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Rand Paul: Let Joe Barton Explain Himself

Limbaugh, others say 'shakedown' is accurate term

(Newser) - Rand Paul's been in enough hot water lately, so he stops short of endorsing Joe Barton's infamous apology to BP. But he feels his pain, notes Think Progress . "I don't know about that," he said when asked about the statement. "I don't want to pile on him...

Jon Stewart to Helen Thomas: What the F***?

Daily Show host takes on veteran White House reporter

(Newser) - The Daily Show's Jon Stewart had one question for longtime White House reporter Helen Thomas last night: "Helen, what the f---?" Thomas, 89, resigned yesterday after saying Israeli Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go back to Poland, Germany, or wherever they came from. Also...

Gawker Mocks Rush at 4th Wedding

Website buys flying banner for Limbaugh's marriage

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh got married over the weekend, and though Gawker wasn't invited to the Palm Beach nuptials, it decided to crash the party anyway. The site paid for a flying banner that read "Rush: Congrats On Your 4th Marriage XO Gawker" (click here to see it)—a subtly snarky...

Elton John Sings at Limbaugh's 4th Wedding

Talking head, 59, takes 33-year-old bride

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh was married last night in Palm Beach—to his fourth wife—and gay marriage advocate Elton John pulled down a cool $1 million for performing at the reception. The conservative talking head, 59, and 33-year-old Kathryn Rogers wed at The Breakers with 400 of their nearest and dearest...

Rush Limbaugh Getting Married
 Rush Limbaugh 
 Getting Married 
rumor mill
Jun 2, 2010 4:04 PM CDT

Rush Limbaugh Getting Married

Gossip page says it's happening this weekend

(Newser) - It looks like Rush Limbaugh is getting hitched for the fourth time this weekend. The gossip page of the Palm Beach Post says Limbaugh, 59, will marry "VIP liaison" Kathryn Rogers, 33, at his beach home. Limbaugh isn't confirming, but Salon also notices this Tweet , in which Limbaugh's biographer...

Limbaugh: Gore Split Not Very Green

'2 houses bad for world, Mr. Global Warming'

(Newser) - Advocating environmental causes and then separating from his wife makes Al Gore a big fat hypocrite, according to Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh—who insisted he didn't find the split funny, the Daily Beast notes—pointed to a 2007 study that found divorces put an extra strain on the environment because two...

There's One Reason for GOP's Rise: Rush Limbaugh

He's the 'brains and spirit' behind conservative resurgence

(Newser) - There's all kinds of theories for why conservative Republicans are on the rise, but for Zev Chafets, it "can be boiled down to two words: Rush Limbaugh." The radio host is not just the "mouthpiece" of the resurgence but the "brains and spirit" behind it. He...

Poll: 42% Think Obama's Doing Good Job on Oil Spill
 Poll: 42% Think 
 Obama's Doing 
 Good Job on Oil Spill 
50% STILL FAVOR DRILLING
May 13, 2010 11:20 AM CDT

Poll: 42% Think Obama's Doing Good Job on Oil Spill

Majority support more drilling, despite risks

(Newser) - The Gulf oil spill is not "Obama's Katrina," regardless of what Rush Limbaugh says. A new AP/GfK poll finds that the disaster hasn't hurt President Obama—but neither has it dimmed the public's desire for more offshore energy drilling. Some highlights:
  • Obama's handling: Some 42% of those surveyed
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Rush Responds to Obama Jab, Disses Bill Clinton

"Play with himself"? Must be the ex-president

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh loves the story that an Obama aide—presented with the notion of the radio host playing golf with the president—came back with, "Limbaugh can play with himself." Rush's response today: "Now wait a second, they're confusing me with Bill Clinton." He spent a...

Obama: Rush Can 'Play With Himself'

Play golf, that is

(Newser) - President Obama will go so far as to call Rush Limbaugh's views “troublesome” in public, but in private he'll apparently go a little further. When Zev Chafets, author of the upcoming book Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One, extended an invitation to Obama to play a round of golf...

Meghan McCain: I Hate the Hate

It's turning her off to politics

(Newser) - American political hate-mongering has reached such a fervor that for the "first time" in her life Meghan McCain is finding herself "disillusioned with the political process—something I swore would never happen to me," she writes in the Daily Beast . She's angry, too, about political decisions, but...

