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NEWS ABOUT: Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh stories: 161 news summaries

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Rush to Barney Frank:
Oh Yeah? You Live on Uranus

Finds town hall protester 'fabulous and hilarious'

Aug 20, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is eating up the town hall protests. Covering the Barney Frank town hall last night, Rush said it was “fabulous and fantastic and hilarious” that a woman showed up with a poster of Obama as Adolf Hitler and asked why Frank supported a Nazi health care policy,... More »

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homophobia • Rush Limbaugh • protests • Barney Frank • town hall meeting • right wingers • homosexual • gay

Righty Pundits Cooked Up 'Death Panels'

False rumor tracks back months, to same old conservative voices

Aug 14, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The stubborn false rumor that President Obama is planning to encourage euthanasia, or ration health care through “death panels,” may sound like the stuff of anonymous e-mail campaigns, but it actually came from comparatively mainstream conservative media outlets, the New York Times reports. The first whispers came... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • euthanasia • Adolf Hitler • Glenn Beck • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • conservative media • Betsy McCaughey

(Newser) - Europeans may have longer lives and longer vacations, but red-blooded Americans don't want their socialist ways on this side of the ocean, right wing media mouths are eager to remind everyone, MIchael Freedman writes in Newsweek. Underlying much of the opposition to health care reform is the fear that it's... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Spain • Germany • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Rush Limbaugh • Italy • England • health care reform

(Newser) - An advocacy group styling itself as the Latino MoveOn has infuriated both Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly, Joe Garofoli writes in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Berkeley online hub Presente is running a Spanish-language radio ad in Florida this week, urging GOP Rep. John Mica to rebuke Limbaugh's labeling of... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Rush Limbaugh • MoveOn.org • Hispanic • Sonia Sotomayor • Presente

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh spilled his first thoughts on Sarah Palin’s resignation—"I don't think this precludes her running for office down the road, the presidency in 2012, at all"—to the Radio Equalizer, and Time shares the transcript. To Limbaugh, “the predictions here rival some of... More »

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Alaska • talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • resignation • talk show • governor • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - Sarah Palin resigned because Fox News “dangled Oprah-type money plus the promise of a 24/7 platform from which she can energize the base for a few years,” blogger Ruth Ann Harnisch guesses—and that visibility would be a great move if she wants to be president. “She... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • Republican Party • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

Obama Will Try to Rig a Third Term: Limbaugh

Barack, like Honduran prez, just wants to 'rule' for as long as possible

Jun 30, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh says President Obama condemned the military coup against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in order to “lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016,” RealClearPolitics reports. The army moved against Zelaya when he tried to eliminate term limits—“basically... More »

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Barack Obama • Latin America • Rush Limbaugh • Constitution • minorities • term limits • President Obama • Manuel Zelaya

Rush: Blame Obama for AWOL Sanford

Gov bolted because country's 'going to hell in a handbasket'

Jun 26, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh has a novel theory about why Mark Sanford left the US: He was sick of the way the country’s being run. The South Carolina governor's disappearance, it seems, was President Obama’s fault, the Huffington Post reports. “This is almost like: I don't give a damn!... More »

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entertainment • Democrats • Republican • talk radio • South Carolina • Rush Limbaugh • affair • infidelity • governor • political scandal • political criticism • Mark Sanford • President Obama • blame • Republican governor

Right Rips Smith for Warning on Right-Wing Violence

Conservatives call for head of Fox anchor

Jun 12, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives are calling for the head of Shepard Smith after the Fox anchor suggested that the Holocaust Museum shooting backs up a Homeland Security report warning of a rise in right-wing extremism, Gawker reports. Right-wing bloggers labeled Smith a "pompous elitist" and said he should be fired, while Rush... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Holocaust Museum • Department of Homeland Security • Fox News • news anchor • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

OPINION

Rush, Newt Push Media
to the Right

They're mainstream while progressives are ignored: Dionne

Jun 4, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media coverage of Barack Obama is closed-minded and biased—in favor of conservatives. "Rush Limbaugh's sneezes or Newt Gingrich's tweets" circulate like wildfire, but criticism of the president from the Democratic left goes unheard, writes EJ Dionne of the Washington Post. The result is a skewed picture in which... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • Democrat • Democratic Party • mainstream GOP • media bias • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is willing to back Sonia Sotomayor if her nomination to the Supreme Court offers even the “opportunity” of overturning Roe v. Wade, Politico reports. Limbaugh noted today on his radio show that Sotomayor “doesn't have a clear record on abortion” and is a Catholic. “I... More »

