Sandra Fluke, the free-contraception activist whose claim to fame was getting insulted by Rush Limbaugh, is hitting the campaign trail with President Obama in Colorado today. But she started the day off with an anti-Romney column in the Huffington Post (via Daily Caller):
The morning of noted contraception activist Sandra Fluke’s campaign appearance with President Barack Obama in Denver, the newly minted lawyer explained she is “standing with Obama” in an effort to protect women’s health care.
“This choice is personal for all of us because it will impact each of our lives. But for me, it’s intensely personal,” Fluke wrote in a Wednesday Huffington Post blog post, circulated by Obama for America. “Earlier this year, I was publicly attacked by Rush Limbaugh and others for testifying before members of Congress. I had shared stories of my friends and other young women, stories no different from those I’ve heard from women who also worry about having the health care they need.” …
“When Rush Limbaugh called me a ‘slut’ and a ‘prostitute’ for speaking about medical needs for contraception, Mr. Romney could only say that it ‘wasn’t the language [he] would have used,’” she added. “If Mr. Romney can’t stand up to the extreme voices in his own party, we know he’ll never stand up for women and protect the rights that generations of women fought so hard to ensure.”
Is Fluke really still trying to cash in on the Limbaugh controversy? It wasn’t a nice thing for him to say, but come on. It’s been six months. Fluke is about as relevant to the current state of the race as Joe the Plumber; the birth control debate isn’t exactly at the top of voters’ agendas.
Which is exactly the point of Obama bringing her along on the campaign trail. It’s a continuation of the same strategy Democrats have been using since the spring — delay and distract and talk about anything that’s not related to the economy. See: accusing Romney of killing a steelworker’s wife, floating rumors about him avoiding taxes for 10 years and accusing Romney of lying about when he left Bain Capital. Reviving Sandra Fluke to renew her attack on the “anti-women” Republicans is the latest gimmick from a campaign that has been negative, dirty, and dishonest through and through.
But at least by getting out on the campaign trail, Fluke is being honest about who she is. Last spring, the media treated her as a nonpartisan law student, when she’s actually a left-wing activist with an agenda. At least now, that reality is indisputable.
I have no sympathy for a Georgetown law student who can'tafford to buy their own contraception. Did she ever think maybe if she can't afford it,maybe she should abstain? Why should I,a taxpayer,pay for her activities. And maybe she should have considered all her needs before going to a law school? Does she get free food, free housing, free transportation?!
You write: nReviving Sandra Fluke to renew her attack on the “anti-women” Republicans is the latest gimmick from a campaign that has been negative, dirty, and dishonest through and through. n nThis is why I am not worried about who Romney selects for his VP or the current uptick in his unfavorable rating. n nFour years ago the Obama campaign was just as dishonest, but it probably wasn't nearly as dirty or negative as it is this year. Obama's biggest selling point is "Hope and Change." He was going to change politics in Washington. Politics in the Obama era would be positive and uplifting. A dirty and negative campaign negates his biggest selling point; he can't sustain these attacks (or allow his allies to sustain them) without denting that shining armor he had four years ago. n nBut without the mythology that swept Obama into office, he has no record to run on. n nYes the growing negatives are concerning but remember coming out of the Republican convention four years ago, McCain had a significant bump. McCain handled the selection of Palin flawlessly (much better than Obama handled his selection of Biden) and things looked great. But a combination of an unfocused campaign, an unpopular incumbent from the same party and the financial crisis did McCain in. His early success was for naught. n nI'd rather Romney hold his fire until he can use it to its best effect.
Sandra Fluke is a living example of why the ABA's monopoly on law school accreditation and/or the law school degree being a prerequisite to sit for the bar exam ought to be abolished. She shows not only her own leftism but the left-leaning bias of law schools in general — and if this Georgetown, heaven forbid where Harvard is now (wait, I know….). n nSandra Fluke likely wouldn't have even been ADMITTED to Georgetown had she been male.