rush limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh is a national conservative talk radio host whose daily program is heard on stations across the country, making him one of the nation's top broadcasters. To many, Rush Limbaugh is a leading voice for the Republican party and conservative politics. He is also considered a pioneer and the model for other so-called "rightie-talkers" like Sean Hannity and Bill O' Reilly. Conversely, others have criticized Rush Limbaugh as promoting a brand of what they call hate-radio.

Considered a hero to his fans — also called "dittoheads" — and a pariah to his adversaries, Rush Limbaugh has attained the sort of "love him or hate him" notoriety that guarantees big ratings, but also has generated controversy over the years.

Limbaugh has weathered scandal, such as when his addiction to prescription drugs became public knowledge. His on-air comments have also provoked outrage, such as when he imitated the symptoms of Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Disease. More recently, Limbaugh comments about President Obama have stirred a firestorm.

For obvious reasons, Limbaugh's comments are a near-constant topic of discussion in the blogosphere, where he provokes strong opinions both pro and con.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “rush limbaugh”

• in Politics
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  by jimmyzuma / on Mar 15, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “rush limbaugh”

 

• Another Conservative Writer Breaks From The Extremism Of The New Hysterical Right

  
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  In recent years the conservative moment has been taken over by the types of extremists which former conservative leaders such as William F Buckley, Jr. worked to keep out of the movement. Conservative publications and blogs have replaced serious arguments in favor of their views with distortions of facts and attacks ...
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• Missouri Spends $1,100 In Tax-Payer Dollars To Guard Limbaugh Bust

  
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  The Missouri House “spent more than $1,100 in taxpayer money on a security camera to keep watch over a new bronze bust of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh.” The small-government conservative talk show-host was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians during a closed-door ceremony last week. He joined ...
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• Rush Limbaugh Plays Montage of Obama’s War on Capitalism Statements – Audio 5/24/12

  
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  Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Here is audio from Rush Limbaugh today where he played a montage of President Barack Obama’s statements over the years against Capitalism. Via Fox Nation
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• Brandon Loving Illustrations

  
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  Brandon Loving is an artist/illustrator residing in Savannah, GA. He’s the roughest, toughest son of a gun this side of the Smokies and he’ll challenge anyone who says otherwise. According to the about page on his site,  BrandonLoving , I have to agree.  Rush Limbaugh spewing flames, Jaws wrestling the shark ...
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• CNN Contributor Reacts To Rush Limbaugh’s Claim That CNN Is Trying To ‘Scare Whites’

  
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  Radio host Rush Limbaugh expressed his objection to a CNN.com report relating to the shifting demographics in the United States, saying that there was an “implied threat” in the story. Earlier, CNN.com published a story on the country’s booming Latino population and what it means for the Republican ...
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• Trey Loftin, the Judge in a High-Profile Fracking Case, is Bragging in Campaign Mailers About His EPA Nut-Kicking

  
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  Parker County Blog Politics is politics, and incumbents running for re-election in conservative Parker County, Texas, where the local economy is fueled entirely by shale-gas production, want to look like champions of the industry. But what if youre a judge? And what if, at the very moment you put up fliers of Rush ...
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• Conservative Women and Liberal Insults

  
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  “You’re a c$#t! You’d probably give a disease-ridden homo a blow job if you thought it would help your campaign!” That was the beginning of a tirade from a campaign consultant working for the opposition, back in the early 1990′s, when there was still a fair amount of homophobia due purely to the AIDS ...
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• Morning Bunker Report: Thursday 5.24.2012

  
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  WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STANDS FOR TODAY—————————–— Mitt Romney told Mark Halperin that if he’s elected president “we’d get the unemployment rate down to 6% , and perhaps a little lower.” However, just a few weeks ago, as NBC News reported, Romney said that anything “over ...
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• Rush Limbaugh: Now that the GOP Establishment realizes Obama can actually lose, they wish they nominated a Conservative

