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The lefties made him do it! Thats Rush Limbaughs latest rationale for the controversy still raging over his despicable Slut rant. He confessed to his listeners that he played into the left-wing conspiracy to dump his big mouth. Im not suggesting the left isnt making great hay out of Rushs rampage and the big sponsor blow-out blitz that followed. But who exactly made Rush go on a three day tirade against a then unknown Georgetown University law student? Okay, so lets get a handle on how this all went down. Was it Ed Schultz who held the gun to the bloviators head while Lawrence ODonnell held the script or the other way around?
Come on, Rush! Even your Ditto heads cant buy this theory. Remember when Clinton claimed there was a vast right-wing conspiracy against him? Well, maybe there was, but he sure gave them the ammo they needed with his mischievous zipper. Same applies to Limbaugh. No one told Rush to pummel Sandra Fluke with a relentless dirge of insults. Were talking three days straightvirtually 9 hours of radiodedicated to a venomous attack on a private citizen. And for supporters who claim Rush gets the liberal shaft while Bill Maher got a pass for calling Sarah Palin the C word, that isnt a fair comparison. Im not defending Maher, by the way. While I am a fan, such language is disgusting and, frankly, not particularly funny, no matter who its directed at. But there is a distinction.
To compare that to Rush is ridiculous he went after a civilian about very specific behavior, that was a lie, speaking for a party that has systematically gone after womens rights all year, on the public airwaves, Maher told Jake Tapper of ABC News. I used a rude word about a public figure who gives as good as she gets, whos called people terrorist and unAmerican. Sarah Barracuda.
And until the brouhaha Fluke was, indeed, a private citizen. I know some fright wing rabble rousers are tossing out the idea that shes a long time contraceptive advocate, whatever that is, and that her boyfriends family is a powerful mob of wealthy, well-connected Jewish Brandeis socialists. Even if such a threatening pedigree sends shivers up your spine it doesntor rather didntmake her a public figure. She is now, and what she does with her new fame and platform is up to her.
But Rush boiled his own hot water with his opening, hate-filled, fact-free salvo. And the online boycott effort spearheaded by Media Matters, Stop Rush and other groups is working. Just how many sponsors pulled the plug is unclear. Ive seen numbers ranging from 26 to 136. But theres no question his syndicator, Premiere Radio has suspended all national advertising for at least a two week cooling off period. So someones losing money. Still Rush assures his audience everything is fine and dandy in his fright wing talk radio land.