Rush Limbaugh Apologizes For His "Slut" Remarks.

PrintSmith wrote:

Kate wrote:

PrintSmith wrote: If you are asking that the insurance companies be required to cover prescriptions for existing medical conditions in a consistent manner regardless of what the prescription is, I will absolutely support that. I recognize that a prescription which can be used for contraceptive purposes has other medical indications for treating existing medical conditions such as heavy or irregular menstruation, hormonal mood changes, growths on ovaries and others. I fully agree that a person seeking to treat such a condition should have their prescription covered in an identical manner as one who has been prescribed Viagra to address their medical condition. When prescribed to induce sterility, however, the prescription is not being used to treat a medical condition, it is being used to create one. Thus, equating the coverage of Viagra to address an existing medical condition and the coverage of contraception which is used to create a medical condition is an attempt to equate an apple with an orange.

Let me see if I can paraphrase what you said.

Insurance companies should pay for a prescription for a medical condition so that a man can participate in a voluntary sexual activity. Insurance companies should not pay for a prescription for a woman which can prevent a medical condition that is a result of that same voluntary sexual activity.

Is that about the sum of your opinion?

If one holds that fertility is an abnormal condition for a woman rather than a normal one that might be a fair summation of the opinion that was expressed. Is this the source of our disconnect Kate? Do you feel that fertility indicates that there is a medical problem which the medical community needs to address and fix if at all possible so that normal function, which would be infertility, can be restored?

Medical CONDITION, not problem. Your "logic" leaves me shaking my head.

It's hilarious when men try to be experts on women's plumbing.

The real shame about Rush attacking the law student with deragatory names is that is takes the attention off the real issue. Should religious communities be allowed to control their own healthcare? I think they should. If Fluke doesn't, then don't go to a religious institution.

Looks like Carbonite- one of Rush's biggest EX-sponsers made the "Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage decreases" yesterday.

The stock dropped 8.74% yesterday, and the week is only half over. It is now very close to it's 52 week low.

We will see how many of these companies are even in business at the end of the year. Like I said- these companies failed to compute the fact that they just alienated themselves from their core customer base, and it dosn't look like the lefties are steppin in to fill the gap.

All I can say is- good luck in the contest!

Yep, some of these advertizers might just be using this scandal as a cheap way to get out of a contract that was too expensive.

As a business decision- The only thing dumber than pulling advertising because of somthing that a talk show host says - is pulling out of advertising in an event like this because the contract was too expensive. When they do this- they immediately alienate their core customer base, which in this case is more conservative leaning.

A much better approach would be to bow out quietly- preserve the core customer base and keep out of the hoopla. Some of them no doudt need to leave because of the costs, but using this as an excuse opens up the probability that some of their customers will stop doing business with them too.

Very stupid.

Very smart. All of the customers who made it clear that they would be boycotting their products were sent a clear message that the advertiser sent a message that the behavior was unacceptable. Customer relations instantly improved.

Your assertion that somehow this morning's stock prices is in any way related is ridiculous...Unless you have proof...? Got anything other than your Rightie slant?

Oh, and the count of lost advertisers is up to 29 this morning... And the bands "Rush" and the artist "Peter Gabriel" have served him with cease-and-desist orders to stop using their music on his show, or face lawsuits for copyright violations.

Yep... But he's such a sweetie...

It's up to 34 and musicians are telling him to stop playing their songs for lead-ins.

Rush Limbaugh: Advertiser Pullout Up to 34

*Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh lost another crop of advertisers for his syndicated program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, by Tuesday morning, putting at 34 the number of sponsors who have bounced in the wake of his attacks last week on Georgetown student Sandra Fluke.

Teleconferencing company Polycom, home-improvement company Service Magic, life insurance site AccuQuote, Hadeed Carpet and clothing company Bonobos announced that they had requested their ads pulled from the program.

On Tuesday, insurance company Geico, tractor manufacturer John Deere, St. Vincent’s Medical Center and Stamps.com requested their sponsorship be terminated. As the day wore on, nine more sponsors pulled their spots: Bethesda Sedation Dentistry, Cascades Dental, Philadelphia Orchestra, Goodwill Industries, Heart & Body Extract, Netflix, Downeast Energy, Capitol One, and JCPenney. Matrix Direct jumped ship later in the day.

Those companies joined such high-profile companies as AOL, Sears, LegalZoom and ProFlowers in removing their spots from the show.

Limbaugh spent three days berating Fluke, a student who had sought to testify before Congress on behalf of insurance coverage for birth control, calling her a “slut” and a “prostitute” and insisting that, if she wanted birth control coverage, she post videos of herself having sex.

He apologized for his choice of words on Saturday, a mea culpa that fell short in the eyes of many critics. As a result of public outrage, two stations, in Pittsfield, Mass. and Hilo, Hawaii, removed Limbaugh from their schedules. Musician Peter Gabriel, whose song “Sledghammer” was played during Limbaugh’s rant, moved to have his music taken off of Limbaugh’s program.

http://www.eurweb.com/2012/03/rush-limb ... -up-to-34/

Spoke too soon - now it's up to 39 advertisers that have dropped their support of Rush.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203050019