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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• Brannon Howse Warns That Emergents Are Actually Communistic Atheists

  
  The Online Discernmentalist Mafia — Authority: 130
  Brannon Howse using GOIP Tech and STRETCH Technology ’s Hellescope discernmentalizes that Emergents are actually Atheistic Communists: Emerging Trouble  The pastors and authors of one of America’s fastest growing spiritual movements, the Emergent Church, sing the praises of socialism. As I’ll ...
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• Planned Parenthood director quits

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  A preborn child fighting for it’s life changed her mind. Abby Johnson quit her job. That simple act has become a national news story because Johnson, 29, was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who said she experienced a "change of heart" while participating in an abortion procedure. "I had ...
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• No support for Obamacare

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  Majority of the people know it will raise costs and harm quality of HC. Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June. The latest ...
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• Under the big top – Obama’s 1st state dinner

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  His “big” circus tent did include republicans. Its being billed as the mother of all dinner parties as President Obama has invited 400 of his closest friends tonight to the first state dinner of his presidency at the White House. You might ask where are 400 guests going to sit down and eat dinner in the White ...
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• Kentucky Census Worker wasn’t hanged by rightwing nutbags

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  Will Democrat Underground admit their error? Something horrible happened to Bill Sparkman, who worked part-time as a Census worker in rural southeastern Kentucky. He was found dead. Tied to a tree. Preliminary tests show he died of asphyxiation. A speculative rumor spread by the Associated Press that Sparkman may ...
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• Odds and ends for 11/25

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 439
  Roots: Here’s one good reason not to go looking for your birth parents. Coincidence?: On Tuesday, Obama’s top Pentagon official for detainee affairs, who had long and publicly opposed military commissions for terrorism suspects, quits . Today, late in the afternoon on the day before a four-day holiday ...
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• The Real Thanksgiving Story

  
  Kevin's Korner — Authority: 104
  Whether you agree with Rush or not, I always like hearing the real story of Thanksgiving .  It should be posted on his website for several weeks, so I have enclosed the transcript or Listen To It! RUSH: It’s time for the traditional true story of Thanksgiving, as written by me in my second ...
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• some pretty good words

  
  Roscoe's Public Notes — Authority: 143
  “There are two universes: The Universe of Lies and the Universe of Reality, and in the Universe of Lies there are the Four Corners of Deceit: Government, academia, science, and media.”– Rush LimbaughThe host considered the condition of our society and the extent to which we are being force-fed lies on ...
  13 hours ago

• Funny Democrats!

  
  Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline — Authority: 137
       Maybe they had so much fun at last nights White House State Dinner that theyve discovered a sense of humor!      The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is offering a "Cheat Sheet" download with "the facts" to counter any trash your Thanksgiving Day guests bring up, saying they heard Rush or ...
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• Malkin Denounces Beck, Limbaugh ‘Prostitute’ Rhetoric on Landrieu

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 802
  As we reported yesterday, Senator Mary Landrieu (D – Louisiana) is under fire for agreeing to vote for debate on health care reform only after securing $300 million in aid to her home state. The criticism took a nasty turn, as the right’s two most prominent commentators – Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh – ...
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• Rush Goes RINO Hunting

  
  The Planets Best Political Humor at RadioactiveLiberty.com — Authority: 462
  RINOs Must Go! Welcome back to another edition of broadcast excellence. I, Rush Hudson Limbaugh , mmm, mmm, mmm, your guiding light in times of tumult, and murkiness, as well as the good times, am here today to put lead on target -as it were- and begin to bring down the squishy insignificance of mediocrity that ...
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• Radically DUMB: Beck and Limbaugh Call Senator Landrieu a ‘Prostitute’ For Supporting Health Reform; Limbaugh Compares Democrats To ‘Suicide Bombers’

  
  PoliticalArticles.NET - Blog — Authority: 139
  Republican “Cartoon baboons” Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are on the rampage — On their radio shows on Monday, these two goons assaulted Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu by calling... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• As Obamacare goes forward, Obama’s approval rating is at all time low

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 27% of the nations voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15. This is the lowest Approval ...
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• Another subservient bow by Obama

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  He thinks we are not one of the greatest countries in the world. Obama remarks on meeting the Premier: Well, Mr. Premier, I want to thank you very much for your hospitality and this meeting. And I want to send my regards not only from my delegation but also from the American people. Now, I can tell you that those ...
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• T-Shirt: "Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8"

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  Only lefty loonies would think that means a death threat. A crop of bumper stickers and T-shirts emblazoned with that call to prayer for the president have appeared for sale recently online through make-it-yourself outlets such as Zazzle.com and CafePress.com. And most of the "Pray for Obama" slogans are ...
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• Whither the Right Wing Sanctimony When Rush Limbaugh Calls a U.S. Senator a Prostitute?

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 432
  From the November 23 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show : Where is the sanctimony from the right wing when Rush Limbaugh calls U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu a prostitute? Where is the outrage? Where are the calls for Limbaugh to be fired? Where are the calls for consumers to boycott ...
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• Obama: "I never know what Im allowed to do."

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  He escapes from his presidential duties too soon. President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end — even when he doesnt have to. Obama on Monday mistakenly left a White House ceremony honoring two activists work in Zimbabwe. After finishing his remarks in the East Room, he walked with ...
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• Citizen Gore is the Citizen Kane of Global Warming

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  Lord Monckton says GW believers should be arrested for fraud. Lord Monckton, who challenged Al Gore on man-made climate change and was rebuffed by a gaggle of peevish Democrats, wants the climate “scientists” caught red-handed fiddling with climate stats prosecuted. “They are not merely bad scientists — ...
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• HR4120: The “Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest States” Act

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  No, let the Islamic Extremists “friends” come visit via Ohare airport. H. R. 4120 To prohibit the transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Midwestern States, and for other purposes. This Act may be cited as the `Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act. No individual detained ...
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• Limbaugh: Government Raises Black Children

  
  News You Should Know | BET.com — Authority: 484
  Instead of Black men stepping up to the plate to provide for their families, nationally syndicated radio show host Rush Limbaugh said they would rather let the government do it. Limbaugh said he was citing a news article which reports 34 percent of black males between 16-24 are unemployed.
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