From private citizen to the face of the women's right movement, 31 year old Sandra Fluke became the target of Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Monica Crowley's attacks on her. In 2012, Rush Limbaugh called Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" for testifying at congressional hearing. |
The country's most hottest races for U.S. Senate is squarely on the states of Missouri, Ohio, Florida and Massachusetts, all considered toss ups according to most polls. Republicans need only four states to have control of the Senate.
Warren was drafted to be President Barack Obama's choice for the Consumer Protection Bureau that was established in 2010 after the Democratic controlled senate passed banking and financial regulation reform.
The president couldn't get her under the wing because of Republican obstruction and she resend her nomination. The president went forth with a recess appointment of former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray.
The Republicans despise her more than Hillary Clinton as of right now! They've been pouring money into this race giving the embattled Senator Scott Brown a 3:1 advantage in fundraising.
Now appearing for the national spotlight, Warren along with another figure that's made political buzz are to appear with former president Bill Clinton at tonight's Save Obama National Convention.
Let's get something out the way. The Republicans are pouncing on the cancellation of the president's acceptance speech being held at the Carolina Panther's stadium. The event was supposed to be held at the Bank of America Stadium but due to bad weather, I guess the president's acceptance speech will be at the current location, the Time Warner Cable Arena. Many figured that the president couldn't squeeze the supporters so they've cut back, making some volunteers upset. Fox News reporters and conservative agitators were gleeful that the magic of 2008 isn't here in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I question the judgement of this decision as well as the pressured delegation's acceptance of "god" and acknowledgment of "Jerusalem being the national capital of Israel" is another political expediency to keep the remaining support among Jewish and Catholic voters. These blocks are shaky on the president. Although Jewish voters still have support for President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney but its waning.
Elizabeth Warren will make her speech before former president Bill Clinton.
Now let's continue.
The birth control issue has been a major issue among Catholic voters and the president. They don't support abortions and mandatory enforcement of giving women birth control. The president got into a heated controversy this year when a Georgetown law student and activist was roundly criticized by the conservative media for standing up for birth control. Her rise to fame came when conservative agitator Rush Limbaugh gave a not so subtle attack at her.
Republicans brought forth a testimony with mostly men to discuss the topic of birth control. That cause an uproar. The Republicans wanted to do damage control. They allowed Fluke to testify in an off the record testimony. When she appeared at the congressional hearing. She had an opportunity to show her concerns about a friend who was struggling to pay her bill and was diagnosis with a disease. The story managed to win over the attention of Rush Limbaugh.
Limbaugh didn't know the name of the woman at the time of the testimony. He called her Susan Fluke at first. He then went on to criticizing her hairstyle, her demeanor, why she's a 30-year old still in college and labeled her a prostitute and then a slut. He spent a portion of his three hour show trashing the woman. The worst thing about it was the fact that he wanted to see a sex tape of her and the other woman she had shared a story about.
By the end of the day, the firestorm was brewed. Media Matters for America, a liberal activist group monitoring conservative figures in the media took the transcripts to the web and it lit up.
By Friday, over a 100 thousand people were outraged over the comments and demanded the conservative agitator was punished for his comments. The controversy generated a lukewarm apology from the conservative agitator. He wrote a message stating that he was sorry for making this comment and placed the blame on President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and the liberal media for misquoting him.
By the start of the new week, Think Progress and Color of Change has put forth a national boycott on Rush Limbaugh. They went forth to target his sponsors. Carbonite, Avis, Walmart, General Motors, ProFlowers, Burger King, UPS, Lowe's, State Farm, Office Max, Toyota, Advance Auto Parts, Bullfrog Sunscreen, The Home Depot, Rite Aid and numerous others.
President Barack Obama called in Fluke later that week and express his gratitude and support of her. Rush Limbaugh reacts to it. He calls the president a coward for meddling in this affair and demands apologies for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota), Sarah Palin, Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter after being targeted by controversial figures. Libertarian comedian Bill Maher is a primary focus of the conservative media's outrage because he mocked the conservative women.
Rush Limbaugh blames the media for his advertising drop and yes he demands retribution. He urged his conservative allies to make the case for him whenever a public figure or even a private figure attacks any conservative based on their race, gender or religion (primarily Christian Catholic or Jewish).
Rush Limbaugh continues to be the top dog in talk radio. Although Mike Huckabee is growing in popularity and Sean Hannity is looking forward to take Limbaugh's mantle someday, the unprecedented Big Voice of The Right will stay on four more years of Barack Obama if he's reelected.
Sandra Fluke gets her digs at Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan at the Save Obama National Convention.
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