"The Plot To Get Rush"

American Spectator has an interesting article on "The Plot To Get Rush."

They start it with:

It was a set up.

From start to finish.

A quite specific, quite detailed plot to get Rush Limbaugh, ruin his career, and drive him off the air.

Next targets? Sean Hannity and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Lots to cover here.

Let's start with Mr. Angelo Carusone.

Who is Angelo Carusone? Today he is now the "Director of Online Strategy for Media Matters for America."

To read the full article, go here.

Democrat Operatives Engaging In Tortious Interference

Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh Tweeted a screenshot of a Left Wing website who is organizing the harassment of Rush's sponsors.

He Tweeted this message:

Dem Operatives astroturf the boycott Pt 2. See screen shot

They are having people contact his sponsors feigning "outrage" over the Sandra Fluke matter. This is all being organized by Democrat operatives. This being the case, it would seem that Rush would have a good cause of action against them in a lawsuit for tortious interference with his business.

Here's the screenshot Rush included in his Tweet:



To see a big version of the screenshot, go here.

Gloria Allred Sticks Beak Into Limbaugh Fray

The Looney Left Report

One can almost predict this. Leftist attorney Gloria Allred stuck her beak into the fray over Rush Limbaugh's comments of last week on Sandra Fluke. If there's a way for Gloria Allred to generate publicity for herself, one can be certain that she'll jump at the change at the drop of a hat.

According to Politico:

Rush Limbaugh has drawn the ire of celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who sent a letter to the Palm Beach County state attorney requesting an investigation into whether the popular radio host should be prosecuted for calling a law student a “slut” and “prostitute” last week.

“Mr. Limbaugh targeted his attack on a young law student who was simply exercised her free speech and her right to testify before congress on a very important issue to millions of American women and he vilified her. He defamed her and engaged in unwarranted, tasteless and exceptionally damaging attacks on her,” Allred told POLITICO Friday afternoon. “He needs to face the consequences of his conduct in every way that is meaningful.”

In a letter dated March 8, Allred, writing on behalf of the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund, requested that Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe probe whether the conservative radio personality had violated Section 836.04 of the Florida Statutes by calling Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke the two derogatory words.

The statute stipulates that anyone who “speaks of and concerning any woman, married or unmarried, falsely and maliciously imputing to her a want of chastity” is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Allred explained that the statute recently came to her attention as having never been repealed, and that it could very well apply to Limbaugh’s remarks as his show is broadcast from West Palm Beach.

I didn't see Allred raise a fuss over disparaging comments Bill Maher, Keith Olbermann and other leftists made against conservative women.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73829.html#ixzz1og4xPEnB

Democrat Hypocrites Refuse To Return Maher's Contribution

The Looney Left Report



A Super PAC supporting President Obama is refusing to return a $1 million contribution from Bill Maher.

Fox News is reporting today:

Current and former White House aides on Thursday rejected demands by a conservative group that a Super PAC supporting President Obama refund a $1 million check from comedian and talk show host Bill Maher because of coarse comments he's made about Sarah Palin and other Republican women.

While Obama earlier this week denounced similar comments that radio talk show host made about a college student, Sandra Fluke, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters the president is not going to get involved in the Maher battle.

Carney said "language that denigrates women is inappropriate," but it is not the President's place to be the "arbiter" of every controversial statement.

"He chooses to lead by example or tries to," Carney said of the president, adding that "he chooses to try to practice that civility himself and he calls on everybody to do just that."

Maher used the c-word, twat and boobs to refer to Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, yet the Left is giving him a pass and the Obama Super Pac, which is run by longtime Obama aide Bill Burton, is keeping Maher's contribution.

Kirsten Powers at The Daily Beast, who sees the hypocrisy, wrote:

Let’s just call a spade a spade: the uproar over Limbaugh is only because it fits into the Democratic narrative that the GOP is “anti-woman.” It’s Democratic Party activism dressed up as feminism.

That's not all. Democrat congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee and Jan Schakowsky refused to condemn Bill Maher for calling Gov. Sarah Palin a “c--t” and a “dumb twat.”

Let's see how outraged they'd be if a conservative said those things about Nancy Pelosi. All this is just phony outrage against Limbaugh in order to shut him up and get him off the air.

