Obama Thesis Hoax Punks Rush Limbaugh
You could call it a Rush to judgment. Eh, eh?
It was too easy: Some obscure blogger "unearths" some pages of President Obama's college thesis. A thesis with gems for the haters: Obama hates the Constitution, etc.
The report supposedly originated from Joe Klein of Time.
The author really was an obscure blogger, but one who wrote a satirical post about the thesis, citing Klein's "discovery." Rush Limbaugh went on to quote from the supposed thesis on his radio show, believing it was legit. That's a good satire.
In reality, the joke post, which claimed Klein had gotten his hands on 10 pages of student Obama's college thesis, was a total hoax and is not true in the least.
However, unlike Balloon Boy, it was not concocted in the hopes of this happening. And some will argue that it duped Rush and others because it's so realistic.
Rush Limbaugh got punked by a satirical blog purporting to have seen Barack Obama's college thesis. On a side note, Rush is an interesting name for such a large fella.
Believable or not, Rush was definitely had by the fake thesis.
Supposedly titled "Aristocracy Revisited," the faux thesis excerpt revealed the president had "doubts" about the "so-called founders" of our great country.
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. That'll work for his "fans."
Joe Klein himself even jumped in, calling the report "nonsense" on his blog, and another blogger who thought the Obama thesis hoax was real also apologized.
For a humble post to go from an entry on a humor blog to major media outlet sure seems impressive. Someone ought to write a thesis or commentary on it.
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November 2nd, 2009 11:04 AM
Take the four minutes to read this.
Maybe he is wrong.
What if he is right?
David Kaiser is a respected historian whose published works have covered a broad range of topics, from European Warfare to American League Baseball. Born in 1947, the son of a diplomat, Kaiser spent his childhood in three capital cities: Washington D.C. , Albany , New York , and Dakar , Senegal .. He attended Harvard University , graduating there in 1969 with a B.A. in history. He then spent several years more at Harvard, gaining a PhD in history, which he obtained in 1976. He served in the Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976.
He is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of the United States Naval War College. He has previously taught at Carnegie Mellon, Williams College and Harvard University . Kaiser's latest book, The Road to Dallas, about the Kennedy assassination, was just published by Harvard University Press.
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October 28th, 2009 1:09 AM
Rush is dumber than you think. This very same blog previously put up a fake story about Obama forcing "Military to Pledge Oath To Obama, Not Constitution" and Obama hating kooks ran with that like they do with the birther stuff. They are incapable of truth or honest debate.
October 28th, 2009 1:08 AM
Rush is dumber than you think. This very same blog previously put up a fake story about Obama forcing "Military to Pledge Oath To Obama, Not Constitution" and Obama hating kooks ran with that like they do with the birther stuff. They are incapable of intelligent or honest debate.
October 27th, 2009 2:34 PM
So Rusky does not fact check? Wow, what a surprised.
After so many years of mis-labeling and mis-characterizing others he gets smacked down by the NFL "Not For Limbaugh". Great job NFL.
October 27th, 2009 12:41 PM
Don't you see the irony here? Last week Rush was accused of making racist comments. When these were found to be false, many people said he was still a racists since the quotes sounded true. He was making fun of the media for his same comment after he found out about the hoax.
By the way, did anyone appologize to Rush for jumping to false conclusions?
October 26th, 2009 9:07 PM
Ha HA, People of his limited intelligence and conspiratorial mindset are always ready to suspect the worst. Too bad he has lied to so many ditto heads who take his silly crap seriously.