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Limbaugh calls Planned Parenthood clinics ‘death squads’
Republican talk shot host Rush Limbaugh doesn’t know how else to describe Planned Parenthood clinics other than to call them “death squads.” Or, at least that’s what he said on his show Wednesday afternoon. Limbaugh made the outrageous claim while trying to equate yesterday’s Huffington Post story about how wealthy…
Limbaugh: Don’t tell ‘people on welfare when the election is’
Rush Limbaugh is calling on his listeners to keep the election date a secret from the poorest Americans. “Ninety-nine days, folks,” the conservative radio host announced on Monday. “Ninety-nine days before the election. If you are a welfare recipient, that’s just a little more than three checks.” “Maybe we shouldn’t…
Limbaugh backs off ‘Dark Knight’ Bane conspiracy, but insists ‘Romney is Batman!’
With election 2012 fully underway, Democrats and Republicans are busy grasping at the most vapid, puerile rhetorical attacks possible. Out of all that silly season rabble, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has somehow managed to come out on top with a conspiracy theory about the new “Batman” movie being timed to…
Hollywood’s secret plot to defeat Romney through coded summer blockbusters finally revealed
As Rush Limbaugh recently revealed to the world, the fact that the villain in this summer’s eagerly-anticipated blockbuster “The Dark Knight Rises” is named Bane is no mere coincidence. Rather, he explained, it’s a long-planned conspiracy to sabotage former Gov. Mitt Romney’s (R-MA) presidential campaign by inextricably linking in viewers’…
Maddow takes down Limbaugh’s Bane/Bain conspiracy theory
On Tuesday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow delved into Rush Limbaugh’s latest flight of fancy, the supposed connection between Tom Hardy’s character in the new Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises,” a villain named Bane, and Bain Capital, the venture capitalist group founded by former…
Limbaugh: NAACP booed ‘simply because Romney’s white’
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday suggested that that the 103rd convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had booed GOP hopeful Mitt Romney just because he was a white man. Limbaugh blasted President Barack Obama for skipping this year’s convention and instead sending…
Missouri taxpayers fund 24-hour security camera for Limbaugh statue
At the request of Republican lawmakers, taxpayers are funding a 24-hour security camera to watch over a Rush Limbaugh bust in the Missouri Capitol building. State House Clerk Adam Crumbliss on Thursday told The Associated Press that he had authorized the $1,000 camera after Republican lawmakers expressed concerns about vandalism.…
Report: Limbaugh ratings down big after ‘slut’ remarks
A lot less people are interested in what conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has to say after he called Georgetown University law student a “slut” and a “prostitute,” according to one industry ratings source. Politico reported on Monday that Abritron’s key demographic ratings between March 29 and April 25 showed…
GOP Senate candidate ‘proud’ Rush Limbaugh inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
Republican Senate candidate Sarah Steelman on Tuesday defended Rush Limbaugh’s induction into the Hall of Famous Missourians. “To me it is not controversial,” she told KFNS radio. “He is a famous Missourian. He made a difference in talk radio. I know the family quite well, they are very patriotic and…
Rush Limbaugh inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians during ‘secretive ceremony’
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians on Monday in the state Capitol. The Associated Press described the induction as a “secretive ceremony.” The event was closed to the public and only certain guests, including more than 100 Republican lawmakers, were allowed to attend.…
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