{"id":11368,"date":"2014-01-31T15:49:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T23:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11368"},"modified":"2014-01-31T15:49:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T23:49:30","slug":"war-on-women-sandra-flukes-possible-bid-for-congress-brings-out-fox-nation-misogynists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11368","title":{"rendered":"War On Women: Sandra Fluke&#8217;s Possible Bid For Congress Brings Out Fox Nation Misogynists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Sandra Fluke testified before congress on behalf women being treated equally by health insurance companies, she was viciously attacked by conservatives, and particularly Rush Limbaugh who called her a slut and a prostitute. Her argument that women should have access to contraceptive coverage, for which they would pay, was distorted into a repulsive characterization of her as a tramp who wanted taxpayers to finance her promiscuity.<\/p>\n<p>Today there is a news story that <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/30\/sandra-fluke-strongly-considering-running-for-open-house-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fluke is considering a run<\/a> for the California congressional seat being vacated by Henry Waxman. When this story was posted on the Fox News community website, Fox Nation, it unleashed a torrent of misogynistic comments that reflect the mindset of the Fox News audience. Here are just a few (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<p><em>[For more tales from the loony side, read <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/UPoI6a\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality<\/a>]<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNation\/foxnation-fluke-comments-605x1024.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/FoxNation\/foxnation-fluke-comments-605x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fox Nation\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not Fluke decides to enter the race, this demonstration of how the Fox Nationalists regard women who seek to serve their country is revealing. And coming just one day after Fox News and the Republican Party made such a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11358\" target=\"_blank\">big deal out of a petty tweet<\/a> that they thought was offensive, you have to wonder where their outrage is over these comments on their own website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Sandra Fluke testified before congress on behalf women being treated equally by health insurance companies, she was viciously attacked by conservatives, and particularly Rush Limbaugh who called her a slut and a prostitute. Her argument that women should have access to contraceptive coverage, for which they would pay, was distorted into a repulsive characterization [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"War On Women: Sandra Fluke's Possible Bid For Congress Brings Out Fox Nation Misogynists","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[527,973],"class_list":["post-11368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-fox-nation","tag-sandra-fluke"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-2Xm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6597,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6597","url_meta":{"origin":11368,"position":0},"title":"Fox Nation Whines: Stop Making Offenisve Comments You Pigs!","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/6\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The outrage over Rush Limbaugh's despicable attack on Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, continues to rage unabated. In just a few days he has lost at least 28 major sponsors. That rash of advertiser responsibility led to a fearful Limbaugh issuing a pitifully insincere \"apology\" that failed to address his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6534,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6534","url_meta":{"origin":11368,"position":1},"title":"Rush Limbaugh Calls Out The Bomb Squad","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/2\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Reporting from the deepest trenches of elitist One-Percent-Land, local news sources have disclosed that the bomb squad was dispatched to rescue Rush Limbaugh from a lighted plaque of Abraham Lincoln. Threats against public figures really ought not to be made light of. There are very real and troubling risks very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6629,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6629","url_meta":{"origin":11368,"position":2},"title":"Rush Limbaugh Goes There: Calls The President &#8220;Boy&#8221;","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/9\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I guess it had to come to this. The undisguised racism of many pundits on the far right has at least avoided the most vile expressions of their hate when anyone outside of their private circles was listening. Today the hate came bubbling to the surface as Rush Limbaugh said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6557,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6557","url_meta":{"origin":11368,"position":3},"title":"Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s &#8216;Apology&#8217; Just Makes Things Worse","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/3\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today Rush Limbaugh issued what he must regard as an apology for having insulted a young woman - actually all women - who are seeking to obtain health care coverage from private insurance companies. For three days Limbaugh has been defending having called Sandra Fluke a \"slut\" and a \"prostitute\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34496,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=34496","url_meta":{"origin":11368,"position":4},"title":"The End of Rush Limbaugh? His Radio Syndicator is on the Brink of Bankruptcy","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/25\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The presidency of Donald Trump is running an obstacle course of speed bumps and potholes. He has failed to achieve anything of note during his first 100 days in office. And that's according to his own published benchmarks. 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