TagsTagsYes, Rush Limbaugh again. This time he’s embroiled in a controversy over statements about “Wall Street bankers” (aka “Jews”). Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement calling Limbaugh’s comments “borderline antisemitism.” Now Ben Smith reports that Norman Podhoretz has ridden to Limbaugh’s defense and accused Foxman of ‘chutzpah’. Oh my achin’ head. (Hat ...
Norman Podhoretz, ADL, Abe Foxman, Antisemitism, Rush Limbaugh
More of Rush Limbaugh’s patented sleazy race-baiting from his Wednesday radio show, as he says President Obama will use the Haitian disaster to boost his credibility with the ‘light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country’. Also in the same show, he argued against government aid to Haiti. Lovely. [Video] UPDATE at ...
Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) says this picture of Barack Obama as a shoeshine boy isn’t racist — because Rush Limbaugh was a shoeshine boy. UPDATE: Or is it racist? Rush Limbaugh actually was a shoeshine boy. Yeah the racial stereotype is a bit shaky — when I was a kid I ...
Racism, Right Wing, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Instapundit, Rush Limbaugh
I’m not a fan of Rush Limbaugh, as most people know by now. But a couple of days ago he was rushed to the hospital with chest pains, and I wish him a speedy recovery. Perhaps Mr. Limbaugh can use this opportunity to reflect on his many boorish and ugly comments ...
Remember when RNC chairman Michael Steele criticized Rush Limbaugh, then was forced to back down and issue a groveling apology to the true head of the Republican Party? Well, Steele has completed his reeducation programming, and is now spouting craziness just like any Limbaugh supporter, accusing the Obama administration of being ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh, RNC, Republican Party
For the first of today’s facepalm-inducing audio clips, we have Sean Hannity going Birther, claiming that wacko wingnut site World Net Daily is just doing “due diligence” by obsessing over Barack Obama’s birth certificate, and saying “Given his father’s birthplace, what’s wrong with asking if Obama has a legitimate birth ...
Rush Limbaugh, Racism, race baiting, Tiger Woods, sean hannity, Birthers, Conspiracy Theories
Rush Limbaugh’s latest bizarre hate-mongering conspiracy theory, one-upping Sarah Palin’s “death panels:” the “left” is using health care reform as cover, to kill off the elderly just like Stalin and Mao did. [Video] Who are we targeting in health care? Old people. Rationing the care of old people. Shutting down nursing ...
Rush Limbaugh, Ugliness, Health Care, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Health Care
The most “influential” conservative in America is a race-baiting creationist who mocks H1N1 victims, falls for obvious hoaxes, wants environmentalists to kill themselves, and panders to the Birther movement: Poll: Limbaugh is most influential conservative. NEW YORK – By a wide margin, Americans consider Rush Limbaugh the nation’s most influential ...
Rush Limbaugh, Global Warming, Climate Change, Creationism, H1N1, Racism, Hate Speech, Bad Craziness
On his front page today, Rush Limbaugh has a prominent link to “Prison Planet,” the website of whacked out conspiracy freakazoid Alex Jones, titled: Algore Photoshops Fake Earth. And possibly even more ridiculous, Limbaugh says his “official climatologist” is Dr. Roy Spencer — a notorious climate change denier and creationist, who ...
In the New York Daily News, political correspondent Michael Saul has a piece about the crudely faked “Obama thesis” that tricked Rush Limbaugh and a gaggle of right wing bloggers: Limbaugh falls for Obama thesis hoax - but is in no Rush to apologize. “So here is who we have ...
Rush Limbaugh, Hoax, Barack Obama, Fake But Accurate, Hypocrisy
Rush Limbaugh, Michael Ledeen, and a host of wingnut blogs were radically punk’d today by a hoax report that originated at ‘jumpinginpools’ (a blog run by a fool who was recently banned from LGF for relentlessly pimping his blog, and registering sock puppet after sock puppet to upding his own ...
Rush Limbaugh, Hoax, Barack Obama, Fake But Accurate, Hypocrisy
Here’s NPR’s coverage of Rush Limbaugh’s ugly, distorted attack on New York Times climate change reporter Andrew Revkin: Innovative ‘Times’ Reporter Draws Limbaugh’s Ire. [Audio]
Rush Limbaugh, Ugliness, Hate Speech, Climate Change, Environment, Andrew Revkin
The chairman of the House Republican Conference, Mike Pence, speaks out in favor of the race-baiting of Rush Limbaugh and the black helicopter bad craziness of Glenn Beck: Mike Pence: Limbaugh, Beck speak for many Americans. A picture of a political party gone completely off the rails. The GOP is afraid ...
