limbaugh who questioned flush and later apologized. i don t think that a statement like this issued saying that his choice of words was not the best changes anything. and especially when that statement is issued when he s under significant pressure from his sponsors. georgetown law student sandra fluke joins me live this morning. sandra, it s nice to see you this morning. it s been over a month since limbaugh spoke of you in derogatory term, demeaning you on his radio show. advertisers started to trickle back now. how do you feel that the backlash is waning and doing so in just a matter of weeks? well, i m not particularly concerned about that. i think a very clear message has been sent by the women and men of america that when this type of language is used to try to silence women it will not be tolerated. and i think that message has been xleer and decisive regardless of any changes now. certainly it has provided for
admitted. so, the white house is coming out firmly on the side. we don t know whether or not virginia rometty decided to accept or not accept an invitation or if she is not has not been invited but is planning to be at the tournament this weekend entertaining clients as the sponsor. certainly an opportunity for the president to come down squarely on the side that women should be invited to this highly elite club, to put it mildly. andrea, what s interesting is president obama seems to be picking up the banner for women. he did that when he called sandra fluke, the georgetown law student who was in that dust up over contraception. it s an interesting transformation, you know when you were covering that hillary clinton campaign she was carrying the banner for women, a historical campaign, the first female to win the presidency, of course she was running against
david letterman has. he went after mccain on a separate note every single day during the election. it s like letterman making fun of chris christie s weight. why is that ok? why is that funny? personal attack. meanwhile, of course, a couple of weeks ago, the president of the united states reached out to that georgetown law student, sandra fluke and said that he supported her given what rush limbaugh had said. well, a lot of bad things have been said about the palins and in fact, bristol palin wrote yesterday on the internet, wanted to know when the president was going to call her. she wrote in part dear president obama, you don t know my telephone number but i hope your staff is busy trying to find it. ever since you called sandra fluke after rush limbaugh called her an inappropriate word, i figured i might be next. so far, he has not called. but she s sitting by the phone, i think. she s got the edge of her mom. i agree. we all remember that controversy and on top of that, y
details of the president s contraception compromise from february. the department of health and human services listed options for insurance companies to offset the cost of providing birth control for women working at institutions like hospitals and schools with church affiliation. the rule also indicates that religious universities will not have to directly offer students contraception. but those students will be able to get birth control from insurance companies without a co-pay. back with me at the table are esther armah, brian lehrer and allison kilkenny. first i want to bring into the conversation the woman who suddenly found her hadself at the center of the whirlwind of contraception controversy, georgetown law student sandra fluke who joins me from washington. thanks for being here. thanks for having me on. i really appreciate it. i wanted to start by asking your opinions on the president s compromise here and sort of he s been filling out the outlines of
this time it is one of the romney sons. this is something we tried to get to last night but we have it for you tonight. he said something about president obama and it is something he will never be allowed to say again. that s why it is in tonight s rewrite but first michael moore joins me to talk about why the political press is unwilling to call mitt romney s lies lies. and he might have something to say about the latest from goldman sachs and the last word tonight goes to sandra fluke. the georgetown law student who was attacked by rush limbaugh. with swiffer wet cleaning better doesn t have to take longer. i m done. i m gonna.use these. give me just a little more time [ female announcer ] unlike mops, swiffer can maneuver into tight spaces without the hassle and its wet mopping cloths can clean better in half the time, so you don t miss a thing. mom? ahhhh! ahhhh! no it s mommy! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back.