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Bill O’Reilly Sides With Limbaugh In His War On Sandra Fluke

Posted by Ellen -7842.60pc on March 03, 2012 · Flag

As much of the country recoils in revulsion from Rush Limbaugh’s shockingly misogynistic attacks on Sandra Fluke, the young Georgetown Law student who testified before Congress about the need for women to have access to contraception, Fox News is siding with Limbaugh. Our Priscilla previously reported on Fox's Todd Starnes’ vile tweets in support of Limbaugh. Exhibit Number Two: Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly didn’t directly address Limbaugh’s hideous rhetoric (though you know that no such reticence would have occurred had he been a liberal attacking a conservative). Instead, O’Reilly regurgitated Limbaugh’s arguments using slightly milder language. Rather than calling Fluke a "slut" outright - as Limbaugh did - O'Reilly merely implied it.

"Do you want to pay for other peoples’ activities?" O'Reilly asked condemningly - as though only certain people have sex.

He continued,

"…Sandra Fluke believes that all of us should pay for her sexual activities… I’m asking this with all due respect, I am. You want me to give you my hard-earned money so you can have sex? Is that what you’re asking for? Good grief."

Actually, I see it as paying for contraception, not sex, and it’s not O’Reilly being asked to pay, but insurance companies. But putting that aside, I don’t see why O'Reilly's view of contraception coverage is any different from insurance companies paying for smoking-related diseases, accident injuries or obesity-caused conditions. Will multimillionaire O’Reilly be railing against medical coverage for those next?

“What about the concerns of Americans, in general, now forced to buy health insurance who don’t want to pay extra for Sandra Fluke’s social decisions? …To (Fluke and her supporters), sex is a potential health crisis so American taxpayers should now be responsible for what goes on in everybody’s bedroom. I don’t think I can make it any more vivid. This is a freedom issue. My freedom as an American is being encroached upon. The Obama administration is trying to force me and you to pick up the tab for what people do in their private time.

…Now the progressive colossus is demanding payment for Sandra Fluke so that she can go through Georgetown Law School with an active, healthy social life."

O’Reilly also compared contraception coverage to providing drugs to addicts.

The subtext of O’Reilly’s argument is that contraception coverage is somehow a “price” that he is being asked to pay for women’s bad behavior. But sexual activity is not like doing drugs. It’s a normal part of nearly everyone’s behavior. O’Reilly didn’t even consider the possibility that many Georgetown Law School students – like women everywhere – might be married.

But, OK, O’Reilly doesn’t think contraception should be covered. We’ll even stipulate that maybe he has a valid argument. But that is no excuse to vilify Fluke. This is not about her sex life or his paying for it. It’s about contraception for women and whether there should be mandatory coverage for it in health insurance. It’s hard to believe O’Reilly doesn’t get that and that he didn’t make a calculated decision – just like Limbaugh did – to denigrate Fluke. For the sake of - pardon the pun - sexing up his own argument.

I’m sorry, Bill. You may have been a bit less incendiary than Rush but you came out looking like the same kind of prick. 

 


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Thx4 Fish commented 2012-03-04 11:25:27 -0500 · Flag
When Freud was theorizing that sexual repression was at the root of many psychosis he must have had right wing types as patients. These people are obssessed with sex, but they can only perceive of it as deviant or wrong when other people do it. Bill seems overly concerned that someone is having sex and he’s not getting any.
truman commented 2012-03-03 10:59:55 -0500 · Flag
OxyRush Limpballs has frequently trashed Bildo in the past, including calling him the Ted Baxter of Fux Noise. Some say that Bildo was ordered to defend OxyRush by Jabba T. Ailes.
Kent Brockman commented 2012-03-03 09:38:58 -0500 · Flag
Fux Nuze Sez

Women Don’t Count! We Abuse Them!
Headly Westerfield commented 2012-03-03 07:45:27 -0500 · Flag
As has been reported all over (find your own links, I’m busy) there are many products for men that are paid for by insurance companies and are used for “sex only,” unlike oral contraceptives which also have medical uses. These include Viagra and penis pumps. We know Rush has the former. I suspect he also needs the latter. Nice to see that Bill’O, who only needs a falafel and running water, agrees with him.

With all my love,
Aunty Em
Janet Tuhey commented 2012-03-03 02:00:04 -0500 · Flag
None of us, Bildo included, are being asked to pay for anyone’s sex. The insurance companies do that. Also, one point of Ms. Fluke’s testimony concerned her friend who lost an ovary due to PCOS, which possibly could have been prevented by birth control pills (along with other medical issues such as diabetes).
NewsHounds posted about Bill O’Reilly Sides With Limbaugh In His War On Sandra Fluke on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2012-03-03 01:28:53 -0500
Sorry, Bill. Even without the incendiary language, you came out looking like the same kind of prick.








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