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Mar 4, 2009 6:53 PM CST

Limbaugh to Obama: Debate Me

(Newser) - This apparently isn't going away anytime soon. Rush Limbaugh today challenged Barack Obama to a debate on his radio show, Politico reports. “If these guys are so impressed with themselves, and if they are so sure of their correctness, why doesn't President Obama come on my show?" he asked....

Draft Your
Limbaugh
Apology Here

Mar 4, 2009 5:00 PM CST

Draft Your Limbaugh Apology Here

Democratic site mocks GOP regrets to right-wing radio guru

(Newser) - Democrats have launched a website to mock the stream of Republicans rushing to apologize to Rush Limbaugh, the New York Daily News reports. Imsorryrush.com, launched on the official DNC site, helps users formulate a mock note of regret for publicly criticizing the radio host. They can sign it on...

Loose-Cannon
Steele Worries
GOP Leaders

Mar 4, 2009 9:19 AM CST

Loose-Cannon Steele Worries GOP Leaders

The new RNC chair's discipline in question; he says he's just telling hard truths

(Newser) - GOP leaders are beginning to worry that their new chairman may need a manager himself. A succession of gaffes, flaky comments, and strange decisions by Michael Steele has some experiencing buyer's remorse. Top of the list: Steele fought with, then apologized to, Rush Limbaugh, threatened long-time incumbents, suggested an “...

'Minority Leader Limbaugh' Will Sink GOP

OPINION

Mar 4, 2009 8:52 AM CST

'Minority Leader Limbaugh' Will Sink GOP

Obama's campaign manager takes a swipe at Republicans

(Newser) - The 2008 election sent many signals, but chief among them was that America is sick of partisan pettiness, writes President Obama’s former campaign manager David Plouffe in the Washington Post today, He faults the GOP for somehow missing that memo, joining Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in declaring...

Letterman on Rush: 'Boneheaded Gangster'

Mar 3, 2009 9:30 AM CST

Letterman on Rush: 'Boneheaded Gangster'

Guest Katie Couric laughs uncomfortably

(Newser) - Dave Letterman made Katie Couric squirm last night when he finished his interview by asking her, “What about this bonehead Rush Limbaugh?” Couric laughed and squealed, “Don’t do this to me!” but Dave plowed on. “He looks like an East European gangster,” he said,...

Steele to Rush: I Take It All Back

Mar 3, 2009 7:13 AM CST

Steele to Rush: I Take It All Back

RNC chair begs radio host's forgiveness for criticism

(Newser) - Republicans just can’t stay mad at Rush Limbaugh. A few weeks ago, Rep. Phil Gingrey begged forgiveness after criticizing the radio host. Yesterday, Politico reports, RNC chair Michael Steele came crawling back to Limbaugh, saying he didn’t meant it when he dismissed Limbaugh as an "entertainer" and...

Limbaugh: Sun King of the GOP

OPINION

Mar 2, 2009 9:21 AM CST

Limbaugh: Sun King of the GOP

Unrivaled Rush is becoming the embodiment of the right: Schaller

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh whipped last weekend's CPAC meeting into a frenzy, railing against Barack Obama and the socialists of the "Democrat Party" while Fox News and CNN rolled tape. For Thomas Schaller of Salon, the message was clear: Limbaugh, and not any elected official, is the leader of the...

Iraq Timetable Unlikely to Change: Gates

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Mar 1, 2009 12:26 PM CST

Iraq Timetable Unlikely to Change: Gates

Limbaugh the 'intellectual force' behind GOP: Emanuel

(Newser) - It’s “fairly remote” that deteriorating conditions in Iraq will delay President Obama’s withdrawal timetable, Robert Gates told NBC’s Meet the Press. The defense secretary also insisted that the US military will achieve “significant success” once it leaves Iraq. As for his bosses, Gates said Obama...

Limbaugh to CPAC:
'Take Country Back'

Feb 28, 2009 6:15 PM CST

Limbaugh to CPAC: 'Take Country Back'

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh thrilled an overflow crowd of conservatives in Washington, DC, tonight by urging them to "take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate." Following speeches by Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, and Ann Coulter at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Limbaugh surprised attendees...

Limbaugh: 'What Must I Do to
Own Women?'

Feb 26, 2009 9:07 AM CST

Limbaugh: 'What Must I Do to Own Women?'

Rush convenes 'female summit' to find out why babes don't like him

(Newser) - Women don’t like Rush Limbaugh, and he wants to know why. A new poll shows that the radio host has a 49% disapproval rating among women—with only 37% favorable—so he held a “female summit” on his show yesterday, inviting women callers of all political stripes to...

