Secupp is sounding more liberal every day. Perhaps that’s a consequence of working around libs all the time. I don’t know, but to attack Rush out of the blue like she did in the NY Times the other day just seemed uncalled for. Here’s her initial comments:

And we can’t be afraid to call out Rush Limbaugh. If we can get three Republicans on three different networks saying, ‘What Rush Limbaugh said is crazy and stupid and dangerous,’ maybe that’ll give other Republicans cover to feel comfortable disagreeing with him as well from time to time.

As she points out in her piece this morning, people didn’t take kind to her remarks as she’s received a lot of feedback on twitter. And even though there were calls by some for her to apologize to Rush, she says there will be no apology:

I’ll end the suspense for some: There will be no apology. I make a living disagreeing with people who are far more successful, famous, wealthy and important than I am. I have spent thousands of hours on television and thousands of column inches criticizing the President of the United States. If you think I’m going to apologize for suggesting that it might be okay to disagree with a radio host sometimes, you don’t know me at all.

She acts as though Rush says stupid stuff all the time and he must be called out for it. Her detractors asked her to cite an example of this and she did, but it was quite underwhelming in my opinion:

As for the gentleman on Twitter who dared me to cite an example, I’m happy to. If calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” last year for her position on contraception wasn’t the epitome of “crazy and stupid and dangerous,” allow me to explain the obvious.

It was crazy because it invented an irrational connection between her private sex life and her political position. It was stupid because calling someone a name is intellectually lazy. Make an actual argument. And it was dangerous because it trafficked in the same kind of misogyny that liberals use when they blast conservative women for being sluts, prudes or sexually repressed. And that fell right into the well-crafted but dishonest “war on women” narrative that liberals had set up to (successfully) get President Obama re-elected.

Rush is free to say whatever he wants, but how was that productive? And why did anyone defend it?

Geez, she picks the one thing that Rush actually apologized for. Oh how daring of her. Is that it Secupp? Is that all you got? Are you going to cite his drug use as the next example?

Let’s cut to the chase. As Mark Levin pointed out last night on his radio show, there’s nothing wrong with disagreeing with people. But to run to the NY Times and throw our esteemed colleagues under the bus is just wrong. And especially with Rush Limbaugh, who has done far more for the conservative movement in this country than most, I think he’s owed a little respect.

And just as an aside, I did defend Rush during slut-gate because I listened to the show and I knew he was attacking her straw man argument and not her personally. Sure, he came out and apologized for letting it go to that level but I didn’t think he needed to. After all, it was a stupid argument on her part and his comments illuminated it quite well.

You can read her article on Rush here.




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wth?
wth?

Never understood anyone's support of cupp.

I think it's mostly been a case of men thinking with their penis's.

TickedWhiteDude
TickedWhiteDude

She's an atheist....What do people expect from a Godless person?

AlecJ
AlecJ

Cupp will be a full fledged liberal within 10 years. She has no foundation of truth....and hangs around nutjob liberals all day. Its just a matter of time before she bows to peer pressure. Its a shame but easily predictable.

I stopped caring what she thought the day she took the MSNBC job.

Runniing to the NY Times to bash conservatives is pathetic and weak.....if nothing else, she is a useful idiot.

blueniner
blueniner

This is the trouble, Cupp claims to be a Conservative, but going to the NY Times is foolish, the party is eating its own, it will continue to lose with this kind of nonsense. There is no doubt MSLSD has had an effect on Cupp, I saw her when she first hit the TV scene, she is catering to the left and wants to be liked, but they will never like her. Cupp is doing a fools errand.

lambfound
lambfound

She's an atheist - that's all you need to know.

daeghrefn
daeghrefn

Oh, wow. There's nothing to show how courageous you are like taking to a lib outlet and dumping on someone the left's been demonizing for the past 25 years. Maybe S. E. will get REALLY courageous and edgy next time by dumping on Sarah Palin or something.

odin147
odin147

Expecting others to pay because you can't control ur libido is the definition of Fluke.

InaudibleNoise
InaudibleNoise

I had a funny feeling about S.E. Cupp for a while, but I couldn't figure out why. When I heard her say she was an atheist, I knew why. There are no moral absolutes for atheists, therefore, she is not a conservative. She, like all the others who are pushing the GOP to the left on social issues, will end up destroying the party, and ultimately, the nation.

