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PostPosted: 12/02/12 9:08 am • # 1 
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The big-mouthed, ignorant, bigoted buffoon should take his millions and sink back into the swamp ~ :angry ~ Sooz

Rush Limbaugh Demands to be Named Time Person of the Year Because He Made Sandra Fluke Famous
By: Jason Easley November 30th, 2012

After Sandra Fluke made Time’s short list for Person of the Year, Rush Limbaugh demanded that he be named person of the year, because he made Fluke famous.

Here is the audio from Media Matters: [Sooz comment: audio clip accessible via the end link]

Transcript from Rush Limbaugh:

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LIMBAUGH: The one thing that Obama is known for, this War on Women. If they want to claim a mandate, I guess they could on that, but giving away free contraception — Snerdley, have you heard this? TIME Magazine puts out their short list for Person of the Year. And among the people on it is Sandra Fluke. Now, not something I’m proud of here, folks. I must be blatantly honest. Nobody would know who she is if it weren’t for me. If anybody is gonna be named Person of the Year on that basis, it ought to be me. It’s not an honor that I would appreciate because it represents a little bit of a screw-up, but the fact of the matter is that she’s even on the list.

You go back and you look at some of the TIME Magazine people of the year from way back, I mean they were really substantive, serious people. You look at the short list, and what’s happened is that TIME Magazine and the rest of the media, the world now revolves around them and their potential people of the year all happen to be media types one way or the other. It is the most narcissistic bunch of people that you can run into, outside of Obama and his acolytes. Yeah, Jon Stewart’s on the short list, too. Oh, it’s the pop culture. It’s what I’m telling you. If there’s one area where we don’t exist, it’s there. It’s why I keep saying that our comeback is not just gonna be political; it’s gonna have to be cultural as well.

Rush Limbaugh wants to be rewarded for slandering Sandra Fluke repeatedly on his radio show. He is still at it to this day. The only difference now is that he uses subtler and shorter jabs. While Limbaugh is at it, maybe he would like credit for losing the 2012 presidential election for the Republican Party?

It can be argued that Mitt Romney had zero chance of winning with female voters after he refused to take a stand against Limbaugh’s remarks. Who can forget Romney’s weak-kneed not language I would have used answer? By attacking Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh confirmed existence of the War on Women. Before Akin and Mourdock, there was Rush Limbaugh attacking Sandra Fluke.

Getting on the Time shortlist had nothing to do with Limbaugh slanderous attacks, and everything to do with how Fluke has turned such a negative event into a platform for important issues.

Rush Limbaugh is a lot of things, but person of the year definitely isn’t one of them.

http://www.politicususa.com/rush-limbaugh-demands-named-time-person-year-making-sandra-fluke-famous.html


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PostPosted: 12/02/12 9:12 am • # 2 
He could be "Asshole of the Year" for Preparation H.


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PostPosted: 12/02/12 10:38 am • # 3 
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Far be it for me to claim that Rush is deliberately getting more extreme because he isn't making headlines all the time...but it sure seems that way.


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PostPosted: 12/02/12 11:30 am • # 4 
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Nobody would know who she is if it weren’t for me. If anybody is gonna be named Person of the Year on that basis, it ought to be me.

I think his point is that her fame didn't come about on her own accord; it came about due to Rush Limbaugh. So if the situation surrounding her should be rewarded, it shouldn't go to her (since she didn't really do much), but to the person who brought the situation to everyone's attention.


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PostPosted: 12/02/12 11:46 am • # 5 
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That IS his egotistical point, SciFi ~ his nasty, bullying, and misogynistic verbal attacks were HIS choice ~ Sandra Fluke publicly spoke to a very hot-button issue that was splashed all over all media ~ she was composed, poised, and well-spoken and this is what designated her as the "flash point" for contraception coverage ~ what Limbaugh DID accomplish all by himself was a quick and deep exodus of sponsors and listeners to his tripe ~

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PostPosted: 12/02/12 1:10 pm • # 6 
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Who's Sandra Fluke again?


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PostPosted: 12/02/12 6:19 pm • # 7 
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oskar576 wrote:
Who's Sandra Fluke again?


The right wing radio people, e.g. Limbaugh, Hannity, etc., took to pronouncing her name as "Fluck". They are disgusting.


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is there an award for miscreant of the year?


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PostPosted: 12/02/12 9:25 pm • # 9 
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macroscopic wrote:
is there an award for miscreant of the year?


That one gets handed from Beck to Hannity and then to Limbaugh. Then it starts all over again.


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PostPosted: 12/03/12 10:06 am • # 10 
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I'll nominate the Rush of Hot Wind as Slime Person of the Year.


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