Corn on “Hardball”: Calling Out Limbaugh on the Holocaust Museum Suspect

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It’s not every day you get a chance to go on television and call Rush Limbaugh a fool. But on Thursday night, I was asked on Hardball to comment on the big-mouth’s claim that James von Brunn is a “leftist.” So what choice did I have?