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This is a hilarious parody written & sung by Paul Shanklin as heard on the Rush Limbaugh show! It is SO "appropo" right now!

Limbaugh Tells Fox News Dems Trying to 'Steal' Private Sector The conservative radio talk show host blasted the Democrats' health care bills as a front that would steal money from American businesses and effect the partial takeover of the private sector. Health care reform legislation being pushed through Congress represents the "biggest snatch of freedom and liberty" in U.S. history, Rush Limbaugh tells "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace in an exclusive interview to air this Sunday. The conservative radio talk show host blasted the Democrats' health care bills as a front that would steal money from American businesses and...

When MSNBC gave Ed Schultz a nightly segment entitled "Psycho Talk," it was apparently in obedience to the truth in advertising laws. On Thursday night, the low-rated host of "The Ed Show" used that segment -- which is supposed to highlight over-the-top rhetoric from conservatives -- to call Rush Limbaugh "a racist, pill-poppin' radio guy." Schultz was outraged that Rep. Steve King, R-IA, had asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to apologize to Rush Limbaugh for denying Rush partial ownership of the St. Louis Rams while allowing Jennifer Lopez and Fergie to become co-owners of the Miami Dolphins after worse...

On Today's Show... October 30, 2009 Even State-Run Media Doesn't Buy Obama Lies on Stimulus Jobs CBS News runs blistering report on Obama's fraudulent claims on stimulus jobs "created or saved," and then listens to an Obama propagandist insist it's all real. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)   The Messiah: Obama Saves  What Obama has "saved or created" around the globe. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)   See, I Told You So: GDP = CIG There is no private sector growth in the US economy. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » Reuters: Consumer Spending Fell in September » Auto Observer:  WH Charges Edmunds.com Got...

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh today blasting President Obama and their claims to have created or saved hundreds of thousands of jobs. Limbaugh said, in fact, Obama and his policies have "destroyed" jobs, lives, and small businesses in America. Limbaugh summed it up by saying Barack Obama is a "destroyer" and not a "creator." . . . (VIDEO)

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

On Today's Show... October 29, 2009 Nancy Pelosi Announces Democrat Time Bomb Health Care Bill This health care bill is a radical plan for generational theft of billions of dollars. The Democrats' aim is to destroy private insurance companies, and thus the economy. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)   Message to Blue Dog Dems:  "I know more about what your future holds than you do. If they'll throw Creigh Deeds under the bus because he's down double digits in Virginia, you think that they won't cast you aside the moment they no longer need you?" (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » Kristol: Pelosi...

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh today blasting the Obama Administration for he calls their dishonesty over how many jobs the Stimulus Bill created or saved. He quoted an AP article which says the Obama Administration "overstates" the numbers. . . . (VIDEO)

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

In an October 28, 2009 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Congressman Steve King questions NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on comments he made regarding Rush Limbaugh. VIDEO Rush's Response to Commissioner Goodell's Answer: Of course, Goodell's a total weasel. He had no answer about the Dolphins' owners so wouldn't even address the question, and he got on his high horse about how McNabb is a fine player and a fine person and it has nothing to do with the color of his skin, when I (a) never said he was not a fine person; (b) never said he was a bad QB...

Don’t you hate it when everyone in the room gets a joke and you don’t? And because you don’t get it, you end up becoming the joke itself? Well MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are famous for that. These are the guys in school you would dare to do stupid things just to see how gullible they are. On Monday Rush Limbaugh reported on his radio show about a fake college thesis attributed to a young Barack Obama. Later in the show he revealed the thesis was satire. He then went on to say that even though he knows...

Iowa's own 5th District Congressman Steve King absolutely demolished NFL commissioner Roger Goodell today

On Today's Show... October 28, 2009   This Video Came in Right After the Show, From Today's Judiciary Cmte. Hearing: » YouTube:  Rep. Steve King Grills NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Rush!   The 45th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's "Rendezvous With Destiny" Speech Reagan's speech for Goldwater still rings true today. Ignore those who say the era of Reagan is over. Reagan is gone, but his principles remain the guideposts for a conservative movement on the ascendency in a nation awakening to Barack Obama's radicalism. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » YouTube:  Watch the Entire Reagan Speech (A Time for Choosing --...

