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"Bill Maher has defended Rush Limbaugh in the wake of Limbaugh&amp;#039;s public apology to Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke. Limbaugh sparked outrage following Fluke&amp;#039;s Congressional testimony on Georgetown&amp;#039;s refusal to cover contraception in its healthcare plan, when he branded the 30-year-old student a &amp;quot;sl*t&amp;quot; and a &amp;quot;prostitute&amp;quot;. The radio host later apologized for his comments after losing several advertisers. Limbaugh admitted on the air that he&amp;#039;d used &amp;quot;the wrong words&amp;quot; when discussing Fluke&amp;#039;s testimony.   Fluke appeared on The View this week to reject Limbaugh&amp;#039;s apology, saying: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think that a statement like this, issued saying that his choice of words was not the best, changes anything.&amp;quot; Maher, a frequent critic of Limbaugh, has actually come to the radio host&amp;#039;s defence in the wake of his public apology. The comedian posted on Twitter: &amp;quot;Hate to defend #RushLimbaugh but he apologized, liberals looking bad not accepting. Also hate intimidation by sponsor pullout.&amp;quot; An aggressive social media campaign has led to Legal Zoom, Carbonite, Citrix, Sleep Train, Sleep Number, Quicken Loans, ProFlowers and Go To Meeting pulling commercials from The Rush Limbaugh Show. The Rush Limbaugh Show has also been dropped by stations in Hilo, HI and Pittsfield, MA. &amp;gt; Patricia Heaton sorry for defending Rush Limbaugh&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;sl*t&amp;quot; comment &amp;gt; Peter Gabriel pulls music from Rush Limbaugh radio show Listen to Rush Limbaugh&amp;#039;s comments about student Sandra Fluke below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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