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Rush Limbaugh: It's 'Insane' to Link Sarah Palin to Tucson Shootings
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDon't blame Sarah Palin. Right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh says media outlets "are unnecessarily stirring up the country" in the wake of the fatal Arizona shootings and attempting to tie the tragedy to the colorful rhetoric used by him and Sarah Palin, among others. "Reporters are bending over backwards to link this shooting to me, to Sarah Palin, to an entire industry -- talk radio," he said Monday on his syndicated program. "Only in these instances is something said in the media, said to influence public behavior. . . . All of this has been pure politics, disguised as compassion and ...
Rush Limbaugh, Pastor Terry Jones Were High School Classmates
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyTerry Jones, the Florida pastor threatening to burn a Koran tomorrow on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, was a high school classmate of Rush Limbaugh. The Cape Central High School (Missouri) website has the perhaps unsurprising coincidence front and center, noting: "Rush Limbaugh USED to be Cape Girardeau's most prominent export. One of his classmates from the Central High School Class of 1969 is dominating the news right now: Terry Jones, the Gainesville, FL, preacher who is threatening to hold an 'International Burn a Koran Day' on September 11." Gregg Hopkins, a Cape Central ...
Opinion: We're Becoming a Nation of Haters
By Noah Blumenthal - AOL News(July 9) -- California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa takes pride in opposing the Obama administration. Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman and Nancy Pelosi played that role when George W. Bush was in office. Keith Olbermann provides a nightly list of "Worst Persons in the World," a personal hate list as much as anything. And Rush Limbaugh's hate rants range from drug addicts to illegal immigrants to, of course, all things liberal. The BP oil disaster spawned hate ranging from The Wall Street Journal to ihatebp.com. There is a trend in America in which we are more and more idolizing people who have ...
Miss USA, Rima Fakih: Terrorist in a Bikini?
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyA new Miss USA, Rima Fakih, was crowned at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night. The first-generation Lebanese-American beauty queen moved to New York at 7 and as a teenager moved with her parents to the Detroit area, home to the largest concentration of Arab-Americans on the continent. Readers may recall that in previous years, Miss USA contests have been followed by controversy. When they were, contest owner Donald Trump took a very personal interest in protecting and marketing his brand. One year the real estate developer-showman extended compassion ...
BP Oil Spill, NYC Terror Plot: Limbaugh & Co. Go Nuts
By David Corn - Politics DailyRemember during the George W. Bush administration when a former Clinton official appeared on "Hardball," stated that President Bush had allowed 9/11 to happen for political gain, and Chris Matthews nodded along in agreement? Of course, you don't. Because that never happened. But this week former (and disgraced) FEMA chief Michael Brown on Fox News Channel asserted that President Obama had permitted the BP oil leak to continue for days in order to justify reversing course on expanding offshore drilling to "pander to the environmentalists." And Fox host Neil Cavuto nodded. Just when you though ...
Republicans Have No Clear Leader in the Eyes of Most Americans
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhen you have the White House or a majority on Capitol Hill, it's easy for people to identify who they think are a party's leaders, but none of those conditions apply to the Republicans and, as a result, just 29 percent of Americans can name someone when asked who they think of as the leader of the GOP, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted April 21-26. The numbers are not that much better when the question is limited to self-described Republicans. Thirty-six percent of them can name someone. For both the public in general and Republicans in particular, Arizona Sen. John McCain ...
Obama's Nuclear Summit: Invisible for Conservatives?
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Monday and Tuesday, President Obama convened a historic gathering in Washington to deal with the most urgent threat facing the globe: nuclear terrorism. Never before have so many world leaders gathered to discuss together how to thwart one of the greatest nightmares imaginable; 47 nations were represented. Though no sweeping treaties or agreements were reached, Obama did succeed on two important fronts. He placed the issue of controlling and securing nuclear material that could be used by terrorists (including al-Qaeda and its allies) at the top of the global to-do list. And he encouraged ...
Chaos Theory - Rush Limbaugh Takes a Stand on Health Care
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Palin Holds Door Open to Presidential Run, Slams Obama
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySarah Palin said Sunday she would run for President if she believed it was "the right thing to do" for the country and her family, and tore into President Obama for acting like he believed Americans should "shut up" and accept his policies Asked on Fox News Sunday "why wouldn't you run for President," Palin said, "I would. I would if I believed that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin family. Certainly, I would do so." "I think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country," Palin said. "I don't know if it's going ...
Chicago Comedy Troupe to Launch Rush Limbaugh Musical
By David Sessions - Politics DailyChicago's Second City comedy troupe will try to replicate its recent success satirizing political figures with a new production titled "Rush Limbaugh: The Musical." The show will feature songs depicting Limbaugh's early life -- borrowed from Broadway hits such as "Wicked" and "Spring Awakening" -- and a cast of characters including Ann Coulter, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. Second City previously produced "Rod Blagojevich Superstar!," in which the disgraced former governor of Illinois made an appearance. The show was a surprise hit, prompting an extended run. "Rush Limbaugh: The Musical" will ...
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