Could be. The Mao-loving Anita Dunn left the Obama White House communications office and ended up as managing editor at a big PR firm. Fluke reportedly is being booked for TV appearances by that firm.
Thursday night on The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly delved deeper into his investigation of the Sandra Fluke controversy. In the Talking Points Memo, he stated that The Factor “believes that the Sandra Fluke contraception controversy was manufactured to divert attention away from the Obama administration’s disastrous decision to force Catholic non-profit organizations to provide insurance coverage for birth control and the morning after pill.”
He described The Factor’s attempts to reach out to Fluke and the difficulty the show has had in tracking down Fluke’s representatives. Well, O’Reilly reports that late Thursday, The Factor “found out that Ms. Fluke is now being repped by the progressive PR agency SKDKnickerbocker where Anita Dunn, the former Obama communications director, is the managing editor,” tying the Georgetown Law student back to the White House, at least indirectly.
Yup.
With this regime we keep seeing the same figures pop up in interesting places — Dunn with Fluke, former red “green” czar Van Jones behind the occupy movement, etc. None of this is coincidental.
It’s not like these people keep getting these cushy jobs for their stunning competence. Dunn, for one, showed very poor communications judgement when she praised the mass murderer Chairman Mao on tape.
Also read:
The Whine can’t run on his record, so they need to make fake controversy.
the tactics of obamanation lately reminds me of a type of play that happens all the time in sports – the offender will forcibly draw the victims arms/hands into a manipulated/staged “foul” hoping to get a whistle – at the very least it is a “veteran” type move which can irritate and get the opposition off its “game” so kudos on getting to the heart of this matter
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
It’s been my impression the Obama doesn’t take a crap without determining the political implications.
This has been a left/WH operation from the get go.
Which leads me to believe that this was a fight 0bama was willing to have even if it was disastrous. He wanted to provoke the Bishops, to see how many liberal Catholics would fall away. He, and the left, want to play chicken with the poor and disadvantaged the Church helps. “Do it our way, or those suffering will suffer more!” is his threat. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the poor and hungry.
– you ask.
Its best to use a form of Occams Razor and assume that every story that makes CBS evening news and the front page of the New York Times is there to help the Democrats.
Fluke is the new Cindy Sheehan…and will meet with the same fate, I’d judge.
No, Fluke is the new Anita Hill.
Who still has a cushy BS job in academia, mostly going on NPR and rehashing her slander of Thomas. Isn’t it nice that our tax money goes to support peope we hate?
I was thinking Monica Lewinsky.
I believe that the entire contraception controversy is a diversionary tactic, designed to distract attention from the dismal state of the economy and Obama’s incompetent handling of it. George Stephanopolous’s debate questions were the opening move. The mandate forcing Catholic institutions to violate their own principles was a part of it as well. Sandra Fluke was the icing on the cake. It’s all carefully calculated to sucker Republicans into arguing about contraception (an issue that can’t win them any votes) instead of talking about Obama’s performance in office. And the Republicans have fallen for it.
I think evidence suggests you are 100% right. Unfortunately, there are just enough people left in the GOP who are entirely happy to refight already lost battles about contraception, freely available sex, and values of a new, young generation.
You think the young demographic turned out for Obama in 2008? Wait until the ads implying that the GOP wants to outlaw hookups start hitting Facebook.
Yes, both of you are right. Repubs should take no positions an any subject because the Dems own them all. We need to shut up and pretend we want Romney to be president because he said he wants to work with the Dems to get things done. Then all the Dems will vote for Romney in the general election. Sure, that’s it. Ask Bob Dole, he’ll tell ya. sarc/OFF
“values of a new, younger generation,” was it? Hehe. As one of the “older folks,” I remember when “free sex” was really free, and girls weren’t even called sluts, let alone “b****es” and “h*’s” (or the new fave “c***”) for “balling” as it was known in those days.
What was that Phillip Larkin poem about “sex was invented in 1863, between…” something-something “…and the Beatles’ first CD”? Every generation thinks they invented it. Yeah, we’re real upset about these brand-spankin, new-fangled values of the young’uns. Heh. Ever see “Woodstock”?
Oh, but the other thing — the point of the comment being about conservatves all concerned over BC — c’mon. Everybody knows that’s a George-Steph-initiated, White-House-propelled game. The Dems were using that little trick (The stuffy GOP hates these young kids and their sex!) back in the Nixon days, for Gawd’s sake.
no, the press won’t notice. This is a distraction, because without it the news might be Bishop Dolan’s letter that complained the Obama administration not only wouldn’t discuss the problem of forcing the church to fund abortifactants and contraceptives, the WHStaff actually tried to bully the bishops by telling them they don’t understand Catholic doctrime.
