Rush Limbaugh Threatens to Sue Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee
by Ben Shapiro 10 Nov 2014
On Monday, Rush Limbaugh’s attorney sent a letter to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee warning
them of an potential lawsuit over the DCCC’s manipulation of comments from his
program. Limbaugh demanded “an immediate retraction and public apology.”
According to the letter, on September 17, 2014, the DCCC created and began distributing a doctored tape of
Limbaugh’s broadcast, cutting ten words out of context in order to completely
reverse the meaning of Limbaugh’s statements, despite the fact that the
DCCC had the entire tape of Limbaugh’s comments in advance. The
DCCC then allegedly lied that Limbaugh “excus[es] rape on college
campuses,” “is advocating a tolerance of rape,” and “perpetuate[s] a culture of
sexual assault.” The DCCC then used those alleged knowing lies for
fundraising purposes.
Patricia Glaser, Limbaugh’s attorney, wrote that such
treatment of Limbaugh’s words amounted to “defamation” under the law.
On September 15, 2014, Limbaugh stated that consent was
always necessary for sexual relations:
Consent must be freely given, can be withdrawn at any time,
and the absence of ‘no’ does not mean ‘yes.’ How many of you guys, in your own
experience with women, have learned that ‘no’ means ‘yes’ if you know how to
spot it. Let me tell you something. In this modern world, that is simply not
tolerated. People aren’t even gonna try to understand that one. I mean, it used
to be said it was a cliché. It used to be part of the advice young boys were
given. See, that’s what we gotta change. We have got to reprogram the way we
raise men. Why do you think permission every step of the way, clearly spelling
out ‘why’…are all of these not lawsuits just waiting to happen if even one of
these steps is not taken?
The DCCC then sent out a mass email stating that Limbaugh
had “actually said, ‘no’ means ‘yes’ if you know how to spot it.” As Glaser
writes, “the DCCC removed ten words from a question posed by Mr. Limbaugh, and
quoted the ten words completely out of context in order to attribute a false
meaning to Mr. Limbaugh’s September 15 statement.”
Brian Glicklich, a spokesperson for Limbaugh, explained:
To lie about Rush Limbaugh’s words as a fundraising method,
under the color of authority of the Democratic Party, is a ‘tactic’ that is
disrespectful to the general public, and to the twenty million people that
choose to listen to Rush each week. And the Members of Congress who stood to
gain from these false claims represent many of the small businesses across
America that they deliberately interfered with, in furtherance of rankly
partisan objectives.
For years, Democrats have attempted to target Limbaugh for
their own political gain. The partisan witch hunt crew at Media Matters has attempted to destroy Limbaugh’s advertising
base with its astroturfed “Stop Rush” campaign
– not coincidentally, as President Obama has repeatedly blasted Limbaugh, and
even called Sandra Fluke to express his sympathy for her after Limbaugh
commented on her testimony before Congress.
Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)
Jamison
Foser was a research director for the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and is a senior fellow at Media Matters.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Media Matters.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a member of
the Democracy Alliance, and is a
member of the Bretton Woods Committee.
Media Matters
monitors Fox News.
Drummond Pike
called for advertising boycott at Fox News, and a director at the Democracy
Alliance.
Howard Wolfson
was a contributor for Fox News, and an executive director for the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
Martin
Frost was a political commentator for Fox News, the chairman for the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and is a member of the Bretton
Woods Committee.
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