as powerful as rush limbaugh. >> i never did order him to step down. was very -- i hope he does pull out. and i tried to make the case why it was the right thing to do, pull out. folks if i had demanded akin drop out, he'd be gone. any had demanded that akin quit the campaign, he'd be gone. >> that was sick, deluded, ego maniac rush limbaugh. today, paul ryan made the mistake of allowing reporters to ask him a few questions on his campaign plane. >> congressman, you co-sponsored abortion-related legislation with congressman akin. do you regret that now? >> that bill passed i think by 251 votes. it was bipartisan. i think we had 251 votes, 16 democrats. i'm proud of my pro-life record. >> knowing that more questions on his abortion record were coming, paul ryan tried to make his escape before being stopped for a question on the difference between ryan's and romney's policies on abortion. >> i'm proud of my record. mitt romney's going to be the president and the president set policy. his policies for exceptions for rape and incest and the life of the mot

yeah, rush limbaugh's from here." and he said, "no, the limbaughs, they're over there."nd i looked over there and there with this family listening to this stuff. and i thought, "holy cow, really?" and he said, "yeah, that's rush limbaugh's cousin." so i thought, "wow." you know, and they were kind of like, "you probably don't want to talk to him, you should leave him alone." the next day there was a barbecue at a faculty house and the limbaughs came. colonel john limbaugh, fine army colonel, and i said, "how do you do, sir?" and he said, "you can call me john." and i said, "well, i'm, you know, i was a military son." so i said, "no, sir, you're a colonel and i'll call you sir." and he looked at me, you know, and he said, "you know, i've been reading "the devils highway" and i've been trying to figure out your agenda. and i haven't found a liberal agenda." and i said, "well, i am a liberal, sir, but my agenda was to tell the truth even if i didn't like it." and he warmed to -- you know, and then we sat and spent the afternoon, to the great shock, i think, of some of my pa

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. >> crazy republican todd akin refuses to take orders from rush limbaugh. but mitt romney is not a crazy republican, so he follows limbaugh's orders. >> the republican national convention is set to kick off in tampa. >> the talk of the town is not the economy but rape. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> he didn't say he was wrong. >> i ask for your forgiveness. this is not about me. this is not about my ego. >> all of a sudden, that hurricane isn't looking so bad after all. >> the republican party has created a monster. >> we've been hearing a lot about ryan's position on abortion. >> there's no splitting hairs over rape. >> basically the same as todd akin. >> the vice presidential candidate has co-sponsored 38 anti-abortion bills. >> the romney-ryan economic plan. >> we have to cut spending. >> little information on the plan. >> we have a long debate about this. >> they don't offer any specifics. >> the number have to work. >> it's mathematical nonsense. >> team romney defending its decision to r

limbaugh is advising that we not do because the record of mr. romney and mr.publican party platform for so many years is clear on this point. they have not supported a woman's right to abortion, even in case of rape. anticipate now the country is becoming more and more aware of that. >> the media is reacting with great surprise over what todd akin said. but i have to say, for studying people who hold his belief beliefs, i did not find it that surprising that he had a fake rationale underneath it for his belief about abortion and rape. >> you're absolutely right. it's a commonly held belief and what i don't think has been discussed enough is dr. wilke who has been espousing this belief since the mid 1980s is someone romney courted as an endorser in the election. he has really fully adopted these just completely inaccurate and really offensive statements about women not being able to become pregnant from a rape.

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but limbaugh wants a finder's fee because his name is associated with you. any words for him?e you thoughts? >> i really think it's an interesting request to ask to take credit for the voice of a woman you tried to silence. i don't think that's going to work out well. the women of america are speaking out about these policies, not because of anything that mr. limbaugh has done but because they really care about access to the health care they need and they care about all of us having that health care. >> sandra fluke, good to have you with us tonight. thanks so much wloorb. >>> coming up, this could be a new low. if there is one. a new low for newt gingrich. he used to be one of romney's biggest critics. now he's become romney's biggest fan. find out why. >>> then congressman paul ryan and his immoral budget are at the top of romney's vp short list. both democrats and republicans are saying go, baby, go. we like this one. our panel will weigh in on that. stay with us. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ]