RUSH: It is apparent, ladies and gentlemen, that General John "Swifty" Kerry has taken over Obama foreign policy. You people who thought you were voting for Obama to change foreign policy were wrong. You know, I still can't get over that last sound bite. President Obama, there aren't Bush troops, and there aren't Obama troops. Those are American soldiers, and you've abandoned them, while claiming to these naval people in Jacksonville yesterday you never -- he's embarrassing. Worse than that, it's dangerous. We got John "Swifty" Kerry, who served in Vietnam, by the way, yesterday afternoon at the Council on...

If her Evening News gig doesn't work out, maybe Katie Couric will seek work as a Republican strategerist . . . Couric dabbled in her possible new profession in her Notebook segment yesterday, offering some carefully considered advice to the GOP. According to Katie, Republicans should get the focus off Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin. They're nothing but "fringe" elements, "sideshows" that drive people out of the Republican Big Tent. View video here.

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

On Today's Show... October 27, 2009 Rush's Opening Monologue Sets the Table for the Day On only an hour and a half of sleep, the highlights of the day's news. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)   "Here's our Media Tweak of the Day: I don't want anything to happen to Barack Obama, but especially because Joe Biden is number two." -- Rush   Ignorant Media Misses Our Satiric Tweak on the Obama Thesis Hoax They have no clue that in our correction, we were parodying what just happened to us with fabricated quotes. These people live in an insular, humorless world....

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: In NY-23, Real Clear Politics: "Doug Hoffman, plus five."  Doug Hoffman may in fact win this with nowhere near the amount of money the two Democrats have.  I know there's a Democrat called a Republican, but we actually have two liberal Obama Democrats, one calling herself a Republican, and you've got the Reagan conservative Hoffman in there.  Tim Pawlenty threw in with him today, by the way, so you have Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, Rick Santorum, who else?  (interruption)  Sue Collins endorsed -- so?  Is that a surprise?  That's going to sway a lot of votes.  Susan...

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh talking about John Kerry's comments yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations. John Kerry talking about Afghanistan said "because of the gross mishandling of this war by past civilian leadership, there are no great options for it's handling today. One American officer captured well our lack of a strategy when he said we haven't been fighting in Afghanistan 8 years, we've been fighting in Afghanistan 1 year, 8 times in a row. That is our inheritance." Reacting to Kerry's remarks Rush said "these people are absolutely shameless, they have no guts, nor do they...

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

Let's say, hypothetically, someone was to make a disparaging statement about Fox News and conclude as a news outlet it is way outside of mainstream political thought. Well, then the follow-up appropriate question could be where does that put Fox News' competitors who get just a fraction of the cable news juggernaut's ratings? Michael Wolff, a contributing editor and columnist Vanity Fair and CNBC regular, told MSNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews on his Oct. 26 program the White House strategy was to marginalize Fox News the same way conservatives once did to liberals, making "liberal" a word with negative connotations....

A petition to the Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) to investigate popular conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh for purported "hate speech" has caused a stir among Catholic circles after it was revealed that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) communications office is backing the initiative. One conservative commentator has even cited evidence that the religious coalition behind the petition, of which the USCCB communications office is a part, may be affiliated with the federal government's recent campaign against conservative media. "So We Might See," a group billing itself as a national interfaith coalition against hate speech in media,...

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

"...Rush Limbaugh was NOT duped! In fact, I’m going to go out alone on a limb and suggest that Rush Limbaugh created this hoax and the only ones being duped are those who have written that Rush was a fool for falling for a fake college paper from Barack Obama... He frequently, as he puts it, uses the absurd to demonstrate the absurd. That is, he brilliantly creates an elaborate illusion on his radio show. He creates something that is both profoundly absurd and believable at the same time...This supposed hoax that he is reported to have fallen for, is...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, I must admit to watching your remarks before and during the New England Patriots-Tampa Bay Buccaneers football game in London with great interest. Obviously you were playing goodwill ambassador, putting the National Football League's best face forward for the international audiences, but it was also with some disgust that I know of the other face you were trying to hide. As there is a time and a place, the desired appearance is that all is well between the fans and the NFL. However, you seemed to get off scott-free in claiming that a man (Rush Limbaugh)...

[UPDATE: I just learned that the Obama thesis is a hoax. The second quote below is real, however. For more on the thesis hoax, click here.] Back in 1982, when Barack Obama was at Columbia University, he wrote a thesis called “Aristocracy Reborn,” the first ten pages of which — and only the first ten pages of which — Joe Klein, of Time magazine, was permitted to see. Here’s a passage from “Aristocracy Reborn”: … the Constitution allows for many things, but what it does not allow is the most revealing. The so-called Founders did not allow for economic freedom....

