Rush Limbaugh Infiltrates the Feminazis


The main problem with documenting the lies of Rush Limbaugh is one of time.  There is not enough of it.  Life is short, and time spent compiling the Limbaugh Lie List is time not well spent.  Where does one begin?  Where does it end?

The next problem is one of resources.  Not enough paper to write them all down; not enough disk space to save them.

And then we have the dilemma of classification.  Was that statement an intentional lie or one born out of ignorance, prejudice, spite, or hate?  Does it count as a lie if he believes it?  Can we tell the difference?

Recognizing this, I will attempt to collect a short list of Rush’s lies to get the ball rolling.  Keep in mind that this list is just a starter – feel free to add any of your own.  Rush has been on the radio for over 20 years, and he was first syndicated in 1988.  The lies started flowing from his lips at about the same time.  I will try to limit my initial list to the more contemporaneous or egregious lies.  I apologize up front if I fail to include his most recent lies, but this is unavoidable.  He is lying right now.  He will be lying tomorrow.  Who can keep up?




You can't hide your lyin' lies
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain’t no way to hide your lyin’ lies
 


1.  Rush talked about his visit to Afghanistan in February 2005, and explained to his listeners what he had said to the troops.

“I repeated the story to them about this Reuters dispatch that we got that found problems with the news that battlefield fatalities were down and lower per capita than ever before in the history of American warfare. Battlefield fatalities are down, and I said, "Folks, this news was presented as a problem, and the people that reported the news said it's a problem because the reason this is happening is because doctors are where they shouldn't be . . . They're just livid - the press, the leftists in this country - are just upset there are not enough deaths to get people outraged and protesting in the streets against the war. They're mad these doctors are saving lives. They want deaths!”

The problem with this statement is that the Reuters article said nothing of the sort.  The article explained that more wounded soldiers than ever are being saved by state of the art medical care being delivered on the battlefield.  As such, the human cost of war could be underestimated by only considering fatalities.  Many soldiers were coming home severely incapacitated, with wounds such as profound head injuries and multiple lost limbs.

The article never stated or implied a negative connotation about the ability to save soldier’s lives, or a perverted wish for more casualties.  No, that perverted non-existent desire came straight out of Rush’s sick fat head.  Rush was able to conclude that the liberals and the liberal press wished these soldiers dead, and portrayed himself as the fighting man's sole defender in leftist America.

2.  Rush the environmentalist.

"We have more trees in this country today than when the Declaration of Independence was written. The wackos will tell you that's impossible."

"There are more acres of forestland in America today than when Columbus discovered the continent in 1492"

I might be a wacko, but then so is every other earth scientist in the world.  No one except Rush makes such a claim, not in public nor in any peer-reviewed study.  The density of woodlands in North America has gone in only one direction since Europeans first set foot in this country: down.  Deforestation is a byproduct of industrialization.  There are few examples on the globe of an industrialized nation acting to increase the overall number of trees within its borders.  In fact, the only one that comes to mind to me is Israel, and that would not have been possible without a massive environmental campaign and large-scale irrigation.  So once again, Rush pulls facts out his butt when convenient in order to attack someone.

3.  In a 1993 radio show, Rush said:
 

"The poorest people in America are better off than the mainsteam families of Europe.”

Fact is, in data compiled in the World Development Report 1994, published by the World Bank, their numbers conflict with Rush’s easy dismissal of poverty.  “The poorest 20 percent of Americans can purchase an average of $5,433 worth of goods with their income. Meanwhile, in Germany, the average person can purchase $20,610 worth of goods; in France, $19,200; in Britain, $16,730.”

4.  In his book The Way Things Ought to Be (telling title, isn’t it?), Rush said: 

"There is only one way to eliminate nuclear weapons . . . use them.”

This is too easy.  You could dismantle them.  Of course it would be faster to blow them up.

5. Also from the book The Way Things Ought to Be, Rush said: 

"Abstinence prevents sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy – every time it’s tried.”

The statement is not really a lie – it is logical nonsense.  Abstinence, every time it is not tried, is no longer abstinence.  The problem with abstinence only pledges is when you stop being abstinent.  The reality is that teenagers who take these pledges don’t keep them, and when they break them, they tend to have unprotected sex, because anybody under a vow of abstinence doesn’t really carry a condom around, do they?  At that point, they have no protection from STD’s and pregnancy.  Bottom line: condoms almost never fail; abstinence pledges do frequently.




O.K., getting sick of this?  So am I.  A much longer but by no means exhaustive list of Limbaugh lies have been by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) in the article titled The Way Things Aren’t:  Rush Limbaugh Debates Reality.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895

I should also suggest reading Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, by Al Franken.  This is the book that Average American will undoubtedly poor through in his search for the lies of that pathological liar Al Franken.  I also suggest Franken’s more recent book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them:  A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.  What the hell, I might as well recommend his latest book release The Truth: With Jokes, even though there isn’t much about Rush in there.  After all these plugs for his books, maybe he’ll feel obliged to send me a free copy of The Best of the Al Franken Show CD.  And then I’ll send him a t-shirt.