What do you mean, the press won’t notice? The press is an essential part of this operation. It could never have worked without their enthusiastic cooperation.
Obama Dunn Fluked Op. Again.
If Fluke is a plant, and I don’t deny that she could be, they picked a very bad plant. There isn’t anything at all about her that would evoke sympathy. Not that the Obamorons aren’t grasping at straws, but this particular straw? This far out? The whole issue of who’s denying what to whom will be played out by late March, early April at the latest. And that’s despite the MSM’s valiant efforts to keep it front page. It’s just not that interesting, and she’s just not that likeable.
Considering the stuff we know of already, that seems pretty much par for the course – they’ve been incredibly short-sighted on a WHOLE LOT of things.
Fluke isvery sympathetic…to a Petulant Leftie, a demographic that Obama’s puppeteers fervently hope will shore up their property’s deteriorating re-election prospects.
It was the same with Occupy. Even leaving aside the thugs, druggies, and rapists who have occupied the Occupy squalorvilles, the original Owies couldn’t have been dreamed up by a Karl Rove who was channelling Lee Atwater. But to the Petulant Left (Owies who got jobs before Obama got his), the Owies were greatly sympathetic: “There but for the grace of…err, somebody…go I”.
I do find it amusing that, in biology, a fluke is a parasitic flatworm.
Just, y’know, saying….
Parasitic flatworm, eh? No wonder she’s planning on being a lawyer.
seeing how they want the state to control everything, let’s have all of these fools tried and executed after obama loses the election. they are smug now, but these good little comrades don’t realize the hornets nest buzzing just under the surface of this country. it’s for all of the marbles, so you better get fired up…
The real tragedy here is of Sandra Fluke herself. What she has done for political purposes is to expose herself as something reprehensible. She has shown openly that her upbringing and moral character leave much to be desired. She is an attractive woman with some intelligence but no common sense. What decent man would wish to marry her or have her mother his children. She has condemned herself to a miserable future. It seems that she was deliberately used for dubious political purpose—and will be thrown under the bus. She is a ‘useful idiot’. I feel sorry for her. We all should hope and pray that she comes to her senses—even though the tire-marks remain.
Fluke will, predictably, not “come to her senses.” The theory of cognitive dissonance predicts that. The more she is criticized and vilified, the stronger will be her conviction that she is justified in her position.
So, for better or worse, Fluke will live with the consequences of this situation forever. She is enjoying her moment in the sun now – she needs a PR firm to handle her – but this will pass. I would not be surprised if, somehow, her name became a verb as in, “she (he) fluked herself the other day” which would imply that the individual got manipulated as a “useful idiot” in some political game. Or, alternatively, she (he) “got fluked” with the same meaning.
You’re assuming that Fluke is interested in marriage, or any sort of long-term relationship with a man. Haven’t you been paying attention? In 2008, 41% of all births in the U.S. were to unmarried mothers. The percentage is 78% for black women, 29% for whites, 53% Hispanic (according to Pew Research Center). Today’s women have been raised by feminist teachers and indoctrinated by feminist popular culture. Most of them see men as unnecessary.
Silly People! Where have you been? More likely she will marry a man and then they will have one or two kids at the age of 40 something and make a combine salary above $100,000 in today’s dollars. She and her husband will continue to attend dinner parties where they will both talk about the evils of the patriarchy in one breath and the non-existence of evil in the other. That’s what good little liberals do.
On the bright side, she will own a Prius (in addition to the minivan) and give her leftovers to the bums sleeping in the doorway of the expensive restaurants they frequent.
White House Ops. Plants for the MSM. Is it just me, or do the contributors to this page seem overly conspiratorial? The White House was indeed canny in turning the controversy back onto the right with the so-called contraception compromise. However, the continuation of the story is clearly a result of the GOP trying (unsuccessfully) to regain the initiative. Invoking White House Ops isn’t an effective strategy for this objective, nor is invoking Chairman Mao. We already have a Godwin’s law for the inappropriate use of Hitler/Nazi analogies. I hereby suggest Auster’s law for the inappropriate use of Mao to slur one’s opponents.
Auster,
Just a thought, if someone comes out and openly praises Hitler, its not a violation of Godwin’s Law to critique them for that. So when Dunn says ‘that Mao sure was cute’ or when Thomas Friedmann says ‘man I wish we could get logically organized like those Chicoms’, its not a violation to call them Maoist scum.
