Once the king of talk radio Rush Limbaugh now finds fewer and fewer radio stations willing to host his hateful rants.

Is ANYBODY listening anymore?

Courtesy of Media Matters: 

The good news for Rush Limbaugh: One month after being notified he was getting dumped by his Boston talk radio host station, the talker has a new AM home in the city. 

The bad news: The station currently boasts a 0.6 rating, trails four non-commercial stations in the market, and becomes yet another big-city, cellar-dwelling outpost that Limbaugh is forced to call home. 

The station, WKOX, is the type of "bottom-rung" affiliate that Limbaugh was rarely associated with during his halcyon days as the king of talk radio. But those days seem to be dwindling as the Boston fall from grace has previously played out for Limbaugh in places like Los Angeles and Indianapolis. In each instance, Limbaugh exited a prosperous, longtime radio home and was forced to settle for an also-ran outlet with miniscule ratings. 

Limbaugh's ongoing major market woes can be traced to his 2012 on-air meltdown over Sandra Fluke, where he castigated and insulted the graduate student for three days on his program, calling her a "slut" and suggesting she post videos of herself having sex on the Internet. (Fluke's sin in the eyes of Limbaugh was testifying before Congress in favor of contraception mandates for health care insurance.) 

The astonishing Limbaugh monologues sparked an unprecedented advertiser exodus, which means selling his show has become a major lift for the affiliate stations that pay a hefty fee for the right to carry his program. The Wall Street Journal has reported on the millions of dollars in advertising revenue that Limbaugh's host stations lose because of the talker's stigma on Madison Avenue. 

The still-unfolding repercussions? Some key stations want out of their Limbaugh deals. And when those deals are up, nobody else is stepping forward to ink new contracts with Rush.

You know I remember when it seemed that Limbaugh was omnipresent in the news each day.

Hell even the President called him out as partly responsible for Washington gridlock.

So to see how far he has fallen, and to realize how muhc farther he is about to fall, is incredibly satisfying.

As far as I'm concerned the faster he is off the air, the better it is for the country.

Oh and he can take Mark Levin, Michael Savage, and Glenn Beck with him.

Sandra Fluke officially registers to run for the recently vacated California seat in Congress. You know this might just kill Rush Limbaugh. Update!

Courtesy of Raw Story:

 Reproductive health care advocate Sandra Fluke has filed papers to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in California. According to the Washington Post, the former Georgetown University student is running in the Democratic primary to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). 

A spokesperson for the California Democratic Party confirmed to the Post that Fluke has filed paperwork to run in the primary for California’s 33rd District. Other candidates for the seat include former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel (D) and state Sen. Ted Lieu (D).

Let's see we have Wendy Davis running for Governor of Texas,  Alison Lundergan Grimes running for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat in Kentucky, Hillary running for President in 2016, and now Sandra Fluke running in California.

Has there ever been a worst time in this country for misogynist white males?

I think not.

Update: As many of you have pointed out Fluke  has decided to run for the state senate instead: 

Democratic attorney and activist Sandra Fluke has decided against running for retiring Rep. Henry A. Waxman’s congressional seat, instead planning a bid for the state Senate. 

"I am extremely moved by the outpouring of local and national support I have received since I announced that I was considering running for office. My entire career has been devoted to the public interest, whether representing victims of human trafficking or advocating for working families,” Fluke said late Tuesday night. “I am committed to continuing that fight in Sacramento, working to protect our environment, ensure our access to health care, and create the jobs that are desperately needed. While I strongly considered offering my candidacy for Congress, I feel there is a better way for me to advance the causes that are important to our community.”

Okay well it would have been more entertaining to watch the Right Wing flip out about her going to Congress. but this is good too.

Sandra Fluke considers running for Henry Waxman's seat in Congress. Right Wing heads to explode in 3..2..1

Courtesy of Time Swampland:  

Hours after Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) announced on Thursday that he was retiring after four decades on the Hill, Sandra Fluke announced that she is “strongly considering” a run for his seat. 

Fluke, 32, made headlines in 2012 when she was denied the opportunity to testify in Congress on Obamacare’s contraception requirements while she was a law student at Georgetown University. Her story gained instant fame when conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut” and a “prostitute.” Since then, she has become an advocate for women’s health issues and was invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention in 2012. 

“I’m flattered that I’m being discussed as a potential candidate, especially for Rep. Waxman’s seat, considering his incredible legacy,” Fluke said in a statement emailed to TIME. ” A number of folks I respect very deeply have reached out today and encouraged me to run. I am strongly considering running. I’ll be making my decision soon.” 

