# I pit Rush Limbaugh for being an idiot about birth control **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593 "2012-03-02T22:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/1 "2012-03-02T22:29:48Z")
[Here](http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2012/03/rush_limbaugh_calls_woman_on_b.html) > [@](#): > > “Three thousand dollars for birth control in three years? That’s a thousand dollars a year of sex — and, she wants us to pay for it. … They’re admitting before congressional committee that they’re having so much sex they can’t afford the birth control pills!” Yes, he’s a misogynistic bastard, but what’s really idiotic, is that he thinks birth control pills cost more _if you’re having more sex._ Does he think women have to pop a pill before each screw? Has he ever even seen a birth control pill blister-pack? He’s been married four times, for god’s sake… and he has no children. Has he ever even seen his wives take the pill? Sheesh. What an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/2 "2012-03-02T22:39:26Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Yes, he’s a misogynistic bastard, but what’s really idiotic, is that he thinks birth control pills cost more _if you’re having more sex._ He doesn’t think this. But his _listeners_ do. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/3 "2012-03-02T22:52:54Z")
Frankly I think you skipped the best part: > [@Rush Limbaugh](#): > > What does it say about the college co-ed Sandra Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex, what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She’s having so much sex she can’t afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. What does that make us? We’re the pimps. I suppose, if you were of a mind to contort yourself out of fairness to Rush Limbaugh of all people, you _could_ interpret that as “every month she has sex she has to buy birth control pills, and every time she has sex she has ensure condom use (possibly at her own expense), ergo the more she has sex the more she has to pay. If she can’t afford it then she’s having so much sex she can’t afford the contraception!” But that’s a dangerous road; I wouldn’t recommend it. Rush Limbaugh is … well, hopeless. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/4 "2012-03-02T23:04:31Z")
I think its a good idea you’ve got here. If you are going to discuss his faults, you should start with the least repulsive and gag-inducing. He is amazingly ill-informed. Yes, start small, because you won’t get halfway down the list before you’re begging for brain bleach. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/5 "2012-03-02T23:05:24Z")
Ah Rush. Spoken like a man who’s only ever gotten sex by paying. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/6 "2012-03-02T23:13:37Z")
Fuck him. Fuck his goat-felching parents for having him. Fuck Fox for employing him. Fuck anybody who listens to him. Fuck anybody who looks like him. And fuck his dog for staying with him. ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/7 "2012-03-02T23:18:44Z")
I was wondering how long this would take to show up here. Insurance companies being mandated to cover birth control = paying her to have sex? Rush, you make my brain hurt. I never realized he was anti-birth control, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/8 "2012-03-02T23:21:58Z")
And a dude who has his Viagra covered by insurance is a … ? ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/9 "2012-03-02T23:33:32Z")
[QUOTE=iiandyiiii] I pit Rush Limbaugh for being an idiot about birth control [/QUOTE] Really? Because I pit Rush Limbaugh’s \*\*\*mother \*\*\*for being an idiot about birth control. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/10 "2012-03-02T23:33:55Z")
> [@](#): > > “Without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school,” Fluke told the hearing. The $3000 figure was from Fluke. I was wondering about the breakdown of that. That works out to $1000/yr or about $2.70/day, which seems like a lot. Is that realistic? It seems really high to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/11 "2012-03-02T23:36:43Z")
Well, that’s less than 70 cents per roll in the hay, which seems pretty cheap to me. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/12 "2012-03-02T23:50:19Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > The $3000 figure was from Fluke. I was wondering about the breakdown of that. That works out to $1000/yr or about $2.70/day, which seems like a lot. Is that realistic? It seems really high to me. It depends on whether or not you’re insured (which was, as I recally, the _whole frigging point of her appearance_) and we’ve gone around with this one lately. [More details here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=642233). Think about what people pay for other prescription drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/13 "2012-03-03T00:01:45Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > The $3000 figure was from Fluke. I was wondering about the breakdown of that. That works out to $1000/yr or about $2.70/day, which seems like a lot. Is that realistic? It seems really high to me. They cost about one tenth of that figure, because they’re already heavily subsidized by the government through Planned Parenthood. And if you’re poor, they’re covered by Medicaid. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/14 "2012-03-03T00:02:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Fuck him. Fuck his goat-felching parents for having him. Fuck Fox for employing him. Fuck anybody who listens to him. Fuck anybody who looks like him. And fuck his dog for staying with him. I really don’t think anyone should be fucking Rush Limbaugh. Not literally anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/15 "2012-03-03T00:20:01Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > They cost about one tenth of that figure, because they’re already heavily subsidized by the government through Planned Parenthood. And if you’re poor, they’re covered by Medicaid. Got some evidence for that? My daughter’s pills are $30 per month with insurance, which is about a dollar per day, which is, well… considerably more than 1/10 of the stated $2.70. Also, not everyone lives near a Planned Parenthood. Even in the greater Boston area where they ARE common, it’s at least a two-subway-line ride for me. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/16 "2012-03-03T00:30:21Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Got some evidence for that? My daughter’s pills are $30 per month with insurance, which is about a dollar per day, which is, well… considerably more than 1/10 of the stated $2.70. Would it surprise you to learn that all prescriptions cost more without insurance? That is what she was comparing, the cost without insurance. Insurance companies get huge discounts on pharmaceuticals. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/17 "2012-03-03T00:31:32Z")
Right. That’s why I’m questioning Hyperelastic’s assertion. If the pills were $30 WITH insurance, they’d obviously be more without it. And even with insurance, it still cost more than Hyper said. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/18 "2012-03-03T00:32:28Z")
No longer a supporter of Rush, I do have to interject that one of his mottos and MO is ‘demonstrating absurdity with absurdity’ His point is people should pay their own way (My aside: appears like a nice system when you are a multi-millionaire), instead of taking tax money. This is just a absurde counter example (woman being hores) to what he sees as absurde (His money taken and given to other people who are unable/unwilling to pay for it themselves). So really nothing to see here, move along. After all if you get riled up, Rush has won the argument. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/19 "2012-03-03T00:33:00Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Right. That’s why I’m questioning Hyperelastic’s assertion. If the pills were $30 WITH insurance, they’d obviously be more without it. OK, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/20 "2012-03-03T00:35:19Z")
What I love is the next day instead of apologizing he said the following: > [@](#): > > “A Georgetown coed told Nancy Pelosi’s hearing that the women in her law school program are having so much sex they’re going broke, so you and I should have to pay for their birth control. So what would you call that? I called it what it is,” he said. “So, I’m offering a compromise today: I will buy all of the women at Georgetown University as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want.” Personally, I think that this is an excellent idea. I think that whenever a Republican male wants to have sex and the woman is not intending to conceive, she should put an aspirin between her knees instead of having sex. I support Mr. Limbaugh’s wife doing the same. How long do you think the men of this country would hold out if the choice were abstinence except for actual conception or paying for birth control for women and actually having sex? In fact, I would wager that if the choice were between only sex with condoms or for procreation, even within a committed relationship and paying for birth control, most men would opt to pay for birth control. How about it Mr. Limbaugh? Are you willing to put your money where your mouth is and forsake all nonprocreative sex? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593.md?page=2)