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Herman Cain blasts Keith Ellison on the radio, says he supports Sharia law

By | 04.06.11 | 3:06 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Potential presidential contender Herman Cain told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham that he wouldn’t allow Muslims to serve in his administration and that, because Rep. Keith Ellison took his oath of office on the Qur’an instead of the Bible, he supports Sharia law above the Constitution. Cain, a Republican, More…

Bachmann accuses First Lady Obama of pushing nanny state in breast pump program

Rep. Michele Bachmann lashed out at First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday over her promotion of breastfeeding, particularly among black women, to curb obesity. On Laura Ingraham’s radio show, Bachmann said that Obama’s campaign — and an IRS change that makes breast pumps tax deductible — constituted a “nanny state” More…

From the Tea Party to the RNC

By | 12.16.09 | 10:41 am

One of the big themes of yesterday’s “Code Red” rally on Capitol Hill was “Listen to me.” That slogan appeared on buttons sported by members of conservative radio host Laura Ingraham’s entourage, and it was pushed hard by Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots. Almost on cue, the Republican More…

‘Liberals Quake With Fear at the Mention of Your Names’

By | 12.01.09 | 1:58 pm

Here’s the Tea Party video of the week, so far: Singer/songwriter Lloyd Marcus (of “American Tea Party Anthem” fame) re-writes the lyrics of “My Girl” to pay tribute to conservative women. Watch after the jump.

Pawlenty Knocks Huckabee on Clemency

By | 12.01.09 | 12:26 pm

The governor of Minnesota took to the Laura Ingraham Show — which has quietly become a place for Republicans to dish out red meat and make news — to attack Mike Huckabee over giving clemency to suspected cop-killer Maurice Clemmons. From The Hill’s transcript:

In Minnesota, I don’t

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Sarah Palin Thanks Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh

By | 11.17.09 | 2:03 pm

In the acknowledgments of “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin gives a hearty and extended thanks to conservative media figures, using only their first names.

To some media professionals whom I admire because you don’t let anyone tell you to sit down and shut up, please keep making the idiots’ heads spin.

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This Week’s Supervillain

By | 10.19.09 | 9:44 am

It’s looking like it’ll be interim White House Communications Director Anita Dunn — who came under fire from Fox News host Glenn Beck last week for quoting Mao Zedong in a speech earlier this year — again taking some of the heat off of “safe schools More…

Ingraham, Pence Mock America’s Olympic Loss

By | 10.03.09 | 10:51 am

A major theme of last night’s speeches at Americans for Prosperity’s “Defending the American Dream Conference” was, ironically, out-and-out gloating about Chicago’s failed bid to host the 2016 Olympics.

“R-I-O!” said conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham, speaking the a ballroom of almost 2000 conservative activists. “May this be the More…

The Rest of the CPAC Straw Poll

By | 03.02.09 | 10:46 am

The headline was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s 20 percent plurality in the presidential preference question, but I think the rest of the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll was rather more interesting. Here were CPAC attendees choices for “favorite conservative media personality.”

Rush Limbaugh – 26 percent
Glenn

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