As an intellectual and sophisticated man of advanced education and refinement, President Obama should know better than to believe press clippings originating with the leftist media. An experienced political professional intent on playing on the world stage should also be able to accept criticism and dissent without unraveling to the point of utter distraction. After all, we do live a civilized society where the president serves at the pleasure of the people. He is neither deity nor royalty, despite what obedient armies of Obamanites and adoring media types tell him. Criticism and robust opposition come with the gig, Mr. President!...

You're a college dropout and OxyContin junkie who somehow managed to climb to the top of the media pile. You've made yourself one of the most popular and influential voices in the national dialogue and that, in turn, has made you rich beyond dreams of avarice. How satisfying must that be.Just because you said the NFL "all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips"? Just because you once told a black caller to "take that bone out of your nose and call me back"? For those trifles the sensitive pansies of the NFL don't want...

The tactic of bashing Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk show hosts to score political points is apparently no longer the exclusive realm of national-level Democrats and moderate Republicans. Now, even local politicians are adopting this political maneuver in their local campaigns. Democrat David Englin, member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 45th District (and currently my own delegate), sent out a direct mail piece which I received on Thursday where Englin boldly proclaimed his opposition to the top conservative talk show host: “If Rush Limbaugh is for it, I’m probably against it.” (image at right).Englin’s mail piece, paid...

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh today talking about what he calls a "monumental story." Rush talks about the fact that Obama's White House is already "throwing under the bus" Democrat candidate for Virginia Governor Creigh Deeds. He is trailing by double-digits less than two weeks before the November 4 election. Limbaugh said Obama is showing his colors to Democrats, that Obama will not stand by his candidates when they are polling badly. In fact, Limbaugh called the leaks published in the Washington Post a "political assassination of a Democrat Candidate before the election." . . . (VIDEO)

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

Let me first apologize to Rush Limbaugh. Last week in explaining why NFL commissioner Roger Goodell needed to put an end to Limbaugh's latest publicity stunt, I attributed racially insensitive quotes to Limbaugh that I read in two Missouri newspapers, saw on CNN and confirmed through a Google search. Prior to posting the article, I never found a denial of these quotes by Limbaugh, and had no reason to believe those statements were not true. It was unfair to Limbaugh. And I regret that. I've commented on some of his earlier controversies. I've long been an admirer of his broadcasting...

The president has learned it's easier to burn bridges than build them. And despite having been elected in part to unify all Americans and put an end to partisan division, the administration is intent on lighting as many fires as it can. In doing so, Obama is essentially creating a liberal version of Richard Nixon's "Enemies List." We knew the White House would consider Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly as enemies. Taking on an entire cable news outlet (and its viewers), insurance companies, and the United States Chamber of Commerce, however—and to launch these attacks proactively—is another, riskier...

On Today's Show... October 22, 2009   As Obama Approval Plummets, His State-Run Media Targets Us It's our fault that the stimulus failed and people are dissenting. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » Henninger: We're All Balloon Boys Now » Gallup:  Obama Approval Plummets 9%   "Every day brings more evidence that we have a willful and purposeful destruction of the private sector economy in the US -- and it's not just Obama. It is the entire Democrat Party. We have a bunch of economic illiterates running the show here, folks." -Rush (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)   Another One: School Kids...

[You can view this revision here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rush_Limbaugh&diff=prev&oldid=277367]Rush Limbaugh is an American conservative radio and television talk show host. His shows are discussions primarily of politics from a conservative point of view; he does not pretend to be giving an unbiased view of the facts, i.e., his shows are presented as commentary on the news, though much news is presented along with the commentary. Many progressive and liberal critics decry the lack of a balance between liberal and conservative viewpoints on Limbaugh's shows. Rush Limbaugh's radio show is best described as an extended editorial on current news stories. Limbaugh's response to...

As if we needed more validation that liberals have no understanding of how business works, the White House has decided to deploy its resources to launch a comprehensive war against the Number One Enemy of the State, Fox News Network. Learning nothing from the Harry Reid v Rush Limbaugh debacle, Obama has announced a hawkish anti-Fox surge. The ostensible mission is to degrade Fox News for it’s inexorable refusal to genuflect to the Narcissist in Chief. To the irascible commander in chief’s shock and awe, Fox thoughtlessly allows commentators to impugn Obama’s policies.

