3/4/12

Rush Limbaugh's apology yesterday on the contraceptive controversy may be the "Gettyburg" for conservatives in the Culture War. On several fronts, equality is triumphing


Rush Limbaugh:

For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke ... My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.

Andrew Sullivan notes: "...the apology to Fluke should be taken as genuine, and also as a sign of something deeper. In the culture wars, the right increasingly has more to lose than to win, as I recently noted. Santorum seems to realize he has over-reached as well."

A few weeks ago, Chris Hayes crowed that women, gays and others are winning the Culture War:

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