galleyslaves.blogspot.com - 3/6/2009
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The carefully orchestrated elevation of Rush Limbaugh to Grand High Muckety Muck of the Republican party is a confluence of interests. It's in the interest of the Obama administration to have Limbaugh as a foil and it's in Limbaugh's interest to be seen as such. Without taking a side in the ...
dcexaminer.com - 3/6/2009
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dcexaminer.com —
By BYRON YORK Chief Political Correspondent One side
effect of the Democratic campaign against Rush Limbaugh has...
been to increase -- dramatically increase -- the talk show host's ratings. This morning I asked Rush if he ...
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Limbaugh: My Ratings are Way, Way Up
patterico.com - 3/6/2009
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patterico.com —
So Rush Limbaugh has challenged Obama to a
debate . It’s smart for Rush. If Obama is...
going to anoint him as the leader of the Republican Party, he may as well respond in kind. And hey, he articulates conservative principles very well. But ...
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I Hope Rush Limbaugh Fails
newsbusters.org - 3/5/2009
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newsbusters.org —
On Tuesday, liberal talk radio host Stephanie Miller
called Rush Limbaugh's now well-publicized statement about wanting Barack...
Obama to fail "treasonous," and wondered if he should be executed for saying such a thing. Miller made this ...
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Lib Talker: 'Maybe Limbaugh Should Be Executed For Treason'
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Rush Limbaugh: Not That Influential?
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... Jonathan Last offers a long retort to the notion that Rush Limbaugh is a significant influencer of American politics, much less the de facto leader of the Republican Party. He rejects, for example, the notion that having a large audience necessarily matters: Consider television. From 1998 to 2005, Everybody Loves Raymond was among the top 15 rated shows on TV. For five of those years it was in the top 10. It averaged 17.4 million viewers. Was Everybody Loves Raymond influential? I would argue that the show left a very small–maybe non-existent–cultural footprint. If you ...
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thehill.com 3/2/2009 — The Speaker of the House won't mention his name, but the White House has shown a willingness to invoke the name of radio host Rush Limbaugh whenever challenged.
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Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh challenged President Obama to a verbal showdown Wednesday.
(CNN) — Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh challenged President Obama to a verbal showdown Wednesday, calling on him to visit his talk show ...
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