The woman attacked by Limbaugh is saying that the blob was out of bounds: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73530.html
Student: Limbaugh 'out of bounds' By: MJ Lee March 1, 2012 10:18 PM EST The Georgetown University law student who was called a slut by Rush Limbaugh for testifying on Capitol Hill about womens access to contraception condemned the conservative radio host Thursday night for remarks outside the bounds of civil discourse. Im not the first woman to be treated this way by numerous conservative media outlets, and hopefully Ill be the last, Sandra Fluke said on MSNBCs The Ed Show. This is really inappropriate. This is outside the bounds of civil discourse. Fluke described to Schultz the experience of receiving a barrage of public attacks from Limbaugh on Wednesday and Thursday. My reaction is what the reaction that a lot of women have when theyve been called these names. Initially youre stunned, but then very quickly youre outraged, she said. Because this is historically the kind of language that is used to silence women especially when women stand up and say that these are their reproductive health care needs and this is what they need. Fluke repeatedly expressed her gratitude to members of Congress and others in her community for the outpouring of support. I think its clear from what theyve said that theyre not going to be silenced today, she said. The third-year law student quickly became a symbol for womens reproductive rights in Washington after Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) prohibited her from testifying at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committees all-male panel hearing on the issue earlier this month. Fluke was asked to testify at an unofficial hearing of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee convened by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), during which she described her experience of being a student at a religious-affiliated campus whose insurance coverage does not provide contraceptives for women. Limbaugh infuriated Democrats for calling Fluke a prostitute and a slut on his show Wednesday, but despite the criticism, showed no signs of apologizing or scaling back his remarks on the air Thursday. Asked if the Republican Party should denounce Limbaughs comments as many Democrats have demanded, Fluke told Schultz, I dont really see why anyone would not condemn this type of language. She also suggested that being thrown in the middle of a national controversy would not deter her from continuing to share her views. I would always be willing to speak out in favor of womens health and the type of accessible affordable health care that they need, Fluke said, when asked if she would testify again. Youre very brave. And its unfortunate that a college student has to put up with this, Schultz said at the conclusion of the interview. Its rather an amazing story. I feel like I have to apologize to you tonight and I want to say that youre very brave to stand i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347812 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
