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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “rush limbaugh”

 

• If socialism was so popular.....

  
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  "If socialism was so popular, it wouldnt have to be imposed and maintained at the point of a gun all over the world. If socialism was so popular, it wouldnt require dictatorship to enforce it." - Rush Limbaugh
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• 25 May 2012. Willard Romney’s Wonderful World of Deregulation… As Modelled by the Rightwing’s Fave Poster Child, Florida

  
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  THIS is typical of the schmutz found in the rightwing media… nice people, no? THIS is what passes for informed commentary amongst them. DON’T try to argue with such feral sorts… simply vote in November, that’s the ticket… ______________________________ Five years after he nearly drowned in a ...
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• Another Conservative Writer Breaks From The Extremism Of The New Hysterical Right

  
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  In recent years the conservative moment has been taken over by the types of extremists which former conservative leaders such as William F Buckley, Jr. worked to keep out of the movement. Conservative publications and blogs have replaced serious arguments in favor of their views with distortions of facts and attacks ...
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• Missouri Spends $1,100 In Tax-Payer Dollars To Guard Limbaugh Bust

  
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  The Missouri House “spent more than $1,100 in taxpayer money on a security camera to keep watch over a new bronze bust of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh.” The small-government conservative talk show-host was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians during a closed-door ceremony last week. He joined ...
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• Rush Limbaugh Plays Montage of Obama’s War on Capitalism Statements – Audio 5/24/12

  
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  Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Here is audio from Rush Limbaugh today where he played a montage of President Barack Obama’s statements over the years against Capitalism. Via Fox Nation
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• Brandon Loving Illustrations

  
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  Brandon Loving is an artist/illustrator residing in Savannah, GA. He’s the roughest, toughest son of a gun this side of the Smokies and he’ll challenge anyone who says otherwise. According to the about page on his site,  BrandonLoving , I have to agree.  Rush Limbaugh spewing flames, Jaws wrestling the shark ...
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• CNN Contributor Reacts To Rush Limbaugh’s Claim That CNN Is Trying To ‘Scare Whites’

  
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  Radio host Rush Limbaugh expressed his objection to a CNN.com report relating to the shifting demographics in the United States, saying that there was an “implied threat” in the story. Earlier, CNN.com published a story on the country’s booming Latino population and what it means for the Republican ...
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• Trey Loftin, the Judge in a High-Profile Fracking Case, is Bragging in Campaign Mailers About His EPA Nut-Kicking

  
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  Parker County Blog Politics is politics, and incumbents running for re-election in conservative Parker County, Texas, where the local economy is fueled entirely by shale-gas production, want to look like champions of the industry. But what if youre a judge? And what if, at the very moment you put up fliers of Rush ...
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• Conservative Women and Liberal Insults

  
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  “You’re a c$#t! You’d probably give a disease-ridden homo a blow job if you thought it would help your campaign!” That was the beginning of a tirade from a campaign consultant working for the opposition, back in the early 1990′s, when there was still a fair amount of homophobia due purely to the AIDS ...
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• Morning Bunker Report: Thursday 5.24.2012

  
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  WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STANDS FOR TODAY—————————–— Mitt Romney told Mark Halperin that if he’s elected president “we’d get the unemployment rate down to 6% , and perhaps a little lower.” However, just a few weeks ago, as NBC News reported, Romney said that anything “over ...
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• Rush Limbaugh: Now that the GOP Establishment realizes Obama can actually lose, they wish they nominated a Conservative

  
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• Bigfooting, boozing, tweeting: A progressive Colorado legislative scorecard

  
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  DENVER — Colorado’s 2012 Legislature may not have achieved greatness. It may not have risen above partisan divide to solve complex problems and unify a state. It may not have addressed the state’s economic malaise or found a way to reliably fund education for the long term. But no one can say House Speaker ...
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• More Bain pain: Mitt Romney clings to Rush Limbaugh, says President Obama is attacking capitalism

  
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  Just when you thought Mitt Romneys Bain defense couldnt get any weirder or more absurd ... he embraces Rush Limbaughs claim that President Obama is running a campaign against capitalism: GRETCHEN CARLSON, FOX: Governor, would you go as far as Rush Limbaugh did yesterday in saying that this is the first president in ...
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• Rush Limbaughs ratings plunged last month.

  
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  Which thrilled some Rush haters. B ut it turns out the ratings were only down relative to the previous month... when they spiked because of all the attention Rush got from the haters who were trying to drive him off the air. And here s Rush yesterday: We do not, on our side of the aisle, attempt to rid the world ...
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• Romney On Fox & Friends: Solutions Needed For ‘New Problems That Were Created By President Obama’

  
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  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appeared on Fox & Friends on Thursday where he further detailed his proposal to get unemployment below 6 percent before the end of his first term. He responded to President Obama , who said that Romney was outlining policies that echoed those of former president George ...
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• Target of Fantasy Flynt Ad “Commends” Hustler for “Honesty”

  
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  “That’s satire. I’m able to publish this because of the Supreme Court case I won in 1984, Flynt v. Falwell.” – Larry Flynt [h/t The Blaze ] HE’S THE RUSH Limbaugh of graphic images. The leader in sliming the right, as Limbaugh is to the left. Like Limbaugh’s verbal assault on Sandra Fluke, ...
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• Rush and Hitler, One and the Same??

  
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  For 24 years, the left has been gnashing their teeth and wadding their britches over Rush Limbaugh.  One of their favorite narratives is the "Rush is the new Hitler" fable.  That particular bit of nastiness recently cropped up again in a letter to the editor of the Examiner, a daily newspaper in Independence, MO. ...
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• Nikki Haley cashing in on union bashing video

  
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  Washington, May 24 (IANS) South Carolina’s Indian American Governor Nikki Haley is trying to cash in on a recent video featuring a state union leader bashing a purple and black pinata, a decorative hanging, bearing her face.Haley sent out a donation request via Twitter, calling on people to stand with her against ...
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• President Obama doesnt care to understand the free market

  
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  "Welcome to real life! Not everybody wins in every investment. Not every one pays off. People who understand capitalism, free markets, and risk-taking know that." - Rush Limbaugh
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• Rush Limbaugh Hinting Obama is INSANE!

  
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  Turn on Rush Limbaugh’s radio program IMMEDIATELY! He’s hinting Obama is INSANE! via Rush Limbaugh Hinting Obama is INSANE!. Related articles Several George Zimmerman witnesses change their accounts (gunnyg.wordpress.com) Obama and Associates has driven me to Paranoia!! (gunnyg.wordpress.com) Not Every Veteran is ...
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