Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

July 24, 2008 1:20:19 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: Rush Limbaugh

Stories

20 Stories

  • July 2008

    • Limbaugh Signs $400M Deal

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 2, 08 4:26 PM CDT

      Limbaugh Signs $400M Deal

      Rush Limbaugh has signed an eight-year contract renewing his syndication with Clear Channel for more than $400 million. This makes for the second-most-lucrative deal in radio history, ranking only behind Howard Stern's $500 million deal with Sirius in 2004, the Washington Post reports. "I'm having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have," said Limbaugh. More »

      Tags

      radio  • Rush Limbaugh  • Clear Channel

  • May 2008

    • What Comes Around: Limbaugh ‘Hurt’ by Obama's Words

      newser  |  Huffington Post  |  May 23, 08 5:47 PM CDT

      What Comes Around: Limbaugh ‘Hurt’ by Obama's Words

      Rush Limbaugh's “feelings are hurt” by comments Barack Obama made linking the radio host’s rhetoric to a rise in hate crimes against Hispanics. Speaking in Florida last night, Obama said, “There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year. If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's not surprising…” More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • Rush Limbaugh  • hate crime  • Hispanics  • Lou Dobbs

    • Did Rush's Dittoheads Tilt Indiana for Hillary?

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 8, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Did Rush's Dittoheads Tilt Indiana for Hillary?

      Despite what has been hailed as a strong showing by Barack Obama in Indiana, his campaign claims he would’ve done better but for the sabotage of Rush Limbaugh, the Washington Post reports. Under his “Operation Chaos,” the conservative radio host urged Indiana Republicans to vote for Clinton in order to prolong the Dems' dogfight and "bloody up Obama politically." More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • GOP  • Indiana primary  • primary  • Indiana  • Rush Limbaugh  • Democratic candidates

    • Rush Calls Off 'Chaos,' Says GOP Can Beat Obama

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 7, 08 10:35 PM CDT

      Rush Calls Off 'Chaos,' Says GOP Can Beat Obama

      Now that Barack Obama has all but knocked out Hillary Clinton, Rush Limbaugh is calling off "Operation Chaos" and relishing the notion that Obama will be the nominee, CNN notes. Limbaugh has for months urged Republicans to vote for Clinton to prolong the race. Today, he urged superdelegates to publicly back Obama, calling him the "weakest" of the Democratic candidates. More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democratic nomination  • superdelegates  • John Kerry  • Indiana primary  • Rush Limbaugh

  • March 2008

    • GOP Spoilers Are Fueling Clinton Surge

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Mar 17, 08 1:36 PM CDT

      GOP Spoilers Are Fueling Clinton Surge

      Republicans for Clinton are turning up in surprising numbers, and not because they've stopped being Hillary haters, the Boston Globe reports. About 100,000 voted for her in Ohio, 119,0000 in Texas, and 38,000 in MIssissippi. Egged on by Rush Limbaugh, they're strategically voting in open primaries for the Democrat  they consider weaker—and the best way keep the brutal Democratic battle alive. More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Mississippi  • Texas primary  • Rush Limbaugh  • crossover voters

    • Vote for Hillary, Limbaugh Urges Listeners

      newser  |  CNN  |  Mar 4, 08 4:49 AM CST

      Vote for Hillary, Limbaugh Urges Listeners

      Even right-wing standard bearer Rush Limbaugh's most loyal dittoheads might balk at their latest orders from the radio host: he's urging his listeners to vote for Hillary Clinton in today's Texas primary, CNN reports. "I want Hillary to stay in this," Limbaugh told listeners. "This is too good a soap opera." Limbaugh wants the Democratic infighting to carry on for as long as possible. More »

      Tags

      Hillary Clinton  • Rush Limbaugh

    • Buckley Leaves Conservatism Up the Creek

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Mar 2, 08 5:45 PM CST

      Buckley Leaves Conservatism Up the Creek

      William F. Buckley may have been the architect of the modern conservative movement, but what will it do without him? Evan Thomas even wonders, in Newsweek, if what he created still exists at all. Buckley was “a man who could spar intensely with the late liberal icons…and then have a laugh over a martini.” Rush Limbaugh he was not. More »

