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Rush Limbaugh stories: 161 news summaries

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(Newser) - The verbal war between Rush Limbaugh and Colin Powell has actually ticked up a notch. On his show today, Limbaugh resigned as “the titular head of the Republican Party” and sarcastically appointed Powell in his place, reports Media Matters. He blasted Powell as a representative of the “worn-out... More »

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Dick Cheney • politics • Rush Limbaugh • GOP • Colin Powell • Republicans

(Newser) - Trouble in the land of right-wing radio. Michael Savage blasted Rush Limbaugh today as "the biggest phony of them all," reports Media Matters. Savage was speaking about the people who have supported him since Britain branded him a hate-monger and told him to stay away. Limbaugh, however, did... More »

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talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Michael Savage • right-wing media

McCain's
Mom Not a Limbaugh Fan

'He's not part of my Republican Party,' 97-year-old tells Leno

May 14, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Jay Leno asked Roberta McCain what she thought about Rush Limbaugh, she didn’t hold back. “I belong to the Republican Party,” John McCain's opinionated mom said on last night's Tonight Show. “What he represents of the Republican Party has nothing to do with my side... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • Jay Leno • Roberta McCain

OPINION

 Washington Can't Take a Joke 

Uproar over Sykes' routine shows we take things too literally

May 13, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, Wanda Sykes’ controversial jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner were “over the top,” and they weren’t all that funny, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. But the uproar they sparked just shows “we take ourselves far too seriously—and literally.” Sykes... More »

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media • Rush Limbaugh • comedy • joke • punditry • Kathleen Parker • President Obama • Wanda Sykes

OPINION

 Let's Put Cheney Out to Pasture 

VP is a veritable font of nonsense

May 12, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Isn’t it time we sent Dick Cheney back to Wyoming, found him a home “where the buffalo roam and there’s always room for one more crazy old coot down at the general store?” Eugene Robinson asks in the Washington Post. It’s no wonder the TV networks... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Rush Limbaugh • Gene Robinson • Wyoming • Colin Powell • harsh interrogation

(Newser) - Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today distanced the administration from 9/11-related comments made by comedian Wanda Sykes at the White House Correspondents dinner, Politico reports. Some things “are better left for serious reflection,” Gibbs said. “There's no doubt 9/11 is part of that.” Sykes suggested that “... More »

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terrorism • Washington DC • Rush Limbaugh • September 11 • hijacker • White House Correspondents Dinner • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • Wanda Sykes

After Limbaugh Dig, Palin Joins GOP Group

Alaska gov gets on board rebranding effort after Rush 'hate' jibe

May 5, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will join Congressional Republicans' high-profile rebranding committee, CNN reports, after days of confusion as to whether she was snubbing the group or it was snubbing her. Last week John McCain said that the Alaska governor would likely join the National Council for a New America, but there was... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • GOP • Republican Party • conservatism • Sarah Palin • Eric Cantor • National Council for a New America

(Newser) - Time has unveiled its latest tallying of the world’s 100 most influential people, and yes, of course, Barack Obama is on it. But the other 99 choices aren’t as obvious. Bernie Madoff makes the list, as do Rush Limbaugh, George Clooney, and 4Chan’s Moot. And as... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Ann Coulter • Michelle Obama • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Gordon Brown • Rush Limbaugh • JK Rowling • Ted Kennedy • Oprah Winfrey • Time magazine • George Clooney • Ashton Kutcher • Time's Person of the Year • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Bernard Madoff • 4Chan • Chesley Sullenberger • influential • Moot

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh thinks erstwhile Republican Arlen Specter should take some “other people who aren't really Republicans” to the other side of the aisle, CNN reports. “Take McCain and his daughter with you,” a laughing Limbaugh said today. Though he said Specter's party switch was “ultimately good”... More »

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John McCain • Senate • Rush Limbaugh • Arlen Specter • Republican Party • Meghan McCain

It's Hunters vs. Rush in Righty Showdown

Sportsmen's groups angry over pundit's ads for Humane Society

Apr 28, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can hunters do what other critics have conspicuously failed to do: face down Rush Limbaugh without taking it back? Recreational shooters' groups are incensed that Limbaugh has been doing public-service radio spots for the Humane Society, denouncing dogfighting and animal cruelty, the Washington Times reports. It's not that they love... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • dogfighting • Humane Society • hunters

