# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/441 "2012-03-08T03:32:57Z")
> [@C3](#): > > [Father Coughlin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin) is probably a contender. I suspect Walter Winchell was a more powerful person in his day. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/442 "2012-03-08T14:12:45Z")
FDR, anyone? Fireside chats? ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/443 "2012-03-08T16:16:50Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I am a recovering Catholic and, ironically, I managed to get here with just one kid by following the Catholic approved method (I have used condoms for STD prevention, but very rarely since I was not as promiscuous as I wish I had been before I got married). Hi **Mighty Girl** , can you tell me where condoms are in the Catholic approved method? It was my understanding that they were not approved for use. If you had not used condoms for STD prevention do you think you might have ended up with more than one kid? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/444 "2012-03-08T17:13:47Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > The lesson is that single women should not try to enter the public discourse on the issue of women’s health. If they do, people like Rush will call them sluts and then people like Bricker will engage in dismissive wordplay. > > The result is the same: shut up slut. I don’t think that **Bricker** was trying to be dismissive about anything. I think his point was to agree that Rush is a flaming idiot. > [@LavenderBlue](#): > > So it’s okay for men for to control their own reproductive organs but hell on any woman who dares do the same. No, men shouldn’t control their reproductive organs, they’re supposed to let them run free. They’re men, after all. 😉 > [@Enginerd](#): > > Geez, they’re as bad at [anatomy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus) as they are at logic! 😛 :smack: (I was in a hurry! Yeah, that’s it.) > [@Sampiro](#): > > I doubt I’ve pitted him for not apologizing to Palin, but I never demanded Rush apologize; I always assumed any apology he gave would be worthless as the man is a total sociopath. Scott Adams’ column today discusses the point of the demand for an apology has nothing to do with changing Rush’s beliefs or making him feel sorry, it’s all about being a power play. The public apology is an act of submission. Rush tried to dismiss women by insulting them through Fluke, and the response was to make him back down and show submission. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/445 "2012-03-08T19:28:53Z")
[Rush Limbaugh Closes First Hour With Dead Air](http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203080008) 😃 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/446 "2012-03-08T19:39:11Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I realize this was pages and days ago, but look more closely. **At $50/month, that is $1800 a year**. The actual statement in Fluke’s testimony was that it was $3000 for **3 years** , or $1000 a year. As you can see, your calculated number of $1800/year is _more_ than her number of $1000/ year. 80% more. Her numbers are clearly in the range you just calculated. So you’ve just proven her accurate. (Bolding mine.) Just how many months do you think there are in a year? **Hyperelastic** ’s figures were already for the cost over three years. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/447 "2012-03-08T19:53:50Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Rush Limbaugh Closes First Hour With Dead Air](http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203080008) > > 😃 😛 😃 Dead air, dead air - deadair! deadair! deadair! (with apologies to the Pink Panther) ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/448 "2012-03-08T20:26:40Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Rush Limbaugh Closes First Hour With Dead Air](http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203080008) > > 😃 😛 😃 I took one for the team and listened to his show today. Here were his ads for the time I listened: An ad for Newt Gingrich An ad for the radio station, 740 am An ad for 740 am news Southern Front doors- local company 740 am -show- An ad for Newt Gingrich Another ad for Newt Gingrich An ad for Rail Road commissioner- Barry Smitherman- local issue (Plus, he’s “a true conservative!”) An ad for a UT MD Anderson stop smoking study- local Bayou City firearms- local an ad for 740 am -show- Lear Capital (gold?) The Galveston Home and Garden show- local IQ Autobuyers- local company Ameristar Roofing- local UT MD Anderson stop smoking study- local That’s some pretty small potatoes… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/449 "2012-03-08T20:44:14Z")
[Now there’s an interesting lawsuit coming out of this](http://www.necn.com/03/08/12/Humana-sues-ad-company-says-Limbaugh-spo/landing_health.html?&apID=240fa08074064ba2b3ca5b0939d7afaf), filed by a very big name in health care – Humana. Humana owns a company called Concentra Health Services. Another company, Preval, is marketing a memory aid pill called – Concentra. The two companies were already in dispute over this, and Preval had allegedly agreed to change the name after the first production run had sold out. But in the meantime Preval had taken other steps which belied this promise, and possibly worst of all, started advertising their pill on Rush’s show. And Humana started getting complaints about supporting Rush and his obnoxious program. So they’ve now file suit, claiming among other things that the ad running on Rush’s program is damaging its reputation. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/450 "2012-03-08T20:45:21Z")
