Carolyn Maloney: Rush Limbaugh 'Slut' Comment Is Attempt To Silence Women

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post



Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) angrily walked out of a congressional hearing on the contraception coverage rule last month because the one female witness the Democrats brought, Sandra Fluke, was rejected by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) for being "unqualified" to speak on the topic.

But after hearing that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called Fluke, a Georgetown University law student, a "slut" and a "prostitute" on Wednesday night for advocating that employers cover birth control pills in their health plans, Maloney is really fuming.

"I am just aghast," she told The Huffington Post on Thursday. "If the far right can attack people like Sandra Fluke, women are going to be afraid to speak because they're going to be called terrible words. It's an attempt to silence people that are speaking out for women."

Maloney and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) had brought Fluke into the hallway outside the House Oversight Committee hearing on Feb. 16 to allow her to give her testimony to reporters while the all-male panel of religious experts testified on record. Fluke told the story of one of her classmates who lost an ovary because Georgetown, a Jesuit university, did not cover the oral contraceptives that she was prescribed for her condition.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/carolyn-maloney-rush-limbaugh-slut_n_1313243.html

[msongs]

1. sounds like grounds for a slander suit against limbaugh and all radio stations who played that nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Her entire sexual history will be fair game during the trial.

That's what defense attorneys do. It's their job.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. What trial? She's not on trial.

She was testifying before Congress (or trying to).

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. The trial of Limbaugh for slander, referred to in reply #1 (nt)

[caseymoz]

25. But if she sues for slander, her sexual history is fair game.

Because part of the trial would be to find out if the statement was true. To determine that, the defense is allowed wide latitude in questioning and investigating the plaintiff, and presenting the findings in court.

[pnwmom]

40. He could never prove she was a prostitute, no matter how much latitude he had. n/t

[caseymoz]

49. True, but the object would be to get her to drop or settle.

So, they could reveal in court other things that come up, or threaten to, depending on if the judge thinks it's pertinent. Extortion becomes somewhat legal in defamation suits. That's why you have to be careful about exactly what statement and what smear you're suing over.

Did he call her a prostitute, too? I know he said "slut." With the latter, they could probably bring in everything about her sexual history.

With the former, they'd have to be more specific.

[pnwmom]

50. He called her a prostitute and a slut.

What he said was a deliberate attempt to slander her. Her testimony had NOTHING to do with her own sex life -- she spoke of three women she knew of who needed contraception: one Catholic mother, and two women with medical conditions who needed hormone regulation for non-contraceptive reasons.

As an attorney, she is probably not overly worried about what he might try to pull into court about her sex life. Any fair judge would rule that that was irrelevant.

I wish she would sue him.

[caseymoz]

52. I knew the testimony had not been about herself.

Whether she sues him or not, Rush's career is not going to survive this one.

I, too, hope she sues him on top of it. Since she's an attorney, she can weigh it. I was just pointing out that it's probably not a sure win.

[Le Taz Hot]

45. So was Anita Hill

and look what happened to her. And after all was said and done, the late, GREAT Thurgood Marshall was replaced by Clarence with the votes of a good many Democrats.

[pnwmom]

41. No. Only that which could prove she was a prostitute.

Meaning nothing of what she actually did.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

44. Thanks.

They'd still try everything they could to make her regret the day she was born. They would flood every online forum with rumors, and innuendoes, the classic Nixon/Rove "some people say" stuff. She would still be dragged through the mud.

Best wishes.

[October]

33. Slander and/or libel

Libel deal with the written word, and as I understand it -- even though these words were spoken (slander) on the radio -- it's libel if they were being READ on the radio. In other words, they were 'typed' before spoken.

I am not sure what the difference will mean.

As for those further scare tactics of this woman's sexual history being made public -- I'm not so sure about that at all. Plenty of tabloids and such have been successfully sued by celebrities.

[nolabear]

2. What kind of world is it that rewards this kind of vitriolic hate speech?

He needs to be shouted down. And those who sponsor him need to be boycotted. Anyone got a list?

