Outrage against Limbaugh has more legs than a centipede.

[grantcart]

Talked with a bunch of non political relatives and all they wanted to talk about is what a bastard Limbaugh is.

Its not going away and Romney/Gingrich/Santorum are just one phrase away from igniting another 5-6 day cycle.

Now Stewart/Colbert are just warming up.

Limbaugh it took a while but they are finally on to you and there is blood in the water.

This time people took it personally.

[appleannie1]

1. Exactly. He did not go after a public figure this time. He went after someone that could have been

anyone's daughter, sister or wife. He not only pissed off most women, he pissed off most fathers, grandfathers and husbands. That is a lot of people. And parents especially jump to the defense of anyone foolish enough to hurt their offspring and would be willing to die in the process. He unleashed a storm.

[IndyJones]

2. You are so spot on! Not just liberals, plenty of conservatives are angry at Rush.

I know more than one Republican who is so mad at this whole debate that they are going to refrain from voting because their party is so insulting to women. They are going to lose a lot of women voters.

[SidDithers]

16. Well said...

Sid

[mucifer]

3. Americans have short attention spans and the election is 8 months away.

A lot can change by then.

[DearAbby]

5. I can't believe you said that.

Honestly. What was said above thread is very real. The primal instinct of any parent is go to the defense of their child. Sandra Fluke was that face. Make no mistake, this is a deep seeded primal instinct.

I don't think women will forget this, nor will most men. This isn't over, also said up thread, The GOP candidates are walking a fine line, and they appear to have no clue the firestorm they have unleashed by their belittling this.

[longship]

6. Stop with the negative waves, Moriarity

Woof-woof.

[lunatica]

11. Actually there are things no one forgets and this is one of them

For example. When did anyone forget his excuse for not joining the military? Everyone knows all about his anal cysts. And a lot has happened in between the first time he said it and now.

This is one of those things people will not forget about him. He's proven himself to be a misogynist, because he just wouldn't let it go. He doubled down and dragged this thing out for 6 days now. There may be a tiny part of him that prays that his 'bold' actions of reiterating his insult will save him, but it won't. Not this time.

Sure, he may get away with it for a while longer, but I guarantee that no woman will forget this. And chances are really good that men who have found this insulting and offensive won't either.

[grantcart]

13. But somethings just don't change like Dean's 'victory yell' or Muskie's 'tears'. They become

iconic signposts that will be referred to again and again.

[nolabear]

14. Well that's up to us, isn't it?

Things don't just happen. People DO things. We who care about this unified assault on women need to keep it in the forefront of the collective mind. One march did not a civil rights movement make.

[Bandit]

15. We do have ways of reminding people though

In this new day and age we have video and audio recorders and some of us even know how to use them..

[DearAbby]

4. Amen

I am so pissed I can't see straight, not one GOP candidate has stood up and done the right thing. If you can't stand on your morals and principles, Just what the hell can you stand on? What the hell are your stances?

And the Catholic church, their silence in this matter is very telling. They start the shit storm and no where to be seen or heard from since. I even saw a priest on Fox News spewing the same line about how Ms Fluke wants government to pay for her birth control...What was that about bearing false witness?

THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR

[Tunkamerica]

10. not totally silent. see yesterday's daily show.

[grantcart]

12. lol

[eridani]

7. Making fun of the cerebral palsy ad in 2006 elected a Dem senator in MO

But the outrage faded after that. This is going to last longer because Limpballs is getting past his "best if used by" date. His audience of vicious old white men is busy dying off.

[99th_Monkey]

9. K & R for a lovely spot-on header.