grasping at straws....rush and the "obama thesis" hoax
gimmesometruth27
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rush falls for a fake thesis attributed to president obama. then instead of admitting he was wrong, he says it "feels true"...... this is the caliber of people we are dealing with. his hatred of obama lets him say complete B.S. and in the face of proof that he was wrong he still will not admit he is wrong. and people wonder why obama will not appear on rush's show or go on fox news............. :P
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93122?fp=1
It must have seemed so perfect. An obscure blogger unearths some pages of President Obama's college thesis. The report supposedly comes from big-time journalist Joe Klein of Time magazine. And the thesis has some real gems: like Obama's disdain for the Constitution.
The whole thing was nothing more than a satirical post on a humor blog. But Rush Limbaugh, who quoted from the supposed thesis on his radio show, sure wasn't laughing. Here's how it went down.
An unknown blogger picked up on a made-up post meant as a joke, which claimed that Joe Klein had gotten his hands on 10 pages of student Obama's college thesis. Rush Limbaugh jumped on it, which immediately sparked Web searches on "obama thesis."
Supposedly titled "Aristocracy Revisited," the excerpt revealed the president had "doubts" about the "so-called founders." Juicy. Except not true. Limbaugh discovered halfway through his show that he'd been had, but defended himself by saying basically the thesis felt true. Listen in to Rush's mea sorta culpa.
Joe Klein finally jumped in, and called the report "nonsense" on his Swampland blog, and the blogger who thought the hoax was real also apologized.
Let's hope someone kept their sense of humor in all this. Still, for a humble post to go from humor blog to major media outlet sure seems impressive. Someone ought to write their thesis on it. For real.
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93122?fp=1
It must have seemed so perfect. An obscure blogger unearths some pages of President Obama's college thesis. The report supposedly comes from big-time journalist Joe Klein of Time magazine. And the thesis has some real gems: like Obama's disdain for the Constitution.
The whole thing was nothing more than a satirical post on a humor blog. But Rush Limbaugh, who quoted from the supposed thesis on his radio show, sure wasn't laughing. Here's how it went down.
An unknown blogger picked up on a made-up post meant as a joke, which claimed that Joe Klein had gotten his hands on 10 pages of student Obama's college thesis. Rush Limbaugh jumped on it, which immediately sparked Web searches on "obama thesis."
Supposedly titled "Aristocracy Revisited," the excerpt revealed the president had "doubts" about the "so-called founders." Juicy. Except not true. Limbaugh discovered halfway through his show that he'd been had, but defended himself by saying basically the thesis felt true. Listen in to Rush's mea sorta culpa.
Joe Klein finally jumped in, and called the report "nonsense" on his Swampland blog, and the blogger who thought the hoax was real also apologized.
Let's hope someone kept their sense of humor in all this. Still, for a humble post to go from humor blog to major media outlet sure seems impressive. Someone ought to write their thesis on it. For real.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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He's responsible for the deaths of many young kids who've died when he rolls over on them.
No idea if there's any truth to that at all, but it IS a rumor from the internet and it feels true, so anyone who has ever listened to his show supports the murder of child prostitutes.
QED.
go to his alma mater. all theses and doctoral dissertations ever written at a college or university are in the campus library of that particular university and are free to be referenced, copied, or checked out by anybody. i used numerous prior theses when i was writing mine. these theses and dissertations had their own floor at the unversity library at SIU Carbondale. why not go to columbia university or harvard and see for yourself? god knows rush can't be bothered to do that. he can't even have his staff fact check what he says on his shows. he finds something he thinks he can use and runs with it. he just makes himself look and sound like a moron.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
ugh.
Yes. Yes, they have. And it's published. although I'm sure now the conservatard conspiracy theorists will be claiming that it was published in Kenya.