Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh's lame apology to Sandra Fluke does not even come close to getting him off the hook. He needs to apologize to America for pushing political discourse to the level of drunk good ol' boys shouting crude epithets in a topless bar.  In case you missed it, a few days ago Limbaugh went after Fluke for supporting the inclusion of contraceptives in employee health plans. The 30-year-old Georgetown University law student jumped into the controversy over a new Obama administration rule requiring even institutions run by religious organizations to provide insurance coverage for birth control.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. --  Rush Limbaugh is in the Hall of Famous Missourians. The question now may be whether he'll stay there. On Monday, Limbaugh was inducted into the hall in a secret ceremony that wasn't advertised, that was closed to the public and that was guarded by armed State Highway Patrol members. "He may say things that strike a nerve," Republican House Speaker Steven Tilley later told the Kansas City Star. "But that doesn't undo everything he's accomplished in his career, and it doesn't provide a reasonable excuse why he shouldn't be honored by his home state for his many accomplishments.

Rush Limbaugh will be leaving a prominent conservative radio station in Philadelphia in exchange for Michael Smerconish, a man seen by many as a more moderate conservative. The station, WPHT, is in one of the largest radio markets in the country, and is the third station to lose or drop the conservative radio personality since the firestorm of controversy regarding comments made by Limbaugh toward Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke. CBS Radio, which owns WPHT, released a brief statement on the lineup change.

Rush Limbaugh will be leaving a prominent conservative radio station in Philadelphia in exchange for Michael Smerconish, a man seen by many as a more moderate conservative. The station, WPHT, is in one of the largest radio markets in the country, and is the third station to lose or drop the conservative radio personality since the firestorm of controversy regarding comments made by Limbaugh toward Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke. CBS Radio, which owns WPHT, released a brief statement on the lineup change.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. --  Rush Limbaugh is in the Hall of Famous Missourians. The question now may be whether he'll stay there. On Monday, Limbaugh was inducted into the hall in a secret ceremony that wasn't advertised, that was closed to the public and that was guarded by armed State Highway Patrol members. "He may say things that strike a nerve," Republican House Speaker Steven Tilley later told the Kansas City Star. "But that doesn't undo everything he's accomplished in his career, and it doesn't provide a reasonable excuse why he shouldn't be honored by his home state for his many accomplishments.

The number of advertisers who have at least temporarily cut ties with Rush Limbaugh grew to seven on Sunday in the aftermath of the conservative radio host's self-described "insulting word choices" about a female law student. ProFlowers, an online florist, is one of the latest companies to announce it would halt advertising on Limbaugh's show. "Mr. Limbaugh's recent comments went beyond political discourse to a personal attack and do not reflect our values as a company. As such, ProFlowers has suspended advertising on the Rush Limbaugh radio program," it announced on its Facebook page.

Rush Limbaugh is probably not sweating this one, folks. The critics keep piling on. But the immensely popular talk radio host has the biggest "sponsor" of all on his side: Clear Channel radio network.  Arizona Sen. John McCain, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, and New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan are among the latest to criticize Limbaugh for calling a Georgetown University student a "slut" and a "prostitute" after she...

In the wake of the controversy facing conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh, with the calls for his advertisers to depart his program, for radio stations to pull his show and for conservatives to distance themselves from his rhetoric,  Mike Huckabee -- the former Arkansas governor and onetime presidential candidate -- is throwing his hat into the ring Monday and directly facing Limbaugh on the airwaves. Huckabee's three-hour show will debut on nearly 200 stations, lining up alongside Limbaugh on the 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. time slot from Monday to Friday.

Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law school student Rush Limbaugh called a "slut" and a "prostitute," is intelligent, poised and coherent. That alone puts her miles ahead of her detractors. She's been making the rounds this week on behalf of her argument that the insurance she pays for at Georgetown (insurance that is not, she says, subsidized by the Jesuit school) should cover prescription contraception for women. When she said all this to Congress, testifying in favor of the Obama administration's "insurance companies should foot the bill" rule on birth control, Limbaugh said she "wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. " Fluke has addressed the slut business repeatedly - saying on "The View" on Monday that she'd prefer no penitent calls from Limbaugh (not that one was in the offing)

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In the wake of the controversy facing conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh, with the calls for his advertisers to depart his program, for radio stations to pull his show and for conservatives to distance themselves from his rhetoric,  Mike Huckabee -- the former Arkansas governor and onetime presidential candidate -- is throwing his hat into the ring Monday and directly facing Limbaugh on the airwaves. Huckabee's three-hour show will debut on nearly 200 stations, lining up alongside Limbaugh on the 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. time slot from Monday to Friday.

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Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law school student Rush Limbaugh called a "slut" and a "prostitute," is intelligent, poised and coherent. That alone puts her miles ahead of her detractors. She's been making the rounds this week on behalf of her argument that the insurance she pays for at Georgetown (insurance that is not, she says, subsidized by the Jesuit school) should cover prescription contraception for women. When she said all this to Congress, testifying in favor of the Obama administration's "insurance companies should foot the bill" rule on birth control, Limbaugh said she "wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. " Fluke has addressed the slut business repeatedly - saying on "The View" on Monday that she'd prefer no penitent calls from Limbaugh (not that one was in the offing)

Rush Limbaugh may have lost sponsors, been condemned by feminist groups and overall widely criticized for calling a Georgetown law school student a "slut," but the conservative radio host will be honored in his home state with a bronze bust in the Missouri Capitol. Limbaugh, who was born in Missouri, will be inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians, along with Dred Scott, an African American slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1857, leading to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that slaves were "property.

A new week greeted Rush Limbaugh with four more advertiser defections, for a total of 11, along with a sharp rebuke from former Republican presidential nominee John McCain. Peter Gabriel asked that his song "Sledgehammer" no longer be used on Limbaugh's radio program. Even after Limbaugh issued a rare apology, the furor that had erupted when the conservative radio host called an activist law student a "slut" and a "prostitute" showed no sign of abating Monday. But a backlash that might be a career-breaker for some commentators seemed unlikely to dent Limbaugh's considerable stature among his 15 million weekly listeners and conservative leaders.

The people who want to drive Rush Limbaugh off the air were not assuaged or persuaded by his apology over the weekend. They say he was not sincere: He only apologized for calling a Georgetown University law student a "slut" and a "prostitute" because of pressure from advertisers. Well of course he wasn't sincere. And of course he was only apologizing to pacify advertisers, which were getting pressure to pressure Limbaugh by these very critics. Oh, there might have been a political calculation too - that he'd gone too far for the good of his ratings or his celebrityhood.

Fat kids, dumb bill Re " A food truck stop? " March 4 The bill to limit food trucks from parking "within 1,500 feet of elementary, middle and high schools from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on school days" is simple lunacy and demonstrates what is wrong with society's focus on human problems. If food trucks are pushed away, will someone else propose to close down the doughnut shop directly across the street from the high school in our neighborhood? How about the fast food taco place on the other corner?

President Obama said that when he called Sandra Fluke to express support after the crude comments of Rush Limbaugh, he did so thinking of his own young daughters. "One of the things I want them to do as they get older is engage in issues they care about, even ones I may not agree with them on. I want them to be able to speak their mind in a civil and thoughtful way. And I don't want them attacked or called horrible names because they're being good citizens," he said at a White House news conference Tuesday.