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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "rush limbaugh"

Sarah Palin's Poison: The Secret of Her Right-Wing Success

Sarah Palin's Poison: The Secret of Her Right-Wing Success

Richard Kim , Betsy Reed, The Nation. November 14, 2009.
Some may secretly relish the embarrassing spectacle that is Sarah Palin. But she's dangerous; the more we chuckle, the more indignant her army becomes.

Introducing ChristianChirp, the Evangelical Right's Alternative to Twitter

Introducing ChristianChirp, the Evangelical Right's Alternative to Twitter

Allison Kilkenny, AlterNet. November 12, 2009.
ChristianChirp.com, which promises to be a "family friendly" site, was founded by a man who claims to have been banned from Twitter for defending Rush Limbaugh.

Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh Stoking GOP Civil War

Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh Stoking GOP Civil War

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. November 11, 2009.
The right-wing media are trying to play "king-maker." But they are incapable of picking winners and stand poised to rip the Republican Party apart.

Conservative Blogger Really Wishes He Were More Important

Conservative Blogger Really Wishes He Were More Important

Ripley, Whiskey Fire AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2009.
RedState's Erick Erickson thinks GOP lawmakers "tremble" when he writes something. Sorry dude, they probably don't.

New Online Computer Game Exploits Right-Wing Paranoia

New Online Computer Game Exploits Right-Wing Paranoia

David Corn, Mother Jones. October 29, 2009.
Glenn Beck mysteriously killed. The GOP driven out of Congress. Obama proclaims himself the "Lost Imam." And more.

Holy Cow, Is Congress Getting Serious About Real Health Care Reform?

Holy Cow, Is Congress Getting Serious About Real Health Care Reform?

Peter Dreier, The Nation. October 26, 2009.
There is still no guarantee that a progressive bill will end up on Obama's desk. But the chorus in favor of the public option is getting louder.

Why Do Educated People Publish Garbage Defending Rush Limbaugh?

Why Do Educated People Publish Garbage Defending Rush Limbaugh?

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. October 19, 2009.
I'm no constitutional scholar, but I don't think there's any guaranteed right to own an NFL team written anywhere in the constitution.

Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Are Crazy -- Yet Corporate Media Legitimize Them

Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Are Crazy -- Yet Corporate Media Legitimize Them

Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America. October 19, 2009.
When Limbaugh, Beck and Fox news are treated like legitimate players, it causes the rest of the media to run to the right.

Why Does America Leave It to NFL Owners to Tell Rush Limbaugh Where to Go?

Why Does America Leave It to NFL Owners to Tell Rush Limbaugh Where to Go?

Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. October 15, 2009.
Shock jock Limbaugh was thinking about buying a piece of the St. Louis Rams and was promptly told that he and his divisive comments are not welcome in the NFL.

How My Dispute with Joe Scarborough Sheds Light on the Civil War Within the GOP

How My Dispute with Joe Scarborough Sheds Light on the Civil War Within the GOP

Max Blumenthal, AlterNet. October 13, 2009.
Scarborough is trying to play the part of a 'real conservative,' appalled by the GOP fringe, but he's just as unwilling to compromise with Obama's agenda.

Another Right-Wing Media Fight! Scarborough v. Limbaugh Edition

Another Right-Wing Media Fight! Scarborough v. Limbaugh Edition

Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2009.
In this episode, Joe tells Rush who really wears the rants in the GOP.

Bachmann: I'm comfortable with Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck being the voices of the GOP.

Bachmann: I'm comfortable with Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck being the voices of the GOP.

Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Media and Technology. October 7, 2009.
Bachmann once again demonstrated her true love for Fox News.

Limbaugh's Racist Shocker:

Limbaugh's Racist Shocker: "We Need Segregated Buses"

Raw StorySeptember 17, 2009.
In a remark extraordinary even by the standards of his show, Rush Limbaugh said explicitly, Wednesday that the United States needed to return to racially segregated busing.

Limbaugh Wants Jim Crow Back: "We Need Segregated Buses"

Zaid Jilani, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 17, 2009.
In "Obama's America," Rush cries, "the white kids now get beat up."

Porn, Glenn Beck and Nudie Pics: Is Our Mass Culture Turning Kids Into Sex Crazed, Right-Wing Automatons?

Porn, Glenn Beck and Nudie Pics: Is Our Mass Culture Turning Kids Into Sex Crazed, Right-Wing Automatons?

Branwyn Lancourt, The Faster Times. September 14, 2009.
Kids today are exposed to vast amounts of sleazy, pornified media at the same time that they are hammered with silly puritanism. The future doesn't look good.

Audio: Limbaugh Fill-In Advocates Secession: 'I'd Like To See' Whether 'We Could Have A Sovereign Nation'

Audio: Limbaugh Fill-In Advocates Secession: 'I'd Like To See' Whether 'We Could Have A Sovereign Nation'

Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: Politics. September 5, 2009.
Limbaugh's guest host calls for a take-over of the State of New Hampshire by secessionists.

American Brokenness: A Lament on Healthcare

American Brokenness: A Lament on Healthcare

Daniel Schultz, Religion Dispatches. September 3, 2009.
Conservatives in this country are undergoing an existential crisis, but this is not the time for liberals to sit by smugly and watch.

Is Glenn Beck Finished?

Is Glenn Beck Finished?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. August 24, 2009.
A Color of Change campaign has cost Beck's show 36 advertisers so far. Will Fox decide he isn't worth it?

Texas Revising History Textbooks: Liberals Out; Limbaugh, Gingrich, NRA In

Texas Revising History Textbooks: Liberals Out; Limbaugh, Gingrich, NRA In

Lee Fang, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 22, 2009.
Students will be expected "to identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals," like Newt Gingrich and the Moral Majority.

Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs Enflame Scary Right-Wing Rage

Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs Enflame Scary Right-Wing Rage

John V. Santore, Media Matters for America. August 11, 2009.
The conservative playbook has been laid bare, and it's ugly. How long until their overheated rhetoric spills over into violence?

David Brooks Says Limbaugh's Hitler References Are Insane -- Where's He Been?

David Brooks Says Limbaugh's Hitler References Are Insane -- Where's He Been?

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 10, 2009.
Good for David Brooks. But this is not exactly hardly the first "insane" thing Limbaugh has said.

Join MoveOn's Fight to Stop

Join MoveOn's Fight to Stop "Birthers"

Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2009.
Sign the petition condemning CNN's resident conspiracy theorist, Lou Dobbs.

Sen. Lindsey Graham to Sotomayor:

Sen. Lindsey Graham to Sotomayor: "Unless You Have a Complete Meltdown, You're Going to Get Confirmed"

John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2009.
"And I don't think you will (have a complete meltdown)."

Rush Limbaugh Calls Obama a

Rush Limbaugh Calls Obama a "Colonial Despot"

Ryan Powers, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 27, 2009.
What does that make Limbaugh, then?

Right-Wing Hypocrites: 10 Reasons Conservatives Should Shut Up About Letterman's Sarah Palin Gaffe

Right-Wing Hypocrites: 10 Reasons Conservatives Should Shut Up About Letterman's Sarah Palin Gaffe

Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America. June 22, 2009.
Each and every day conservative radio hosts, cable-news hosts, pundits and columnists use divisive, insensitive, and downright hateful rhetoric.