DCCC hits Rush Limbaugh on his rape comments

 As you may or may not know, I am not a fan of Rush Limbaugh. It seems to me that he does more harm than good to the conservative cause in the interest of self-promotion.

  We saw this in 2012 when the Democrats were laying the foundation for the war on women angle which they eventually used to help them in presidential election. When Sandra Fluke burst on the scene Rush Limbaugh, in his infinite wisdom, called her a slut and said she should provide a sex tape so that he could get something out of it.

  After days of laughing about the reaction of the mainstream media to his comments he was finally forced to apologize when he realized it was hurting his bottom line. But the damage was done as he played right into the Democrats trap and helped them to escalate the war on women angle. There is no doubt in my mind that Rush Limbaugh’s comment, and his continual commentary on his original comment, helped the Democrats to win in 2012. How much of a role it played I do not know, but I do believe it did play a role.

    And then earlier this year he compared Harry Reid’s feelings toward the Koch brothers to that of Elliot Rodger’s before he went on a killing spree, claiming the warning signs were there and something needed to be done about the Senate majority leader before it was too late. This was clearly a joke but it was not productive to the cause. This will give the Democrats fodder to use against conservatives in the election.

  Now he is at it again; he recently made a comment that when a woman says no it could really mean yes. Here is what he said:

“How many guys, in your own experience with women, have learned that no means yes if you know how to spot it?” Limbaugh said. “Are these [policies] not lawsuits waiting to happen?”

  Needless to say, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee quickly jumped on these comments in a recent email fundraiser. Here is more:

“Comments of this offensive nature are inexcusable… Rush Limbaugh is advocating for the tolerance of sexual assault. He should be taken off the air immediately.” The email then directs recipients to a form where they are required to fill out their email address and have the option of supplying the DCCC with their zip code.

  At least one Democrat saw the DCCC email as inappropriate and hypocritical:

“Using rape to build lists is just wrong, and they’d slam any Republican doing it,” one Democratic campaign strategist wrote in an email. “Limbaugh’s comments are disgusting, and should be called out, but this is the wrong way of doing it.”

  But honestly who can blame the DCCC for using this as an opportunity to make sure the war on women angle is again in play in 2014? I think it is about time for Rush Limbaugh to untie the half of his brain he has been sitting on all these years because he clearly does not understand how much damage his comments–even if they are in jest–have on the bigger picture.

  He should stop thinking of ways to inflame the left (for inflaming them only motivates them to vote in a year where they are not motivated) and start focusing on ways to defeat them instead. And this is not the way. He, more than perhaps anyone else, should realize how his words are going to be used by the opposition.