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Rush Limbaugh / CNN:
Initially silent, Romney addresses Limbaugh ‘slut’ remarks — Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) - Mitt Romney steered clear of the Rush Limbaugh controversy until Friday evening, even avoiding a CNN reporter earlier in the day, when he addressed the issue after an event in Cleveland.
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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.
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Rush Limbaugh's Advertisers Facing Social Media Firestorm — Rush Limbaugh's latest misogynistic tirade against Georgetown University Law Student Sandra Fluke may be the last straw for many of the shock jock's corporate sponsors. Thousands of angry customers have been inundating dozens …
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Brilliant at Breakfast and Dependable Renegade
Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
Republicans Fall For Manufactured Story — The Obama administration withered for several weeks under the intense criticism from Catholic leaders regarding the forced violation of religious liberty within the HHS mandate. In an effort to turn the tables, Democrats suggested that the GOP …
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Doug Ross, CNN, NewsBusters.org blogs and ThinkProgress
CNN:
Democrats, Republicans face off over energy in weekly address — Washington (CNN) - Democrats and Republicans accused each other of stymieing progress toward lower gas prices and energy independence in their weekly addresses Saturday. — “Americans are right to worry that no relief is in sight …
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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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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:
Rush Limbaugh:
The Democrats are Desperate: Obama Calls Sandra Fluke, the 30-Year-Old Victim — RUSH: “A Missouri House member frustrated with recent legislative debates over birth control and reproductive health is proposing to restrict vasectomies. Legislation sponsored by Democrat Stacey Newman …
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msnbc.com, The Caucus, The Gateway Pundit and Althouse
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Is Rush Limbaugh hurting Republicans?
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Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, The New Republic, CBS News and Crooks and Liars
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Issa blames Dems for tone of contraception debate
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Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Obama calls Sandra Fluke to offer support over Limbaugh comments
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ThinkProgress, BuzzFeed, L.A. NOW and The Page
Angela Morabito / TheCollegeConservative:
Sandra Fluke Does Not Speak for Me
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Just a Grunt / Jammie Wearing Fools:
Sandra Fluke's Appearance Is No Fluke
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Ed Driscoll, Business Insider, Pat Dollard, msnbc.com, ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Does Carly Fiorina Just Not Get It?
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Fox News:
White House enters controversy over Limbaugh comments on Georgetown student
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Washington Post and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Second Advertiser Pulls Out From Limbaugh
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TalkLeft, The Raw Story and msnbc.com
Halimah Abdullah / msnbc.com:
Woman called ‘slut’ by Limbaugh is ‘stunned, outraged’
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Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Philly.com and Law Blog
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
BREAKING: Mitt Romney Urged Obama to Embrace the Individual Mandate — Had Michigan not been as close, the Democrats would have waited to spring this on us in the general election. Luckily we have it now and I hope Ohio voters are paying attention. — In July 2009, Mitt Romney wrote …
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Doug Ross
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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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Mitt Romney Central, Hot Air, Daily Kos, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum's Ohio Delegate Problems Pile Up — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — UPDATED: 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 more than one-quarter of them.
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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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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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Outside the Beltway
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Steve Doocy: 'Media Matters May End President Obama's Hopes Of Getting Re-Elected' — Things that make you go hmmm... On Friday's Fox and Friends, co-host Steve Doocy introduced an interview with Alan Dershowitz and made the startling declaration that Fox News watchdog group Media Matters …
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
U.S. probe of Koran burning finds 5 troops responsible, officials say; Afghans demand trial — PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan — Military investigators have concluded that five U.S. service members were involved in the incineration of a pile of Korans in Afghanistan last week …
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Michael Georgy / Reuters:
Anti-U.S. emotions run high at Afghan dogfighting ring
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Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
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