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Rush Limbaugh ripped into President Obama on Tuesday for Mr. Obama鈥檚 comments about the Sandra Fluke 鈥渟lut鈥� controversy. He called Obama a hypocrite for criticizing his harsh words about Ms. Fluke, saying the president gives a free pass to similar language from liberals.

Mr. Limbaugh mentioned in particular an incident from Labor Day 2011 when, prior to an Obama address to a rally in Detroit, Teamsters President James Hoffa said of the tea party, 鈥淟et鈥檚 take these sons of bitches out.鈥�

Obama only chuckled at that incident, said Limbaugh.

鈥淚t just goes to show the rules don鈥檛 apply to Democrats.... The double standard is alive and well,鈥� said Limbaugh on his show, according to a transcript posted on his website.

To recap, at a White House press conference Tuesday, Obama said that Limbaugh鈥檚 verbal attacks on Fluke disturbed him as a father. He added that the reason he telephoned the Georgetown University law student to see if she was doing OK was because the incident brought his own young daughters, Sasha and Malia, to mind.

鈥淥ne of the things I want them to do as they get older is to engage in issues they care about, even ones I may not agree with them on. I want them to be able to speak their mind in a civil and thoughtful way,鈥� said Obama.

At the press conference, Obama also said he 鈥渄id not know what鈥檚 in Rush Limbaugh鈥檚 heart鈥� and so would not comment on the sincerity of the talk-show host/provocateur鈥檚 apology for his actions.

Limbaugh reacted strongly to this assertion, saying, 鈥淗e doesn鈥檛 know what鈥檚 in my heart. I鈥檒l bet he knows what鈥檚 in Jeremiah Wright鈥檚 heart. He was in Jeremiah Wright鈥檚 church for 20 years.鈥�

The Rev. Mr. Wright, a longtime Chicago-area pastor, has made comments widely criticized as racially and religiously divisive. At one point he said of the 9/11 attacks that 鈥淎merica鈥檚 chickens are coming home to roost.鈥�

In May 2008, while running for president, Obama said he was 鈥渙utraged鈥� by some of Wright鈥檚 statements and resigned from his church.

As to what is in his own heart, Limbaugh said that anyone who listened to his show would know that.

鈥淓verybody knows what kind of person I am. All of this is trumped up for political purposes, pure and simple,鈥� said Limbaugh on his show.

Meanwhile, in defense of Limbaugh some conservative commentators have begun charging that Democrats are simply trying to silence conservatives on the question of whether the government should mandate that employer-provided health insurance provide contraceptives to women. That鈥檚 the issue that Fluke was discussing in her appearance before an informal congressional panel.

鈥淲hat is happening here is an organized campaign by the left to shut down opposing views from the right,鈥� wrote Erick Erickson, editor of the conservative RedState blog.