And so that's what I tried to do was to paint a picture of what it would mean for women in this country if we elected Mr. And I think the best way to do that is to look at their records. Romney's positions and President Obama's positions. What was your goal Wednesday night in your remarks? What were you trying to accomplish?įLUKE: Well, my goal was to lay out for the American people the choice that we have this November and to talk about Mr. So we're not going to talk to you about that. MARTIN: Now, I should mention that we're catching up with you a little bit after your speech, before the president's speaking. We caught up with her yesterday as she was making the rounds after her speech, and she's with us now. She's been traveling the country talking about women's health issues, and earlier this week, she landed a primetime speaking role at the Democratic National Convention. Limbaugh apologized, sort of, but the experience led Sandra Fluke to take her advocacy further. That prompted conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh to call her a, quote, "slut," among other things. As a student at Georgetown Law Center, she made the news earlier this year when she tried to address a congressional committee to defend President Obama's health care law that requires contraception coverage. Of course these were some of the most professional, most experienced speakers in the country.īut now we want to talk with someone who faced those crowds without all that experience behind her: Sandra Fluke. Earlier in the program, we heard from two top speechwriters for their perspectives on the best and worst of the speeches that we heard over the past two weeks of party conventions.
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