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abortion • Roe v. Wade • Rush Limbaugh • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Katie Couric today delivered the Class Day speech to Princeton graduates, and posted the speech on the Huffington Post. Some highlights:
  • "I’ve been called a cougar lately in the tabloid press—today I’m very happy to be an honorary tiger! Coming here was a real no
... More »

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Katie Couric • Donald Rumsfeld • Rush Limbaugh • speech • Princeton • Sarah Palin • CBS Evening News • Class Day

ANALYSIS

Sotomayor Will Likely Get Some GOP Votes

Limbaugh, Gingrich posturing belies thin Senate opposition

Jun 1, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite loud opposition from the likes of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, many Republican senators may vote for Sonia Sotomayor, the New York Times reports. Strategists on both sides suspect that at least a third of the upper house’s 40 Republicans will back the Supreme Court nominee, including the... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Rush Limbaugh • Senate Republicans • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Graham: 
 Sotomayor 
 Thinks She's 
 Superior 

Senate Republicans air grievances against top court pick

May 31, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich have had their say, and today, the senators who will vote on Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation weighed in, Politico reports:
  • On Fox News Sunday, Lindsey Graham demanded Sotomayor apologize for her “wise Latina” comment, saying the judge thinks she’s superior to people
... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Charles Schumer • Rush Limbaugh • Mitch McConnell • Lindsey Graham • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Robert Gibbs said today Sonia Sotomayor regrets the way she phrased 2001 comments that have some Republicans calling the Supreme Court nominee a racist, the Hill reports. “I think she'd say that her word choice was poor,” the White House press secretary said. He suggested that Sotomayor... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • racism • US Supreme Court • press secretary • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • David Duke • Sonia Sotomayor • word choice • Latina

(Newser) - GOP operatives opposed to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor aren’t happy about the “help” they’re getting from Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, CQ Politics reports. Limbaugh called the nominee a “bigot” for saying “a wise Latina woman” will often make better decisions than a white... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • bigotry • nominee • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • President Obama • racial discrimination • Sonia Sotomayor • reverse racism

Limbaugh Calls Sotomayor 'Reverse Racist'

He urges Republicans to 'go to the wall' to oppose her

May 26, 09 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh took some calculated shots at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on his show today, calling her a "reverse racist," a "hack," and "an affirmative action case extraordinaire," notes Mark Halperin's The Page blog at Time. Limbaugh—who punctuated his criticisms with the... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • nominee • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

poll

Cheney, Limbaugh Can't Touch Powell in Popularity

Ex-veep far less popular than his target for criticism

May 26, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Dick Cheney got in a fight with Colin Powell, it looks like he was punching above his weight class. Cheney dismissed Powell’s views on the Republican Party’s direction, saying, “I didn’t think he was still a Republican”—a comment echoed by Rush Limbaugh. But... More »

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Dick Cheney • Rush Limbaugh • poll • Republican Party • Colin Powell

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Powell to Rush: 
 I'm Not Leaving GOP 

Rove blasts Obama; Joint Chiefs head backs gays in military

May 24, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry, Rush Limbaugh: Colin Powell isn’t leaving the Republican Party. Striking back at critics, the general burnished his GOP credentials on Face the Nation today. “Rush will not get his wish, and Mr Cheney was misinformed” about Powell’s supposed exit from the party. Powell added that if... More »

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Iran • Dick Cheney • Rush Limbaugh • nuclear weapons • Colin Powell

OPINION



 Rush Has 
 a Butt 
 Fixation 


May 21, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lots of detractors say Rush Limbaugh talks out of his ass, but they’re missing something crucial, writes Gabriel Winant for Salon: He talks about his ass, too. And everyone else’s. Constantly. Limbaugh apparently has what Freud would call an anal fixation—specifically a fixation on anal rape.... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • Sigmund Freud • big butts • President Obama • anal sex • anal fixation

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