Limbaugh Defends Jindal:
'He's Brilliant'

Feb 25, 2009 6:20 PM CST

Limbaugh Defends Jindal: 'He's Brilliant'

(Newser) - Bobby Jindal has been almost universally panned on both the left and right for his speech last night—with one notable exception. Longtime backer Rush Limbaugh defended Jindal today and warned his detractors to back off, reports ThinkProgress. "I love Bobby Jindal, and that did not change last night,...

Limbaugh to Obama:
Don't Touch Talk Radio

OPINION

Feb 20, 2009 7:45 AM CST

Limbaugh to Obama: Don't Touch Talk Radio

Following suit with some Dems would mean violating free speech

(Newser) - There’s been talk among Democrats that government should intervene to ensure balance in talk radio. But government weighing in on content is a direct violation of the First Amendment, writes Rush Limbaugh in the Wall Street Journal, and as a former law prof, our new president knows that. President...

Limbaugh Links Liberals
to Murderers, Rapists

Feb 19, 2009 9:05 PM CST

Limbaugh Links Liberals to Murderers, Rapists

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh today complained on his radio show that Democrats have morphed into "liberal socialists" and "must be stopped." That was the routine part. But he then "pushed the envelope," writes Sam Stein in the Huffington Post, with a rant that linked liberal ideas to...

Robertson: Limbaugh Isn't 'Thinking Rationally'

Feb 17, 2009 6:55 PM CST

Robertson: Limbaugh Isn't 'Thinking Rationally'

(Newser) - Pat Robertson thinks Barack Obama has plenty of flaws—he accuses him of letting Nancy Pelosi write the stimulus bill, for starters—but he's got no patience for Rush Limbaugh's hope that the new president fails. "That was a terrible thing to say," Robertson tells US News and ...

Limbaugh, Palin to Address
Conservatives

Feb 5, 2009 6:09 PM CST

Limbaugh, Palin to Address Conservatives

(Newser) - Talk about your right-wing star power: The annual CPAC convention for conservatives later this month has both Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin as speakers, notes US News & World Report. Limbaugh will give the closing speech on Feb. 28 and is expected to expound on his "I hope he...

Campbell Brown: Bring It, Limbaugh

Feb 2, 2009 10:12 AM CST

Campbell Brown: Bring It, Limbaugh

Tells Rush to shut up or put up after he slams colleague on stimulus

(Newser) - CNN anchor Campbell Brown yesterday challenged Rush Limbaugh after he slammed her colleague’s economic analysis, the Huffington Post reports. After Limbaugh called business correspondent Ali Velshi “incompetent” on his radio program, Brown stepped in: “Rush, I would love for you to come on this show and debate...

New Labor Radio Ad Beats Up on Rush

Jan 30, 2009 3:00 PM CST

New Labor Radio Ad Beats Up on Rush

Attacks GOP senators, tells them not to side with Limbaugh

(Newser) - A radio ad is making the rounds in Cleveland, Reno, and Philadelphia, slamming the local Republican senator and the apparent leader of the opposition: Rush Limbaugh. The ad, from the labor-backed Americans United for Change, slams House Republicans who “voted with Limbaugh against creating 4 million new American jobs....

Ad Tells
Senators:
It's Rush
or Obama

Jan 29, 2009 8:08 PM CST

Ad Tells Senators: It's Rush or Obama

(Newser) - A liberal group is launching an ad blitz tomorrow that pressures GOP senators to make a choice—Barack Obama or Rush Limbaugh, Politico reports. The ad—running in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Nevada—blasts House Republicans for voting against the stimulus package at Limbaugh's urging and asks, "Will our senator...

Rush: Give Me 46% of Stimulus

OPINION

Jan 29, 2009 9:38 AM CST

Rush: Give Me 46% of Stimulus

Obama can spend his 54% of popular vote on infrastructure, pork, and I'll cut taxes

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh doesn’t like Barack Obama’s $900 billion stimulus plan, and he’s betting the 46% of the country that voted for John McCain don’t either. But don’t worry, Rush has a plan. “Under the Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Plan of 2009,” he writes in the...

Republican Congressman Apologizes for Limbaugh Flap

Jan 28, 2009 6:21 PM CST

Republican Congressman Apologizes for Limbaugh Flap

Sees 'eye-to-eye' with talk show host

(Newser) - A Republican congressman who defended his colleagues from the wrath of Rush Limbaugh apologized today to his "fellow conservatives" and said his anti-Rush statements were taken out of context, Politico reports. Georgia's Phil Gingrey said his comments "read much harsher than they were actually intended," and he...