Limbaugh, Fluke and the GOP’s 'war on women’ - Sally Quinn

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Ah, but everyone does not agree with Fluke (whose name rhymes with cook — not duck!). In my segment on the O’Reilly Factor, I suggested that saying the president was accusing the right of waging a “war on women” was no different than Republican candidates accusing Obama of waging a “war on religion.”

This apparently did not sit well with some viewers, a number of whom called and emailed me after the show. One of the first emails was from a man whose comments were laced with so many vulgarities that I cannot repeat them here. Another vile attack went on to say, “what Rush Limbaugh called Fluke is mild compared to what you should be called. I hope you burn to death in a car fire. I have really come to hate bastards like you.”

I said on the show that there certainly is a perception that conservatives are conducting a “war on women.” After these messages and calls, I am convinced.
What does this kind of hate talk tell us? For one thing, there are a lot of people who believe this language is acceptable. Why do you think Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich gave tepid responses to Limbaugh’s tirade? Santorum actually said that Limbaugh was “an entertainer.” Watching Santorum Tuesday night surrounded by his wife and his adult daughters, I couldn’t help wondering how entertained he would be if Limbaugh had called any of them sluts and prostitutes for espousing their beliefs as Americans.

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