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Thank Right-Wing Nuts
for Socialism's Fading Stigma

OPINION

Apr 15, 2009 8:50 AM CDT

Thank Right-Wing Nuts for Socialism's Fading Stigma

(Newser) - In a much-touted recent Rasmussen poll, only 53% of Americans said they preferred capitalism to socialism. Among those under 30, that figure fell to 37%. “If you comb the annals of Americans’ ideological preferences, you won’t find figures like these,” writes Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post....

For Rush's
Cousin,
It's All
Relative

OPINION

Apr 1, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

For Rush's Cousin, It's All Relative

Life as a Limbaugh

(Newser) - Almost all her life, people have been asking Julie Limbaugh if she’s related to Rush. It’s a vexing problem for a teacher at a very liberal high school, but she doesn’t deny the connection. “He's the relative you don't see much,” she writes for Salon....

Why the
Limbaugh
Schtick
Still Sells

column

Mar 31, 2009 1:31 PM CDT

Why the Limbaugh Schtick Still Sells

Incendiary host hangs onto huge audience in dying medium

(Newser) - Radio is a dying format, listeners are aging out, and Americans aren’t in the mood for “hands-off government.” So why is Rush Limbaugh's audience, not to speak of his prominence in the GOP, soaring, Michael Wolff asks in Vanity Fair. It's not his politics. "Showmanship,"...

No, Rush, California Isn't Banning Black Cars

Mar 28, 2009 1:13 PM CDT

No, Rush, California Isn't Banning Black Cars

(Newser) - Relax, Rush Limbaugh: California is not going to outlaw your favorite car color. The California Air Resources Board said yesterday that it isn’t, and never was, planning to ban black rides to mitigate greenhouse gases, the LA Times reports. A report to the CARB about the advantages of more...

2009's Least Sexy Men

OPINION

Mar 26, 2009 12:51 PM CDT

2009's Least Sexy Men

(Newser) - The Boston Phoenix rolls out its 100 unsexiest men list, taking into account both looks and karma. Here’s a taste:

Rush Limbaugh: “America’s ugliest moment of 2009? Rush Limbaugh, his man-boobs a-jiggle, bouncing at the CPAC podium.”
Alex Rodriguez: “Could those performance enhancers have been

...

Steele on Limbaugh Flap:
'It's All Strategic'

Mar 25, 2009 9:16 PM CDT

Steele on Limbaugh Flap: 'It's All Strategic'

(Newser) - RNC chief Michael Steele had been quiet for a while, but he brought that to an abrupt halt today with an interview on CNN. Steele did not rule out a future run for president—if it's part of God's plan for him—and suggested that his recent run-in with Rush...

Obama Trounces Rush: Poll

COMMENTARY

Mar 18, 2009 9:38 AM CDT

Obama Trounces Rush: Poll

Radio host's favorable rating at 19%, 43 points lower than Obama

(Newser) - The war of personalities between President Obama and Rush Limbaugh is closer to a massacre, notes Brian Montopoli, commenting on a CBS News poll that shows only 19% of respondents rate the radio host favorably. That’s 43 points lower than President Obama’s rating. "Not surprisingly," Limbaugh...

Carville's Bush Comments No Comparison to Rush's 'Fail'

OPINION

Mar 12, 2009 7:36 AM CDT

Carville's Bush Comments No Comparison to Rush's 'Fail'

Pre-9/11, Dem hoped Dubya didn't 'succeed'

(Newser) - Amid the hubbub over Rush Limbaugh’s open desire for the president to fail, Fox News is claiming a media double-standard: Democratic strategist James Carville made a similar comment referencing Bush 43, and no one heard about it. But the two situations are far from analogous, writes Dave Cook in...

Howard Dean: Dems Must
Not Cave on Health Care

Mar 10, 2009 2:55 PM CDT

Howard Dean: Dems Must Not Cave on Health Care

(Newser) - Howard Dean didn't get the health cabinet post he wanted, and doesn't want the job that's open—surgeon general—but is pushing President Obama's health-care plan just the same, the Washington Times reports. "Democrats can’t cave," says the former doc. Obama’s plan is "perfect,"...

Mac Junior Rips
'Train Wreck'
Coulter

Mar 10, 2009 3:55 AM CDT

Mac Junior Rips 'Train Wreck' Coulter

Meghan calls pundit 'poster woman' for GOP extremism

(Newser) - John McCain's daughter Meghan has ripped into right-wing media harpy Ann Coulter as a hate-spewing "train wreck." "I straight up don't understand this woman or her popularity. I find her offensive, radical, insulting, and confusing," wrote McCain, 24, in a Daily Beast column. She lashed Coulter...