and here is rush limbaugh's reaction. >> if people had been in massachusetts, under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >> oh. uh -- there's -- that's the potential gold mine for the obamaites because they can say, well, yeah, and romney care was the foundation for our plan, obama care, which they are already out there saying. >> a conservative editor for redstate.com tweets today, "what conservatives are doing regarding andrea saul's comments is the same as how you housebreak your dog. romney needs to know not to go there." here is the dog urinating on the carpet today in iowa. >> we've got to do some reforms in health care. and i have some experience doing that, as you know. and i know how to make a better setting than the one we have in health care. >> with 90 days until the presidential election, a new "washington post" poll shows president obama leading mitt romney on favorability by a 19-point spread. 53% view president obama favorably, 43% view him unfavorably. 40% view mitt romney favorably, while 49% view him unfavorably. romney's unfavorable

rush limbaugh attacked this american, calling her a prostitute.imbaugh wants credit for his insults. >> when i say the name sandra flunk, what's the first thing that pops in your name? my name is what most people think of. i should be getting a finder's fee. >> after she was smeared by limbaugh. >> mr. romney could only say that those weren't the words he would have chosen. well, mr. romney, you're not going to be the candidate we choose. because if mr. romney can't stand up to extreme voices in his own party, then we know he'll never stand up for us. >> let's bring in sandra tonight, attorney and women's rights activists who hit the campaign trailier today with president obama. sandra, nice to have you with us tonight. you're in the mix of it no doubt. krista cafer, director of a conservative group, says president obama's approach to women's rights is instults and what is your thought about that? >> that is complete plea incorrect. i was trying to talk to the women of colorado about the important choice that we have in this election, an approach

rush limbaugh, who has had much to say on women's health, did not shy away from commenting today.when i hear the name san ddr fluke, what's the first thing that pops into your mind? no, no, no -- never mind -- never -- no! the first thing that comes into your mind is my name. he says it's not the first -- when you mention her name, my name is what most people think of. i should be getting a finder's fee. >> rush limbaugh wants residuals for getting sandra fluke on to the national stage, which seems to only help president obama. and to this notion that, you know, no matter how hard mitt romney may try to court the women and the female vote, you have rush limbaugh on the side cackling eviling, calling her whatever he did, and you have the state level which seems to bring up the basic issues of women's health in a draconian way. and you wrote about this today, talking about personhood amendments, you look at what's happening to the gutting of women's health care problems. this keeps this a front burner problem for republicans on the national stage. >> you can even just think about, w

rush limbaugh is jazzed. what or who has him fired up. ♪ why not take a day to explore your own backyard? with two times the points on travel, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. >>. >> greta: rush limbaugh is jazzed. he is thrilled for romney's pick for vice president. >> we now have somebody on ticket who is nice, somebody on the ticket who can explain all of this, believes all of this in his heart and in his soul. his name is paul ryan. he can do it with optimism and a smile on his face and no bitterness. we have somebody that can articulate what we believe. it is in his heart. he doesn't need crib notes. he doesn't need briefings. he doesn't need a consultant to tell him what to think or how to answer a question. he has lived it. that is why i'm jazzed. >> greta: so what do you think of governor romney's choice? of governor romney's choice? go to greta [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully cu

>>. >> greta: rush limbaugh is jazzed.d for romney's pick for vice president. >> we now have somebody on ticket who is nice, somebody on the ticket who can explain all of this, believes all of this in his heart and in his soul. his name is paul ryan. he can do it with optimism and a smile on his face and no bitterness. we have somebody that can articulate what we believe. it is in his heart. he doesn't need crib notes. he doesn't need briefings. he doesn't need a consultant to tell him what to think or how to answer a question. he has lived it. that is why i'm jazzed. >> greta: so what do you think of governor romney's choice? go to greta wire.com and we'll be back in two. with the fidelity stock screener, you can try strategies from independent experts and see wh criteria they use. such as a 5% yield on dividend-paying stocks. then you can customize the strategies and narrow down to exactly those stocks you want to follow. i'm mark allen of fidelity investments. the expert strategies feature is one more innovative reason

rush limbaugh is fired up, even more than usual. coming out swinking at president obama's celebrity supporters. >> this is president obama in stanford, connecticut, he had a fund-raiser at the home of movie tycoon harvey weinstine who has been buddy-bud wedemocratic presidents for as long as there have been in his lifetime. and... at the -- at the same time... i ask myself, does weinstine know what this guy plans? is a guy raising $35,000 a plate know what is in store for this country? sometimes, i go nuts asking myself -- i will sit there. i am in moments of solitude. i and i am... pondering this stuff. and i ask: do these people really know? or are they did you notzes? or they don't care, they have theirs? they figure people will scrounge up whatever it is to go to the movies, so who cares? weinstine, $35,000 a plate fund raiser, he has to know if this guy succeeds any more that this -- that the whole notion of this being a wealth-generating economy and country and days are over. these people are idiots. they are absect idiots. sa