      Tags

      Iraq  • Iraq war  • obituary  • Ronald Reagan  • Rush Limbaugh  • conservatism  • National Review  • Arthur Schlesinger Jr.  • William F. Buckley

  • February 2008

    • Fey's 'SNL' Spot May Boost Clinton

      newser  |  Time  |  Feb 26, 08 4:00 PM CST

      Fey's 'SNL' Spot May Boost Clinton

      She didn't rap over a stump speech, but Tina Fey's rousing defense of Hillary Clinton on "Saturday Night Live" may help the underdog candidate challenge Barack Obama's domination of viral videos, writes Time TV blogger James Poniewozik. Fey's lampooning of the arguments against Hillary, including that she's a bitch—"Yeah, she is. So am I. You know what? Bitches get things done!"—is "the kind of thing a campaign needs," Poniewozik writes. More »

      Tags

      Hillary Clinton  • Oprah Winfrey  • Saturday Night Live  • Rush Limbaugh  • Tina Fey

    • Right Rallies to McCain's Defense Against NYT

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Feb 21, 08 6:12 PM CST

      Right Rallies to McCain's Defense Against NYT

      Conservative media figures who previously shunned John McCain stood up for him today—but also said he had it coming to him for wooing the mainstream press, ABC reports. Sean Hannity called the New York Times story on McCain's relationship with a lobbyist “beyond disgraceful." Rush Limbaugh, lumping the media in with the left, said, “The lesson is liberals are to be defeated. You cannot reach across the aisle.” More »

      Tags

      John McCain  • New York Times  • Rush Limbaugh  • Vicki Iseman  • talk radio  • Sean Hannity  • Glenn Beck

    • Limbaugh Defends His McCain-Bashing

      newser  |  Time  |  Feb 14, 08 3:17 AM CST

      Limbaugh Defends His McCain-Bashing

      Talk radio's right-wing mouth Rush Limbaugh has defended his sustained anti-McCain invective, panning the presumptive GOP nominee yet again for "walking across the aisle and sitting down with Democrats." Limbaugh bemoaned his party's lack of "genuine conservative leadership," but was at least optimistic that he'll have plenty to rail against in years to come, he told Time magazine's Jay Carney. More »

      Tags

      John McCain  • election 2008  • McCain 2008  • Republican nomination  • Rush Limbaugh

    • McCain Tries to Get Right With the Right

      newser  |  Politico  |  Feb 7, 08 11:14 AM CST

      McCain Tries to Get Right With the Right

      John McCain is finally trying to assuage conservatives in the wake of his Super Tuesday triumphs, reaching out to radio hosts and other vocal critics, and readying to roll out new endorsements. Surrogates have begun working Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity; others are getting a two-phase courtship—a call from a conservative McCain ally followed by an approach from the candidate himself. More »

      Tags

      John McCain  • conservative  • Rush Limbaugh  • Sean Hannity

    • Contests Underscore Hard-to-Heal Divisions

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 6, 08 2:47 PM CST

      Contests Underscore Hard-to-Heal Divisions

      Super Tuesday results highlighted the deep divides between voters on both the Democratic and Republican sides,  Politico points out. Race and gender divided Dems, while the GOP is clearly splitting into hard-line conservatives versus the rest of the party. White women and Latinos went for Clinton, while white men and African Americans widely favored Obama. More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • Democrats  • Republicans  • Super Tuesday  • Rush Limbaugh

    • Dole to Limbaugh: McCain's OK

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 5, 08 5:51 AM CST

      Dole to Limbaugh: McCain's OK

      Bob Dole has taken up John McCain's defense in a letter written to Rush Limbaugh, the Chicago Tribune's Swamp blog reports. Answering Limbaugh's charge that McCain could "destroy" the GOP, Dole lists McCain's conservative stands when both were senators. "I cannot recall a single instance when he did not support the Party on critical votes," Dole writes. More »

      Tags

      John McCain  • election 2008  • conservative  • Republican Party  • Republican nomination  • tax cuts  • Rush Limbaugh  • Bob Dole

    • Can the Right Grin and Bear Him?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 1, 08 3:00 PM CST

      Can the Right Grin and Bear Him?

