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"Slut": Term Yields No Results On Rush Limbaugh's Site

Rosa Trieu |
March 9, 2012 | 2:25 p.m. PST

Executive Producer

(Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons)
(Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons)

A search for the word "slut" will yield no results on Rush Limbaugh's site, but a search for "prostitute" will come up with several pages worth.

More than a week since the talk show host used both words to describe Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke, at least 50 advertisers have pulled from the show. Limbaugh apologized last Saturday in a statement on his site, saying his "choice of words was not the best." Still, advertisers like Quicken Loans, Sleep Train and Sleep Number are suspending their ads.

Now, the link to "Butt Sister are Safe from Newt and Rick"--the transcript from when Limbaugh used the derogatory terms against Fluke--will lead you to a blank page. The same is also true for the link to "Left Freaks Out Over My Fluke Remarks." However, the parts of the original transcript can be found on the link to "The Dumb Don't Know They're Dumb" page.

Limbaugh may also face a lawsuit soon, according to New York Magazine:

Fluke herself has not ruled out the possibility and, even if she doesn't take legal action, it seems the Democrats will: New York's own Representative Carolyn Maloney yesterday told an audience in the city that "we will be filing a slander suit against Rush Limbaugh."

Politico reported Limbaugh's keeping it cool demeanor:

This week, Limbaugh reassured his readers that “everything’s cool” on the business side, and that the show has not been hurt financially in the aftermath of the controversy.

Limbaugh likened losing advertisers to losing a couple of french fries.

 

 

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