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>> that's what we get from rush limbaugh.'s right or wrong, he's happy to see that this kind of aspersion, which is based on the color of the skin of the president of the united states is still alive and well in the republican party. and, again, i would echo what jimmy said. if mitt romney sort of just awkwardly ran into it, it's very easy, he has a big platform and he can quickly resolve that. he doesn't have to stand back and let everyone wonder. i think it's important because what you see here is this pattern with donald trump. and if you go to politifact.com, it's the number one item on their site ever. i think that does turn a lot of americans off. >> and isn't that the problem, jimmy? it's not just the joke and the gaffe, we've got seven speakers who are birthers at the republican convention. we've had ted nugent make the most appalling remarks about the president. we've had donald trump, sheriff joe arpaio, really? >> these are the leaders of the republican party today. it's extremism. let me be clear. i'm a democrat.

led by rush limbaugh. and also, i think, because the presumptive republican nominee for president at that point, mitt romney, refused to distance himself from those attacks. you may remember that mr. romney said at the time that mr. limbaugh's language was not the same language he would have used. so he wouldn't have said slut. he might have said another synonym for that or something? the reason sandra fluke at that point was a public figure to be attacked by the guys in the first place was because of her advocacy. she was doing advocacy on capitol a hill as a george toung law school student, advocating for health insurance planning covering the full range of health care, including reproductive contraception. we now know in a continuing way for the whole election year, we now know that that policy issue of access to birth control is going to be a continuing source of fake outrage for the political right. apparently right up until the election. ever since the obama administration issued this new rule as par

rush limbaugh, karl rove, erick erickson, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, and mittomney, and refused to drop out of the missouri senate race. here's congressman akin on sean hannity's radio show today. >> if this becomes a big enough distraction that you lose this race and it hurts mitt romney and paul ryan in missouri, how are you going to feel the day after election day? >> well, obviously, terrible. and if i thought that were going to happen, then i would get out of the race. >> congressman akin then touted a new robo poll conducted after his, quote, legitimate rape remark, showing that among likely voters in missouri, todd akin polls now one point ahead of democratic senator claire mccaskill, 44-43, within that poll's margin of error. the poll asked if todd akin's remarks on, quote, legitimate rape were appropriate. 75% said inappropriate. 9% said appropriate. today, todd akin suggested to sean hannity that mitt romney was using akin's remarks to close his deficit among female voters. >> if you were in romney's position, don't you think that he may have bid this

the problem is that rush limbaugh doesn't know what he's talking about. you know, you've worked in the upper echelon of politics. there is swearing, there is stuff that goes on, where people use, you know, bad words. i've been chewed out by democrats as well as republicans when reporting. that's not the problem. the problem is, they're shutting down access to, as you mentioned, fox news's greta van susteren, even those they're spending tens of thousands of dollars to go and report on the trip. dylan myers looked at president obama's trip, he took 25 questions during his trip from the traveling press corps on a battery of issue. i've traveled and seen him scream, trying to get a question in, the same thing that rush limbaugh says is bad. i've seen it happen to both candidates. the difference is that then senator obama took those questions. the count in comparison was three. three questions mitt romney took over this whole trip. and again, just like taxes, just like so many other issues, it really raises a fundamental question, even if you want to be sympat

>>en saw you rush limbaugh when people tried to boycott him.was a rating strike and for this it was a boon for chick-fil-a, a lot of people that wouldn't eat the chicken had lines out the door. a huge business boon for them. if you don't see conservatives protesting on amazon.com, don't see them doing the same to the other-- >> ben and jerry's. >> ben and jerry's, for instance. >> where is the protest there. >> jon: when liberals get offended by something that happens, there's all kind of media coverage, it seems, but when conservatives get offended in the media, generally there's less coverage. >> absolutely less coverage. in part of this, there was an angle that wasn't covered, the battle of the private sector because the liberals came out and offended by this comment and calling for a boycott of chick-fil-a, don't go there and then the mayors got involved. and the social media, one of the reasons why the traditional media wasn't hip to this because this was going on twitter and facebook and we went out and supported chick-fil-a, a battle of