Our Constitution is based on Judeo-Christian principles; most importantly the fact that all men are CREATED equal, and endowed by their CREATOR with certain unalienable rights. Once that self-evident truth is no longer professed by the majority of the nation, we will cease to be the United States of America, and will become Ameritopia.

May God Have Mercy On The United States Of America.

clevonlittle
clevonlittle

a gentleman told me the other night that this was an intelligent forum, okay here goes. Who won the Fluke debate ?

Rush or the progressives......

in the middle of what was branded by the progs as a war on women how did his calling her a slut playout ?

Limbaugh is far too sharp to say really off kilter gems by accident............

my question to Limbaugh is :

why did you say it ?

didn't realize the statement would be transferred to every conservative up for election ?

he's too sharp .........

and finally!

I have voted in 11 presidential elections and not one of the men ever exactly represented my beliefs.........

neither does Limbaugh. Or Beck , Reagan, Ford, Paul ( Ron or Rand ) , etc.

why, if I don't agree with a statement that he makes , can't I criticize the idea ? Taking issue with Limbaugh's use of a term by anyone is HEALTHY ! Rush isn't God..........

if he was he would never have to apologize.

what does Ayotte think of Limbaugh's calling Sandra Fluke a slut ? Palin ? didn't she and her daughters listen to enough Bill Maher ?

on the grounds that S.E.Cupp lays out , I agree with her....... Limbaugh hurt every conservative in America who ran for election , therefore it wasn't a brilliant choice of words, was it.

why did Rush say it ?

wallwatchman
wallwatchman

No one said that to disagree with rush is wrong or not allowed. That's not my issue with S.E. Why go to the new York times to air your grievance? Why now? She acts like rush is just a crazy idiot much of the time. So much so she had to go to times and call him out! It's outrageous! He's not stupid, crazy or dangerous. Her one example is from awhile back, and if she listened to his show, she would have had a better understanding of what he was doing that day. And what do you call a person who wants to have sex, with someone else paying for it anyway?'

S.E. is actually giving this story legs all over again by coming after him when it's all over. What's the point?! And S.E., why don't you use all this energy going after politicians and this president who are doing REAL damage to my friends and family and the whole country. Rush is not destroying my job, making my gas too expensive, my borders unsafe, spending my tax money on stupid green companies and lavish perks for him and his friends! Stop yelling squirrel and stay on topic!!

clevonlittle
clevonlittle

I agree with the timing being suspect and the NYT choice , in fact you make good sense. Conservatives are wed to Limbaugh in the court of public opinion . Whether we want to admit it or not , his gaffes become our burden. Cupp in criticizing him distances him , Hannity , Levin from candidates that I want desperately to win. we need our candidates to carry the message , not defend what Limbaugh or anyone on the radio or tv says. How much effort did folks running for office have to put in to separate themselves from an idiotic reference by Rush about who ? Sandra Fluke.....and the donations flooded the DNC. Lost that by KO . Thanks for your post.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

I never cared too much for S. E. Cupp anyway. After all, she is an atheist, went to MSNBC to work, and always spent WAY too much time smiling into the camera during any on-air discussion. She is way too full of herself and deserves to be where she's at over in liberal land.

I always felt her true roots would come out sooner or later. Much like Ann Coulter. Two pea-brains in a pod.

xjesterx
xjesterx

I like how you name her. "Secupp". There are certain people who you just KNOW think that their name sounds smarter with initials in front of it...ie... "S.E.Cupp" instead of "Sarah Cupp". Its what someone does who is young and immature.

I guarantee you NO ONE in grade school started calling her "good old S.E."!! This was something a college girl creates to sound like a columnist before she is one.

I'm sure she is a very nice person, so don't get me wrong, but I always found the name kind of annoying.

Martin2717
Martin2717

Well...... if it means anything (probably does), she is an atheist. I've always had this in the back of my head when it came to her.

FreeManWalking
FreeManWalking

I totally agree Scoop!

IMO she is trying to mcCain't her way to recognition with the MarxistSocialistMedia.

335blues
335blues

So, let me get this straight, all 10 of the people who follow secupp are pushing for a strong stand against the 10 MILLION who follow Rush? Get a life cupp. 10 people care what you think.

SavingtheRepublicdotcom
SavingtheRepublicdotcom

I stopped watching/listening to her a LONG time ago, right around the time she stopped appearing on Fox. Next thing you know she is on MSLSD as the "lone conservative" voice yet slowly becoming one of "them"!

