Bill Hemrick loaned Tea Party Nation fifty large to bring Sarah Palin to their Nashville convention. Nice Mr. Hemrick.

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Chuck Grassley press release: “The provisions enacted in the new health care law are the result of Grassley’s leadership on tax-exempt organizations’ accountability and transparency, including hospitals.” [TPM]

Rush Limbaugh on Eric Massa, Monday:

“This guy is as fired up as anybody I’ve ever heard anywhere opposed this, and the process and how they’re getting it done. This guy is going to have so much support from people.”

Rush Limbaugh on Eric Massa, Tuesday:

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Former Republican House Majority Leader and teabagging auteur Dick Armey is outraged that the New York Times would suggest that he’s endorsing the senatorial re-election of the 2008 GOP presidential candidate:

The New York Times reported recently that FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey has endorsed Sen. John McCain in the GOP primary in Arizona. This is not the case, although this story has been picked up and repeated by countless media personalities and reporters around the country.

This seems to be a good case study in how false information can make its way around the internet and the airwaves before it can be corrected. But we wanted to post a quick statement for all of you who have asked us about this.

False information’s a bitch. Especially when it’s based on true information:

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Lieberman? Smokescreen.

Update: The nice lady in the video is Debra Bartoshevich, a pro-choice Democrat who also appeared Monday at a Republican-sponsored press conference — apparently unaware that her new candidate is a diehard opponent of Roe v. Wade. You go, girl!

The Blind Leading the Blind [Washington Monthly]