realclearpolitics.com - 2/12/2009
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I can't believe I'm writing this, but Rush Limbaugh actually has (or had) a good idea on the stimulus. Or, at least the germ of one.
On his radio show Jan. 26 and in the Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, America's arch-polarizer -- amazingly enough -- proposed the outlines of a reasonable bipartisan ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/6/2009
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A new Gallup poll explains why Democrats are
now so eager to connect the anti-stimulus bill Republicans...
to Rush Limbaugh, and to set up Rush as the new Leader of the Opposition: Independents hate him, he can galvanize Democrats...and Republican ...
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Poll: Limbaugh Could Galvanize Dems, Alienate Independents
mediamatters.org - 2/11/2009
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Echo chamber: Bloomberg "commentary" health IT falsehood goes
from Limbaugh to WSJ's Moore and Fox, back to...
Limbaugh Summary: The Wall Street Journal 's Stephen Moore and Fox News anchors Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly promoted the falsehood -- which ...
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Echo chamber: Bloomberg "commentary" health ...
thinkprogress.org - 2/9/2009
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Kondracke: Hey, guess who was the real bipartisan?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... It has to kill Mort Kondracke to admit this, so give him a round of applause for manning up on the (virtual) pages of Real Clear Politics . The executive editor of Roll Call doesn’t usually give Rush Limbaugh credit for much of anything, which readers can note when Kondracke refers to Rush as an “arch-polarizer.” But Kondracke credits Rush with providing more bipartisanship to the debate over the stimulus than the supposed Post-Partisan-in-Chief at the White House: I can’t believe I’m writing this, but Rush Limbaugh actually has (or had) a good idea on the stimulus. Or, at ...
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Kondracke: Rush was right about stimulus
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Believe It or Not, Rush Limbaugh Was Right on Stimulus
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Morton Kondracke:
I can't believe I'm writing this, but Rush Limbaugh actually has (or had) a good idea on the stimulus. Or, at least the germ of one.
On his radio show Jan. 26 and in the Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, America's arch-polarizer -- amazingly enough -- proposed the outlines of a reasonable bipartisan stimulus package of both spending and tax cuts.
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The reasons for adopting a Limbaugh-like idea go beyond post-partisan atmospherics.
The fact is that, in spite of the certitude expressed by politicians and op-ed writers, ...
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