Dr_Tesla33
Dr_Tesla33

why does no one point out that it is hypocritical for her to single out Rush when she works for and gets paid by Beck.

cabensg
cabensg

So they've enlisted a non-conservative to represent Republicans on the View. May I ask why anyone is even slightly surprised. Until they put Palin on you can forget anyone there being on the side of common sense or truth. The last young woman they had on before was very pleasing and tried to hold her own but failed. If they wanted any kind of representation from conservatives the show would at least be half and half with someone substantial on our side.

opinionatedhermit
opinionatedhermit

Evidently, not even the photoshopped naked pictures of S.E. Cupp, those that showed up in Hustler were enough to get her the attention that she "thinks" she deserves.....

sqdog99
sqdog99

I haven't given up on Beck yet.........but I gave up on SE Cupp a long time ago.

Buck Sexton and Andrew Wilkow are worth the price of admission....and GB still puts on 2 or 3 good shows a week.

911Infidel
911Infidel

I already turned in my SE Cupp fan club decoder ring. I've been ignoring her observations ever since.

CM Sackett
CM Sackett

Glenn Beck was used by and for a Higher Purpose... for a time.

Since his 'network' went live, he has proven - over and over and OVER to be made of much lesser stuff than he once seemed to be made of.

SE Cupp, that worthless, utterly UNfunny Sack, and Beck himself, more and more - weakening agents of the Enemy-Domestics posing as 'concerned' "conservatives".

She and her ilk were hired specifically and personally by Glenn, and have not been reprimanded... let alone fired.

That's all I needed to know.

-CM Sackett-

PS: When Glenn made such a big deal over those 'crazy' people dressing in historically accurate attire at rallies, and how "they" were doing "all conservatives" harm (in the eyes of those that eat, drink, sleep and breath for our destruction, as a Constitutional Republic)... both, my stomach and my thoughts about him and his "concern" turned.

Howzah123
Howzah123

She's just trying to further her career with the liberal media by trashing Rush

She has no principles

DavidRobertson
DavidRobertson

i usually catch rush on my iphone app after hours since his program is typically during the busiest time of my day. However, I made a special exception today. It was a good program. I especially loved his coverage and take on that silly politico story about the media "puppet master" from Politico. He nailed it.

Laurel
Laurel

That whistling sound you hear is Glenn Beck going down the drain.

FreeManWalking
FreeManWalking

I flushed him down the crapper when he went all crissy mathews and called me a Racist because I would dare to vote for NEWT over 0b0mer.

Laurel
Laurel

Yep. My first thought was who in H-e-double L does Beck think he is?! He isn't the moral authority on anyone or thing.

Yes there is no doubt Newt has made some mistakes. And I even question some of his votes and choices but Newt is smart enough to handle the behemoth known as the United States Government and the politics that go with it. I liked him and Herman Cain. Romney was a settled choice for me. Nothing particularly totally wrong with him but nothing totally right either. He never had a clear message.

FreeManWalking
FreeManWalking

I'm Right with ya! Never again...

A lot of people blame 0b0's victory on the conservatives that didn't vote for willard, I blame willard for turning his back on them and discouraging them to vote for him.

I've held my nose and voted for RINOS and moderates every since Reagan, and I can't tell that even with the victories it truly served any benefit for the country.

Laurel
Laurel

Agreed. That won't happen for me again. I guarantee it.

FreeManWalking
FreeManWalking

Romney was my next to last, I was totally against him before I was reluctantly for him.

Sheryl Hancock
Sheryl Hancock

Beginning to see a trend here with S.E.Cupp. She recently grilled republicans on standing for family values, and against abortion rights, and gay rights. She said that we needed to conform to society's wants, not the out-dated founders' ideology. So, IMHO, S.E. Cupp longs to join the Kathleen Parkers, et al, who gloriously joined the left in their abuse of the conservatives, those standing proud to hold society's norms to the Judeo-Christian ideology that brought God's blessings! We are losing society to narcissism, thuggery, rampant immorality and death. And her suggestion is to join that? Sorry, but good citizens should desire the kind of society that brings order and politeness, along with a healthy respect for God.

sarahsupporter
sarahsupporter

Se Cupp is a self proclaimed atheist working at MSNBC and she expects us to believe she is a conservative.....yeah right.

She's loving the attention, and quite frankly she is not very accomplished. Let's just ignore her.

amishi
amishi

Secupp has always been liberal, she is fundamentally ignorant.

