Rush Limbaugh scared of Nissan polar bear

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You'd think Rush Limbaugh would have his hands full with political hot potatoes this election season. However, the talk-show host took a detour in topics earlier this week to play ad critic. Rush takes umbrage with the new "Polar Bear" ad (below) for the Nissan Leaf, done by TBWA\Chiat\Day, claiming its "pathetic" propaganda is designed to further the climate-change "hoax." The ad in question opens with melting glaciers and a polar bear floating around on a tiny ice floe before he's forced to roam a large city, where he eventually gives a

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