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With is, it wasnt just one person who made these comments on the airwaves. there were multiple commentators who used this type of language and characterizations. >> who are they? >> glenn beck for one. they werent the only two. so i really just hope that we can take a stand and decide that this is the point when this is going to be unacceptable discourse in alltors of our society. >> thank you, joan, thank you, sandra. you dont need luck. your clients will be lucky to have you. good luck with yo...

Analyst joan walsh. let me ask just about human interest because i think theres a lot of human interest, sandra. can i call you sandra? >> sure. >> it happened right across the hall in my office, it was an honor for me, you took the call from president obama. >> i aappreciate you allowing me to commandeer your office. >> anything for you or the president. >> president obama called to express concern, make sure i was okay given some of the colorful attacks that have been leveled at me and to also...

Told her that she should tell her parents they should be proud. okay. im going to button my lip on that one. the president tells sandra fl e fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud. okay! >> so, joan, you and i are pretty articulate on matters like politics. i think were beyond the range here of just regular democrat versus republican politics. something strange in the water with rush limbaugh. joining in this fight from his high level, i must say, basically attacking an individ...

Cushion, not a word you use in a context like this. chris, i want to give you credit. you and i disagree periodically, but i have to say you were on this a week after the inauguration. rush limbaugh said he hoped the president failed. i think it was phil gingree said that wasnt the nicest thing to say. he had to go on rushs show and kiss his butt. these guys have been afraid to stand up to him for the longest time. now their remarks, theyre standing up but thats eye good thing. but theyre not sa...

Fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud. your daughter appears before a congressional committee and says shes having so much sex she cant pay for it and wants a new welfare program to pay for it. >> this is beyond. after three days of this, republicans are silent. more than 170,000 people have signed a petition calling on republican leaders to denounce rushs anti-woman tirade. but speaker boehner, who rarely is afraid of a press conference, is hiding behind a statement from his ...

Her that she should tell her parents they should be proud. im going button my lip on that one. the president tells sandra fl e fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud. okay. >> okay. we turn to our panel, krystal ba ball. welcome to you both. apologies to darrell issa for being women. you and i were live on air when this whole thing erupted. both of us were disgusted. you decided to take action. what have you done? >> i got on twitter and i started voicing my concerns there. the...

To my stomach to hear what rush limbaugh was saying. i was two daughters ages 18 and 22. im so proud of miss fluke for standing up and talking about womens reproductive health. nobody, nobody, especially a young woman who is just trying to state her opinion should be so raked over the coals like this. if rush limbaugh is the leader of the republicans, im doubly glad im a democrat. i think its offensive. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. here is rushs response to miss flukes ...

And isnt in the modern world. hes also speaking to these terrified republicans who dont have the guts to stand up to him because they are afraid that base will erupt against them and vote against them. >> do you think rush limbaugh has given us a poison pill for him to be too difficult to swallow. >> i think his weapon, which has been his mouth, what proves fatal to him. this is too far especially when you contrast his deplorable comments with the class and measured response of sandra fluke and ...

>> right. you said were articulate. youre articulate. im kind of speechless listening to that. i had only read the words but hearing his voice it ace ridiculo ridiculous. of course the president called sandra. hes a father. sandra, i know youre 30 years old and youre a grown-up and i respect and admire you, but theres a certain reaction you have if youre a parent of a daughter. mine is in her 20s, chris, like excuse me, how could anyone say that, how do you get away with it and repeat it over an...

Fired. but were not helpless in the meantime. there are now all kinds of pressures on his advertisers, and i think everybody should go online, see if -- there is a list of all their advertisers and to his advertisers and make sure that they call for them to withdraw their support. this -- he has to be stopped because we cant create an atmosphere where theres permission for that kind of talk. it has gone way, way over the line. but i do have to say, reverend al, if his goal was to create a leader...