Greg Lewis writes for MediaMatters:

Predictably, Rush started his show yesterday by discussing the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy. In his opening words, Rush wondered how he would discuss the lion of the Senate — and quickly noted that “we were his prey.” Then Rush said he heard Chris Matthews on MSNBC earlier say that Kennedy turned the ball over to Barack Obama, who Matthews declared was the “last” Kennedy brother. Rush said he was beginning to think Matthews was the “last Marx brother.”

Then Rush reminisced about catching “hell” when he “predicted” earlier this year that Democrats would use Ted Kennedy’s eventual death as a sympathy trigger for health care reform. He played audio clips of various media figures making similar comments now to those Rush previously “caught hell” for, and noted that Sen. Robert Byrd has suggested that health care reform be named after Kennedy in the Senate. Rush gloated: “So I predicted — well, anybody could have predicted this. We know these people like the back of our hands. Well, it doesn’t matter. I predicted it, and I caught, you know, all kinds of grief for it out there.” [ READ MORE ]

Invoking Pres. Kennedy’s inaugural address, Limbaugh claims “the torch” Obama “is gonna pass is one of fascism“

Limbaugh: “Ted Kennedy didn’t have to read a death book”

Limbaugh teases letter that “details Sen. Kennedy’s offer to help the Soviet Union defeat” Reagan’s nuclear deterrent

“Out of respect for his family,” Hannity has decided not to “bring up Mary Jo Kopechne” or Kennedy’s “radical socialism“

“Death Panel” LIAR Betsy McCaughey attacks health care bill in context of Kennedy’s death

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Debunking The Latest Conservative Health Care Smear: “Death Book For Veterans“

Following false accusations that Democrats’ health care reform legislation would institute “death panels” for the elderly, H. James Towey claimed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Obama administration revived a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) booklet on advanced planning directives that would “steer vulnerable individuals to conclude for themselves that life is not worth living,” calling the booklet a “death book.” As with the death panel smear, conservative media — particularly Fox News — have promoted Towey’s false “death book” claim, ignoring facts that undermine Towey’s rhetoric. [ READ MORE ]

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BONUS: Glenn Beck — Fox News’ IN-HOUSE BABOON

| There is a history of Mental Illness in the Beck family |

Glenn Beck scrawls wild conspiracy theories on a chalk board

From Buzzfeed.com: Top 10 Reasons Not to Advertise With Glenn Beck — After Glenn Beck called President Obama a racist, 36 companies have pulled their advertisements from his program. UPS has even gone as far as to pull advertising on all Fox networks. Looking over these highlights, you have to wonder why they didn’t get out sooner. [ READ MORE ]

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