Godzilla on The Colbert Report

[Xenorama]

[kidnicky]

[kiryugoji04]

[TheMaster]

[Xenorama]

[BrianBuck]

[BrianBuck]

[Kaijufan]

[Xenorama]

how's this:

"we have more acreage of forest land in the United States today than we did at the time the Constitution was written" (radio, 2/18/94); in his second book, he had written that there is more forest land in the U.S. today than there was when Columbus first reached the New World. The real figures, according to U.S. Forest Service estimates: in 1492, approximately 1 billion acres of forest; in 1787, about 930 million; 1992, 737 million.

In the past, Limbaugh has tried to prove he was right by showing that there is more forest land now than in 1952 (radio, 7/5/94) or 1920 ("Limbaugh Responds to FAIR," press release)--neither of which has anything to do with the Constitution or Columbus. Now in his third failed defense, he cites a statistic that is off by more than half a century and ignores 47 of 50 states.

or this:

LIMBAUGH: On the Republicans' "Contract With America": "The New York Times never ran anything on the contract 'til after the election. The rest of the news media hardly talked about it at all." (TV, 4/6/95)

REALITY: In the 42 days between the announcement of the "Contract with America" and the Nov. 8, 1994 election, the New York Times published 45 articles that mentioned the contract--more than one a day. The Nexis computer database reports that more than 1400 pieces mentioning the contract were published before the election.

there's two of Rush's more erroneous statements. i'm hardly angry. i like you how you say you have "not specifically" attacked my patriotism, but in making your broad (mis)statements about liberals you do manage to insiunate i'm not patriotic. it sure does make it less personal, doesn't it?

David

[obert22]

OK, think we've gone far enough with this one.

-Mark