[RevStPatrick]

6. Here's a Facebook page...

...called Boycott Rush Limbaugh's Sponsors, which includes a list:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Rush-Limbaughs-Sponsors-to-SHUT-HIM-DOWN/253645602134#!/pages/Boycott-Rush-Limbaughs-Sponsors-to-SHUT-HIM-DOWN/253645602134?sk=info

[madokie]

8. About three months ago I wrote an email to Autozone and complained

and stated I'd no longer be buying any auto parts from them since they support pedoboy. In about an hour I got a reply that stated that Autozone does not and will not be buying advertisement on rush the limbaughs show and if one of their commercials was aired on his show it was by accident because she said they do not ascribe to his rhetoric.
Maybe its time for another email
someone is lying and it isn't me

AutoZone Inc.: 901-495-7185; Fax: [phone]
P.O. Box 2198, Memphis, TN 38101
[e-mail]

[crunch60]

36. I think we should give Mr. Limpdick Limbaugh the silent treatment

Imagine if all liberals, Dems and progressives completely ignored him. Where would his ratings go, down the tubes. He would only have his ditto heads to talk to. As long as he is getting the attention, positive or negative, his sponsors and paymasters will continue to pay him big $$$. It's all about ratings.
I remember how effective was the eerie silence of the protesters when Chancellor Katehi took the long, long walk to her car.

When I look at Rush, I see a bloated, red faced,drug dependent blow-heart What does he have.. a drawer full of Oxy and loads of Viagra, and probably pays lots of $$$ just to get a good lay! Worse, he has to look at that face and body every day in the mirror. I think he will be doing double duty venom now that Breitbart is no longer with us.

OWS, Manning, Assange, I salute you,

[csziggy]

53. Democrats, liberals and progressives have tried ignoring Limbaugh for years

And look where it's gotten us. Now that he has offended most women in this country and men who have women in their lives that they respect, it's a good time to try to get Limbaugh off the air and out of the nation's political discourse.

If we can force him off the public airways maybe he'd move to one of the subscription services and that would kill his program. His fans aren't going to pay to listen to him so he'd finally fade away.

Of course, I would not shed a tear if he went the way Breitbart did.

[shcrane71]

57. His show is far more indecent than Howard Stern's ever was. He should definitely be forced to a

subscription service. Thank you so much for saying that.

[saras]

19. So what the fuck's wrong with our police? Death threats? Round 'em up and arrest 'em all.

Make the case take six months before anything happens. Death threats don't get to go loose on bail.

[SemperEadem]

16. one in which some right wing women

will jump on the bandwagon and double down on that.

Have any conservative/republican women pundits or politician condemned that yet? If so, I haven't seen or heard. Which means that the intimidation--or the threat of intimidation--is so profound that they dare not speak out for their own gender against this vicious pig. That's saying a lot, considering I'll bet the whole lot of them are on birth control.

that asshole puffs up the bullies amongst his listeners to then go out and intimidate the women in their lives over something that benefits them, too. The alternative is to not have sex--and they will chew their right arm off before going without.

Every single woman on capitol hill, as well as those parked in front of studio cameras every day should have been one voice in condemning limpfuck, not just liberal/progressive/Democratic women.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

47. +111111 n/t

[deutsey]

3. I wish you had posted a warning about that hideous photo

[smirkymonkey]

17. I know, that fat, bloated, ugly face literally makes me

nauseated. I really (in the immortal words of Rick Santorum) want to throw up when I see him.

Was calling him fat and ugly being insensitive?

Sorry.

[onehandle]

18. Sorry.

Sorry for this one too.

[deutsey]

35. Are you sure that's not John Wayne Gacy? n/t

[get the red out]

4. She makes an excellent point

Telling women that their reputations will be destroyed if they dare speak out for their rights.

Right wing radio has definitely passed the point of merely "freedom of speech". This isn't simply a matter of speech some of us don't like, this is speech that actively works to destroy people whose speech it does not approve of.

