As a husband, I continue to be offended by the despicable and vile campaign waged by Rush Limbaugh against a Georgetown University law student whose only crime was her desire to testify before Congress about the anti-contraception laws that were being considered.
I am also offended by the weak-kneed (at best) response by Republican politicians who insist on continuing to seek the favor of Limbaugh while ignore the evil of his attacks.
I believe Rush Limbaugh must be brought down. In addition, further action must be taken against media outlets who have aided and abetted Limbaugh in spreading his vile and disinformation against the law student. That list includes the fraud of a "news" organization called Fox.
More below.
Here's a segment from Ed Schultz's program last night on MSNBC:
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It's not just Limbaugh and his show. It's also Bill O'Reilly. It's also what Keith Olbermann has so aptly called "the political whorehouse that is Fox "news".
It's bad enough that Fox has no credibility as a legitimate news organization and is nothing more than a Republican propaganda arm. But to hear Fox's major personalities defend Limbaugh and repeat his despicable lies call for more than just verbal condemnation.
It calls for a total advertising boycott of Fox and its advertisers, along with its hosts like Bill O'Reilly and its other contributors who are participating in Limbaugh's demonizing of this college student. It, also, needless to say calls for the campaigns (yes, even in the reddest of districts) against Republicans who continue to serve as Limbaugh lapdogs through their (at best) weak statements on his vile and despicable assaults.
I'm a man, and I'm mad. And there's something I've been saying and need to say again.
Women are family members, and families have men in them. Many of these men are husbands like myself, and we also vote and buy products. And we're going to fight like hell for President Obama and those who defend us.
God help us if Limbaugh and these media outlets who continue to defend him and spread his lies are allowed to continue a second longer without massive pressure to hold them accountable.