did not. When given the chance to issue an apology all he said was that he should not have used a couple of those words. Then went on to blame the left for what HE said. I for one would be ashamed to be a Republican with someone like Rush running my party leaders.

Bill Maher recently defended Rush. He is saying that Rush should not loose sponsors because of what he said. I watch Bill’s show, Real Time, on HBO every Friday night. I agree with most of what he says. I understand why he is defending Mr. Limbaugh. Mr. Maher was fired because he said the 9/11 hijackers were not cowards. I agreed with him on that too. You could call those people lots of things but cowards should not have been on that list. If you are willing to give your LIFE for what you believe, you are not a coward. I disagree with Mr. Maher on this one because Rush went on and on for three days about this woman and was just making stuff up about her. He was stating things as fact that were not true where as Mr. Maher was giving his opinion.

I said in the past that Democrats were spineless and would not stand up for what they believe in. Now I have to say the same thing about Republican leaders. They are spineless cowards because they refuse to stand up to a bully attacking a woman.

Republicans and Women

Why does the Republican Party seem to hate women so much? I don’t know the answer to that question but I wish someone would answer it for me. There will always be those that will support the party even when they seem to be going crazy. I think the problem is that they have to oppose President O’bama on everything he does.

The latest thing is birth control for women. Why does the Republican Party oppose this? Because President O’bama is for it. That is the only reason. I understand why the Catholic Church is against it. They are only for little boys and what they can do to them. That is the extent of their concern. I will admit that I have absolutely no respect for the Catholic Church. Any organization that routinely protects pedophiles while amassing enormous wealth is closer to Satan than Jesus. That’s just my opinion. So when the Catholic Church says they don’t want to pay for birth control for women the response to them should have been so what. I bet they provide vasectomy coverage for men. If they don’t want to provide fair and equal coverage for everyone then they should get out of that business.

The Republicans are following those that call themselves The Religious Right. This group has lots of influence in the party. The problem is they are following them down a hole only because they wear the robe. They are not paying attention to the actions of those they follow.

They say women should not have abortions because the child being aborted has a right to live. I get that position. Then a woman says she wants to take a pill to prevent pregnancy and they are against that too. They also say that if you can’t afford to raise children then you should not be having them. I guess they are going to decide who can have sex and who cannot. What kind of country would that be?

Republicans also vote against equal pay for women. Why should a woman be paid less just because she is not hanging. I don’t understand how they can even defend their position but they stick to it.

 I know the Republican Party stands for more than the issues that I’m talking about but if they continue to discriminate against women they may lose part of their voting block. What is the Republican Party’s problem with women?