Limbaugh Hits New Low With Oil-Spill Conspiracy

He suggests the rig's explosion is an inside job
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted May 1, 2010 11:37 AM CDT

Rush Limbaugh thinks the timing of the oil rig explosion is a little fishy: "What better way to head off more oil drilling, nuclear plants, than by blowing up a rig?" he asked on his last show. Which prompts Ezra Klein to dub him an "oil-spill truther" and pose a question of his own at his Washington Post blog: "Is there literally nothing this man can say that will convince Republicans to disavow him?" Mediaite has the audio and more coverage.
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