This is going to drive the Right Wing right over the edge is Fluke runs.

They already consider her a concubine of Satan, so if she gets elected they will surely see it as a sign of the Apocalypse. 

You know right along with Obamacare, the legalization of gay marriage, and low ratings for Duck Dynasty.

Good news for civil discourse in this country as Rush Limbaugh is currently losing about ten advertisers a day.

Hey has anybody seen my advertisers?

Courtesy of the Daily Kos:

In one month, over 300 more sponsors have pulled ads, now totaling over 2,500. (This does not count the 800 or so who have 'left quietly') Limbaugh now averages a loss of 10 sponsors per day. To make up for these sponsorship losses, it is known he has been subsidized by outside sources including FreedomWorks (backed by the Tea Party). And I'm betting he is having to subsidize himself, to stay on the air.

You know occasionally I hear a bit of Limbaugh's show and I have been struck by the fact that it seems there are always just the same advertisements repeated over and over, and that it seems all of them have something to do with internet security, home security, or some company selling blinds.

I knew he had been hemorrhaging advertisers but even I did not know it was so many. That is awesome news!

If you want to help you can sign a petition to do so here.

First Rush Limbaugh, and next Fox News.

An Ode to Mitt Romney. Not to be missed.

Okay this is amazing, courtesy of The New Civil Rights Movement:

You pursued a cutthroat game plan, 

In your brutal Primary fight. 

Wherever your opponent stood, 

You scurried to his right. 

You thought you’d shake the Etch- a-Sketch, 

And start again anew. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you. 

When a soldier in Afghanistan, 

Asked if you had your say, 

Would you reinstate Don’t Ask Don’t Tell? 

And told you he was gay. 

You stood there without speaking, 

When the crowd began to boo. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you. 

You didn’t speak when Sandra Fluke, 

Was called a “slut” by Rush. 

You were silent when your party, 

Tried to take our votes from us. 

You said nothing when Todd Akin, 

Claimed that not all rapes are true. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you. 

When asked if you would sign, 

A woman’s Right to Choose away, 

You’d answer women only cared, 

How much was in their pay. 

You made Ann your link to women, 

When she never had a clue. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you. 

You embarrassed us in Europe, 

Wherever you would go. 

Ann’s horse made the Olympics, 

But you didn’t even show. 

You’d have let Michigan go bankrupt, 

From Detroit to Kalamazoo. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you. 

You thought, like you, that everyone, 

Loved nothing more than money. 

And shaving off a classmates hair, 

Was your idea of funny.

You like your women bound in binders, 

Unless they’re pregnant in a shoe. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you. 

You gave millions to the Mormons, 

To Fund Proposition Eight. 

You may have called that charity, 

Gay couples call it “hate”. 

You threatened to kill Big Bird, 

And you’re married to a shrew. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you. 

There are forty-seven percent of us, 

For whom you had no care. 

You claimed it wasn’t our concern, 

If you were taxed your share. 

In your heart, you didn’t love us, 

And we didn’t love you too. 

And that’s why we’re not inaugurating you.

by JEAN ANN ESSELINK 

Wow! That is not only well written, it is absolutely true!

Rush Limbaugh's giant head to explode in 3..2..1

Courtesy of Denver Post:  

In case you needed further proof of the importance of the women’s vote in Colorado this election – and that the Obama campaign is following the 2010 roadmap of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet – word comes that Sandra Fluke will introduce President Obama at his Denver campaign stop. 

Fluke is the Georgetown Law Student who testified before Congress earlier this year in favor of insurance coverage of contraception, and gained national attention when conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut” and a “prostitute.” (Limbaugh later apologized). 

Obama is scheduled to speak at the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver Wednesday morning. While his talk – and other stops in Grand Junction, Pueblo and Colorado Springs – will be focused on his plans for the economy, the Fluke appearance brings to the forefront another area in which the Obama campaign is trying to differentiate its candidate from Mitt Romney.

You know I have developed a rather perverse habit of tuning into Limbaugh while I am driving in my car.  I am not precisely sure why I do it, and I can really only take it for minutes at a time, but I do have to say that it never fails to give me an overwhelming sense of superiority.

After all this may be one of the most idiotic, misogynistic, hateful pieces of shit on the planet, and he has literally millions of listeners who apparently are too undereducated to figure out how to wipe their asses properly, unless Rush give them step by step instructions.

And THAT ladies and gentlemen is who represents the base for the other side.

