Showing posts with label Sandra Fluke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sandra Fluke. Show all posts

Saturday, March 03, 2012

Romney on Rush: it's the thought that counts?

Asked to comment on Rush Limbaugh's slut-slur of law student Sandra Fluke after she testified about her classmates' need for contraceptive coverage, Mitt Romney took a prudish swat:
“I'll just say this which is it’s not the language I would have used," Romney said. "I’m focusing on the issues I think are significant in the country today and that’s why I’m here talking about jobs and Ohio.”

My immediate reaction on reading this was to wonder: is there some underlying idea in Limbaugh's bilge that Romney approves of? That women who want their health care coverage to pay for birth control are prostitutes, perhaps?

Kevin Drum has cleared up the point for me: