some how this means the white house has orchestrated the controversy around sandra fluke. lcome to the conspiracy world of the right wing. we asked skd to clarify their role today. here's the firm statement. "this week we began helping sandra, a full tile law student, manage the enormous volume of incoming media requests that came to a head when she was publicly disparaged for advocating for contraception coverage. we were first connected to sandra through one of her personal friends who came to us seeking our assistance. i am proud of our staff for donating their time and energy to work with sandra during this important and difficult time." the firm said anita dunn has not met or spoken to sandra fluke. sandra fluke first attempted to testify on february 16th. she was verbally assaulted by rush limbaugh on february 29th. the firm started helping her coordinate public appearances on monday, but bill o'reilly still thinks the white house plan it from the start. >> i'm going to say, and i can't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, i think i will be able to. this was run out of

rush limbaugh's fake apology was rejected by sandra fluke. the king of krif talk is bleeding advertisers, conservatives are attacking me? this is the "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> the two words were inappropriate, they were uncalled for. >> rush limbaugh has issued an apology and the woman he victimized isn't buying it. >> i don't think that a statement like this issued saying that his choice of words was not the best changes anything. >> now's terry o'neill on rush limbaugh's attempt at an apology. krystal ball on the latest on the boycott, plus salon's joan walsh and richard wolffe on the sorry republican response to limbaugh's sorry remarks. >>> ohio governor john kasich is refusing federal disaster relief for his state and democrats accused him of playing politics. ohio congressman tim ryan is furious and he will weigh in. >>> it's super tuesday-eve, mitt romney's campaign just keeps getting goofy. >> born on a mountaintop in tennessee, raised in the woods so he knew every tree. >> all the latest on the state of the race with the

trying to defend limbaugh on friday bill o'reilly spent a good portion of the program attacking sandra flukend defending limbaugh. here what is he said moments ago on his program. >> this was a brilliant maneuver by whatever democrat thought this up, because it was thought up, that woman, ms. fluke, did not get in front of the committee by accident. whoever got assigned that campaign is smart. >> he's framing it as a liberal conspiracy. richard, your thoughts? >> you don't have to be that smart to outsmart rush limbaugh. here is a guy who thought it was funny who have a white comedian record a jingle called barack, the magic negro and accused everyone else of being racist toward him. he set the tone and the path and strategy, not for other talk show guys, not just for presidential candidates, but leaders in congress. when he told speaker boehner he should not go to the joint session of congress for the president's job speech, the speaker's office said they were busy. he has run things strategic, if there is a conspiracy, someone called rush limbaugh has been pulling strings. >> joan, what ab

it seems there is a powerful presence behind sandra fluke. the polls show the controversy has benefited the president of the united states who is on the ropes with the church deal. this is all the more amazing because the controversy sandra is embracing is completely bogus as i explained on "the view" today. >> do you guys know what title ten is. >> explain it. >> bill: okay. it's in motion now that if you need birth control and you go to a federal clinic you get it. >> yeah. >> bill: that's under title 10 of the public health act. okay? so there really isn't any problem. you can get it and then if you don't want to drive down to the clinic you can go to wal-mart or you can go to target and get it for $9 a month. so, to insert this into a giant obama care bill seems to be unnecessary to me. >> bill: by the way the ladies were respectful. we had a very good and necessary discussion. now talking points believes that very quietly president obama will pull back on his demand that the catholic church cover contraception. he has snatched victory fr

it seems there is a powerful presence behind sandra fluke. the polls show the controversy has benefited the president of the united states who is on the ropes with the church deal. this is all the more amazing because the controversy sandra is embracing is completely bogus as i explained on "the view" today. >> do you guys know what title ten is. >> explain it. >> bill: okay. it's in motion now that if you need birth control and you go to a federal clinic you get it. >> yeah. >> bill: that's under title 10 of the public health act. okay? so there really isn't any problem. you can get it and then if you don't want to drive down to the clinic you can go to wal-mart or you can go to target and get it for $9 a month. so, to insert this into a giant obama care bill seems to be unnecessary to me. >> bill: by the way the ladies were respectful. we had a very good and necessary discussion. now talking points believes that very quietly president obama will pull back on his demand that the catholic church cover contraception. he has snatched victory fr