  
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• Bigfooting, boozing, tweeting: A progressive Colorado legislative scorecard

  
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  DENVER — Colorado’s 2012 Legislature may not have achieved greatness. It may not have risen above partisan divide to solve complex problems and unify a state. It may not have addressed the state’s economic malaise or found a way to reliably fund education for the long term. But no one can say House Speaker ...
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• More Bain pain: Mitt Romney clings to Rush Limbaugh, says President Obama is attacking capitalism

  
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  Just when you thought Mitt Romneys Bain defense couldnt get any weirder or more absurd ... he embraces Rush Limbaughs claim that President Obama is running a campaign against capitalism: GRETCHEN CARLSON, FOX: Governor, would you go as far as Rush Limbaugh did yesterday in saying that this is the first president in ...
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• Rush Limbaughs ratings plunged last month.

  
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  Which thrilled some Rush haters. B ut it turns out the ratings were only down relative to the previous month... when they spiked because of all the attention Rush got from the haters who were trying to drive him off the air. And here s Rush yesterday: We do not, on our side of the aisle, attempt to rid the world ...
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• Romney On Fox & Friends: Solutions Needed For ‘New Problems That Were Created By President Obama’

  
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  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appeared on Fox & Friends on Thursday where he further detailed his proposal to get unemployment below 6 percent before the end of his first term. He responded to President Obama , who said that Romney was outlining policies that echoed those of former president George ...
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• Target of Fantasy Flynt Ad “Commends” Hustler for “Honesty”

  
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  “That’s satire. I’m able to publish this because of the Supreme Court case I won in 1984, Flynt v. Falwell.” – Larry Flynt [h/t The Blaze ] HE’S THE RUSH Limbaugh of graphic images. The leader in sliming the right, as Limbaugh is to the left. Like Limbaugh’s verbal assault on Sandra Fluke, ...
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• Rush and Hitler, One and the Same??

  
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  For 24 years, the left has been gnashing their teeth and wadding their britches over Rush Limbaugh.  One of their favorite narratives is the "Rush is the new Hitler" fable.  That particular bit of nastiness recently cropped up again in a letter to the editor of the Examiner, a daily newspaper in Independence, MO. ...
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• Say What You Will About Gays. No, Really.

  
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  Yeah, this guy has room to talk about matters of "morality." Image from HuffPo. I said recently that my conservative mom has tried to convince me that "most" Republicans (and conservatives/Christians/etc.) arent anti-gay. My mother is naive. The Huffington Post just posted a video slideshow of a huge list of ...
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• The Crazies That Follow Rush Limbaugh Will Always Follow Rush Limbaugh.

  
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    Remember when Rush Limbaugh called the Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, a slut and a ton of his advertisers pulled out of his show? Well I guess the reports were a bit exaggerated. The Hollywood Reporter has a ton of statistics as far as ad revenue, number of listeners, etc., so go here and check it out if ...
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• PCW Rewind: Loose Cannons Unleashed 1- March 2005

  
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  PCW Loose Cannons Unleashed 8 is less than two weeks away.  Today, we start down the final road to the show on June 5th by reviewing past Loose Cannons Unleashed shows.  This is from 2005. PCW REVIEW: LOOSE CANNONS UNLEASHED 1- MARCH 2005 -The American Screamer Howard Dean tries to impress the Clintons -Match #1: ...
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• And this is NEWS??????

  
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  “….they call a protest, and ten or fifteen women show up, and there’s NBC, there’s all the networks. Seven women show up. The networks were there. Seven Women! A rush to excellence performance, another protest, I forget where….it Louisiana somewhere, … Continue reading →
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• #40 – The LEFT Show – Thumbs Go OUTSIDE!

  
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  This Week on the LEFT Show, Ryan Combe – the ridiculously good looking candidate – joins your intrepid heroes in studio to discuss the events of the week! From the Earth to Mars in 90 days? The final frontier, indeed! The GOP bites the hand that feeds them – and gets all panty bunchy about being hoisted on ...
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