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Tag Archive for ‘Rush Limbaugh’

Wishing harm

Two things said/written from opposing political viewpoints and perspectives over the weekend have triggered my centrist rage in a similarly troubling way.

Online Overkill – week of March 1

Good, bad, annoying or indifferent, these were the topics that were played out on my Google Reader this week. Rush Limbaugh. Dude has a big mouth. Michael Steele is still figuring how to speak into such a large microphone. We get it. Next issue. U2. The Irish band, which I’ve always appreciated, released a new album […]

Fairness Doctrine

Really, though, the conservative drumbeat over the Fairness Doctrine is much ado about nothing. It’s fearmongering—which may be good for fund-raising. Conservatives claiming that the Obama administration will mean the death of right-wing radio seem to forget this fact: Limbaugh and other conservative talkers thrived during the Clinton years. -Stephanie Mencimer, in a Mother Jones […]