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”

 

• Rush Limbaugh: Mitt Romney’s loss is “traceable” to the IRS targeting Tea Party groups

  
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  “It’s very logical to assume here that the millions of votes that Romney did not get in 2012 are traceable to this action against the Tea Party…” Rush Limbaugh Show May 20. With respect to Maha Rushie: The really, really, really real reason Mitt Romney lost
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• Rush Limbaugh gives up trying to hold Obama accountable: “It’s a lost cause, give it up!”

  
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  Infinite heartache… “It’s a bunch of wasted effort…I don’t think it’s productive to go after Obama…” Rush Limbaugh Show May 20. If there was any justice in this world, Obama would be sharing a Guantanamo Bay cell with Marco Rubio and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. But alas, electing a constitutional ...
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• Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama’s Head

  
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  -By Warner Todd Huston On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was “living rent-free in Obama’s head.” It’s hard to fault Limbaugh’s logic on this. After all, the President of the United States of America has used ...
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• Why Rush Is Wrong On Obama Scandals

  
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  Rush Limbaugh is taking a “whistling past the graveyard” approach to Barack Obama’s scandals. He is being very cautious about allowing himself to feel that some damage will be done to Obama when the dust from these scandals clears. Rush even quotes James Carville’s liberal wishful thinking about this lasting ...
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• Why Rush Is Wrong On Obama Scandals

  
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  Rush Limbaugh is taking a “whistling past the graveyard” approach to Barack Obama’s scandals. He is being very cautious about allowing himself to feel that some damage will be done to Obama when the dust from these scandals clears. Rush even quotes James Carville’s liberal wishful thinking about this lasting ...
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• Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama’s Head

  
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  On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was “living rent-free in Obama’s head.” It’s hard to fault Limbaugh’s logic on this. After all, the President of the United States of America has used his bully pulpit to [...]
  5 days ago

• Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama’s Head

  
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  -By Warner Todd Huston On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was “living rent-free in Obama’s head.” It’s hard to fault Limbaugh’s logic on this. After all, the President of the United States of America has used ...
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• Tu Quoque as a Modus Operandi: Rush Limbaugh Doing What He Does Best

  
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  When you catch the other guy doing something wrong, most folks would say that’s an opportunity of sorts, an opportunity to correct them. For some though, it’s license. This is the basis for much of Rush Limbaugh’s schtick. His narratives rarely stray far from the Libs-do-it-too theme. He is particularly fond of ...
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• Advertisers Avoiding Rush Like The Plague

  
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  (This caricature of Rush Limbaugh is by DonkeyHotey .) Im sure Rush Limbaugh thought it would be a short-term problem when advertisers starting leaving his show in droves. Things would die down, and the advertisers would return. But that hasnt happened. According to one executive at Cumulus Media, 48 out of 50 of ...
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• Limbaugh: Scarborough’s Claim That Right-Wing Media Overplayed Benghazi ‘Literally Nuts’

  
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  Man-without-a-country Joe Scarborough earned the ire of Rush Limbaugh on Friday for his claim that, in Limbaugh’s words, “We’d have been much further along with the Benghazi story if right wing media hadn’t overplayed it.” “As always happens with Scarborough,” Limbaugh said of the host of ...
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• With virtually no advertisers left Rush Limbaugh is now surviving on "Wingnut Welfare."

  
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  Hey Ill insult liberals and women for cash. Do you have any cash? How about change? Do you have any change?" Courtesy of Media Matters :   As numerous members of the conservative movement flee from the Heritage Foundations flawed immigration study, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh has maintained a stalwart ...
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• Far Right Idiots Hit New Low

  
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  Just when you think they can’t stoop any lower, they have.  We should have realized, yesterday, when Rush Limbaugh made a fool of himself by saying that the three Cleveland Kidnappers voted for Obama, he was sending out the new talking points.  If that weren’t bad enough, Michele Bachmann, always batsh*t crazy, ...
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• Celebrate Mom On Mothers Day Without Supporting Sexist Hate Radio

  
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  Rush Limbaugh is not very kind to women, including your mother. But you probably have received numerous advertisement suggesting Mothers Day gifts from businesses that advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show. How does any thinking son or daughter of good conscience believe they can celebrate their mom on Mothers Day...
  2 weeks ago

• Rush Limbaugh: The MSM is helping cover-up Benghazi just to deny conservative media a “win”

  
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  “They will subordinate their own integrity…just to deny us what they would consider a win, and themselves a loss…” Rush Limbaugh Show May 10. The following clip has been edited for time as per MP’s loose journalistic standards… To El Rushbo’s point… Chris Matthews on Benghazi: “No harm, no ...
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• The Talk Radio Congress: Mainstreaming The Madness Of Conspiracy Theories

  
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  Once upon a time, the most outlandish fantasies of fringe political fabulists were confined to a narrow spectrum on the AM radio dial. They concocted delusional narratives that ranged from murderous first ladies to galactic alliances with Martians. It was an entertaining world of fiction and a guilty pleasure for ...
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• Radio stations carrying Rush bleed millions of dollars

  
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  Radio stations carrying Rush bleed millions of dollars from sponsor boycotts
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• Folks fed up with Rush bleed millions of dollars from stations carrying his toxic talk

  
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  Folks fed up with Rush bleed millions of dollars from stations carrying his toxic talk. Less and less profit in hate radio.
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• Fox News cannot BELIEVE that no other media is as angry about Benghazi as they are paid to be.

  
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  Courtesy of Mediaite :   The mainstream media didn’t find Wednesday’s Benghazi hearing quite as “explosive” as Fox News predicted they would be. So today, Megyn Kelly and her guest, conservative Media Research Council VP Dan Gainor looked into why so many media outlets appeared to dismiss the testimony as ...
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• Heritage Foundation gets support of prominent conservative radio host paid to support them

  
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  As no longer seen on TV The Heritage Foundations supposed new "immigration study" is being slammed so hard even by fellow conservatives that it threatens to damage the entire organization (and were talking about a conservative think tank , here, not generally a group known for taking damage due to inane or ...
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• Putting the Conserve Back Into Conservatism

  
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  The following post is the result of my reactions to Counter Culture Conservatism by Andrew Bacevich and a comment by Rod Dreher in the thread following a recent post called Reconsidering Suburbia. It throws our country off kilter when people who call themselves conservatives support zealous Wilsonian internationalism, ...
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