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Limbaugh Criticizes Bachmann Song

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Introduces Michelle Obama with ‘Baby Got Back.’

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There’s a classy reaction to an offensive song, and then there’s this. Radio host Rush Limbaugh expressed outrage Wednesday on Michele Bachmann’s behalf after the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon house band The Roots introduced her by playing the song “Lyin’ Ass Bitch.” While Fallon has apologized for the introduction, Limbaugh introduced Michelle Obama with Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back,” which includes the line “I like big butts.” Bachmann has accepted Fallon’s apology, but she said, “If that song had been played for Michelle Obama, I have no doubt NBC would have apologized to her and most likely they would have fired the drummer, or at least suspended him.”

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