Sadly for all of us, they are just smart enough to figure out how to get to the polls and vote.

P.S. By the way if you think I am being TOO harsh I invite you to spend a few minutes listening to Rush's radio show.

Trust me, it will only take that long before you are convinced that I was being much too kind to the morons who actually tune in on a daily basis. Much too kind.

Angry man even MORE angry that the tweets he sent to insult Sandra Fluke will not disappear off of the internet machine. Update!

Apparently a man by the name of George Tierney, loves him some Rush Limbaugh and decided that he too would pile on and insult Sandra Fluke just like his hero.

As you can see he is a very articulate and intelligent representation of the male gender.

Charmed by Mr. Tierney's ability to frame his opinion so artfully, Sandra Fluke tweeted back. Which inspired our Twitter bard to respond in kind. Here is that exchange.

Now as it turns out Mr. Tierney believed his little playful back and forth was a private discussion between himself and Ms. Fluke. However such was not the case, and the exchange was posted over at Firedoglake.

This made Mr. Tierney quite cranky, and he sent the following message to the site:

Whoever runs this site needs to take my damn comments off of it. I did not give you permission, nor did you ask me for it. It shows up on Google and I will see a lawyer if this doesn't disappear. Ask me before posting bullshit about me. You fuckers had no right. Sincerely, George Tierney Jr 

Of course, as we all know, once information is posted on the internet it becomes share time for everybody, so the site refused to take it down.

This fact did not go over very well with Mr. Tierney.

You dont get to make the rules. I am the george tierney that made the comments to sandra fluke, not to you..take it off google. If it goes to a lawyer, it will be settled in court, with me getting paid.


Sincerely 

George Tierney Jr 

Actually Mr. Tierney is quite right that the people who run Firedoglake DON'T make the rules.

However neither does Mr. Tierney. So the lesson here kids is if you MUST say horrible things to women online just to be a dick, DON'T be surprised if the entire internet gets to see just how big of a dick you are as well.

Update: More from George Tierney, courtesy of Southern Comfort:

Oh yeah, THIS guy deserves all of the wonderful attention that he is currently receiving.

I hope he is enjoying his fifteen minutes of "fame."

The dastardly duo of Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity continue their assault on President Obama. Their choice of weapons? Bill Maher, David Letterman, and Bristol Palin's ghostwritten blog.

I have to say that I find it rather fascinating that in order to hold their "poor Sarah pity party" these Fox hosts first feel it necessary to show all of the jokes about how stupid she is. It almost makes me wonder if they are not getting their OWN shots in before they have to meet their contractual agreement to defend Klondike Kardashian.

In any event I think some of those jokes are still pretty damn funny, and I like the idea that they keep being shown to Fox viewers, because you just KNOW that some of them are laughing at her too.

And it only makes it MORE humorous that, since this interview, like so many before it, is solely focused on bitching about how Palin was "treated" by the comedians, that she starts off by saying that it doesn't bother her.  Obviously it's drives her fucking crazy, THAT is why this segment exists!

After that opening Hannity, essentially frothing at the mouth (Doesn't Santorum have "frothing" copyrighted?), discusses Michelle Obama's recent appearance on the Letterman Show in a pathetic attempt to smear her by bringing up a three year old joke.

Palin's response is to take hypocrisy on a steroid binge:

"Yeah see you have a choice as to whether you will participate in that environment of the Leno's, uh not necessarily Jay Leno, he's been relatively good, but the Letterman's, and the Bill Maher's, some of the ESPN sports network teams even that have been..really ruthless against unwed teenage mothers, and those with handicaps (The entire Palin family), and women, and Christians, and Conservatives. You have a choice as to whether you will perpetuate what it is they spew by being a participant or not, and I choose not to."

Really Sarah? YOU are not a participant when somebody says horrendous things about women? Is that your claim?

Courtesy of Politico:

“I think the definition of hypocrisy is for Rush Limbaugh to have been called out, forced to apologize and retract what it is that he said in exercising his First Amendment rights and never is that the same applied to the leftist radicals who say such horrible things about the handicapped, about women, about the defenseless,” Palin told CNN in an interview from Wasilla, Alaska. 

“So I think that’s the definition of hypocrisy, and that’s my two cents for you,” she added.

Essentially the entire reason that this attack on Bill Maher, and President Obama, has been launched using the Palin family as a cudgel, has been to provide a false equivalency smoke screen to protect Rush Limbaugh. Who is currently suffering greatly for attacking Sandra Fluke, and suggesting that she was a prostitute, a whore, and asking that she post tapes of herself having sex so that Limbaugh and others could watch them.

