What do you think of the Boycott Limbaugh's sponsors drive?

Sandra Fluke, a graduate student at Georgetown University, testified before Congress regarding the impact on women’s health and particularly on cancer prevention when women are denied access to contraceptive medication. She said NOTHING about her own personal sex life.

Rush Limbaugh attacked her on his show in ways that are purely obscene. His claims about what she had said were utterly false, but of course, his audience will be largely ignorant of that fact. When confronted on the issue, Limbaugh did not apologize. He either chose to remain ignorant of the facts regarding her testimony, or deliberately went on air to lie and slander her and even her parents.

This has sparked a viral movement to petition Limbaugh’s sponsors to drop their advertising on Limbaugh’s show or face a boycott of their products. Women make or influence the buying decisions of 90% of American consumer spending, so advertisers ignore their voices at their own peril. Pressure is also being applied to Clear Channel, Rush’s radio network, to cancel his show.

Rush has used this misogynistic formula before to try to silence any woman who publicly voices opinions that aren’t far-right wing. But in this instance he’s taken it to a new level of vitriol. And Bill O’Reilly just jumped on the drugster’s band wagon. Other right-wing talk shows have followed suit. Should it be OK to go on air and use lies and slander to defame any woman whose politics you disagree with? Or do you think Limbaugh, O’Reilly and the other talking heads who refuse to inform themselves of the facts or deliberately lie should be targeted by the boycott movement?