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I can understand why this is. A lot of people listen to Rush. Few if any listen to a liberal.
http://godfatherpolitics.com/4060/robert-kennedy-calls-senator-prostitute-and-call-girl/
In a Twitter post, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tweeted the following:
Speaking of Prostitutes, big oil’s top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers.
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You do know it was a metaphor right?
I am not trying to defend the statements, they are stupid. I am just making sure you understand the difference between using a bad metaphor for calling someone a sell out and literally attacking a woman as a slut and a whore because she was going to testify about her friend who lost her ovaries.
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There are all sorts of current examples of well-known libs going waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over the misogynistic line. Nobody in the media cares about them though. Neither do other libs.
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how is calling a (male) senator a prostitute for selling out to the oil industry misogynistic? sobaki would take issue with the idea that only women can be prostitutes.
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Did RFKJr say he wants to watch the sex tape?
Fist, you're flailing hard.
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It sounds like RFK was spot on! 
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The RFK quote is pretty mild.
Bill Maher, on the other hand, said many things worse than what Rush did and there was no outcry from the media remotely similar to that unleashed on Rush.
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That's because Maher is a liberal and the media is completely, totally corrupt.
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Sansfear posted:
The RFK quote is pretty mild.
Bill Maher, on the other hand, said many things worse than what Rush did and there was no outcry from the media remotely similar to that unleashed on Rush.
Like what?
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Another example of ignoring the liberal while whining about the Conservative.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=50059
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Your article doesn't even make sense, Fist. We should be outraged by someone we've never even heard of who used to be on [i][Air America?/i] Even your columnist says no one ever listened to her.
Rush wasn't being satirical either. Does the guy even know what the word means? Do you even know what a double standard is? It isn't, "don't be upset with my hero if you're not going to be upset with everyone in the world who says something offensive on the topic."
But if it helps you sleep at night: no, i don't think Republican women deserve not to have ovaries. I condemn idiocy, provocative divisive language, and offensive polarization on both sides. Nice try though, it still didn't get a leading Republican voice out of calling a woman a slut and a prostitute for wanting to testify in front of Congress. But apologize away.
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Rush made a totally uncalled for personal attack on her. It was very mean. He must be on drugs again.
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
Sansfear posted:
The RFK quote is pretty mild.
Bill Maher, on the other hand, said many things worse than what Rush did and there was no outcry from the media remotely similar to that unleashed on Rush.
Like what?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGE3G5kfzps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2OUJ8ZUTiI
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/02/18/bill-maher-makes-joke-about-rick-santorums-wife-using-sex-toy
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__Bonk__ posted:
Rush made a totally uncalled for personal attack on her. It was very mean. He must be on drugs again.
Yes, because saying someone is on drugs is not an "uncalled for personal attack."
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Altra_Shadowstalker posted:
Did RFKJr say he wants to watch the sex tape?
Fist, you're flailing hard.
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Sansfear posted:
Sin_of_Onin posted:
Like what?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGE3G5kfzps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2OUJ8ZUTiI
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/02/18/bill-maher-makes-joke-about-rick-santorums-wife-using-sex-toy
I only watched the first one but it is not even close to being worse than what Rush said. Do you RWNs just not get how far Rush went over the line on this one? Maher goes over the line too and pushes it. I have no problem with outrage pointed in his direction but calling Palin a dumb twat is not even remotely comparable to what Rush said about Fluke.
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Conservatives love to play the victim by perpetuating the myth that Maher didn't get called out for what he said either.
In fact, it was all over the news and that shining beacon of Fair and Unbalanced devoted not 1, but 3 "news" shows entirely to the issue and attacking Maher for his statement. It dragged on over in Foxland for days. Even CNN had one of their talking head shows devote time to it.
There is no double standard, but wear your victim badges proudly if you want.
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