I don’t think an item can be both itself and an analogy of itself at the same time. Otherwise even the most appropriate invocation of Godwin’s Law would violate Godwin’s Law. No, to make Hitler or Mao disappear, you need not Godwin’s but ‘God Wins’ law.
Now we know what all those Czars are for….
Yes it’s being run from the White House; yes, Barack Obama listened to Wright and had no misconceptions what the man was about; yes, he knew what Bell was really talking about; yes he knew what Ayers did and which direction he wanted things to go; yes Michelle was a sit-in demonstrator; yes she said “all that for a flag?” and he agreed; yes, Holder knew about Fast and Furious; yes, the charges were dropped on the New Black Panthers out of solidarity and a desire to keep useful allies who owe favors in the field (same with Mexican drug cartels and Fast and Furious); yes, they are trying to force Americans off oil by default; yes, he wants to reduce our nuclear capability to the point where we could not take on both Russia and China (as far as MAD deterrence goes)
They don’t like a thing about America except what they can change. If you support the MSM you support putting your own head in a noose.
Eggselent summation, where there is this much smoke there is a fireball. Everyone who thinks Obama and his comrades are incompetent are not seeing the smoke signals. Infact Obama tipped his hat during his 2008 run, with comments like “the price of electricity must necessarily rise”, and “now is not the time to be making a profit”. These people have been executing their plan long before Obama, he’s just the perfect Manchurian help with the final collapse the system.
The WH didn’t make Fluke a story, Rush did. Without Rush, nobody would have cared about her stupid testimony. Of course, now that it’s out there, the WH is going to latch onto it and squeeze every last bit of juicy goodness out of it.
That’s what I’m saying. Sandra Fluke was the bait in a political trap, and Rush Limbaugh walked right into it.
For all Big Bill’s “delving,” didn’t he have Steffie Stephanopoulos on his show this week..?
I don’t recall Bill asking a single question Steffie about contraception and why he brought it up in the Republican debate.
– Adam “delved”
And Eve “spanned”
Who was then a “gentleman”?
Humankind’s First Spoken Words: “Stand back, Eve, I don’t know how big this thing is gonna GET!”
You might say her appearance wasn’t a fluke. ~rimshot~
How about this Rex:
While she IS a fluke (see above, re: parasitic flatworm), her appearance was not.
“Is Sanda Fluke an Op Being Run From the White House?”
Well, duh.
You didn’t expect that guy occupying the White House to run on his record, did you?
Sundog is correct. They brainstormed and concluded they needed a social issue to trap the Republicans and they settled on contraception. Georgie Stephanopoulos baited the first hook with a seemingly random and ridiculous question from the ether about states banning contraception.
I recall that ridiculous question from Steponallofus, Romney smacked him around, Gringrich ran it up the middle to attack the MSM and Santorum stepped in the poo. I get that Limbaugh was really trying to demonstate the hypocricy of the MSM and their rampant misoginy, unfortunate he chose to be so ham handed.
Is Sanda Fluke an Op Being Run From the White House? Let’s see: What do you call the tail of the Leviathan? Why, the Fluke, of course! You cant make this stuff up.
Sandra Fluke was only news because the Republican committee on woman’s health refused to have any contrary testimony and told Fluke to get lost. Fluke ended up appearing before a Democratic committee ironically telling about a friend’s experince with contraception. That’s when Limbaugh called her a slut. The President then called Fluke and supported her. To turn this into a White House op gives too much credit to Obama for creating this conspiracy. I’m not surprised though, the same people who concocted the we attacked the Twin Towers ourselves or men never walked on the Moon or Sarah Palin is a real person must be eating up this science fiction. Another irony is that the entire Islamic world is awash in conspiracy stories. Looks like Instapundit is comfortable in this world.
There’s a difference between conspiracy theories and politics as usual, Chicago-style.
Sandra Fluke was only news because the Republican committee on woman’s health refused to have any contrary testimony and told Fluke to get lost.
More accurate:
Sandra Fluke was only news because the Democrats hijacked a hearing on religious liberty and changed the subject to “give me what I want, even if you believe it to be morally wrong”.
Rush then reacted … as did the Progressives …
… but I think the Progressives might have stepped into a bigger pile of poo: their reaction to Rush opened the door to comparisons with Maher, Letterman and many others about how they treated conservatives … including that real person, Sarah Palin, whose example of bringing a special-needs child into the world gives her the walk-the-talk credibility that Progressives fear on issues of sexuality and life.
