Obviously Revenues Were Threatened

i hope when all this of this **** is over, america gets exactly what it deserves, boring, stifled speech on radio and television

So you think it is a good idea to have a conservative media figure to call a college student a slut and a prostitute without any repercussions? I am glad yours is not a majority opinion.

Oh, no. We will always have satire like John Stewart and Colbert.

Nobody is stifling his 1st Amendment rights; they're just telling advertisers that if they support an asshole, they might not come away smelling so nice.

Conservatives should love this. It's all about how a free market economy works.

interesting that you say conservative media figure

that's really the issue here isn't it, i have no love for rush, i've listened, i found him entertaining in a ridiculous sort of way, much like michael savage and howard stern

what he said made sense in the way he phrased it, was it kind, who gives a ****, it's hardly the worst thing you could say about someone, i'm sure the student is a big girl and can shake off anything lush rimjob has to say

There is a difference between a public figure and a member of the public that testifies to Congress. Rush can say whatever his drug addled brain tells him to when it comes to public figures. That's protected. When he starts calling private citizens whores and demanding to see sex tapes made by them then he crosses the line. It's similar to Breitbart's attack on Shirley Sherrod.

i don't see a difference, if you put yourself in the public eye, expect some repercussion

again, it's more about rush than it is defending this girls honour, at least folks could be honest about that

I think advertisers just don't want to be associated with him, because he's made himself too controversial. He's obviously trying to push the bubble of propriety, so what would he do next time if they stuck with him?

Face it, he blew himself up.

The fact that many people take delight in the fact that he blew himself up doesn't change the fact that he did it to himself.

And it's not about this girl not being a public figure.

He viciously attacked someone, called her ugly names, just because she testified in favor of birth control.

Americans kinda like birth control. Americans get birth control for their daughters, and they don't want to be told their daughter's a slut because of it.

You may not. But many others do.

Do you deserve to be specifically attacked for voting? Or driving your car?

sure, attack away, i can take it

consider the source i say, how could anyone take him seriously

Perhaps you personally can. Do you think everyone you know would be happy if they were the one attacked? Don't you think they might have empathy when they see it happen to someone else?

The unfortunate part is many do take him seriously. People are calling in to Rush to excuse Rush and claim it was the woman's fault Rush said what he did because she wants her birth control paid for.

Well he's on the radio, so clearly someone takes him seriously. His arguments, if you can call them that, were parroted by Bill O'Reilly and others. Now I don't take him or Bill O seriously, but enough people do that it should be made very clear that it's not okay to go on the radio and issue days of vile, sexualized, attacks on a private citizen because they had the audacity to state a point of view different than your own in front of Congress. If you don't agree with what she said, make your case. But that's not even close to what he did. He went after her character directly, knowing nothing about her (or much of anything else for that matter), much like a bully would. If he were just some pompous tobacco-dick-sucking engorged tick at a party, that would be one thing. And even then, people should call him on his vile nastiness and make it clear that he speaks for no-one but himself. But he's a beloved commentator of the right and people do listen to him. And some of them even think it's ok what he said.

And just to be clear, what he did was way beyond what any of these other commentators that keep getting thrown in the mix did. Imus and Bill Maher? Please. Even Glenn Beck I can't see stooping to that level. The "they did it too" argument doesn't even have a place here. You seem to be saying something akin to "can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen" to which I wonder where the space would be that could be considered "out of the kitchen". If I were an advertiser I would pull my advertising -- even more so if I were a conservative leaning organization. I personally would love for him to go away, not because he's conservative, but because he spreads a sort of sick, illogical, backwards thought process that foments ignorance. And I don't think a less ignorant world would be boring at all.

The source is a nationally syndicated talk show host. Who acted like an idiot, and now he's paying the price.

If you're trying to say that Rush is irrelevant, then you haven't been following the news. The GOP politicians are terrified of this guy. Sure, he's a demagogue, and many dismiss him because it's so obvious, but that doesn't eliminate his power and popularity among a certain segment of the population.

What a great post, FreeDuck (and I so agree with it) !!

Well, I wouldn't call him a liberal media figure. He is a conservative media host.

No it didn't make any sense whatsoever. The girl who testified was speaking of a a friend of hers who needed BC for medical reasons and could not afford them. So he was wrong all the way through as well as being insulting. And she shouldn't be expected to just shake off being called a slut and a prostitute by such a known radio host which gets headlines all over world.

Ditto.

i support the right to say whatever you want about anyone, anytime, even if it's an out and out lie, think how much better political ads would be

i know it's completely unrealistic, it's just how i feel