      As John McCain assumes the GOP frontrunner position, can right-wingers look past the maverick's previously unacceptable positions on immigration, gay marriage, campaign finance, tax cuts, and global warming?Some of them are warming up in a hurry, reports the New York Times . “He has moved in the right direction strongly and forcefully on taxes,” said antitax lobbyist Grover Norquist. More »

      Tags

      John McCain  • conservative  • Rush Limbaugh  • James Dobson  • Grover Norquist

  • January 2008

    • Rush Limbaugh Rips McCain

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jan 31, 08 7:07 AM CST

      Rush Limbaugh Rips McCain

      Right-wing pit bull Rush Limbaugh laid into newly anointed GOP frontrunner John McCain yesterday in a mock "non-concession" speech, in which he said McCain is not acceptable to conservatives and blamed the Republican party's "fractured" base for failing to produce a more palatable contender. "All the candidates on our side are uninspiring or worse," groused Limbaugh. More »

      Tags

      John McCain  • Republicans  • conservative  • Rush Limbaugh  • talk radio

  • November 2007

    • Sham Study Tricks Climate Skeptics

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 12, 07 7:45 PM CST

      Sham Study Tricks Climate Skeptics

      Turns out undersea bacteria don’t cause global warming after all. But they were on trial for 70 minutes last week after a British prof's email chain linked to a sham study. Climate skeptics and conservatives—Rush Limbaugh included—trumpeted the study until a University of Colorado prof smelled something rotten. “Call me a skeptic skeptic—I smell a hoax,” he posted. More »

      Tags

      climate change  • Rush Limbaugh  • carbon dioxide  • hoax  • skeptics

  • October 2007

    • Limbaugh Letter Brings Record $2.1M on eBay

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 20, 07 7:19 AM CDT

      Limbaugh Letter Brings Record $2.1M on eBay

      A letter to conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh from 41 Democratic Senators sold yesterday on eBay for $2.1M, a record for an eBay item sold to benefit charity. The Dems who wrote the letter objected to Limbaugh labeling Iraq veterans critical of the war as "phony soldiers," the New York Times reports. More »

      Tags

      Hillary Clinton  • Iraq war  • eBay  • Harry Reid  • veterans  • Marine  • Rush Limbaugh

  • September 2007

    • Glenn Beck: He's Just a Regular Guy

      newser  |  GQ  |  Sep 2, 07 4:06 PM CDT

      Glenn Beck: He's Just a Regular Guy

      Glenn Beck is always preparing to get fired for his comments, but that doesn’t curb this right-wing CNN anchor's wildest impulses. Beck has fueled a chorus of liberal calls for his ouster since he joined the network last year, but he’s less a partisan blowhard than Limbaugh and Hannity are, GQ reports—and his anger and Islamophobia come from more personal places. More »

      Tags

      reporter  • CNN  • Mormonism  • Rush Limbaugh  • Sean Hannity  • Glenn Beck

  • August 2007
  • May 2007

    • Limbaugh Defends 'Magic Negro' Song

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 10, 07 9:35 AM CDT

      Limbaugh Defends 'Magic Negro' Song

      A song on Rush Limbaugh's radio show that derides Barack Obama is sparking controversy—but not with Obama. In perhaps the most devastating response a blowhard shock jock can provoke, the senator says he hasn't heard the song. Limbaugh has been playing "Barack the Magic Negro" (sung to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon") since March. More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • radio  • Rush Limbaugh

20 Stories

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »