Rush Was Punked: “Obama Thesis” Hoax

**Jason** · 10-28-2009, 08:14 PM

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."

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93122

**simpswr** · 10-29-2009, 12:16 PM

Rush Lamebaugh trashing Obama . . I am shocked!!! next you'll tell me Rush called him a Nazi SOcialist . . a Muslin Terier . . and claimed he was not a natural born citizen.

yustr · 10-29-2009, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Limbaugh discovered halfway through his show that he'd been had, but defended himself by saying basically the thesis felt true.

Then compared his treatment to Dan Rather - who he skewered endlessly for not caring if a story was true as long as he felt it could be true.

What a dufus. How anyone can take him seriously is beyond me.

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