Contraceptives and Cheeseburgers

What many people don't seem to understand about Rush Limbaugh is the fact that the occasional everyone-hates-him-even-more-now controversy is just more publicity for him.  Getting more listeners, for whatever reason, is good for his career.


Recently, everyone has been jumping all over Rush for making statements about a college aged girl, who, in front of Congress, advocated the covering of contraceptives under university health care.  Rush asserted that this equates to having her university pay for her to have lots of sex, making her a "slut."  He also made some comment inferring that he would consent to such coverage as long as he gets to watch.  Just thought I'd mention that.


It is Rush's right to say those kinds of things on the air.  I don't know if that's what the Constitution's founders quite expected when they wrote the First Amendment, but hey, times change I guess.  Conversely, it's my right to make negative statements about those who fall under his political/social affiliation, who seem to have dubbed him as some sort of a leader.  Conservatives, you chose him - I didn't choose him.


Bear in mind, I do not consider myself a liberal - I consider myself a common sense voter who just happens to have much more of a disdain for conservatives than for any other political demographic.

(Photo from newsone.com)

What I mainly want to get at is this - a message to the leader of the conservative party himself.  Rush, if you have an issue with a university or an employer "paying someone to have sex" in such a convoluted, indirect manner, then I, as a health-conscious person, have the right to say that I don't approve of your employer paying for you to smoke cigars and eat cheeseburgers.  I would imagine your future quadruple bypass will cost a lot more than a young woman's birth control prescription during the four years she's at a university.