 Rush: Obama Caused Swine Flu 

President's poisonous presence apparently started pandemic

Apr 28, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newspapers failing? Blame it on Obama. CNN in trouble? Obama’s fault. Swine flu? Yep, the president caused that, too, Rush Limbaugh said yesterday on his radio show, the Huffington Post reports. “Everywhere Obama is spreading Obamaism, there is a deadly disease taking place, either in the TARP community... More »

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radio • Mexico • talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • CNN • earthquake • President Obama • newspaper industry • swine flu

Maersk's First Mate Rips Limbaugh for Race-Baiting

Ship's second-in-command labels Limbaugh a purveyor of 'hate speech'

Apr 25, 09 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The second-in-command who helped thwart a pirate attack on the Maersk Alabama has laid into Rush Limbaugh for playing up the drama's racial aspect. Shane Murphy says Limbaugh, who sneered that a Republican president would have been in hot water for ordering the shooting of "black teenagers on the... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • pirates • Maersk Alabama • Shane Murphy

 Meghan McCain: 
 'Old School' 
 GOP 'Scared 
 Sh**less' 

Senator's daughter says there's 'a war brewing in the Republican Party'

Apr 19, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain says “old school Republicans” are “scared shitless” of the future, Huffington Post reports. The new GOP it-girl told a friendly audience of Log Cabin Republicans that “too many Republicans want to cling to past successes. We’re seeing a war brewing in the Republican Party.... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • GOP • Log Cabin Republicans • Meghan McCain

Limbaugh Slaps Himself to Mock Torture Debate

Meanwhile, Texas lawmaker calls Rush 'just an entertainer'

Apr 17, 09 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh slapped himself silly, groaned, and sighed on-air today to make a comment about the newly released Bush torture memos, the Huffington Post reports. Trying to demonstrate that torture techniques approved by the Bush administration—and revealed by President Obama this week—are less painful than terrorist strikes, Limbaugh... More »

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talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • torture memo

(Newser) - In a much-touted recent Rasmussen poll, only 53% of Americans said they preferred capitalism to socialism. Among those under 30, that figure fell to 37%. “If you comb the annals of Americans’ ideological preferences, you won’t find figures like these,” writes Harold Meyerson of the Washington ... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Soviet Union • socialism • poll • capitalism • Sean Hannity • Rasmussen Reports • President Obama • Eugene Debs

OPINION

 For Rush's 
 Cousin, 
 It's All 
 Relative 

Life as a Limbaugh

Apr 1, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost all her life, people have been asking Julie Limbaugh if she’s related to Rush. It’s a vexing problem for a teacher at a very liberal high school, but she doesn’t deny the connection. “He's the relative you don't see much,” she writes for Salon.... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • family • liberal • Julie Limbaugh

column

 Why the 
 Limbaugh 
 Schtick  
 Still Sells 

Incendiary host hangs onto huge audience in dying medium

Mar 31, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radio is a dying format, listeners are aging out, and Americans aren’t in the mood for “hands-off government.” So why is Rush Limbaugh's audience, not to speak of his prominence in the GOP, soaring, Michael Wolff asks in Vanity Fair. It's not his politics. "Showmanship,... More »

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talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • conservative media

(Newser) - Relax, Rush Limbaugh: California is not going to outlaw your favorite car color. The California Air Resources Board said yesterday that it isn’t, and never was, planning to ban black rides to mitigate greenhouse gases, the LA Times reports. A report to the CARB about the advantages of... More »

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environment • California • greenhouse gases • Rush Limbaugh • cars

OPINION

 2009's Least Sexy Men 


Mar 26, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Phoenix rolls out its 100 unsexiest men list, taking into account both looks and karma. Here’s a taste:
  • Rush Limbaugh: “America’s ugliest moment of 2009? Rush Limbaugh, his man-boobs a-jiggle, bouncing at the CPAC podium.”
  • Alex Rodriguez: “Could
... More »

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Dick Cheney • Robert Mugabe • Rush Limbaugh • Alex Rodriguez • Warren Jeffs • Joaquin Phoenix • Toby Young • Lil Wayne • Jimmy Fallon • unsexy • Howard Stern Grid

(Newser) - RNC chief Michael Steele had been quiet for a while, but he brought that to an abrupt halt today with an interview on CNN. Steele did not rule out a future run for president—if it's part of God's plan for him—and suggested that his recent run-in with Rush... More »

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RNC • Rush Limbaugh • Michael Steele • Republicans

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