enter sandra fluke. a contraception activist. the democrats tried to force a house congressional committee to hear her testimony. but the committee saying she was not diviewstled speak on church state issues which they were talking about turned her down. that's when ms. fluke went public and into the firestorm. so press toe, what was a big loser, president obama intruding on the catholic church became a potential winner, president obama protecting the rights of women. in reality, the whole contraception situation is bogus. under title 10 of the public health service act, 75% of all the counties in the u.s.a. provide free birth control to women who want it. 75%. and the rest of the counties are so rural nobody lives there. president obama well understands that he needs american women to support him next november. 2008 he beat john mccain 56% to 43% among women. thus, sandra fluke is now a major part of the obama re-election campaign. that's what this is all about. and that's the memo. now for the top story reaction. joining us for

enter sandra fluke. a contraception activist. the democrats tried to force a house congressional committee to hear her testimony. but the committee saying she was not diviewstled speak on church state issues which they were talking about turned her down. that's when ms. fluke went public and into the firestorm. so press toe, what was a big loser, president obama intruding on the catholic church became a potential winner, president obama protecting the rights of women. in reality, the whole contraception situation is bogus. under title 10 of the public health service act, 75% of all the counties in the u.s.a. provide free birth control to women who want it. 75%. and the rest of the counties are so rural nobody lives there. president obama well understands that he needs american women to support him next november. 2008 he beat john mccain 56% to 43% among women. thus, sandra fluke is now a major part of the obama re-election campaign. that's what this is all about. and that's the memo. now for the top story reaction. joining us for

the president tells sandra fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud.there's a huge campaign online to get advertisers to pull from this show. you have some people who defend rush limbaugh and they say it's entertainme entertainment. this is what he does. how does this play different than other things we have heard in the past? >> right now the daylight between rush limbaugh and what republicans in the house and the senate are doing is not that different. he's just being more honest about it. >> john boehner spoke out. what did he say today? >> he said he thought it was inappropriate to use those words, not getting to the substance but it was inappropriate to raise money on it as if they were the same thing. >> any chance that republicans in congress are pressuring rush limbaugh to back out or do they have the ability? chris matthews says every night i want to hear one republican come out and blast rush limbaugh. i'll put you on the show. we've not seen that yet. >> the what john boehner said is blasting, i'd like to see more blasting. right now you hav

the president tells sandra fluke. 30-year-old sandra fluke parents should be proud.s in the oval office took place spoke about what the president had to say. >> he wanted to offer his support to her. he wanted to express his disappoint that she's been the subject of inappropriate personal attacks and to thank her for exercising her rights as a citizen to speak out on a issue of public policy. it was a very good conversation. >> who had the worst week in washington? chris cillizza joins me now. chris, not you. we're talking about the senate republicans now. they had a couple of big setbacks this week. >> through no fault of its own, john corning who at the head of senate campaign arm has two big problems to deal with. one many maine where olympia snowe surprised the political world by announcing her retirement. the other bob carey switched and said he wasn't running. he is running. republicans still favored in nebraska, definitely not favored in maine. that makes a bad week in my book. >> chris cillizza wrapping it up for us. thank you. that does it for us for "andrea

conservatives are waging a campaign to protect rush limbaugh and smear sandra fluke. we'll rip the conservative tin foil hats off that and i'm talking about radio tonight you won't want to miss it. it's "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> the sandra fluke controversy was manufactured. they are painting it as a grand conspiracy. >> i can't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, i think i will. this was run out of the white house. >> now's terry o'neill and lizz winstead are here to destroy the

