Category Archives: Politics
Fluke Flap
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The Fluke Flap grows. Sandra didn’t testify before Congress. She testified before a souped up press conference arranged by some members of Congress. And it turns out Rush is far from the biggest pig in the land, though he does seem to be the only one with any wit.
Bill Maher’s idea of pushing the first amendment envelope is to use the “c” word on HBO. (Must stand for “c”ash, since he was able to give Obama’s super pac a million dollars.) Meanwhile The One mangles the first amendment by forcing the Catholic Church buy abortion pills. Give him credit for a sense of irony.
Kirsten Powers takes offense in the Daily Beast.
Hit Man Holder
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AG Eric Holder announced, that under certain conditions, it would be quite all right to kill American citizens overseas.
Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic picked up on this, but why do I think if Bush had said it the legacy media would have given it considerably more attention? True, the WSJ likes the policy. But where’s the outrage we heard concerning mere electronic spying on mere non-American citizens who happened to call or email Americans?
Super Wednesday
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Santorum was edged out by Romney in the wee hours last night in Ohio. But no matter – Ohio delegates are won proportionally. Oh wait, the Santorum machine didn’t fill out all its delegate slates.
Dispatch From the Right Wing War Against Women
The Fluke Flap has not gone well for Rush Limbaugh.
It all began when Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke advocated, before a congressional committee, for the Obama free contraception mandate . On his show last week, Rush riffed that Fluke wants us to pay for her sex, and when you are paid for sex that makes you a prostitute. His comments over the next 3 days were even less gentlemanly. This being a “war against women”, the enemy counterattacked with full frontal vengeance.
By Saturday one of Rush’s few remaining advertisers was his own iced tea company. He apologized.
The real question is whether Georgetown University should be forced by the federal government to violate its religious principles. Then again, when an institution willingly covers up its religious principles, maybe not.
Click for NBC Washington story about Georgetown University covering Jesus symbol for 2009 Obama speech.
James Taranto thinks Fluke is the Cindy Sheehan of The Pill.