[stubtoe]

26. Have to agree with that.

This is slander.

[PA Democrat]

5. Time for Rush's sponsors to silence HIM.

Sounds like it is time for another series of calls and letters to the pig's sponsors.

[LuvNewcastle]

10. I was a captive audience of Rush today.

My dad was listening to him when he picked me up from the hospital. Fortunately, I had some anti-nausea medication. Rush was on a twisted tirade about birth control, saying that women who need subsidized birth control are.....well he wouldn't come right out and say it, but he did say that they were having so much sex that it was causing them financial problems. Oh, and he said that feminists who want "free" birth control should have to post sex videos on the internet. But Rush is a kidder, you know. It was all in good fun.

[lunatica]

12. Imagine having sex with that red faced grunting pig in the photo!

I need brain bleach now!

[Octafish]

21. Got bleach?

Could her lips be any tighter?

[stubtoe]

27. He wants to see the videos.

[Skittles]

31. *SCHEDULING LUNATICA FOR ASS-KICKING*

*MAJOR EGREGIOUS VISUAL THAT WOULD NOT BE ERASED BY BRAIN BLEACH*

[lunatica]

43. Well if the bleach doesn't do it the ass-kicking might!

LOL!

[JoePhilly]

13. Using Rush's face as Contraception is 100% successful in preventing all forms of sex.

[Doc Holliday]

15. Lunchbox

has a new thing he's been using lately-- he refers to a nonexistent organization that he calls the N-double-A-L-C-P.

Gee, I wonder what the L is supposed to stand for!

Someone please explain how this glorified genital-wart-that-walks-upright can get away with saying the shit he says.

Someone'll shoot him dead someday, I betcha. Ever see Talk Radio?

[Octafish]

20. Going by what he says and does, I don't think he knows any women.

By the same measures, he does know Oxycontin and Viagra -- in cetacean proportions, one might say

[DCBob]

23. The GOP's Godfather makes it crystal clear how conservatives feel about birth control.

Between Limbaugh and Santorum they have written off an entire gender... except for the Stepford wives and Stepford girlfriends.

[Lifelong Protester]

24. I'm surprised women haven't circled the station

or whatever location he is broadcasting from, and threatened him with torches and pitchforks. He deserves to be ostracized EVERY where he goes.

[MD20]

28. I heard there was a bomb threat at Limbaugh's house today.

Looks like someone has decided to FLUSH PHLEM GLOB... er... I mean flush Rush Limbaugh.

[jtuck004]

29. All these advertisers are paying Limbaugh to call women and their daughters sluts.

e-Harmoney thinks you are sluts.
Lending Tree, Geico, Oreck - And you are still buying their/his crap?

Assets, not political power, is what these people really pay attention to.

I wonder if this list of companies that disrepect and hate you is up-to-date?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/01/15/825644/-Rush-Limbaugh-s-Sponsor-List

LIMBAUGH'S SPONSORS

Lending Tree: 704-541-5351
Web Form Email: http://www.lendingtree.com

Life Quotes: 800-670-5433

e-Harmony: 626-795-4814; Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

OnStar: 800-947-AUTO
(GEICO)

Hotwire Corporate Headquarters: 877-468-9473
333 Market Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94105
[e-mail]

CARBONITE, Inc.: 617-587-1100
177 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
[e-mail]
Direct Dial Office: 617-587-1100 EXT:1115

Select Comfort: 763-551-7460
d/b/a Sleep Number Bed: 800-438-2233

The Neptune Society of Northern California
Stewart Enterprises
12070 Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Oreck Corporation: 800-289-5888
100 Plantation Road, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123

Smart & Final, Customer Relations
PO Box 512377, Los Angeles, CA 91001-0377
(Heard on KFI 640 in Los Angeles)

Mid-West Life Insurance Co. Tennessee: 800-733-1110
9151 Grapevine Hwy, North Richland Hills, TX 76180
(Web banner ads on rushlimbaugh.com)

AutoZone Inc.: 901-495-7185; Fax: [phone]
P.O. Box 2198, Memphis, TN 38101
[e-mail]

Mission Pharmacal (Citrical): 800-531-3333
P.O. Box 786099, San Antonio, TX 78278-6099

LegalZoom
800-773-0888; Fax: [phone]
Site has a Web Form

Blue-Emu: 800-432-9334

Citrix Online (GoToMyPC)
6500 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117
Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

American Forces Network
Contact Us: @MyAFN.net
http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/...

