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Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell: Rush Limbaugh Is A 'Bully With A Megaphone'


MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell didn't mince words when alluding to Rush Limbaugh in a recent magazine interview. He's a "bully with a megaphone," the NBC reporter and MSNBC host told More magazine in a wide-ranging interview on politics and women's rights.

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Topics: Andrea Mitchell, Foster Friess, Sandra Fluke, birth control, contraception

Komen Foundation

Komen Foundation In Contortions Over Justifying Planned Parenthood Decision

Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure defended her organization's decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood on Thursday in a testy interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.

Though the Komen Foundation announced that it would award no new contracts to Planned Parenthood clinics, Brinker denied that Komen was actually "defunding" Planned Parenthood, a technical point based on the fact that a few grants have yet to expire.

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Topics: Andrea Mitchell, Komen Foundation, Nancy Brinker, Planned Parenthood

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Specter To Andrea Mitchell: Sestak More Vigorous Than Me? What Are You Smoking? (VIDEO)


Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), who's facing a tough Democratic Senate primary race in Pennsylvania today against Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA), vigorously defended his, er, vigor during an interview this afternoon on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell.

"When you talk about Sestak being more vigorous, you must be smoking dutch cleanser," Specter told Mitchell.

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Topics: Andrea Mitchell, Arlen Specter, Joe Sestak, PA-SEN