Palin apparently had NO trouble "being a participant" in that controversy. Did she?

Hannity quickly segues into discussing the post on Bristol Palin's Nancy French's new blog, as if Bristol had actually written it. And the Grizzled Mama does her part by pretending that she was not the person behind the site and is NOT using it in order to hide behind her children while continuing her attacks on the Left and President Obama.

But in her fervor to attack President Obama, Palin unabashedly lies about yet another three year old incident: 

"Kind of the point that Bristol was trying to make in calling out the President, and the hypocrisy there on the Left, is that our own President, mocking children and adults with special needs as he referred, mockingly, on late nigh talk show about um you know, acting goofy like those in the Special Olympics. You know that was kind of a hurtful thing for the heart of our country. And I don't think the President ever apologized for that for that. He's got very selective ways of showing compassion and feeling America's pain. Bristol was just kind of pointing out some of that, and I think it was very effective the way she did it."

Of course that entire statement about the President not apologizing after making the Special Olympics joke, which by the way was on the Jay Leno show, is ridiculous. In fact the President called the Chairman of the Special Olympic board BEFORE THE JOKE EVEN AIRED to apologize.

"He expressed his disappointment and he apologized, I think, in a way that was very moving," Tim Shriver, the chairman of the Special Olympics board, told "Good Morning America" today. 

"He expressed that he did not intend to humiliate this population, certainly didn't want to embarrass or give anybody any more reason for pain or just suffering, I would say," said Shriver, who received the call from Obama as the president was flying back to Washington. 

 "He was very sincere, expressed an interest and an openness in being more engaged in the movement, and said he was a fan of the movement and I think, importantly, he said he was ready to have some of our athletes over to the White House to bowl or play basketball or help him improve his score."

Nice try you lunatic, but this President has been very consistent in taking into consideration the needs of ALL Americans when he makes policy decisions, or speaks out on an issue, or inadvertently makes a gaffe.

And speaking of apologizing, when did YOU apologize for claiming the President "Palled around with domestic terrorists?" Or when you claimed that the Affordable Care Act contained "death panels?" And where was your apology to Gabrielle Giffords when your constant hate-filled rhetoric, as well as placing gunsights on her district, resulted in her being shot in the face?

Oh that's right, never!

Update: Here is that link to Palin's Facebook post featuring multiple pictures of Trig looking very cute and happy.  And, as has been noted by others, Sarah is not in ANY of the pictures.

Go figure.

Sarah Palin doubles down on using Bill Maher to embarrass President Obama.

The above is a tweet from Sarah Palin just a few hours ago.

The video she is referencing can be seen below.

Oh my God! She even dredged up that three year old "controversy" surrounding the David Letterman monologue! How LONG can this woman hold a grudge?

Obviously Palin is still pissed off that Obama did not call her and offer his condolences when the comedians were making fun of her (Which they will NEVER stop doing by the way.) and is now working overtime, with her rapidly decreasing minions, to embarrass him into giving back this money from Maher, which of course he has NEVER RECEIVED.

I don't think that Palin understands humor very well, which is surprising since she had NO trouble laughing along with Bob and Mark when they called Lyda Green, a recent cancer survivor, a "cancer."

By the way this video also fails to mention the huge number of Republicans and Conservatives that regularly appear on Real time, such as Darrell Issa, Michael Steele, S.E. Cupp (also a woman), Dana Loesch (Also a woman, AND a Teabagger!), and even the now deceased Andrew Breitbart himself, just to name a few.

How surprising that none of THEM are singled out for their hypocrisy.

Look I also find some of Maher's humor over the top, and there are certainly times when I have been put off by something he has said. Just like I have by some of my other favorite comedians like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Chris Rock, and Christopher Titus, just to name a few.

However I certainly would NOT insist that any SuperPAC, or candidate, return THEIR political donations just because I was offended at their jokes. Clearly THAT would be un-American of me.

What Rush Limbaugh did to Sandra Fluke was NOT comedy, he is NOT a comedian.  It was nothing short of a character assassination, for which he used a purposefully misstatement of the facts to  humiliate this woman for purely political purposes. And what Palin and other conservatives are trying to do here is to create a false equivalency in order to protect Limbaugh from suffering the backlash that he so richly deserves. And  which thankfully is proceeding quite nicely.

Uh oh Rush! Gloria Allred calls for investigation into possibility of prosecuting LImbaugh for his attacks on Sandra Fluke.

