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LeBron James: The Man Who Would Dunk on Dubya

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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LeBron James told Maxim that he would like to dunk on George W. Bush, a feeble figure on the national scene. Instead, LeBron should bring down the hammer on the heads of the following folk...

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Republicans: We're Boxed In By Conservative Commentators

Politico | Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Presidential Candidates, Republican Presidential Candidates 2012, Rush Limbaugh, Republican 2012 Election, Republican Party, Republican Rift, GOP Rhetoric, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Gop, Tim Pawlenty, Republican Rhetoric, Glenn Beck, Partisan Rhetoric, Gop Rift, Republicans, Politics News

Many top Republicans are growing worried that the party's chances for reversing its electoral routs of 2006 and 2008 are being wounded by the flamboya...

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Obama and the Political Center

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, John McCain, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Death Panels, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Democratic Party, Glen Beck, Republican Party, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Politics News

The failure of McCain's divisive message to resonate beyond the base should have alerted Republican leaders to the resurgence of the center, but they seemed to have missed this clue.

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Keep Going, Republicans! You're Doing Great!

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Democratic Party, Michelle Malkin, Mark Halperin, Michele Bachmann, David Brooks, Political Parties, Blue Dogs, Erick Erickson, David Frum, Glenn Beck, Christopher Buckley, Republican Party, Chris Cillizza, Republicans, Politics News

If recent polling is any indication, people don't want to be associated with the party that elevates the self-satirical wackaloons. Especially when they refuse to be honest about who they are.

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Comic Relief and Sports Clash Courtesy of Rush Limbaugh

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nfl, Rush Limbaugh, Pro Football, Entertainment News

I have to hand it to Rush Limbaugh. It's just that I don't know if I should backhand him or extend a handshake of congratulations in recognition of him pulling off another publicity ploy in the name of shameless self promotion.

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Limbaugh Makes Countdown's "Worst Persons" List: "Emotionally Rush Is A 14-Year-Old Boy" (VIDEO)

Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

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Keith Olbermann named gave Rush Limbaugh the silver medal in his "Worst Persons in the World" segment for insulting a CNN reporter, Carol Costello, wh...

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Limbaugh To CNN Reporter: "Go Sit On A Fire Hydrant And Improve Your Day" (AUDIO)

Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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CNN reporter Carol Costello ran a segment yesterday analyzing talk radio and its listeners. This analysis included shows and monologues from the king...

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In the Case of Rush Limbaugh, Activism Once Again Prevails

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Perhaps the most precise word to summarize Limbaugh's reaction to news that his inflammatory commentary of the past excluded him from ownership in the NFL is "fear."

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Why the NFL and Corporate America Reject Limbaugh and Beck

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

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Limbaugh last week learned the overdue lesson that there are real-world consequences for trafficking in hate speech.

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Diversionary Tactics Aside, The Tapes Make Clear Rush Limbaugh Is A Racist

David Sirota | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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Sure, Limbaugh didn't make two racist comments attributed to him, but he made a bunch of others that we can verify.

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GOP, Democratic Senators Agree: Get Swine Flu Vaccination

The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theory, Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu, Conspiracy, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, House, Senate, White House, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Glenn Beck, H1n1, Flu Season, Bill Maher, Politics News

Right-wing pundits like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh have recently spoken out against government direction on the H1N1 vaccine, saying that individual...

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Rush Limbaugh: Race Card Kept Me From NFL Ownership, American Dream

Wall Street Journal | RUSH LIMBAUGH | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

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As I explained on my radio show, this spectacle is bigger than I am on several levels. There is a contempt in the news business, including the sportsw...

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Kyle Orton Is Making an Impact -- and Not Just in the NFL

Wade Norris | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

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There is more than football to like about Kyle Orton. His environmental conscience.

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Rush Loses Rams Bid, Rest of Us Just Lose

Carl Jeffers | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Let Limbaugh make his bid, and then express your disapproval by boycotting his radio show. He should not have been forced out of the process just because of who he is.

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Rush Limbaugh: Why the NFL Just Said No

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

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It was almost jarring to hear Rush whine about "tyranny" on the left, when it was his compadres on the right who just said no, and rejected Limbaugh's bid to buy the St. Louis Rams.

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The Irrelevancy of Network News

Judith Ellis | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

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Arianna was right to question the networks about their "balloon boy" coverage. Does anybody really wonder why old media is becoming more irrelevant, while new media continues to pave a new path?

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What Rush Limbaugh's Bid for the Rams Tells Us About Hate Speech

Michael Wolff | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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Rush Limbaugh's effort -- aborted by his fellow investors, it seems -- to buy the St. Louis Rams has given me the insight. I think people have a natural instinct to want to declaim, to inveigh, denounce, opine, and show-off.

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Rush Blitzed

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

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Limbaugh had made himself an icon of the reactionary right and an enemy to all persons of color. Two-thirds of all NFL players are black. There would be consequences for Rush's choice to pander to racism.

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It's Official: America Hates Indicted Right Wing Dancers

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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What were the producers thinking when they cast DeLay in the first place? Did they believe that after seeing him do a samba, America would forget what a repulsive human being he is and embrace him in its collective bosom?

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NFL to Rush: You're a Dead Man Talking!

Rory O'Connor | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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NFL owners were rightly worried that letting Limbaugh join their exclusive club would be akin to asking for a stink bomb to explode in their clubhouse.

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Rush Limbaugh and the NFL's Higher Standard

Rory O'Connor | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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Why was it left to the National Freakin' Football League - hardly a bastion of liberal thought - to call out bombastic shock jock Rush Limbaugh for hi...

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How the NFL Gets Race Right (and Rush Gets it Wrong)

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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George Will once described the game as a "mistake" combining the two worst aspects of the 20th Century: organized violence and committee meetings. He might as well have added "equal opportunity."

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I Live In The Land Of You, Me And We

Matthew Modine | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Matthew Modine, Rush Limbaugh, Lynching, We the People, Rush Limbaugh Obama, U.S. Constitution, Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird, Impact News

The first three words of the Constitution say, "We the People." "We" is a lovely word; it is inclusive. Life forms and nature are a delicate dance of symbiotic relationships. Some people understand that there is only one world and we are all in this together.

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