tonight in an exclusive interview, georgetown university law student sandra fluke joins me. ndra, thanks for your time tonight. we're not going to play anymore of that offensive sound. i just want to have a conversation with you tonight. and without a pointed question, i just want to ask you, what are you feeling right now and what's your reaction to what you heard? >> well, i guess my reaction is what a -- the reaction that a lot of women have when they've been called these names. initially, you're stunned, but then very quickly, you're outraged, because this is historically the kind of language that is used to silence women, especially when women stand up and say that these are their reproductive health care needs and this is what they need and what's been amazing to me today is the outpouring of support. everyone from members of congress to georgetown faculty, to so many women who have contacted me, and i think it's clear from what they've said that they're not going to be silenced by this. >> were you prepared for this kind of a reaction when you first agreed to testify?

moments ago on his show, bill o'reilly made disparaging comments about sandra fluke.o let me get this straight, mrs. fluke, i'm asking there with due respect. you want me to give you my hard earned money so you can have sex? why then won't the government pay for my activities? for example, i played college football. the government should have bought my equipment. my helmet. shoulder pads, cleats if i don't have those things on the field i meet get hurt. surely the taxpayers should have ponied up for my football activities. >> actually, bill, you played football without a helmet. let's bring back krystal ball and karen finney. what is it about rush limbaugh and now bill o'reilly that don't understand women's health care? krystal? >> that is the question because the fact of the matter is over a million women use birth control for purely medical purposes, nothing to do with contraception and in fact if he had bothered to listen to sandra's testimony, you would know that what she was talking about was a friend who had to lose an ovary because she couldn't afford birth con

the president tells sandra fl e fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud. okay! >> so, joan, you and i are pretty articulate on matters like politics. i think we're beyond the range here of just regular democrat versus republican politics. something strange in the water with rush limbaugh. joining in this fight from his high level, i must say, basically attacking an individual for being part of this debate and then going after them at hom nim and then make comments i've never heard made in the context of public debate. >> right. you said we're articulate. you're articulate. i'm kind of speechless listening to that. i had only read the words but hearing his voice it ace ridiculo ridiculous. of course the president called sandra. he's a father. sandra, i know you're 30 years old and you're a grown-up and i respect and admire you, but there's a certain reaction you have if you're a parent of a daughter. mine is in her 20s, chris, like excuse me, how could anyone say that, how do you get away with it and repeat it over and over. he's crossed a line. i do my best not

the secondtotally disregarding the feelings of sandra fluke. no where have they said anything about sandra fluke and what she has been through. the republican party has now ripped off the scab and let all americans to see and voters to see that they just don't know anything about women's health care and they refuse to learn about it. republicans continue to defend limbaugh and run away from the opportunity to criticize him. you know what they will do? they will pay a real prize when it comes to the female vote in november, and president obama had nothing to do with it. he didn't start it in any way, shape or form. >>> and breaking news tonight, carl levin from michigan the chairman of the senate armed services committee is calling for the removal of rush limbaugh from the armed forces radio network. get your cell phones out, tonight's question, would republicans rather lose the female vote than criticize rush limbaugh? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. go to our blog at ed. >> msnbc.com, we'll bring you results later in the show. i'm joined b

he is the chairman of the committee that would not allow sandra fluke to testify. if he let her testify she would have been another american citizen going up on capitol hill, giving her take and insight and story of a friend had real problems, medical problems and needs the contraception medication. he's also ignoring one person who created a controversy out of the sandra fluke testimony, not just darrell issa, it's rush limbaugh. republicans, i tell you what, they have stepped in it day after day on this. number one, they don't have the character to call limbaugh out on it. in fact they don't want to wade into it. why? they'll need him in the general election. the second thing is that they are totally disregarding the feelings of sandra fluke. no where have they said anything about sandra fluke and what she has been through. the republican party has now ripped off the scab and let all americans to see and voters to see that they just don't know anything about women's health care and they refuse to learn about it. republicans continue to defend limbaugh and run awa

