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To: i-node who wrote (646848)	3/4/2012 5:58:05 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1580007

The only reason Rush went off on Fluke the way he did was because his 15 minutes are fading fast. His 15 minutes? LOL. You're a damned idiot. The guy has in the forefront of American politics for 25 years. You're a dolt, Ted. A total dolt. He may have been on the air for 25 years but until Bush, he was nothing but the crazy voice box for a lot of backwoods idiots. What's interesting your support of him shows how far off the track you and most of your peers have fallen. And yes, his 15 minutes are coming to an end.......at least for any one who has a sense of decency and morality: Does Rush Limbaugh’s apology put his ‘slut’ comment behind him? Not likely read more.............. Even though Limbaugh had “sincerely” apologized, major advertiser Carbonite, the online backup company, said that was not sufficient. In a statement, Carbonite CEO David Friend said: “No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.” “UltraViolet,” which describes itself as “a community of women and men, fighting to expand women's rights and combat sexism everywhere,” continues to pressure other Limbaugh advertisers to bail out. "Rush's apology wasn't actually an apology," said UltraViolet co-founder Shaunna Thomas, formerly of the liberal political action group MoveOn.org. "He did little more than continue to expose himself as the anti-woman and offensive media personality that he is. Our campaign to pressure advertisers to drop their sponsorship of his show will continue next week. No radio show that attacks women should be rewarded with advertising dollars. And more than 84,000 of our members who signed a petition in the last day agree." Some grassroots groups have been gathering signatures asking the FCC to take Limbaugh off the air. Meanwhile, conservative columnist George Will is taking Republicans to task for their muted, forced comments regarding Limbaugh’s insulting comments about a young woman. “[House Speaker John] Boehner comes out and says Rush’s language was inappropriate. Using the salad fork for your entrée, that’s inappropriate. Not this stuff,” Will said Sunday on ABC News. “And it was depressing because what it indicates is that the Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh. They want to bomb Iran, but they’re afraid of Rush Limbaugh.” csmonitor.com