Ironically, Bill Maher is supporting Limbaugh in this.

Sleep Train Derailed By Limbaugh

A number of wobbly advertisers suspended or dropped their advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show due to the flap over Limbaugh's comments on Sandra Fluke. Limbaugh issued an apology last Saturday.

One advertiser, Sleep Train, tried to reinstate their ads but were told to take a hike by Limbaugh.

The Blaze reported today:

Rush Limbaugh has rejected an advertiser’s apparent attempt to reunite with his show after the company initially dropped its ads from the program following his remarks about contraception advocate Sandra Fluke.

The company, Sleep Train, calls itself “the No. 1 Bedding Specialist on the West Coast, and most recognized mattress retailer in the region.”

In an email to Sleep Train President Dale Carlsen (obtained by The Blaze), a representative of the show says that Limbaugh personally considered the company’s request, but denied it considering its public comments following the controversy.

“Thank you for your requests last week and this week to restart your voiced endorsement in local markets of The Rush Limbaugh Show,” the email begins. “Rush received your requests personally.”

“Unfortunately, your public comments were not well received by our audience, and did not accurately portray either Rush Limbaugh’s character or the intent of his remarks. Thus, we regret to inform you that Rush will be unable to endorse Sleep Train in the future.

“Rush appreciates your long friendship and your past support, and we wish you good luck in the future.”

On advertisers who dropped their advertising on his show, Limbaugh said on Monday:

It’s a business decision, and it’s theirs alone to make. They‘ve decided that they don’t want you anymore or your business.

Sleep Train is now finding that "actions have consequences."

To read the full article, go here.

Fluke Humor

Found some humor on the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke controversy:

Boycott Carbonite

The apology to Sandra Fluke issued today by Rush Limbaugh over the "slut" and "prostitute" comments were apparently not enough for Carbonite, one of his show's sponsors. Sleep Train, Legal Zoom, Citrix and Quicken Loans also pulled their ads.

The Huffington Post reported:

Even as he walked back his comment, though, there were signs that Limbaugh is not out of the woods yet. Another advertiser, Carbonite, posted a message on Facebook saying that it was ending its sponsorship of his show.

"No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady," CEO David Friend wrote. "Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show."

It is the advertisers' right to pull their ads, but we Limbaugh "dittoheads" don't have to support their products or services either. Maybe a boycott of them is in order, starting with Carbonite.

UPDATE (3/6/12): Carbonite CEO David Friend's announcement of the withdrawl of advertising on Rush Limbaugh's show backfired.

The Daily Caller reported:

Investors flee Carbonite after Limbaugh announcement

Carbonite stock (NASDAQ:CARB) has plummeted nearly 12 percent, outpacing the drop of the NASDAQ index in that same time period by nine-and-a-half points. It was also one of the biggest decliners on the NASDAQ on Tuesday.

Looks like Carbonite ought to look for a new CEO.

Must Be A Fluke

Let's see, Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law student, complains that contraceptives cost $3,000 and it is a hardship for. So she wants her contraceptives provided free by the taxpayers.

What law students doing that requires three thousand dollars worth of contraceptives?! They must be busy beavers!

Rush Limbaugh stirred up a hornet's nest with the feminists by referring to Fluke as a "slut" and "prostitute."

From Fox News:

Limbaugh later said on his show that the student was effectively arguing that the students "must be paid to have sex."

"What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right. It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex, she can't afford the contraception," he said.

His response to the uproar:

"Miss Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here's the deal: If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it, and I'll tell you what it is. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch."

Sounds more than fair to me, although Limbaugh was illustrating absurdity by saying something absurd.

If $3,000 for contraceptives is too much for your pocketbook, then abstain! As Rush said today:

"If you can't afford it, you can't do it."

Additionally, Fluke isn't all she claims to be. The Gateway Pundit found:

What a shock! It was all a BIG PRODUCTION! The Democrat’s token abused college coed is actually a 30 year-old hardcore women’s rights activist.

Sandra Fluke is also the past president of Law Students for Reproductive Justice.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/02/dems-urge-republicans-to-condemn-limbaugh-over-remarks-on-georgetown-student/?test=latestnews#ixzz1o1jxbpRw

UPDATE (3/3/12): Rush Limbaugh has issued a statement:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/03/a_statement_from_rush