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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum calls Limbaugh comments ‘absurd’ — (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum labeled Rush Limbaugh “absurd” over disparaging remarks from the radio talk show host directed at a law student who testified before a House panel in support of access to contraceptives.
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Rush Limbaugh Advertiser Sleep Train Pulls Commercials In Wake Of Sandra Fluke ‘Slut’ Firestorm … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke Slut, Rush Limbaugh Sleep Train, Sleep Train, Sleep Train Rush Limbaugh, Slidepollajax, Media News
Michelle Malkin:
Sandra Fluke is not a “slut.” She's a femme-agogue tool; DCCC, Emily's list fund-raise off of Rush — The Soros monkeys and assorted progressive agitators are using conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh to raise money again. — This just came in my in-box:
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Does Carly Fiorina Just Not Get It? — Carly Fiorina is offended by Rush Limbaugh's comments on Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke, who testified before Congress that she wants the American taxpayers to subsidize her sexual proclivities. — We should be insulted with Fluke, but Fiorina is insulted by Limbaugh.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
John Boehner: Rush Limbaugh ‘slut’ remark ‘inappropriate’ — Speaker John Boehner on Friday denounced radio host Rush Limbaugh's “slut” remarks aimed at Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke, but the Ohio Republican also jabbed at Democrats who have been fundraising off the fracas.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Does Rush Limbaugh Get Away With Calling a Young Woman a ‘Slut’? — Many conservatives ignore or excuse in the talk-radio host behavior that they'd be horrified to engage in themselves. — If the conservative movement's least charitable critic invented a talk-radio host …
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Second Advertiser Pulls Out From Limbaugh — Sleep Number, an advertiser on Rush Limbaugh's radio show, announced on Twitter moments ago that they are pulling out. “Recent comments by Rush Limbaugh do not align w/our values, so we made decision to immediately suspend all advertising on that program,” the tweet reads.
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Obama calls Sandra Fluke, student dissed by Rush Limbaugh
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Carly Fiorina: Limbaugh ‘insulting’
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Just a Grunt / Jammie Wearing Fools:
Sandra Fluke's Appearance Is No Fluke
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The Gateway Pundit
Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Culture War Update: Obama Joins the Fray Sparked by Rush Limbaugh
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Fox News:
White House enters controversy over Limbaugh comments on Georgetown student
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Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
President Obama calls Georgetown student Fluke
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh Continues Hateful Assault On Sandra Fluke, Says She Needs To Have Less Sex
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Maggie Fazeli Fard / Washington Post:
Sandra Fluke, Georgetown student called a ‘slut’ by Rush Limbaugh, speaks out
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Is Rush Limbaugh hurting Republicans?
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John Boehner / CNN:
TRENDING: First on CNN: Boehner hits Limbaugh's comments as ‘inappropriate’
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Halimah Abdullah / msnbc.com:
Woman called ‘slut’ by Limbaugh is ‘stunned, outraged’
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pelosi rips Limbaugh over ‘slut’ comment, calls on House GOP to repudiate it
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Angela Morabito / TheCollegeConservative:
Sandra Fluke Does Not Speak for Me
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Obama to Iran and Israel: 'As President of the United States, I Don't Bluff' — Dismissing a strategy of “containment” as unworkable, the president tells me it's “unacceptable” for the Islamic Republic of Iran to have a nuclear weapon. — At the White House on Monday …
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: Iran ‘Should Expect To Get Hit’ If I'm President
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Detroit Free Press:
Volt production on hold for 5 weeks — General Motors has told 1,300 employees at its Detroit Hamtramck that they will be temporarily laid off for five weeks as the company halts production of the Chevrolet Volt and its European counterpart, the Opel Ampera.
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Thomas Schaller / Salon:
Same sex, opposite impact — Marriage equality always seemed a losing issue for the left. That's all changed. Just ask Ken Mehlman — Rep. Anne Kaiser, D-Montgomery, an openly gay member of the Maryland General Assembly, holds Natalie Vincent, 10 months, the daughter of a member …
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ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum's Ohio Delegate Problems Pile Up — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Even if Rick Santorum wins Ohio on Super Tuesday, he won't be able to claim all of its delegates. In fact, he is at risk of forfeiting nearly one-quarter of them.
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Quinnipiac University:
Ohio GOP Race Going Down To The Wire, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Santorum At 35% To Romney's 31%
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Jon Huntsman Dropped From RNC Event For “Third Party” Call — Will this teach him a lesson? Or push him toward a third-party bid? — Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman departs the stage after announcing the suspension of his 2012 presidential bid in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 16, 2012.
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Eric Pfeiffer / Yahoo! News:
Mansion servant enslaved by uber-rich New York family for nearly six years — A wealthy New York woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as an indentured servant and forcing her to live in a closet for nearly six years.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's Advice For ObamaCare: Look At RomneyCare — Mitt Romney was once touting his plan to Obama as a model for health care reform. He didn't mention keeping it at the state level. — Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney often fends off the attacks comparing …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Olympia Snowe's Strange Martyrdom — More powerful than she lets on. — The retirement of Olympia Snowe, at the young (by senatorial standards) age of 65, has again dramatized the perilous condition of the Senate moderates. They have been scorned, marginalized, and hunted close to extinction.
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Olympia J. Snowe / Washington Post:
Olympia Snowe: Why I'm leaving the Senate
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Tim Mak / Politico:
George Will: Take Congress, not White House — Columnist George Will says the 2012 presidential race looks like it might be a lost cause for Republicans and believes that the primary goal of conservatives should be to retain control of the House and win the Senate so Congress …
Michael Georgy / Reuters:
Anti-U.S. emotions run high at Afghan dogfighting ring — (Reuters) - Protests over the burning of Korans at a NATO base may have faded but some Afghans are still venting their rage over the incident — at a bloody Kabul dogfighting ring. — If emotions here are any indication …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
On Making Yourself Right — In the mid-1960s, SNCC, one of the most important of civil rights groups of its era, began to split at the seams. Since its inception, the group had committed itself to the eradication of white supremacy strictly through the twin pillars of nonviolence and integration.
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