More Rush

Sometimes I just like the low hanging fruit.

As Rush continues to lose sponsors in the wake of his calling a perfectly nice, respectful young woman a prostitute and slut just because she thinks contraceptives should be covered for women the same way men's birth control is covered, Rush is now seeking to blame Obama and "leftists".

He blames Obama because, well, you know. Obama is responsible for every negative thing that ever happens. He's part of a cabal that controls every aspect of your life, no matter how minute or how much someone not under paranoid delusions might think is the product of your own decisions. One of the best things about the Obama paranoia of Rush and his acolytes is that it's so determinist. Obama controls all and is responsible for all, hence anything that happens to me isn't my fault. Obama made me call Sandra Fluke a prostitute and a slut. Hilarious.

Equally hilarious, Rush apologizes, in the usual non-apology sort of way of the infamous and cowardly. You know, the "if anyone was offended" sort of apology. Hell, we wouldn't be here if large numbers of people weren't offended. He manages to throw in a bit of his own spin to that by apologizing for behaving like the leftists who so often attack him.

Right. 'Cause Rush was just some babe in the woods, respectfully advocating for conservative causes when people from the "left", which I suppose is Barry Goldwater and anyone to the left of him, started attacking Rush. He never said anything insulting about people who disagreed with him before anyone attacked him. He's a fine exemplar of respectful public discourse who had a minor slip in the Fluke matter.

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Rush is, quite possibly, more responsible for the decline in the civility of public discourse than anyone in America. That he now cries that he's a victim of leftist attacks is a pillar of hypocrisy that may never be exceeded.

I hope enough of his advertisers withdraw that he gets dropped altogether, but that's doubtful. A pipe dream, but a fond one.

Rush is Wrong, as usual

Low hanging fruit time.

So, Rush thinks that an adult woman who wants to have sex is a prostitute and a slut. Doesn't matter if he tries to hide under the shield that he's an entertainer, he can't have his cake and eat it, too. He's trying to sway public opinion on public matters, so he's not just out there entertaining. He's advocating.

Now, to my way of thinking a woman who wants to have sex is a very good thing. Seriously. If you're a man who wants to be with a woman who doesn't want to have sex, there's something seriously wrong with you. Sex with a woman who's not into it is not fun. You'll have more fun in solo stimulation than with a disinterested woman. Disinterested man, too, I suppose, if you're a man who likes men. That one's not my area of expertise.

But Rush's alleged objection is that taxpayers, employers, insurers or someone other than the woman who wants to have sex are being asked to pay for the contraception that will keep her from getting pregnant when she doesn't want to be pregnant.

Rush is far behind in the bandwagon against the promotion of irresponsible sex at the expense of taxpayers, employers or insurers, though. Vasectomies are covered by insurance. Viagra and other ED treatments are covered by insurance. The difference, of course, is that these are for men. So, the conclusion is that it's ok, in Rush's world, for men to want to have sex, and to do so without running the risk of unwanted pregnancy, but not for women.

Ah, well. I shouldn't expect much of a guy who thinks the Lord's Resistance Army is a good thing for central Africa and that it's a terrible thing that the US government is trying to stop their depredations. If there's even a hint of Christians, no matter how homicidal, fighting Muslims, the Christians must be in the right. Nice bit of logic, that. Maybe reading The Unknown Soldier by Joshua Dysart would help him with a primer on the situation.