Personally I would think that even the very IDEA that Gloria Allred might represent Sandra Fluke in a lawsuit against Limbaugh, should cause his tiny pecker to shrivel up well beyond the ability of even Viagra to coax it out of its little hidey hole under all of that blubber.

Not that I think Limbaugh is feeling terribly manly these days anyhow, considering that his radio show has lost almost ALL of its advertisers and has been broadcasting dead air, in place of the usual ads. (Not that his audience is swift enough to pick up on the difference of course.)

And don't suppose that the Republicans will stop defending Limbaugh any time soon either, despite his loss of support among advertisers. After all THEY know who wears the leather mask in the relationship.

See? You don't need coffee to help you wake up this morning, now do you?

(Document courtesy of TPM.)

Simply unable resist controversy, Palin slams the President for calling Sandra Fluke to congratulate her for "publicly speaking about her birth control desires."

"Offering support to a woman who has been attacked by a rabid radio host is hurting the troops. No I DON'T have to explain that!"

From Palin's ghostwriter:

After watching the administration “tsk-tsking” the conditions our brave men and women in uniform fight through everyday and listening to the apologizing for our troops’ actions in war zones, I stand amazed and impressed at our military personnel's loyalty to the office of the Commander in Chief. I understand and am thankful for that loyalty. They deserve better. They watch the President’s complacency as the media seems to forget our fallen by choosing to give more ink and airtime to a phone call the President makes to praise a 30-year-old college student’s “courage” in publicly speaking about her birth control desires than they’ve given to any of our recent soldiers’ ultimate courage and sacrifice on battlefields far from home. Has he made as great an effort to personally encourage the families of the fallen? His priorities are skewed.

For a number of days now many of you have been wondering when Palin was going to  go after Limbaugh for his vicious attacks on this poor woman, like she has so many times in response to perceived attacks on her children, herself, and several conservative "friends."

Well now you know.

You see they are only really considered attacks when they are coming from the "lamestream" media for calling somebody a "nigger," or for saying that "Satan has his sights on America," or for being a serial philanderer.

But when you are a female private citizen who is being attacked in the most egregious manner possible, well then you are on your own as far as Palin is concerned.  And if the President of the United States reaches out to this person out of a sense of compassion for her ordeal, then all that demonstrates is a "lack of support" for our military. ( Seriously,WTF?)

You know it is one thing for Rush Limbaugh, a porcine neanderthal with no female offspring, to treat this 30 year old woman like a piece of shit on the bottom of his shoe, but Sarah Palin is the mother of THREE daughters.  For her to refuse to support this woman, and worse yet to attempt to shame our President for his show of compassion, makes her not only a giant hypocrite, but an embarrassment to her gender.

Update: I just thought I would post this picture of President Obama demonstrating his lack of support for the troops, which he cleverly disguised as honoring Iraq vets, on February 29 at the White House

Sandra Fluke's appearance on "The View" this morning. Update!

It also appears that Rush is still hemorrhaging advertisers, and there is a petition out to have him kicked off of Armed Forces Radio.

All in all it looks like this may have been one of Rush Limbaugh's more self destructive moments on the radio. And even though he did apologize today on the radio it has done little to minimize the anger that people across the country still feel regarding his hateful comments toward Sandra Fluke.

“I always tried to maintain a very high degree of integrity and independence on this program. Nevertheless, those two words were inappropriate, they were uncalled for, they distracted from the point that I was actually trying to make, and I again sincerely apologize to Miss Fluke for using those two words to describe her,” the conservative radio host said. “I do not think she is either of those two words.” 

Yeah that does not exactly convince me of his sincerity either.

Like I said before, "Fuck Rush Limbaugh!" He knew what he was doing and he knew there would be a backlash.

Perhaps he just felt he was too important to lose his job or worry about losing advertisers.  Hopefully he will soon learn that he made an arrogant miscalculation.

Update: The first radio station has dropped Rush's show.

Hopefully more are soon to follow.

Rush Limbaugh "apologizes." Much too little, much too late, in my opinion.

This from Limbaugh's website:

For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke. 

I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit?In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone's bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level. 

My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.

Fuck Rush!  For THREE days this son-of-a-bitch vilified this woman, called her a slut, suggested that her parents be disgusted with her sexual "behavior," and demonstrated the kind of pathological misogyny that was truly disgusting to behold.

No, Rush Limbaugh does NOT get a pass on this one. Obviously this sorry excuse for an "apology" is just a desperate attempt to salvage his career, and I personally I hope that instead it ends his career.