> [@justrob](#): > > Hi **Mighty Girl** , can you tell me where condoms are in the Catholic approved method? It was my understanding that they were not approved for use. If you had not used condoms for STD prevention do you think you might have ended up with more than one kid? Well I am an atheist now, so what the RCC thinks of my sexual life does not really concern me at all. The RCC is against condoms as a general rules (I think there is an exception but I am not sure of the exact wording and don’t care). I understand that I am already in TMI territory, but since I already told you about my spectacularly abundant periods (think park fountain)… I used condoms at the beginning of my relationships when I had no idea about the STD status of my partners, but I have beenlong-term relationships before I got married, serial monogamy if you will. For birth control I strictly used natural methods. I should not be using pills due to other health issues, but in deciding which is the lesser evil I went with the pill now. FTR, my mom, a very strict Catholic always used the pill, and that was when they were made of horse pee. Nobody cares what the RCC thinks. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/451 "2012-03-08T20:46:14Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Now there’s an interesting lawsuit coming out of this](http://www.necn.com/03/08/12/Humana-sues-ad-company-says-Limbaugh-spo/landing_health.html?&apID=240fa08074064ba2b3ca5b0939d7afaf), filed by a very big name in health care – Humana. > > Humana owns a company called Concentra Health Services. Another company, Preval, is marketing a memory aid pill called – Concentra. The two companies were already in dispute over this, and Preval had allegedly agreed to change the name after the first production run had sold out. > > But in the meantime Preval had taken other steps which belied this promise, and possibly worst of all, started advertising their pill on Rush’s show. And Humana started getting complaints about supporting Rush and his obnoxious program. So they’ve now file suit, claiming among other things that the ad running on Rush’s program is damaging its reputation. Hmmm. Rush Limbaugh caught in the middle of a Big Pharma legal sharkfest. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/452 "2012-03-08T20:50:46Z")
I find it funny that a company selling memory aid pills advertise on Rush’s show. Teehee! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/453 "2012-03-08T20:51:30Z")
This is all so one sided, somebody should stick up for Rush. Really, somebody should. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/454 "2012-03-08T21:01:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > This is all so one sided, somebody should stick up for Rush. Really, somebody should. Someone light up the Scylla signal! ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/455 "2012-03-08T21:01:33Z")
With the disclaimer that my politics are usually left of lunatic fringe, I found the following article on male liberal commentators misogyny interesting. > **[Rush Limbaugh Isn’t the Only Media Misogynist](https://www.thedailybeast.com/rush-limbaugh-isnt-the-only-media-misogynist)** > > Kirsten Powers says plenty of liberal men need to follow Rush Limbaugh and apologize to women. Admittedly, the author is a Fox News political analyst but if her quotes are accurate, I’m reminded of the shit I used to hear back from the guys on ‘my’ side back in the dark ages (circa 1972) and very disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/456 "2012-03-08T21:18:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > This is all so one sided, somebody should stick up for Rush. Really, somebody should. He likes Elton John. Therefore he is a misunderstood and unfairly maligned person. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/457 "2012-03-08T21:24:49Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I find it funny that a company selling memory aid pills advertise on Rush’s show. > > Teehee! Heehee. They couldn’t find an audience that needs more than Rush’s does. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/458 "2012-03-08T21:25:52Z")
> [@andros](#): > > He likes Elton John. Therefore he is a misunderstood and unfairly maligned person. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Really? Has he heard that Elton is gay? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/459 "2012-03-08T21:39:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Really? Has he heard that Elton is gay? Yup. And doesn’t care! See how awesome El Rushbo is? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/460 "2012-03-08T22:33:46Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Yup. And doesn’t care! See how awesome El Rushbo is? Yes. Yes I do. This changes everything! I’m gonna have to rethink my position on contraception. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593.md?page=24)