Rush Limbaugh’s Hefty Tips Helped Fund Abortions

Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh attends a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. President Bush was presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Colombian Pr... Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh attends a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. President Bush was presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Limbaugh, who suffered hearing loss as a result of auto-immune inner ear disease, wears a cochlear implant, a powerful hearing aid that is implanted in the inner ear of an individual with nerve deafness. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Author Merritt Tierce served Rush Limbaugh twice during her days as a waitress at a Dallas steakhouse.

Each time, Limbaugh dined with sportscaster Al Michaels. And each time, the right-wing shock jock left Tierce $2,000 tips.

What did Tierce do with that money? She donated a considerable sum of it to a group that provides funding to women who otherwise couldn’t afford an abortion, that’s what.

“It felt like laundering the money in a good way,” Tierce told the Dallas Morning News. “He’s such an obvious target for any feminist or sane person. It was really bizarre to me that he gave me $2,000, and he’s evil incarnate in some ways.”

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