Beck and Limbaugh Call Sen. Mary Landrieu A Whore Because She

[sasha031]

Voted for Healthcare

On their respective radio shows today Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh went on the attack against Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) because she voted for advancing the healthcare debate forward in the Senate. Instead of criticizing her position on the bill, both Beck and Limbaugh took the lowest possible road by calling a female US senator a prostitute.

Here is the audio of Beck courtesy of Media Matters:
http://www.politicususa.com/en/Beck-Limbaugh-Landrieu

[frazzled]

1. Well, they're detestable: doesn't mean we should be

Ed Schultz did the right thing by offering to suspend himself with no pay for a week.

[joeybee12]

2. No doubt there's a double standard...nt

[xmas74]

3. They should be ashamed

and something should be done about it. Why aren't we protesting it?

I don't like it when either side uses that language. There should always be a penalty for taking the lowest road.

[and-justice-for-all]

4. But Ed Shultz is the asshole.....

:eyes:

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Holding breath until they are suspended....

[Name removed]

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[LynneSin]

15. But there has been. Don't we count for something?

Doesn't the fact that we widdled away the vast majority of Glen Beck's sponsers mean something? Through our diligence we got most of the major sponsers to drop the Beck show.

Doesn't the fact that Rush Limbaugh's viewership has turned down by 33% in the past 6 months? People are getting turned off by his rantings.

Trust me, we are impacting these cretins.

[provis99]

17. there's no proof that Limbaugh's ratings fell at all.

As has been previously mentioned, the format of collecting ratings changed to reflect a more accurate method.

[LynneSin]

19. The fact that he can't get a show on cable also proves he's scum

Last time he was a regular on a mainstream TV station was his stint at ESPN's Sunday night football. That lasted 5 weeks until he made racist remarks towards Black Quarterbacks and Coaches in the NFL; calling out Donovan McNabb.

[OHdem10]

7. There is a double standard and there will be a double standard

until the Democrats can show as much unity and willingness
to go to bat for each other as Republicans do.

Neither Rush Beck or one of my favoires Big Ed look
very good.

The difference is criticize a Republican and the whole
party comes down on you like a ton of bricks.


ADDED: People like Rush and Beck pay no attention to
a call out. They just plow forward. Republicans tend
to treat criticism like water on a duck"s back.

[femrap]

8. When are they going to

be put in the corner w/ the dunce cap??????

[damntexdem]

9. They should be suspended for that -- but they won't be.

And that has nothing to do with what Landrieu is.

[Dawson Leery]

10. The "professional left" has one strength.

They know how to beat up on their own.

Again, Mike Savage openly calls for violence against gays and minorities, yet he has never faced a suspension (or forced to grovel) for it.

[PatSeg]

20. We don't operate like they do

We hold our politicians and media spokespeople accountable for their behavior. When people like Ed Schulz, Rachel Maddow, or Keith Olbermann made mistakes on air, they apologized (not the "if my words offended you" nonapology).

Just because the other side doesn't live UP to our standards, doesn't mean we need to live DOWN to theirs.

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. we are better than them

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. But that's okay

Republican are allowed to be politically incorrect.

[Shagbark Hickory]

13. And he's right too. She is.

A whore to lobbiests.

[LynneSin]

14. How many sponsers does Glenn Beck have left

How about the fact that Limbaugh has loss 33% of his listeners in the last 6 months.

They are held accountable in a way more damaging then a week unpaid suspension.

[provis99]

16. yeah but no one on DU complained about that.

When the right wing does it,its ok on DU.

[polmaven]

22. Oh, grow up!!!

No, no one at DU thinks it is "ok" when the right wing does it. But we have no ability to influience what happens to them. We do have some influence when our own do it. I do NOT want to sink to the level of that kind of misogyny.

[Swede]

18. This isn't grade six. Our side is better than that.

Ed suspended himself and apologized.

[DancingFool]

21. Lots of Big Ed condemnation here. But Limbaugh and Beck? Not so much.

This is why liberals lose so much. They eat their own while appeasing those would rather see them dead.

[bobbolink]

26. LOL

[DancingFool]

29. it wasn't my intent to entertain you, but i'm really pleased that i was able to so.

[Enthusiast]

30. We loath Limbaugh and Beck.

They have received constant criticism from DUers as long as I can remember.

[bobbolink]

23. Just saw the same term used here on DU... twice today.

It is obviously acceptable to term women this way now.

As someone posted today, we just need to stop whining.

Yup, that'll do it. :wtf:

[lightningandsnow]

24. It's possible for it to be wrong no matter who does it.

[sufrommich]

25. They get away with it because they're scum and their audience

likes it that way. Why is that so hard to understand?

[Stuckinthebush]

27. Yeah, that's wrong too

They should be ashamed of themselves.

Ed too. Didn't he apologize? If so, good. Now we can move on.

[slay]

28. And they were both suspended without pay right? RIGHT??

oh fuck it - we all know there is such a double standard when it comes to those assholes it's not even funny.