Asked today on ABC-TV'S The View whether Rush Limbaugh has phoned her to apologize for his misogynist tirade last week, Sandra Fluke told Barbara Walters that she thinks "his statements that he made on the air about me have been personal enough, so I'd rather not have a personal phone call from him."
As for the content of Limbaugh's nopology statement and the fact others, including Glenn Beck, have supported the hate-spewmeister, Fluke said:
I don’t think that a statement like this issued, saying that his choice of words was not the best, changes anything. Especially when that statement is issued when he’s under significant pressure from his sponsors, who have begun to pull their support. [...]
This was not one person who went crazy and made 'funny,' outrageous statements. This is evidently a segment of our political commentators who think that it’s acceptable in today’s society to say these things about women.
Fluke rocks.
The campaign demanding companies to stop running ads on Limbaugh's show have seen several more leave today. Those that have bailed are Quicken Loans, mattress retailers Sleep Train and Sleep Number, software maker Citrix Systems Inc., online legal document services company LegalZoom, Pro-Flowers, Carbonite, Sears, Tax Resolution, the men's clothing store Bonobos and AOL.
Now it's time for the folks at Armed Forces Network to acknowledge that Limbaugh's slut talk shouldn't get tax-paid amplification to America's troops.
Send an e-mail to the Armed Forces Network, telling them there is no place on military airwaves for talk like Limbaugh's.