“While Republican leaders have not apologized for his comments, Mr. Limbaugh, they are forced to abandon them – and him,” Washington Post, wrote in the weekend edition.
“For the good of American political culture – or at least his own political self-interest – the party must distance itself from Mr. Limbaugh.”
Conservative David Frum, the Canadian-born and former Bush speechwriter scientist, warned the party for many years the influence of Limbaugh.
On Sunday, he described the weekend Limbaugh apologize for Fluke, will in the face of the flight of advertisers and offers, it has a cause of action for libel as “unsightly never an excuse.”
“What’s good for Rush Limbaugh is not necessarily what is good for the Republican Party,” Frum said on CNN “reliable sources”.
While Limbaugh may have lost some advertisers, Frum said, “He walks away, followed by a smoking ruin.”
See Limbaugh, the highest rating in the U.S., aired for three hours a day, five days a week on 600 radio stations across the country. Shock of an athlete, an addict of a time of pain medication that has been married and divorced three times, receives $ 400 million per year and even took part in the party councils Republican strategy.
On the “Rush Limbaugh Show” last Wednesday, Limbaugh said, reading Fluke that birth control should be covered by health insurance, particularly to help women cope with the painful condition ” It’s a bitch, right? ”
“That makes her a prostitute. She wants to sex. She has sex so that she can not afford contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers are paying for sex. ”
He added that if taxpayers were to be overwhelmed by these accounts – it distortion, because no taxpayer money will pay for the benefits, but employers and health insurance companies – the Fluke and other “feminazis” should provide a return on investment.
“We want to put a video on the Internet, so that we can all see,” said Limbaugh.
On the background, Obama personally called Fluke, 30, on Friday to console. He was immediately derided Limbaugh for that, one day before the radio host has issued a public apology.
Meanwhile, the Republicans – both on the campaign trail and on Capitol Hill – issued statements condemning Limbaugh hot, indicating an unwillingness to go further.
Indeed, the conservative columnist George Will said on Sunday that Republican leaders are afraid of Limbaugh, including John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“Boehner comes out and says that the language was inappropriate Rush. Using a fork salad to your dealer, it is inappropriate. Do not these things, “said Will on ABC’s” This Week “.
“And it was depressing, because that means that Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh. They want to bomb Iran, but they are afraid of Rush Limbaugh.”
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich challenged the notion that Limbaugh has a serious impact on the game, calling it “stupid” offer.
“The Republican party has four people running for President, none of which are Rush Limbaugh,” he said Sunday.
But other conservatives have expressed concern about the damage Limbaugh is probably due to the game.
“We had two young women today, one dinner. And the Republican leadership. Both lost to the Republican Party to the events of last week. With Rush,” Frum tweeted Saturday night.
Frum, of course, warned three years ago that the Republicans’ regret giving so much power to Rush Limbaugh. “Part of the magazine New York later caused him to black list of Fox News, Frum said.
Carly Fiorina, the vice-chairman of the Senate campaign of Republican Party, Limbaugh has called the comments “offensive, inflammatory, and entertainment.”
Senator Scott Brown, a Republican from Massachusetts and two daughters, and called Limbaugh to apologize, calling the word offensive and reprehensible.
But Limbaugh apology for “insulting choice of words” has done little to extinguish the flames of resentment, largely because of its repetition, which makes its opposition to health insurance provides coverage for birth control.
“I think it’s absolutely absurd that during these very serious political problems, we talk about personal sexual recreation to members of Congress,” Limbaugh wrote.
“I personally do not agree that U.S. citizens must pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If it is perceived as the norm, what would follow? Are we going to discuss, if taxpayers have to pay for new shoes for all students who are interested in managing to keep fit? ”
Hours after the apology, the other sponsor – Carbonite, a company of online data backup – pulled its ads from the Limbaugh show.
“Not a Fluke with girls Sandra and I have two, to comply with insults and violence fell on this brave woman and well-intentioned,” CEO David Friend said in a statement.
“Mr. Limbaugh, with his very personal attack on Miss Fluke, has exceeded all reasonable bounds of decency. Although Mr. Limbaugh issued an apology, we nevertheless decided to remove our advertising from his show.”
This is not the first time Limbaugh has been in hot water. Last year, the radio star round caused an uproar by mocking the efforts of First Lady Michelle Obama to fight against childhood obesity, suggesting that it is thick and unable to follow their dietary recommendations.
But it is strange abrupt change in the American debate on birth control, occurring 50 years after the pill was introduced as part of a wider debate on religious freedom should not be any Party favors women.
The women voters made up nearly 54 percent of voters in the presidential elections in 2008, and it is expected that the number of men in November as well. The latest survey from CBS News and The New York Times, showed that 72 percent of women who need support for private insurance companies to provide contraceptive coverage at no cost to recipients.
