Sandra Fluke

CNN Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Sandra Fluke
By Matt Hadro | March 13, 2012 | 12:22 PM EDT

CNN's Soledad O'Brien told her critics on Monday to "stop tweeting" her and that the particular debate over Obama's past was over. Then on Tuesday she hosted birth control activist Sandra Fluke and simply rolled out the red carpet for her guest to knock her own conservative critics.

Fluke slammed her critics for spewing "misinformation" and silencing women "regarding their own health care." CNN host Soledad O'Brien pointed viewers to Fluke's CNN.com op-ed and teed her guest up with easy questions like "How have the last couple of weeks been?"

Ex-Newsweek's Fineman Suggests Romney Should Have Said: 'Rush Limbaugh, Stuff It'
By Brad Wilmouth | March 11, 2012 | 6:47 PM EDT

Appearing as a panel member on Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, as the group discussed Rush Limbaugh's "slut" comment, the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman - also of MSNBC and formerly of Newsweek - asserted that Mitt Romney missed out on the "riskless opportunity" of having a "Sister Souljah moment" by not telling Limbaugh to "stuff it." Fineman:

SNL Mocks Limbaugh's New Sponsors Including 'Depends for Racists'
By Noel Sheppard | March 11, 2012 | 11:12 AM EDT

To likely nobody’s surprise, NBC’s Saturday Night Live went after Rush Limbaugh last evening.

In the opening sketch, Taran Killam played the conservative talk radio host listing his new sponsors in the wake of the Sandra Fluke controversy including “Depends for Racists – if you pee a little every time you see a Mexican, you need Depends for Racists" (video follows with commentary):

Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem Call for FCC to Ban Rush Limbaugh
By Noel Sheppard | March 10, 2012 | 5:27 PM EST

The Left's hunt for conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's head stepped up a notch Saturday when Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem called for the FCC to ban him.

Radical feminist activist Robin Morgan also participated in penning the anti-free speech piece published by CNN.com:

Charles Krauthammer Schools Nina Totenberg on Romney Not Denouncing Limbaugh
By Noel Sheppard | March 10, 2012 | 2:57 PM EST

NPR's Nina Totenberg got a much-needed education Friday on the hypocrisy of the media's treatment of conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's comments about Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke.

When the Inside Washington panelist criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for not saying "something less than complimentary" about Limbaugh, Krauthammer smartly responded, "When Obama speaks about Maher’s misogyny as he takes a million dollars for his campaign, then I’d expect Romney to denounce somebody else" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Bill Maher: Rush Limbaugh's 'A Stupid Fat F--k Who’s Not Funny'
By Noel Sheppard | March 10, 2012 | 11:46 AM EST

As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, Bill Maher's "defense" of Rush Limbaugh via Twitter was not what it appeared.

HBO's Real Time host made that clear Friday when he called the conservative talker "a stupid fat f--k who’s not funny" (video follows with transcript and commentary, vulgarity warning):

Gloria Allred Wants Rush Limbaugh Prosecuted for Calling Fluke a Slut
By Noel Sheppard | March 10, 2012 | 10:42 AM EST

Celebrity lawyer and unabashed liberal Gloria Allred wants conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh prosecuted in Florida for calling Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute."

Politico reported Friday:

Montel Williams Defends Suicide Wish on Bachmann Moments After Decrying Limbaugh 'Slut' Comment
By Brad Wilmouth | March 10, 2012 | 10:11 AM EST

As he appeared as a guest on Friday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, moments after decrying Rush Limbaugh's recent "slut" comment, liberal talk radio host Montel Williams defended his infamous suggestion that Michele Bachmann should kill herself by decapitation as being unrelated to the recent Limbaugh matter.

While he was discussing his encounter with a wounded American soldier, he bizarrely brought up Limbaugh as if to suggest that the conservative host's strong words were a dishonor to the people who fight to defend the country. Williams:

Thomas Column: Nice Apology Rush, But You Should Also Invite Fluke Out to Lunch
By Cal Thomas | March 9, 2012 | 5:59 PM EST

The first apology by Rush Limbaugh, posted on his website over the weekend, sounded forced, qualified, almost defensive. The second, broadcast live on his Monday show, sounded sincere and heartfelt.

Rush Limbaugh did something not usually associated with either himself or bombastic talk radio. He apologized for calling a woman a "slut" and a "prostitute."

Rush: 'There Is Shellshock' That Campaign to Marginalize Him Hasn't Worked, and Has Backfired
By Tom Blumer | March 9, 2012 | 5:06 PM EST

In the second half of his second hour today, Rush Limbaugh followed up on a phone call from a "Victor in Atlanta." Vince is concerned that many Americans like him, even though they want a different president, are "zapped out of enthusiasm."

Rush took Vince's call as an opportunity to look at the Sandra Fluke controversy of the past week and use its results as an indicator that enthusiasm for defending conservatives and conservative principles against the hate-filled left is as great as ever -- great enough to not only defeat the attempt to marginalize him but to force the left and the leftist establishment press to at least for the moment go into strategic retreat and to temporarily clean up its act (bolds are mine):

NYT's Former SCOTUS Reporter Celebrates 'Accidental Heroines' Fluke and Anita Hill vs. 'Thuggish' Rush
By Clay Waters | March 9, 2012 | 2:10 PM EST

Linda Greenhouse the New York Times's former Supreme Court reporter (and left-wing ranter at commencement speeches), now writes a twice-a-month column for nytimes.com. Wednesday she hailed birth-control activist and new liberal martyr Sandra Fluke as a civil rights pioneer on the level of (naturally) Anita Hill, while tarring Rush Limbaugh as a thug, in "Accidental Heroines."

Palin: 'Doesn't Bode Well for Our President's Character to Not Speak Out Against' Maher's 'Dirty Money'
By Noel Sheppard | March 9, 2012 | 10:15 AM EST

Sarah Palin on Thursday took Barack Obama to task for not telling his Super PAC to return Bill Maher's million dollar donation.

Speaking to Fox News's Sean Hannity, the former Alaska Governor said, "It does not bode well for our President's character to not speak out against that dirty money" (video follows with transcript and commentary):