McCain to Obama:
Veto Stimulus Bill

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Mar 8, 2009 12:16 PM CDT

McCain to Obama: Veto Stimulus Bill

Rush isn't GOP's leader: Gingrich; Stem-cell reversals a 'distraction:' Cantor

(Newser) - Now that the battle over the stimulus bill is over, John McCain has one request for President Obama: Veto it. “We fought a good fight,” the Arizona senator conceded on Fox News Sunday, saying the $410 billion bill would likely pass the Senate despite those efforts. McCain also...

Frum:
GOP Needs
Reform, Not Rush

OPINION

Mar 8, 2009 9:16 AM CDT

Frum: GOP Needs Reform, Not Rush

Stick-in-the-mud Limbaugh makes disastrous figurehead

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is gunning to be the face of the Republican Party, and the GOP is allowing it—with potentially disastrous consequences, writes noted conservative David Frum. “With his private plane and his cigars, Rush is a walking stereotype of self-indulgence,” Frum writes. Worse, Rush insists Republicans need...

Limbaugh Predicts
Kennedy's Death, to Outrage

Mar 6, 2009 5:07 PM CST

Limbaugh Predicts Kennedy's Death, to Outrage

(Newser) - A Democratic official rebuked Rush Limbaugh today for suggesting a health-care proposal will be named in memory of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer. On his radio show, Limbaugh said President Obama's proposed revisions will be championed by "the liberal lion Teddy Kennedy. Before it's all over,...

Dem Fundraisers See Gold Mine in Rush Uproar

ANALYSIS

Mar 6, 2009 1:34 PM CST

Dem Fundraisers See Gold Mine in Rush Uproar

Donkeys pounce

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh isn’t the only one cashing in on his new, higher profile. Democratic committees are using the uproar as a fundraising gimmick, the Washington Post reports. “When Rush says jump, Republicans say how high?” reads an email from the Senate campaign committee, urging GOP senators to “...

Moore: I'm Not Dems' Limbaugh

OPINION

Mar 6, 2009 11:56 AM CST

Moore: I'm Not Dems' Limbaugh

People agree with me

(Newser) - Just as Democrats are gleefully strapping Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, President Bush’s team once hatched a plan to tie filmmaker Michael Moore to Democrats. But, Moore writes for the Huffington Post, there’s one crucial difference between him and Rush: “The American people agree with me,...

Gibbs Isn't Afraid to Throw Verbal Punches

ANALYSIS

Mar 6, 2009 11:23 AM CST

Gibbs Isn't Afraid to Throw Verbal Punches

Obama spokesman lets Limbaugh & Co. dig their own holes

(Newser) - Robert Gibbs has shown he’s not afraid to skewer the likes of Rush Limbaugh and cable-TV talking heads in his White House press briefings, but he also knows when the best tactic is standing aside. “If your enemies are fighting themselves, then don’t get in the way,...

Dem Strategists Hatched Plan to Target Limbaugh

Mar 5, 2009 11:45 AM CST

Dem Strategists Hatched Plan to Target Limbaugh

Carville, Greenberg conspire to shine spotlight on Rush

(Newser) - Democrats think the hubbub surrounding Rush Limbaugh is solid political gold, and they didn’t strike it by accident. When operatives James Carville and Stanley Greenberg tossed Limbaugh’s name onto a poll last fall, they discovered that Americans can’t stand the conservative talk icon, reports Jonathan Martin in...

GOP Still
Hasn't Seen
the Bottom

ANALYSIS

Mar 5, 2009 10:29 AM CST

GOP Still Hasn't Seen the Bottom

Republicans wonder when their woes will bottom

(Newser) - Just when the Grand Old Party thought it couldn't get worse, it has: Conservative infighting from a caustic radio host, stumbles from its emerging non-white leaders—Michael Steele and Bobby Jindal both—and polls that suggest just 25% of Americans support them. Meanwhile, Dems enjoy great popularity and steady donations....

Boehner: Rush Is a Democrat Diversion

OPINION

Mar 5, 2009 8:18 AM CST

Boehner: Rush Is a Democrat Diversion

Obama wants to change the subject from spending

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s desperate attempt to throw the spotlight on Rush Limbaugh “is the oldest trick in Washington’s book,” writes House Minority Leader John Boehner in the Washington Post. Obama and congressional Democrats have already spent more than the combined costs of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq...

Steele: Ticking Off Limbaugh Part of My Job

Mar 5, 2009 1:38 AM CST

Steele: Ticking Off Limbaugh Part of My Job

Embattled RNC chairman vows to carry on reforming GOP despite criticism

(Newser) - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he isn't going to let the Rush Limbaugh hooha or any other criticism stop him from remaking the GOP, the Washington Post reports. Steele, criticized by some for his loose-cannon approach, says drawing fire from both moderates and conservatives is all part of...