B*tch, C?nt, Sl%t, Wh*re, Tea-bagger, meat bag, pig, bimbo, retard, and more.

Limbaugh went too far.  He said words that he should not have said.  He allowed for the possibility that an unmarried woman who spent $3000 on birth control in three years was of loose moral fiber.  And, he did so with coarse language.  He should apologize.  But, not to the screaming meemies who are claiming offense in the name of women.

No, to those on the left who are acting as if their feathers are ruffled he owes no apology at all.  The left set the standards for the language to be used in such arguments.  All of the words listed at the top of the page are words used to describe conservative women by men on the left with nary a word from the folks who are claiming to be offended by Limbaugh.  MSNBC’s Ed Schultz called Laura Ingraham a sl@t.  Silence. (Note:  Funniest thing…CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield, formerly of MSNBC, identified Ed Schultz as a conservative in order to support her contention that conservative talk radio was consistently out-of-bounds. Seriously.) Bill Maher called Sarah Palin a c*nt.  Who from the left was calling on Mr. Obama to distance himself from and formally denounce Maher? Keith Olberman called Ann Coulter a b!tch and wh#re.  Which of you left wing feminists screamed foul in her defense and called for boycotts of MSNBC?  Olberman referred to Michelle Malkin as a “meat bag with lipstick.”  Again, not a sound from the sensitive left.  Now Olberman is in the employ of none other than former Vice President and uber-leftist Al Gore.  Which of you highly offended progressives are picketing his studio and calling for his ouster?  Anderson Cooper routinely used the term “tea-bagger” in reference to men and women who went to Tea Party rallies.  “Tea-bagger” being a term referring to a specific homosexual act of which Cooper obviously cannot claim ignorance.  Who from the Gay Pride movement marched on CNN and his syndicators screaming epithets and insisting he be removed from the air? (Certainly he must think this homosexual behavior is abhorrent if he uses it as an insult.) Spend mere moments looking through the Huffington Post or the Daily Kos or Media Matters and prepare to be scorched by the tone and coarseness of the language used in reference to conservatives and conservative women in particular.

Limbaugh owed an apology but not to the defenders of the scarlet woman Sandra Fluke.  No.  Limbaugh owed an apology to those in his audience who expect better.  Bombast is one thing, crudity is another.  Rarely is crudity clever and in this case it wasn’t. The rest of the left who are using Limbaugh as a stalking horse in the debate over the “…free exercise…” clause of the First Amendment need to recognize they are only hearing back the language they have endorsed by their silent assent when used against their opponents.

The question is begged however.  Was Limbaugh wrong in more than his choice of words?  Fluke portrayed herself to be a 23-year-old law student at Georgetown and is found to be a 30-year-old political activist in the pay of left-wing organizations.  She had no credentials to testify in front of the actual committee involved in the debate over the Obama administrations violation of the First Amendment.  So, Pelosi created a hearing in which she could testify and the media covered it.  Let’s do the math.  In three years of law school there would be 1095 days.  Condoms cost less than a buck a piece purchased in value packs. If you buy the really good condoms with colors and bumps and spend $2.00 each you come to 1500 sexual encounters in 1095 days.  The coarse language aside the point is pretty sound.  Is there another word that describes a person who wants you and me to pay for his or her sexual promiscuity to the tune of 1.3 sexual encounters per day?  And, that, with no time off for holidays or writing the occasional research paper!  (Before you respond, the question is rhetorical.)

Yes, Limbaugh went too far; with his apology.