Limbaugh Finds Oil Spill Upside: Less Crowded Beaches!

And fewer turtles taking up room on the sand, too

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh, environmental expert, circled back to the topic of the Gulf oil spill yesterday, but before he tackled the topic of beaches and turtles, he clarified his scientific credentials: "I happen to own beachfront property. I think I can better identify with people living on the Gulf Coast...

Rush Limbaugh: Don't Touch the Oil Spill

 Rush Limbaugh: 
 Don't Touch 
 the Oil Spill 
pearls of scientific wisdom
May 3, 2010 5:58 AM CDT

Rush Limbaugh: Don't Touch the Oil Spill

'Ocean will take care of this on its own'

(Newser) - Seems Rush Limbaugh likes to chime in about how best to handle natural disasters: He's already speculated that the oil rig explosion in the Gulf was the work of devious environmentalists. But on True/Slant , Justin Gardner notes Limbaugh didn't stop there: "The ocean will take care of this on...

Limbaugh Hits New Low With Oil-Spill Conspiracy

He suggests the rig's explosion is an inside job

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh thinks the timing of the oil rig explosion is a little fishy: "What better way to head off more oil drilling, nuclear plants, than by blowing up a rig?" he asked on his last show. Which prompts Ezra Klein to dub him an "oil-spill truther" and...

Rush: Maybe Obama's an Illegal Alien Himself

Talk show host makes offhand birther quip

(Newser) - Is Rush Limbaugh a birther? It sure sounded that way to Mediaite during his rant yesterday about illegal immigration. Rush was obsessing over a recent Obama statement condemning Arizona's new illegal immigration law, in which the president worried that “if you don't have your papers...you're gonna be harassed....

New, Fightin' Obama Calls Out Foes
 New, Fightin' Obama 
 Calls Out Foes 
Analysis
Apr 27, 2010 9:23 AM CDT

New, Fightin' Obama Calls Out Foes

No more Mr. Nice President

(Newser) - It's hard to imagine that critics once complained that Barack Obama wasn't tough enough. Lately, he's been savaging his opponents by name, Politico notes, tossing verbal jabs directly at Mitch McConnell, Sarah Palin , Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and more. It's a deliberate effort to get back the “spunk...

Left Plays 'Violence Card' to Demonize Us: Limbaugh

Obama 'makes us look evil as he tightens iron grip'

(Newser) - When liberals aim to discredit right-wingers, they accuse them of plotting violence, complains Rush Limbaugh. The current "meme to equate skepticism of the Obama administration with a tendency toward violence" is just like former President Clinton blaming "loud and angry" conservative commentators for the Oklahoma bombing, he writes...

Left Lacks Wackos Like Limbaugh, Beck
 Left Lacks Wackos 
 Like Limbaugh, Beck 
opinion
Apr 22, 2010 12:11 PM CDT

Left Lacks Wackos Like Limbaugh, Beck

Joan Walsh of Salon defends her answer on 'Morning Joe'

(Newser) - Righty bloggers are teeing off on Joan Walsh of Salon because of her appearance on Morning Joe yesterday, in which she maintained that liberals have no voices as extreme as Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck. (NewsBusters weighs in with a list here , with Keith Olbermann's name in capital letters.)...

Limbaugh Rips Obama Over 'Character Assassination'

Obama refuses to debate in 'Arena of Ideas'

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is accusing President Obama of trying to trick him into talking about himself because Obama prefers "character assassination" to debate. "I think the president is trying to distract me to get me talking about me on my show instead of talking about him and the regime's...

100 Unsexiest Men of 2010
 100 Unsexiest Men of 2010 
Apr 4, 2010 12:52 PM CDT

100 Unsexiest Men of 2010

What a shocker: Tiger Woods made the list

(Newser) - Some guys are unsexy just because they’re not sexy; others are unsexy because they cheat on their Oscar-winning wives with tattooed strippers (hello, No. 6). Whatever the reason, the Boston Phoenix lists the 100 unsexiest men of 2010. Some highlights:
  • No. 100, Justin Bieber: “Twenty-something mall skanks: It
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