Monday, March 5, 2012

Limbaugh called 'prostitute' to a woman, trademarks remove support

The conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh today offered an apology to the Fluke law student Sandra, whom he called prostitute for wanting to defend before the Senate that health insurance should cover birth control.

"The choice of my words was not the best, trying to be funny was created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Miss Fluke," said Limbaugh, known for its conservative stance, on its website.

Noting that this has been a tiny error, because "for over 20 years I have illustrated the absurdity with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week", the controversial radio host insisted Fluke tried to make their preferences sex before Congress.

"I think it's absolutely absurd that in these difficult political times discuss sexual recreation to the congressmen," he said.

The day before, the law student at Georgetown University attempted to put her claim before the Congress, Republican majority, the need for insurance cover methods of contraception.

According to the student, one of her colleagues had to remove a ovary, after his insurance-linked to a religious university, refused to pay for contraceptives to treat a cyst.

Due to the controversy, U.S. President Barack Obama called Fluke in solidarity and to express their indignation at the offense of Limbaugh.

But not everything was there. This Monday marks supporting the Limbaugh radio show, began to withdraw from the program's advertising shoot, showing their disagreement with the words of the driver.

So far, eight sponsors who stopped supporting Limbaugh emissions. One of the most important was AOL. The company spokeswoman, Caroline Campbell, said Limbaugh's comments "are not aligned with our values." ProFlowers, a flower delivery company, Quicken Loans and Sleep Numbers are other companies that went away.