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Efforts of Wisconsin Republicans recall Lincoln and Reagan, according to Michele Bachmann

Rep. Michele Bachmann told radio host Mark Levin on Friday evening that in facing protests by labor supporters Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Republicans are like President Abraham Lincoln, who fought the Confederacy, and President Reagan, who contended with the Soviet Union. But contrary to Bachmann’s assertion, Lincoln had More…

Behold, Mark Levin’s Anti-Health Care Reform Lawsuit

By | 03.18.10 | 4:54 pm

Here’s the draft of a legal complaint Mark Levin plans to file if “deem and pass” is used to push through health care reform — although as I understand it, Levin might lack standing.

Eric Massa, Conservative Icon

By | 03.09.10 | 9:53 am

John Bresnahan’s story this morning explores the praise former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) has been soaking up on the right — accolades from Rush Limbaugh, a spot today on Glenn Beck’s Fox News show. And as Bresnahan hints, the plaudits are coming from right-wing entertainers and media stars More…

Mark Levin for President?

By | 11.19.09 | 2:31 pm

Sarah Palin’s book tour is a big story, and I think Ben Smith has the best political take on it so far, but it’s worth pointing out that a huge crowd for a conservative book is not a phenomenon unique to Palin. In March, radio host Mark Levin came More…

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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Sarah Palin Reads Mark Levin

By | 07.21.09 | 12:22 pm

A new tweet from the governor of Alaska reveals her choice of reading material; the new, bestselling book from the legal-minded conservative radio host.

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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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You’re A Big Girl Now

By | 02.03.09 | 6:52 am

I flipped on the radio last night and heard the famously dog-whistle-pitched voice of conservative pundit Mark Levin attacking President Barack Obama for … well, I couldn’t tell what. Levin played a clip from the president’s Sunday interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, in which Lauer waved a new issue of More…