So the latest conspiracy has been about “Obama’s Thesis” in which Limbaugh alleges that Obama wrote about his hatred for the U.S. Constitution. Oh how perfect would that be for Limbaugh if that was the case. Good thing it’s not and now he looks like an idiot and gullible fool. The whole thing was a hoax.
It started with a satire piece from another blogger, then another blogger, Michael Ledeen, took the satire as truth even though the post tag was labeled “satire”. Then Rush Limbaugh took that as truth and spread conspiracy theories about Pres. Obama’s thesis. Ledeen claimed that Joe Klein had obtained the thesis and Klein came out with this statement calling it “nonsense“,
A report is circulating among the wingnuts that I had a peek at Barack Obama’s senior thesis. It is completely false. I’ve never seen Obama’s thesis. I have no idea where this report comes from–but I can assure you that it’s complete nonsense.
Update: Michael Ledeen now has apologized to me on his blog, claiming that he, Limbaugh and others were punked by a satire. I appreciate the apology…but I wonder about what the willingness to take this cheesy crap as gospel says about Ledeen’s–and Boss Rush’s–sensibility. Actually, on second thought, I don’t wonder all that much.
And there you have it, a hoax. Now I suppose it’ll be too wishful of me to think conservatives will realize it’s a hoax and leave it alone. But, well, I-know-they-won’t.
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I’m thinking Rush Limbaugh might have proved himself to be too eager a nay-sayer
In his defense, Rush is still recovering from the NFL rebuff. Opium futures on the Chicago board have been rising.