Kudos to President Obama:

President Obama called Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who testified at a House contraception hearing. Rush Limbaugh recently had harsh words for Fluke, calling her a “slut.” Fluke told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that Obama “encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of American women.” Obama also told Fluke that she should tell her parents that “they should be proud.”

While I am sure Rush Limbaugh is enjoying the notoriety, I suspect the Republican presidential candidates wish this issue would go away. Props also to House Speaker John Boehner for courageously denouncing Limbaugh’s misogynistic comments. It is not easy standing up to the mouthpiece of the Republican party.