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Grant ignited rage for his incendiary comments on race and paved the way for shock jocks and conservative talking heads like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.
Clean the Little Red Books out of your ears.
"When they start paying attention to the campaign later in the year, and Obama and the Democrats keep talking about Bain, Romney and Bain, that these people will think back to the Batman movie."
A 1994 article about Ann Romney was titled, "Daughter of Privilege Knows Little of Real World."
Rush Limbaugh, whose name is synonymous with circumspection and abiding empathy, has come to the defense of the man who shot and killed an unarmed teenager in Florida earlier this month.
Stewart ended the segment with the rousing, "Fox News: shut the fuck up about how victimized you and you alone are. Nobody cares."
In a case of trolls-trolling-trolls, celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred has called on Florida prosecutors to charge oxycontin aficionado Rush Limbaugh for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute."
Fluke said, "The statements he's made about me over the air are personal enough, so I'd rather not have a personal phone call with him."
After a week of slut shaming and bloviating, Limbaugh apologized yesterday. But it seems his rambling mea culpa wasn't good enough for most: more politicians criticized him today, and more advertisers have left his show.
After widespread criticism for his remarks, Limbaugh has doubled down on his blathering rhetoric—and he's lost multiple sponsors, Fluke is considering suing him, and even Republicans are sick of his nonsense. [UPDATE: Rush apologizes!]
President Obama called Fluke to lend his support in the wake of Limbaugh's inflammatory statements against her: "He encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of American women."
"What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who...essentially says she must be paid to have sex—what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute."