Tag Archives: Rush Limbaugh

So where do you stand, Mr. President?

From gay rights to Syria, Obama is maddeningly vague NEW YORK DAILY NEWS   As North Carolina cast its vote on an amendment banning gay marriage, the media were still scrambling to decode the Obama administration’s latest whiff at the issue.   Was Vice President Biden’s “Meet the Press” comment that he is now “comfortable” [...]

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It’s Activist, Not Slut Mr. Limbaugh

In courting controversy over his Sandra Fluke comments, Rush Limbaugh was forced to apologize.  If Rush had dug a little deeper he would not have taken the bait, and avoided giving legitimacy towards any activist allegations of Republican misogyny. Judging by their namesake, Law Students for Reproductive Justice are just another typical group of progressive [...]

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How Contraception Became The News

With the recent apology given to Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke by Rush Limbaugh, Solid Principles tracks how the Contraception debate emerged into topical news.  January 6, 2012 – During the ABC News GOP Presidential Debate, moderator George Stephanopoulos asks Candidate Romney if States have the right to ban contraceptions, Romney derides the question as [...]

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I’ve Been Thinking…..

It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then – just to loosen up and be a part of the crowd. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone — “to relax,” I told myself — [...]

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Left Shamelessly Seeks to Exploit Arizona Tragedy

By Jonathan S. Tobin The shooting in Arizona is the sort of thing that obligates all sides in political debates to call a timeout. Right now our collective prayers are with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her family as she struggles for life, as well as with the families of those who were murdered in this [...]

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Is this Rush’s ‘Sock It To Me’ Moment?

Sometimes the allure of comedy can be a hard thing to refuse.  When “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In invited the late William F. Buckley to appear on ‘Laugh-In’, he immediately declined. Rowan & Martin’s next telegram to Buckley simply asked: “Would you appear on the show if we flew you in on a plane with two [...]

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Rush Limbaugh: President Obama’s ‘character assassination’

The president is trying to trick Rush Limbaugh into talking about himself and would rather engage in “character assassination” than debate conservatives in the “Arena of Ideas,” the conservative talker charges in an e-mail to POLITICO. Two days after President Barack Obama labeled Limbaugh and conservative television host Glenn Beck “troublesome” in a CBS interview, [...]

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Obama takes on talkers

Barack Obama’s tongue-lashing of conservative talk-show titans Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck this week could prove a winner for both sides. The president gets a boost with his base and may win over some independents by tying his political opponents to two of the nation’s most polarizing figures. But the conservative talkers get presidential confirmation [...]

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Phone Calls Continue to Batter Congress

Members continued to be inundated with phone calls from constituents and interest groups Friday thanks to an impending vote on health care reform this weekend. Calls to the House numbered close to 100,000 an hour, creating a bottleneck in a phone system only meant to handle 50,000 calls an hour. The chamber has been similarly [...]

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Rush Limbaugh Urges Listeners to Call Congress: Day 2

Rush Limbaugh has urged his listeners to swamp the Capitol’s switchboard for the second day in a row. According to Rush, not only can’t any calls get into the switchboard, but Congressional Reps and staffers can’t get any calls out. They have to use their cellphones. What a dramatic way to let these craven politicians [...]

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