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Rush Limbaugh:
A Statement from Rush — For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke. — I think it is absolutely absurd …
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Washington Post:
The GOP can no longer avoid its Rush Limbaugh problem. — IN A DEMOCRACY, standards of civil discourse are as important as they are indefinable. Yet wherever one draws the line, Rush Limbaugh's vile rants against Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke crossed it.
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The Right Scoop:
Levin to CNN, MSNBC, and other leftist media: You can go to hell
Levin to CNN, MSNBC, and other leftist media: You can go to hell
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Jonathan Weisman / The Caucus:
Obama Backs Student in Furor With Limbaugh on Birth Control
Obama Backs Student in Furor With Limbaugh on Birth Control
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ABCNEWS:
Why Rick Santorum's Ohio Delegate Fiasco Could Get Messy — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — CINCINNATI, Ohio — Let the haggling begin. — Rick Santorum still holds a slim lead over Mitt Romney in the latest Ohio polls, but win or lose on Tuesday, the results of the primary …
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2012 Decoded and The Caucus
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Republicans sing the home-state blues
Republicans sing the home-state blues
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Hot Air, Knoxville News-Sentinel, CNN, American Research Group and American Spectator
Stephen Koff / Metro:
Rick Santorum faces bigger Ohio problem than previously known (updated)
Rick Santorum faces bigger Ohio problem than previously known (updated)
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Politico, Don Surber, Toledo Blade, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, The Moderate Voice, ABCNEWS and pandagon.net
Associated Press:
Edwards asks that sex tape not be destroyed — GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ahead of his federal trial involving alleged campaign finance violations, John Edwards is asking a judge to keep a sex tape involving him and his mistress from being destroyed. — In a request filed Friday in U.S. District Court …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
In meeting, Obama to warn Netanyahu against military strikes on Iran — President Obama plans to caution Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week against attacking Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months, urging patience while international economic sanctions take full effect.
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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama's AIPAC speech will be pivotal for holding onto Jewish voters in 2012
Obama's AIPAC speech will be pivotal for holding onto Jewish voters in 2012
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Power Line and Zandar Versus The Stupid
BigFurHat / iOwnTheWorld.com:
(bumped and sticky) Breitbart Is Here — UPDATE: Here is the link to Anthem Studios. Orders will begin to be taken soon. — I will post an alert as soon as the images are uploaded to the store. They will be up and running today, check back soon. The only hurdle right now is computing …
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Wall Street Journal:
How to Dress Like You Just Might Win — I was watching the Georgetown-Notre Dame basketball game Monday night and was struck by how dapper the coaches looked. And not just the coaches, but the assistant coaches. And the assistant-assistant coaches. Fancy shirts. Classy ties. Elegant suits.
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Wilmington City Council Passes Resolution Urging ‘Personhood’ Rights For Sperm … Video , Women's Rights , Women's Health , Egg Personhood , Loretta Walsh , Personhood , Personhood Bills , Sperm Personhood , War On Women , Wilmington , Wilmington City Council , Women's Health Care , Politics News
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Crooks and Liars, Brilliant at Breakfast and Sky Dancing
Climate Guest Blogger / ThinkProgress:
Syria: Climate Change, Drought and Social Unrest … by Francesco Femia & Caitlin Werrell, in a Center for Climate & Security repost [Addendum by Joe Romm] — Syria's current social unrest is, in the most direct sense, a reaction to a brutal and out-of-touch regime and a response …
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CNN, The Agonist and Pirate's Cove
Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
Obama Will Speak at Commencement at Barnard College — President Obama will deliver this year's commencement address at Barnard College, officials at the college and the White House announced on Saturday. — Word of Mr. Obama's appearance comes as the White House and Democrats have seized …
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David Catanese / Politico:
Bob Kerrey bid causes left to lash out — Bob Kerrey took a lonely position against banning gay marriage in the 1990s. He opposed a ban on flag desecration, voted against welfare reform and ran up high Americans for Democratic Action scores while serving as the senator from one of the most conservative states in the nation.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Santorum and the Sexual Revolution — Rick Santorum wants to bring sexy back ... to the 1950s, when he was born. — That is because Santorum seems to have an unhealthy fixation with, and passionate disdain for, the 1960s and the sexual freedoms that followed.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, No More Mister Nice Blog and Prairie Weather