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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
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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.
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Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
President Obama calls Georgetown student Fluke — The Georgetown University law student reacts to Rush Limbaugh's comments and reveals that President Barack Obama called her offering encouragement, support and thanking her for speaking out for women's rights. — By Michael O'Brien, msnbc.com
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Carly Fiorina: Limbaugh ‘insulting’ — Carly Fiorina, National Republican Senatorial Committee Vice-Chairman, on Friday condemned Rush Limbaugh for calling college student Sandra Fluke a “slut.” — “That language is insulting, in my opinion. It's incendiary and most of all, it's a distraction.
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Rush Limbaugh:
Left Freaks Out Over My Fluke Remarks — RUSH: Oh, yeah, I'm gonna deal with this. I'm gonna deal with it. I think this is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. The left has been thrown into an outright conniption fit! This is “phony soldiers” times ten. Oh, ten times worse than phony soldiers.
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Obama calls Sandra Fluke, student dissed by Rush Limbaugh — President Barack Obama on Friday phoned the Georgetown University law student who was called a “slut” by Rush Limbaugh to find out if she's OK. — “He encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns …
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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:
Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Culture War Update: Obama Joins the Fray Sparked by Rush Limbaugh — Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh today mocked President Obama for supporting a Georgetown law student who testified to Congress that birth control should be covered by health insurance, drawing out the culture war …
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The Huffington Post:
Sandra Fluke Receives Call From Obama After Rush Limbaugh ‘Slut’ Comments
Sandra Fluke Receives Call From Obama After Rush Limbaugh ‘Slut’ Comments
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pelosi rips Limbaugh over ‘slut’ comment, calls on House GOP to repudiate it
Pelosi rips Limbaugh over ‘slut’ comment, calls on House GOP to repudiate it
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John Boehner / CNN:
TRENDING: First on CNN: Boehner hits Limbaugh's comments as ‘inappropriate’
TRENDING: First on CNN: Boehner hits Limbaugh's comments as ‘inappropriate’
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Maggie Fazeli Fard / Washington Post:
Sandra Fluke, Georgetown student called a ‘slut’ by Rush Limbaugh, speaks out
Sandra Fluke, Georgetown student called a ‘slut’ by Rush Limbaugh, speaks out
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Georgetown Student Sandra Fluke Responds To Being Called ‘Slut,’ ‘Prostitute’ By Limbaugh
Georgetown Student Sandra Fluke Responds To Being Called ‘Slut,’ ‘Prostitute’ By Limbaugh
Just a Grunt / Jammie Wearing Fools:
Sandra Fluke's Appearance Is No Fluke
Sandra Fluke's Appearance Is No Fluke
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Does Carly Fiorina Just Not Get It?
Does Carly Fiorina Just Not Get It?
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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 …
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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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Chris Christie: Marriage Equality Is Not About ‘Gay Rights’
Chris Christie: Marriage Equality Is Not About ‘Gay Rights’
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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% — The Republican presidential face-off in Ohio is too close to call as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has 35 percent of likely Republican primary voters to former Massachusetts …
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Bob Dole / CNN:
Santorum lumps McCain, Dole, H.W. Bush into losing clan of GOP moderates
Santorum lumps McCain, Dole, H.W. Bush into losing clan of GOP moderates
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Four Fiscal Phonies — Mitt Romney is very concerned about budget deficits. Or at least that's what he says; he likes to warn that President Obama's deficits are leading us toward a “Greece-style collapse.” — So why is Mr. Romney offering a budget proposal that would lead to much larger debt …
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Why Obama might raise taxes on the middle class if he's reelected
Why Obama might raise taxes on the middle class if he's reelected
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Noam Scheiber / The Daily Beast:
In Second Term, What Will Obama Do About Bush Tax Cuts?
In Second Term, What Will Obama Do About Bush Tax Cuts?
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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 …
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Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
Breitbart's Last Laugh — I woke up this morning to about ten emails from journalist friends asking if our mutual friend, Andrew Breitbart, was really dead. “Really” was the operative word. Some meant it in the traditional sense: Is it possible for the human inferno that Breitbart resembled …
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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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ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: In '02 Romney Touted D.C. Connections, Federal Funds — In a long-forgotten tape from the 2002 Massachusetts governor's race obtained by ABC News, Mitt Romney is seen touting his Washington connections and his ability to get millions of taxpayer dollars from the federal government.
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Mark Stiemann / The Behavioral Economy:
Gallup's Unadjusted Unemployment Data Suggest Increase in BLS Adjusted Figure — Gallup finds U.S. unemployment, as measured without seasonal adjustment, to be 9.1% in February, based on almost 30,000 interviews with a random sample of Americans. When Gallup applies the .5-percentage-point …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
John Kerry Doesn't Think He's Anything Like Mitt Romney — Rejects the premise that he and another wealthy politician from Massachusetts might have had similar difficulties in their presidential bids. — (Getty Images / Win McNamee) — Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts rejected …
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Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Top Dem on House Approps committee announces retirement — Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, will retire at the end of 2012, he announced Friday. — Dicks, who was in line to chair the powerful appropriations panel if Democrats won control of the House …
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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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Mj Lee / Reuters:
Sarah Palin rips GOP race: Petty, bickering — Sarah Palin says Republican voters are starting to get sick and tired of the “pettiness” and the “bickering” in the GOP presidential primary race. — “Alaskans whom I speak with, we're so tired of the pettiness within the GOP process,” …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Can't the Obama Administration Make Its Case Without Disseminating Hate? — Have we ever had an administration like Barack Obama's? An administration that tries to benefit from pitting Americans against one another? An administration that uses its billion-dollar slush fund …
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