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If you can’t stand up to Rush, how are you going to stand up to Russia?

Chicago Mayor and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, taking a punch at GOP candidate Mitt Romney, saying he lacks the “the fortitude, strength or character” to be president because he couldn't stand up to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh who called a law student a "slut" for supporting employer-covered birth control.

Chicago Mayor and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, taking a punch at GOP candidate Mitt Romney, saying he lacks the “the fortitude,  strength or character” to be president because he couldn't stand up to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh who called a law student a "slut" for supporting employer-covered birth control.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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