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Limbaugh on oil drilling: Politicians “falling prey to ... myth that ... somehow oil will destroy their state”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 12/17/10 3:14 PM EST

From the December 17 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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“Holy cow”: Limbaugh praises Barton's BP apology as a “home run”

Limbaugh: Obama taught students “how to use the Constitution to shakedown corporations ... much like he's doing to BP”

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