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Tricked Out: Limbaugh Busted Outsourcing Astroturf, Paid For "Rush Babes"

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Grassroots media monitors at StopRush and DailyKos reported a strange source for the clicks making "Rush Babes for America" over 70,000 strong. They were coming from New Delhi. India"

Yes, Facebook reports the #1 city that traffic comes from when users "like" or share a page.

In a scathing take-down, Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks busted Rush Limbaugh on nationwide TV, calling Rush pathetic for paying Indians (probably men at that) to create fake buzz on Facebook for his anti-woman promotion.

Busted in an embarrassing oversight, Limbaugh and his recently hired crisis management expert Brian Glicklich quickly paid domestic astroturf experts to change the foreign city listed as his #1 source from New Delhi to Indianapolis. Today it's Houston - good to see Americans getting the jobs of making pretend Limbaugh had online support after "Slutgate".

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