Not very much - the only Republicans to clearly & decisively speak out against Rush Limbaugh's astonishing, 3-day long attack on Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, were Scott Brown & Carly Fiorino. From everyone else, we've heard uncomfortable silence, tepid words of discomfort, even flat-out fault shifting onto anyone else but Rush.
Having experienced this being played out since Wednesday's shocking broadcast, am left with the image of a bunch of testosterone-hyped social neanderthals who display a shocking lack of respect for women.
As for Rush, am gob-smacked with the acceptance of a shocking number of people & pundits who don't seem to realize that he:
- verbally abused a woman for facing down male authority figures bent on restraining her from voicing her personal belief in hormone-regulating drugs;
- his abuse continued over 3 days, despite pleas from others to stop;
- his mea culpa was issued - in print - only after his own well-being became vulnerable.
Rush Limbaugh's response - and that of a shocking number of enabling others - brings to mind the man who abuses his wife, apologizes only after she threatens to call the cops, then says, "What's your problem? I was big enough to apologize - that took a lot for me to do. Beating up others is how I show that I care. Accept what I'm offering & we can let everything go back the way it was."
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