As Instapundit reports today, look for this story to die out in the MSM very quickly … because if it goes on much longer, it will be the Progressives who will be pwned.
“… before a Democratic committee…”
Could have sworn I read it was a created event by Pelosi made up to LOOk like a sub-committee hearing.
If it is, from the looks of how it’s turning out, it’s just the latest installment of this Four Year Long Amateur Night and Traveling Clown Show at the White House.
I’d be delighted to see Rush Limbaugh charged under that statute. I’d even be willing to contribute to his defense. His being exonerated would be a slam dunk — and maybe we’d get another useless law off the books. Unenforceable and unenforced laws lead to scofflaws. We could certainly do with fewer of those.
If Limbaugh was going to go down the path he did, he could have said something like this, keeping Fluke’s name at a distance: “If a woman is having sex multiple times each day with multiple partners, what is she likely to be? A prostitute or a slut, that’s what.” Fluke’s remark at Nancy Pelosi’s photo-op-that-looked-like-a-congressional-hearing about spending $3000 in three years for contraceptives leads to the speculative question in a logical way.
Since birth control pills can be readily be bought for less than $10 a month, the $3,000 suggests buying condoms. At less than $25 for 100 condoms, that leads to having sex >12 times a day. No man is up for sex that often, so it suggests multiple partners.
Limbaugh missed the boat on this one by not confining his attack to the outright absurdity of what she said and kept any references to Fluke’s sex life out of the picture. While it’s entirely possible that Sandra Fluke is a prostitute or a slut, we have no evidence of that that would hold up in a court of law.
We have to be much more clever.
The two best countermoves I can think of to defeat the Legacy media are to run Samizdat they can’t react to/answer (“Thanks Barrack” stickers on gas pumps and grocery store shelves to highlight inflation, for example), and boycott advertisers and cancel cable subscriptions to cripple them financially.
They will carry the administration’s water to the end, but we can shoot the bucket full of holes.
O’Reilly —
“believes that the Sandra Fluke contraception controversy was manufactured to divert attention away from the Obama administration’s disastrous decision to force Catholic non-profit organizations to provide insurance coverage for birth control and the morning after pill.”
Don’t you get it? I saw it from day 1. I tried to warn about it, but no one listened.
What’s Obama’s political guru’s name — Plouffe? Or which evil conniver plotted this? It must have been the plan for a long time — just waiting for the perfect moment to have the most effect. I can see it, “Whenever things get really hot and the O looks really bad — just throw a Social Issue out at them and change the subject!”
The WHOLE THING — the timing — all of it — was brought up — from the beginning — the whole thing –
To Change the Subject From the Economy and Oil To Social Issues — which rouses their base, the MSM, is ripe for mockery — and is always losing for Republicans.
They knew very well — as was clearly shown by Stephanopolis’ seemingly out of place question about contraception at one of the debates —
That they would be beating Republicans over the head with the meme — “Republicans want to outlaw contraception!!!”
They knew that especially Santorum couldn’t resist going for it.
But all Republicans and the Right (and Rush!) — took the bait.
The Right should have repeated over and over that this was nothing more than a ploy to change the subject — which is exactly what it was.
There’s no real debate on this — it’s a First Amendment issue and they’ll lose. They know that. But it serves their purposes for now.
No “access” to contraception because it’s not free — indeed! What? — has contraception been inaccessible up till now? What a joke!
Sandra Fluke is just phase two.
Get ready for phase three — and more.
Are Republicans going to take the bait each and every time???
Why don’t Republicans just give them the “stupid look” — the look of irony and mockery — and a shrug of the shoulders — repeating over and over — “What’s a Hug?” —
like that woman gave Sean Hannity last night when he asked her about Obama’s promotion of Bell’s “Critical Theory of Race” — and it’s racism and anti-semitism. ???
Right on, Aqua.
The timing of the contraceptive “controversy” makes no sense except for one thing. Santorum, the only candidate with a contraception track record, was still in the race and in danger of sinking fast. Obama needed to keep his expected opponent, Romney, away from the finish line so he would keep spending money while feeding the MSM meme that he could not close the deal. A win win win. Absent Santorum from the mix the timing of the scam just does not make sense. It only helps Obama by hurting Romney.
We are dealing with very twisted people who think like no group of anti-Americans I have ever seen or heard of. Three rules in such uncharted territory. Careful, careful and careful some more.