Corn on “Hardball”: Limbaugh Sides With BP

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David Corn appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss Rush Limbaugh’s response to the BP disaster and the Republican Party’s seeming inability to take a stand against Rush. Spoiler alert: “It’s easier for a pelican to praise BP than it is for a Republican to criticize Rush Limbaugh.”

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