Limbaugh: ‘I am the primary reason’ Mitt Romney lost

[_Kissy_]

 

Republican shock jock Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday that he accepts responsibility for Mitt Romney’s loss in the 2012 presidential election.

“Just as I predicted, ladies and gentlemen,” he said. “This election was lost because of your host, Rush Limbaugh. I am the primary reason.”

While that’s not exactly correct, Limbaugh was in fact the first big target of one of President Barack Obama’s principle reelection strategies: winning with women.

When he called Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” in March, prompting a personal rebuke by Obama, it ignited a rhetorical fuse that burned straight through election day.

It’s a long held addage in American politics that if you cannot win with women, you cannot win at all. And after high profile Republicans made a series of idiotic comments about rape, birth control, abortion and other issues of importance to women, Obama ultimately took 55 percent of the female vote versus Mitt Romney’s 44, even though Romney won among Caucasians and married women. As the Gallup polling firm explained, it was the largest gender gap in U.S. electoral history, and its beneficiary was primarily President Obama.

Of course, that’s not exactly how Rush sees it.

“There are others, but I’m the primary reason the Republican Party lost,” he added. “And I am, by the way, the primary reason the Republican Party will keep losing, until I am denounced by the Republican Party.”

The longtime radio talker explained that the GOP’s “ruling class” now believes their only shot at winning future presidential elections is to appeal to Latino voters as much as possible despite his wishes, which he claimed to be representative of what he called the “country class.”

“Do you really think that the democrat party will ever allow you Republicans to be seen as pro-Latino and pro-immigration?” Limbaugh asked. “If you do, you are incompetent and unqualified.” He added: “The media and the Democrats will always find a way to say that you are anti-immigrant.”

Of course, in order for the media or Democrats to accomplish that, all they’d have to do is play some of Limbaugh’s old clips.

The Obama campaign even previewed this strategy in 2008, cutting a Spanish-language ad tying Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to some of Limbaugh’s more extreme anti-immigrant quotes, like the time he called undocumented workers “stupid and unskilled.”

As the Republicans eye a drastic policy flip-flop from promoting “self deportation” to potentially backing a pathway to citizenship, the perception of Limbaugh as a liability is only likely to grow. That’s especially true given Obama’s overwhelming victory with Latinos, 72 percent of whom voted Democratic in the last presidential election.

This audio is from “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” broadcast Tuesday, November 13, 2012, as snipped by Mediaite.

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[mom2twinboyz]

Quoting timeforprogress:

Which is the same as govt because it will be under Obamacare.

[jaxTheMomm]

Aren't you just a little ray of moronic sunshine?

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Well Sandra Fluke is a cunt! I mean seriously how much screwing is she doing? Sorry this whole war on women thing is riduculous. That is his whole point is what the media is making it out to be. Yep that is it "oh my God there are going to be no more contraceptives!" Holy fing shit now we can't  screw all the guys we want! Nevermind there are things called drugstores and things called hospitals where you can still get your BC and your abortions. So women are ignorant for thinking that would have changed.

[Billiejeens]

Quoting Pema_Jampa:

 

State Abortion Laws Restrict Women's Access To Reproductive Health Care

Reuters  |  Posted: 07/18/2012 8:47 pm

* Abortion opponents say laws promote safety, better care

* Mississippi could be first state without abortion facility

* Nearly 40 laws passed this year, 60 in 2011

 

Me Likey!

[Friday]

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Well Sandra Fluke is a cunt! I mean seriously how much screwing is she doing? Sorry this whole war on women thing is riduculous. That is his whole point is what the media is making it out to be. Yep that is it "oh my God there are going to be no more contraceptives!" Holy fing shit now we can't  screw all the guys we want! Nevermind there are things called drugstores and things called hospitals where you can still get your BC and your abortions. So women are ignorant for thinking that would have changed.

Do you have any clue how the pill works? You take one a day no matter how much sex you have. And while there are generics and cheap scripts they don't all work for everyone so the $4 might work for you but someone else might need a different rx which may or may not have a generic and cost more.

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask health insurance that one pays for to cover needed medications, if it includes rx coverage. Especially in the case of Flukes friend, who she was actually talking about, who I believe used bc for a medical purpose, not preventing pregnancy.

So how is Fluke a slut and a cunt, exactly? Because she spoke up about something she believes in or because she wants the ins that she was paying for to cover a needed rx?

[Billiejeens]

She was a tool, a smiling useful idiot, that's all.

Quoting romalove:

It is hard for me to converse with someone who speaks as repugnantly as you do. You don't seem to understand who Ms. Fluke is, what she does, or that contraceptive expenses have little or nothing to do with number of sex partners.

You could use an education. And some soap in your mouth.