that's when sandra fluke suddenly appeared. pping up at congressional hearings, showing up in the media polls show president obama's poll numbers among women now on the rise and he has ms. fluke to thank that if you don't pay close attention to this story it looks like president obama is simply helping out a young woman under siege but, again, that's not what's going on here. the election in november will be between the democratic party, which wants a nanny state and the republic party which does not. you the voter have a very important decision to make. last month, february, the u.s.a. ran up the biggest deficit ever. $229 billion was added to the national debt in 2 days. for that, we can thank the poor economy and the evergrowing nanny state. we can also thank folks like sandra fluke who desperately want it. and that's the memo. now, for the top story tonight, the republic primary on tuesday. two votes will take place one in alabama and the other in mississippi. new rasmussen poll taken in alabama has a dead heat among romney

now, forced to buy health insurance who don't want to pay extra for sandra fluke's social decisions. uke is unconcerned. >> i think this is about women's health. that's what it's always been about for me and that's what it's about for the many many americans who are emailing me constantly telling me how important it is. >> bill: no matter what i say sandra fluke and those who spater her are not going to listen. sex is a potential health crisis. what goes on in everybody's bedroom. i don't think i can make it any more vivid. this is a freedom issue. my freedom as an american is being enroached upon. the obama administration is trying to force me and you to pick up the tab for what people do in their private time. in europe, this happens all the time. in denmark the government will actually pay for people to take drugs. they will give folks heroin. that's called harm reduction. the dens believe if you give addicted people drugs they won't commit crimes to get the money. back to our wallets in this country, progressive politicians like barbara boxer is trying to make this a gender issue

how proud of sandra fluke you would be? your daughter goes up to a congressional hearing conducted by the botox filled nancy pelosi and testifies she is having so much sex she can't afford her own birth control pills. what does it say about the college coed susan fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex. what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. >> that was day one. the word we cut off was prostitute. he was calling her a hooker. that was day one for mr. limbaugh, wasn't like a slip of the tongue. this was day two. >> ms. fluke have you ever heard of not having sex? have you ever heard of not having sex so often? ms. fluke, and the rest of you feminazis, if we are going to pay for your contraception and pay for you to have sex we want something for it and i'll tell you what it. we want to you post the videos online so we can all watch. >> today, mr. limbaugh was still going for it. that was day two. today he's still going for

that's when sandra fluke suddenly appeared. pping up at congressional hearings, showing up in the media polls show president obama's poll numbers among women now on the rise and he has ms. fluke to thank that if you don't pay close attention to this story it looks like president obama is simply helping out a young woman under siege but, again, that's not what's going on here. the election in november will be between the democratic party, which wants a nanny state and the republic party which does not. you the voter have a very important decision to make. last month, february, the u.s.a. ran up the biggest deficit ever. $229 billion was added to the national debt in 2 days. for that, we can thank the poor economy and the evergrowing nanny state. we can also thank folks like sandra fluke who desperately want it. and that's the memo. now, for the top story tonight, the republic primary on tuesday. two votes will take place one in alabama and the other in mississippi. new rasmussen poll taken in alabama has a dead heat among romney

the president steps in and telephones sandra fluke. >> he wanted to offer his support to her and his disappoint that she has been the subject of personal attacks. >> a woman is being called these names and it comes to silencing. >> and still limbaugh cannot stop himself. >> did you ever think about maybe backing off the amount of sex that you have? >> ohio, santorum's lead down to 35-31. he accuses romney of. >> class warfare. he should be paying more. >> super tuesday highlighted by this whatever it is. >> that's a-- >> bloom versus christie. who can you support in this fight? the right to have police act in new jersey or anywhere else without telling new jersey or anywhere else. >> a lot of the world trade center terrorists went back and forth to new jersey. >> and republicans rejoice. another proved case of voter fraud as a man gets his dog a ballot. only one problem. the man is a republican whose wife works for the republican senate candidate the senate candidate whose big issue was--voter fraud. you said it, buddy woof. all that and more now on "countdown." >> who let the dogs o