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh today saying the Obama Administration has "gone far beyond what Richard Nixon even comtemplated" in his dealings with the media. Rush said Obama is attempting to "silence" individual reporters and an entire network. Obama is doing so from a position of being the darling of the mainstream media. In Nixon's case, Rush said "Nixon was trying to get a fair shake." The media always hated Nixon and were very biased against him. Rush made the comments after mocking Andrea Mitchell for being a supposed "real news" person. He plays audio of her slamming Sen....

I think it's safe to say that the gloves are off.

The chairman of the House Republican Conference says it’s “hogwash” that GOP leaders are worried about what Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the Tea Party movement are doing to their party’s image. In a story headlined “Conservatives Roar; Republicans Tremble,” POLICO reported Thursday that “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 flamboyant rhetoric and angry tone of conservative activists and media personalities.” But House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) says it’s not so. “You know, the American people cherish their freedom...

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh stated that radical statements by those surrounding President Obama actually reveal who President Obama is. Rush said it’s not that these radicals just happened to be around Obama, “Obama is Anita Dunn … Obama is Ron Bloom … Obama is Van Jones … Obama is Mark Lloyd … Obama is ACORN.” Video: Rush Limbaugh on Obama’s Radical Associates

On Today's Show... October 21, 2009   Politico: WH Marginalized Rush, GOP Dead (Have You Seen the Polls, Guys?) Democrats are heading for a crushing defeat in 2010. The only question is: How big? » Politico: Obama Strategy: Marginalize Most Powerful Critics   "When is the commander-in-chief going to act like one?   He's leaving our soldiers on the battlefield without the support that the commanders have asked for, and he just doesn't seem to care that someone's child or husband or wife or father or mother is facing down this enemy alone." -Rush   » Victor Davis Hanson: Voting...

Here is audio of Rush Limbaugh asking "when is the Commander in Chief going to act like the Commander in Chief?" Rush Limbaugh said Obama is at a fundraiser in "campaign mode" being "purely ideological" and "yucking it up." Rush said Obama seems to think he is "his number one enemy, he can't let go of us. I live in his head rent free." Rush said Obama "doesn't seem to care" about the troops in Afghanistan, and instead is more worried about trying to "marginalize" him and Fox News...(Audio)

Here is a tale of two sound bites. First: "Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark." Second: "The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Tse Tung and Mother Teresa. Not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point, which is: You're going to make choices. ... But here's the deal: These are your choices; they are no one else's....

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

A good gregalogue.

This is an editorial here from the Investor's Business Daily: "Cap-and-Trade for Babies." It's coming, folks. They're going to offer young couples carbon credits for only having one child. The theory is that human beings are polluting and destroying the planet. Now, Paul Ehrlich wrote about this back in the seventies in The Population Bomb. It's been totally disapproved, discredited. This has been part of the militant environmental extreme for years, and here now the people who can make it a reality are running the country... But like everything else in the militant environmentalist wacko community, I believe this is...

Leftist Democratic Party front group Media Matters put a hit out on Rush Limbaugh this afternoon. Politico and Paul Krugman at the New York Times pimped the Media Matters character assassination of Rush to the political world. They take his comments out of the context of illustrating liberal hypocrisy to paint him as a violent person.This is a perfect example of how the Democratic party and the media work hand in glove to attack conservatives and try delegitimize them in the public arena.First Politico, then Krugman, then Rush and at the end a response from Revkin.Glenn Thrush Pimping for Media...

On Today's Show... October 20, 2009   The Obama-Biden Depression: Welcome to the "New Normal" As Rush said months ago, this cabal's goal is to normalize high unemployment like they have in the socialist European countries. Just get used to misery. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » AP:  High Jobless Rates Could be the New Normal  » Biden Video:  "It’s a Depression"   The Politician-in-Chief Plays a Daisy Game with Our Troops at War in Afghanistan "More troops, no more troops." Our president votes "present." (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » John. R. Bolton: Obama the Ditherer in Chief   Democrats Eye a...

(CNSNews.com) – Mark Muller -- a husband, father, businessman, and football fanatic -- is giving up on the game he loves, he said, because the National Football League let him down. Muller, a fan of conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh, said he will never attend another NFL game, because the league did not stand up for Limbaugh when Limbaugh's recent attempt to purchase part of the St. Louis Rams’ franchise came under fire from critics.