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

 

I am sorry I make no qualms about using that word when earned. Why should the govt pay for her contraceptives? Tell me ONE good reason I dare you. She is by all means a capable working woman with steady income, right? Go get a perscription for $4 at Wallmart like I said. Why is $4 a month a big deal?

Quoting romalove:

Your language is almost as foul as your thought process. I am sad for you.

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

 

yep what is your point? If she is really spending thousands on contraceptives (which are $4 at Wallmart) then she needs to use better judgement with how many men she is sleeping with. Sorry!

Quoting romalove:

You are a mother???

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Well Sandra Fluke is a cunt! I mean seriously how much screwing is she doing? Sorry this whole war on women thing is riduculous. That is his whole point is what the media is making it out to be. Yep that is it "oh my God there are going to be no more contraceptives!" Holy fing shit now we can't  screw all the guys we want! Nevermind there are things called drugstores and things called hospitals where you can still get your BC and your abortions. So women are ignorant for thinking that would have changed.

 

 

[mom2twinboyz]

Quoting Pema_Jampa:

She wants it covered under the affordable care act ( govt) again no one has answered. Why should the govt. or insurance companies have to pay for her contraceptives? Our premiums will go up to cover the costs of things like other peoples contraceptives. Why should we have to pay for it? Why can't she fund her own?

[Friday]

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Pipe down! It wasn't anything I called any of you so why so sensitive. Look people can do what they want with whom but why make the govt pay for it?

Quoting Pema_Jampa:

You do know she wasn't speaking about herself right? The c word is disgusting.

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

yep what is your point? If she is really spending thousands on contraceptives (which are $4 at Wallmart) then she needs to use better judgement with how many men she is sleeping with. Sorry!

Quoting romalove:

You are a mother???

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Well Sandra Fluke is a cunt! I mean seriously how much screwing is she doing? Sorry this whole war on women thing is riduculous. That is his whole point is what the media is making it out to be. Yep that is it "oh my God there are going to be no more contraceptives!" Holy fing shit now we can't  screw all the guys we want! Nevermind there are things called drugstores and things called hospitals where you can still get your BC and your abortions. So women are ignorant for thinking that would have changed.

When did Fluke ask the govt to pay for her bc? What I saw showed her wanting her health ins, that she pays premiums for, to cover a health need.

[Billiejeens]

She's a little bit milquetoast for my taste, but.....

Quoting jaxTheMomm:

Aren't you just a little ray of moronic sunshine?

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Well Sandra Fluke is a cunt! I mean seriously how much screwing is she doing? Sorry this whole war on women thing is riduculous. That is his whole point is what the media is making it out to be. Yep that is it "oh my God there are going to be no more contraceptives!" Holy fing shit now we can't  screw all the guys we want! Nevermind there are things called drugstores and things called hospitals where you can still get your BC and your abortions. So women are ignorant for thinking that would have changed.

 

[rccmom]

It is painfully obvious from your replies that you know little about her.

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

 

I know enough about her that she thinks the govt needs to pay for her contraceptives. Now sorry its none of my business what she does that is right but you didn't answer the question? Why does the govt. have to pay for her contraceptives?

Quoting romalove:

It is hard for me to converse with someone who speaks as repugnantly as you do. You don't seem to understand who Ms. Fluke is, what she does, or that contraceptive expenses have little or nothing to do with number of sex partners.

You could use an education. And some soap in your mouth.

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

 

I am sorry I make no qualms about using that word when earned. Why should the govt pay for her contraceptives? Tell me ONE good reason I dare you. She is by all means a capable working woman with steady income, right? Go get a perscription for $4 at Wallmart like I said. Why is $4 a month a big deal?

Quoting romalove:

Your language is almost as foul as your thought process. I am sad for you.

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

 

yep what is your point? If she is really spending thousands on contraceptives (which are $4 at Wallmart) then she needs to use better judgement with how many men she is sleeping with. Sorry!

Quoting romalove:

You are a mother???

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Well Sandra Fluke is a cunt! I mean seriously how much screwing is she doing? Sorry this whole war on women thing is riduculous. That is his whole point is what the media is making it out to be. Yep that is it "oh my God there are going to be no more contraceptives!" Holy fing shit now we can't  screw all the guys we want! Nevermind there are things called drugstores and things called hospitals where you can still get your BC and your abortions. So women are ignorant for thinking that would have changed.

 

 

 

[Friday]

Quoting mom2twinboyz:

Quoting Pema_Jampa:

She wants it covered under the affordable care act ( govt) again no one has answered. Why should the govt. or insurance companies have to pay for her contraceptives? Are premiums will go up to cover the costs of things like other peoples contraceptives. Why should we have to pay for it? Why can't she fund her own?

Why should someone paying premiums to an insurance co for coverage have to pay out of pocket for medically needed scripts?