Rush Limbaugh, Racism, race baiting, Glenn Beck, Bad Craziness, Conspiracy Theories, John Birch Society
There’s a huge row going on in Britain over the leader of the fascist, white supremacist British National Party, Nick Griffin, appearing on the BBC’s venerable “Question Time” political analysis show. Now Griffin is gloating that his appearance has enabled the BNP to set a record in telephone donations: BNP: ...
Rush Limbaugh, Britain, BNP, British National Party, Fascism, Eurofascism, White supremacism, Nick Griffin, Right Wing, Far Right
Andrew Revkin comments on Rush Limbaugh’s ugly remark that Revkin should commit suicide because he brought up the subject of birth control: Thought Experiments on Birth and Death. As I put it in the Wilson event: “Should you get credit — if we’re going to become carbon-centric — for having ...
Rush Limbaugh, Ugliness, Hate Speech, Climate Change, Environment
A few weeks ago, New York Times environmental blogger Andrew Revkin made a relatively straightforward observation, that “more children equal more carbon dioxide emissions.” Revkin went on to suggest that family planning and contraception might be an important part of any plan to limit CO2 emissions: Are Condoms the Ultimate ...
Rush Limbaugh, Ugliness, Hate Speech, Climate Change, Environment
Rush Limbaugh mocks children who’ve died from the H1N1 virus. [Video] Glenn Beck mocks the idea of volunteering to help your community: [Video] And at the official Facebook page of the Republican National Committee, “Ryan” mocks black people who voted for Barack Obama: Gas station humor. | Facebook Ryan wrote14 hours ago As I was ...
Hate Speech, Facebook, Republicans, RNC, Glenn Beck, Ugliness, Rush Limbaugh, Fail
At the Daily Beast, Conor Friedersdorf makes an excellent point about the well-documented racially charged comments of a certain right wing deity talk show host: Rush the Race-Baiter. I share a powerful distaste for characters like Al Sharpton, who deliberately play on the racial anxieties of Americans. As one of ...
As the apologists all over the right wing blogs continue to focus on one or two disputed quotes, here’s a lengthy collection of racist and/or race-baiting quotes from Saint Rush Limbaugh — all of them verified, cited and attributed: Limbaugh: My racial views? You mean, my belief in a colorblind ...
Rush Limbaugh, Racism, race baiting, Football, Far Right, Wall Street Journal, Victim Card
Here’s Rush Limbaugh in the Wall Street Journal, attempting to divert attention away from his numerous documented racist and race-baiting remarks: Rush Limbaugh: The Race Card, Football and Me. For some reason, he thinks a good way to defend himself is to attack Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Jackson and ...
Rush Limbaugh, Racism, race baiting, Football, Far Right, Wall Street Journal, Victim Card
I’ve finally made it. I’m an “offender” in this Rush Limbaugh idolizing article at the far right Media Research Center. My life is complete. UPDATE at 10/17/09 8:04:45 am: Racist and race-baiting quotes from Rush Limbaugh that are sourced and verified: “Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse ...
Rush Limbaugh, Racism, race baiting, Football, MRC, Media Research Center, Far Right
Today’s jaw-dropping, insanely over the top exercise in Rush Limbaugh idolization is from RedState.com: Tonight ... We Are All Rush Limbaugh. Includes the ubiquitous Martin Niemöller quote (no right wing rant is complete without it) because as we all know, dropping a super-rich race-baiting far right radio host from a ...
Race-baiting talk show host Rush Limbaugh is being dropped from the group bidding to purchase the St. Louis Rams football team. LOS ANGELES — The group bidding to purchase the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League is prepared to do so without the financial backing of Rush Limbaugh, ...
ESPN reports that the executive director of the NFL Players Union has written a letter to the union opposing the purchase of the St. Louis Rams by Talk show host Rush Limbaugh. NFL Players executive director DeMaurice Smith on Saturday made a move to solidify the union against a bid ...
A lot of lefty blogs are calling for a boycott of Rush Limbaugh after he indulged in blatant, ugly race baiting. I’m not joining that call, because I don’t believe boycotts are a good thing, in general. People like Rush Limbaugh should be allowed to say this kind of stuff; ...
Rush Limbaugh, Racism, race baiting, segregation, Hate Speech