Ol' Rushy Rush Rush ... you naughty boy, you dirty birdie. The man you either despise or follow blindly is back in the news for making controversial remarks -- shocker!
I feel like a principal, sitting behind a big oak desk, in my big shiny office with a juvenile delinquent parked in front of me. "What is it this time Mr. Limbaugh? Perhaps another Michael J. Fox remark about how he's 'moving all around and shaking' to make his disease seem worse. Nobody likes a bully."
This go-around Rushy referred to a Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke (unfortunate last name), as a "slut" and a "prostitute" for being pro-contraception. During a hearing regarding the school's policy, Fluke argued birth control should be covered by health insurance at religious institutions -- a hot topic in the great national vagina debate as politicians vie to argue about anything other than our suffering economy, escalating problems with Syria and Iran, and other more important issues of the day. Bottom line: no one will ever agree about abortion and sex so shut it and stay out of my lacy boy shorts.
Anywho ... although labeled unofficial, the hearing was led by Democrat Princess Rep. Nancy Pelosi, so it sounds more like an official event, especially since San Fran Nan had Fluke speak after she was rejected from a Congressional hearing on the issue, not in regards to Georgetown policy, obviously, but on a larger scale -- the nation’s health-care law. Elephants say Fluke’s name was submitted past deadline, Donkeys disagree (isn't it more fun to refer to Democrats and Republicans this way? Such a great visual.) ... but, it should be noted, none of the women testifying at the Congressional hearing were pro-contraception so ... you do the math. Pretty coincidental ...
Alright, enough background. Lets get down to the nitty gritty. What did Fluke say to get Rushy's feathers ruffled?
She commented that her fellow students at Georgetown, a Jesuit university, pay up to $1K a year for birth control because campus health plans don't cover contraceptives. Speaking as someone who knows, that's a lot of moolah for the typical college student and, let's be honest here folks, college kids are going to have sex and those who disagree are morons.
Rushy didn't like her comments, didn't like them one bit, so he parked his ample derrière in front of his microphone, put his headphones on and opened his big, fat mouth for his salivating audience (Oh master, oh master Rush, please guide us on our journey, please show us the path to salvation!) and said:
“What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute.” Oh look at the big brain on Rush, playing the role as Mike Honco, Male Macho by choosing his insult wisely and casting shame on Sandra Fluke because no woman wants to be labeled a slut. It's the equivalent of telling a man his penis is small (what am I supposed to do with that tiny thing? Stick it in my ear?)
Rush also said: “She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception.”
It's no shock people were outraged. I'm more outraged Rushy doesn't know how birth control works and, perhaps more significant, harbors a deep, dark hatred of women.
Fast-forward to the next day on his show, Rushy expanded on his opinion but did not apologize. He said:
“I will buy all of the women at Georgetown University as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want."
I can't say this got my blood boiling because it's stupid. What a boob. Luckily, there's more:
"Can you imagine if you're her parents how proud of Sandra Fluke you would be? Your daughter goes up to a congressional hearing conducted by the Botox-filled Nancy Pelosi and testifies she's having so much sex she can't afford her own birth control pills and she agrees that Obama should provide them, or the Pope."
In the words of Chelsea Handler: Wow, what a dumbass. Ah yes, low blow bringing the parents into the mix but, I wonder, does Rush hate women so much because of his mother, Millie? What did she do to him? Did she touch him? Did she abuse prescription pills like he did? Did she tipple too much on grandpa's old cough syrup, maybe slap him around, yell at him? Her first form of abuse was giving him one of the stupidest names on the planet.
Now, I could go on to ad nauseum about how he's vulgar, a bully and overall inappropriate but I won't. This isn't new stuff ladies and gentleman, he's been doing this s- for a long time. It's his gimmick! He's no different than a standup comedian.
So, what to do with Rush? Get a well-known talking head to diminish everything he says to the point of stalking his every word? I figure that'll make the Rush lovers become more infatuated and stand up for their man because they're delusional for following him in the first place! Perhaps we take him head on, sign petitions, send letters, an overall Occupy Rush effort to get him off the radio and out of the news. Maybe a secret operation to find some juicy gossip that will bury him so he goes into seclusion from shame, Operation Ruin Rush -- considering it's common knowledge he left his wife while she was in the hospital with cancer for another woman ... people don't care. Or, do we ignore him, cover our eyes and plug our ears in hopes he'll magically go away? Considering he's a man-child, it's not good policy to have kiddies living under a law of no consequences. And anyway, for this to work you'd have to get a ton of people and a majority of gossip-hungry news outlets on board. Or do we sigh and pray upon a shooting star that the majority of Americans aren't stupid enough to vote him as president, aren't stupid enough to act on any of his musings?