Richard Drakos
Richard Drakos

I had my doubt about SE, but it looks like I was correct. These cheap shots against guys like Rush are tiresome. I'm not very impressed with her on RealNews either. Buck Sexton, Will Cain and Amy Miller are far more interesting to listen too. Really? Went took a pot shot at Rush over the Sandra Fluke nonsense? Little late to the party I say.

57thunderbird
57thunderbird

Rush only called her what she is.Just called a spade a spade.

stage9
stage9

I have NO PROBLEM calling a Conservative out...and her rebuke of Rush for his public comments regarding Fluke, though maybe appropriate in a civil sense misses the truth of the matter in fact.

The definition of a "slut" is:

A person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous; an immoral woman

The problem with our reprobate culture is that being a slut is now considered en vogue. Our culture has become COMFORTABLE with the practice whereas years ago she would have been run out of town on a rail!

Why is it that people are proud of the PRACTICE but get angry at the TERM?

Laurel
Laurel

Excellent observation!

cudaforever
cudaforever

I detect a John Ziegler like personality in SE CUPP.

gothicreader
gothicreader

I never really liked her; I think she went to GBTV? That should say a lot.

marketcomp
marketcomp

And MSNBC, which really says a lot! I think she is Karl Rove in drag.

Vicki Cubeiro
Vicki Cubeiro

These woman get sucked up in media. Rush is the lefts flash point and it makes her get press by attacking. Mark Levin and Rush are the two strongest Americans fighting against the take over of our country by Obamabots, Democrats, anti-true the vote, czars.

Freedom is easily lost. Do you know Occupy Wall Street was backed by George Soros and Van Jones and SEIU. Do you know 90% of those thugs were from 1% families with college degrees and democrats. The Tea Party was non violent, waving flags, against government spending and ObamaCare. American families gathering to express concern about government statist direction. And they were pro-life and prayed. But who did the President attack, the press vilified , we were called racist! SEIU thugs attacked and beat people. So who are those speaking for Americans that are horrified by Imperial President,

Trillions in debt, un-constitutional Obamacare? And drones can kill Americans. Watch out Americans, Big Sis lists the Tea Party,Christians and militia groups as terrorists. Why are they buying billions of rounds of ammo? Assault rifles too. Could National Guard be mobilized against citizens? Think about it.

marketcomp
marketcomp

All fantastic and true points! So I wonder why attack Rush Limbaugh and not Mark Levin? Rush won't go after another Republican but Mark will put her on blast, rightfully so because she deserves it. There is so much to go sfter on the left that it shows that SE Cupp is just a coward.

maynardb50
maynardb50

I doubt Glen Beck feels much differently than her. She is his student. Her Cupp runneth over now though. Goodby SE.

marketcomp
marketcomp

SE Cupp is a tremendous disappointment. Her, along with Glenn Beck are trying to attract the Libertarians and I think that in order for them to do that they need to somehow ostracize or demean our republican leaders and the republican party. SE Cupp is on par with Joe Scarborough because they both work at MSNBC, affectionately called, MSLSD. Why not go after Obama, SE Cupp?! He has done more to demean and degrade women than any President. Rush would never attack SE Cupp because he believes that republicans shouldn’t attack other republicans. But if he knows that she is no longer a Republican or a pseudo republican (a RINOcrat) which is where she maybe going. SE Cupp said that Ann Romney was a Liar during the primary and I thought was suspicious but kind of struggled it off. If she wants to be really bold why don’t she write a hit piece attacking Mark Levin in the NYT? Because she knows that Mark would rip her a new one and Rush is really an easy target! But attacking Rush is way off the rails and she should pay for that!

bongobear
bongobear

Sandra Fluke certainly appears to be a slut.

Dan C
Dan C

We need a WHOLE NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Literally start from scratch. The current group is hopelessly broken. They believe in nothing, and actually side with left wing statist liberals over their own base.

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

Perhaps she's just having a hissy fit because she's not nearly as relevant as Rush? Best way to make a name for yourself is to attack somebody who is popular and much more famous than you are. As Oscar Wilde once said, "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." I think people like her really understand that lesson.

ryanomaniac
ryanomaniac

Is she conjuring up her inner Megyn McCain? Why the NYT? Go on Rush's show and talk directly to him instead of being like a coward liberal.

Her and Karl Rove need to have dinner. Maybe Karl will show her his white board.

Is_Sense_Common
Is_Sense_Common

Like. Totally right on Ryanomaniac. You're, like, totally smart.

(That was my inner Megan McCain. Could you hear it?? Ugh...). :~}