David Horsey: Republican leaders let Rush Limbaugh dominate their party

By David Horsey
March 5, 2012, 5:00 a.m.
George Will, one of the last lions of the right wing whose conservatism is a philosophy rather than a pathology, has heaped scorn on Republican leaders for their cowardly obeisance to Rush Limbaugh.

Sunday morning on ABC’s "This Week," Will said straight out that "Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh." Last week, Limbaugh infamously characterized Sandra Fluke, a 30-year-old Georgetown University law student, as a "slut" and a "prostitute" who should provide the world with videos of herself having sex because she supports birth control coverage in employee insurance plans. Will said the tepid disapproval of Limbaugh’s words expressed by GOP presidential candidates and congressional leaders demonstrates just how much they are scared of the king of hot-talk radio.

"[House Speaker John] Boehner comes out and says Rush’s language was inappropriate," Will said. "Using the salad fork for your entree, that’s inappropriate. Not this stuff."

Commenting on Limbaugh’s tirade, Mitt Romney timidly observed that "slut" and "prostitute" were not necessarily the words he would have chosen, as if Limbaugh were simply in need of a thesaurus.


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