Tag: Limbaugh
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Shooter’s Derangement Points to Need for More Civility in Politics
Sarah Palin and everyone associated with her political action committee are, no doubt, regretting the boneheaded decision to superimpose crosshairs on the districts of Gabrielle Giffords and other House members Palin was “targeting” in the 2010 campaign. But it’s easy to make too much of the ad, and there was support for Palin from an […]
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“Hide the Decline”: Global Warmists Got Some ‘Splainin’ to Do
While referring to "the global warming hoax" may be a step too far, I think it’s clear now that there have been multiple global warming "hoaxes". If you have no idea what I’m leading up to, you might want to consider broadening your information sources.
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Rush Limbaugh Has a Voice, But Doesn’t Speak for Me
Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, a thoughtful and elegant writer, today takes on the notion — voiced mainly by wishful, self-deluding Democrats — that Rush Limbaugh is the voice of the Republican party. The Democrats have a leader. He’s the president. When a party has a president, he’s the leader. Parties out of power, almost […]
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“The Practice of Civility is Important to Democracy”
Mad props to Michael Gerson, who in today’s Washington Post brilliantly articulates the concept I was struggling to develop in my recent post, “Don’t Blame Me for Rush Limbaugh, I Won’t Blame You for Michael Moore.” (Disclosure: Gerson did not actually consult with me, and may not have realized he was writing this on my […]
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Don’t Blame Me For Rush Limbaugh, I Won’t Blame You For Michael Moore
Parts of the rightosphere are in high dudgeon about the fact that President Obama, at the annual White House Correspondents Association yuck-fest dinner, laughed at “jokes” told by “comedian” Wanda Sykes about wanting Rush Limbaugh to die of kidney failure. (Here’s a 78-second video.) There have been days of arguments at “the Id of Conservatism” […]
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Conservatives Should Support Obama When He Gets Something Right
Parts of the right-o-sphere are all aflutter, debating whether President Obama deserves any credit for the rescue of a maritime hero held by pirates. It’s a reminder that Obama Derangement Syndrome is no more appropriate than its more wide-spread predecessor, Bush Derangement Syndrome. In The Corner, Jonah Goldberg piped up promptly and congratulated the President […]