[calimary]

48. I'm sharing as many of these as I can

ProFlowers:

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/proflowersrush/?akid=39.265687.2qSC-t&rd=1&t=1

[asfghjtyk]

30. Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team)

[Beacool]

32. Par for the course for Limbaugh.

He has always been a misogynist pig. I don't get how his female listeners are not offended by his sexist rhetoric.

[caseymoz]

34. A guy caught entering the country with illegal Viagra

has the least credibility to insult anyone for being sexually active. Man, woman, pornstar, prostitute. I don't care. He's shown his sex life at the time depended on somebody else's generous sex drive.

That's presuming the sex he was having then was fully consensual.

[Frank Cannon]

54. From a country noted for its sex tourism trade for young boys.

Palm Beach has plenty of gorgeous, high-dollar whores who could service Rushbo, if he were into that. Maggots like Limbaugh only go to the Dominican Republic for things that they CAN'T get here.

[caseymoz]

56. But to be logical and fair, that doesn't indicate anything.

First of all, plenty of guys who won't see adult prostitutes in their own home city/country will see them when traveling. Ever hear the expression, "What happens in Vegas. . . ?" It applies to other destinations, foreign and domestic. There are reasons for it: clients don't want their paid mistress near their normal life, especially if the client is famous and the prostitute can cause real trouble and embarrassment. It would be hard for any prostitute, no matter how ethical, to keep quite about seeing Limbaugh. Then there's the random chance of just getting caught if you're in the public eye and have any enemies. Plus, and this applies to everything, when people are removed from the discipline of their normal culture and peer groups, they tend to act differently.

About your point that the Dominican Republic is "noted" for for sex trade in young boys. Like other places so noted, it would also be known for adult prostitution. Like those other places, the market for young boys would not be larger than the one for adults. I'll give an analogy to show you what the problem is with your assumptions: fingerprints are found at murder scenes, but if you find a fingerprint, that doesn't mean there's been a murder. Furthermore, if you have a murder scene, that doesn't prove all that ever happens there is murder, even if Al Capone visited.

I don't know really much about the pederast personality, so I don't know if Rush fits it. Even so, I couldn't despise the guy much more already, but I shouldn't feed my hatred unwarranted conclusions. Especially when the warranted ones tell me enough.

[Jack Rabbit]

37. Silence women? In the 21st century?

No, I don't even think Rush Windbag is so out of touch as to believe he can do that. He can rant and rave all he wants, but few are listening and those women who are listening are going to talk back.

He can disagree with Ms. Fluke if he wants. He's entitled to his antiquated opinions. It is still out of line to call her a "slut" or a "prostitute" for her views.

[Quantess]

58. But he has plenty of followers.

Millions of listeners. He is a very influential slimeball.

[IndyJones]

38. Ridonkulous comment coming from the media whore he is.

[roody]

39. If I were rich and overweight like he is,

I would go to a health place where they take care of you, restrict your intake, and get you on a better diet.

[HockeyMom]

46. My daughter's insurance pays for her contraception

I guess that would make her a slut too. I am sure her husband would just love to hear Rush call her a slut too.

[pnwmom]

51. Limbaugh takes Viagra, which is no doubt covered by insurance.

At least, when it isn't being smuggled in from who-knows-where.

[polichick]

55. This is a very sick little man, probably a true sociopath...

Good on Rep. Maloney for continuing to speak the truth!