Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Another Quick Limbaugh Lie...
Rush Limbaugh loves to exaggerate. Like today, when he stated on the air, and on his website:
"...94% of the black population votes for the Democrat candidate every four years"
While it's true that blacks are typically more supportive of the workers' rights, social equality, and equal opportunity stances that form a strong base for the Democratic party platform, can we really believe Rush's numbers? 94%?? That's quite an exact number- he must have some data to back it up, right?
Wrong. Data from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, as well as the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies provides election demographics for the years 1996 and 2000, showing that blacks voted for the Democratic candidate 84% and 90%, respectively.
I have to assume that Rush can perform the same level of simple research on voter demographics that I can, before making his statistical claims about election results. Why lie about these figures? Who really knows why Rush does anything. But his disdain for Democrats, as well as his intentional exaggerations of black voting preferences, show a trend for hasty generalizations and prejudicial stereotyping that are the hallmark of his personal core beliefs.
Limbaugh has a bit of fun suggesting that Kerry pick Donovan McNabb as his VP candidate. So here's my in kind retort:
Q: What is the only reason Colin Powell isn't a vice-presidential candidate for the 2004 election?
A: John Kerry didn't ask him.
The sad truth about this joke is that even Republicans are laughing at it, for all the wrong reasons.
Rush Limbaugh loves to exaggerate. Like today, when he stated on the air, and on his website:
"...94% of the black population votes for the Democrat candidate every four years"
While it's true that blacks are typically more supportive of the workers' rights, social equality, and equal opportunity stances that form a strong base for the Democratic party platform, can we really believe Rush's numbers? 94%?? That's quite an exact number- he must have some data to back it up, right?
Wrong. Data from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, as well as the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies provides election demographics for the years 1996 and 2000, showing that blacks voted for the Democratic candidate 84% and 90%, respectively.
I have to assume that Rush can perform the same level of simple research on voter demographics that I can, before making his statistical claims about election results. Why lie about these figures? Who really knows why Rush does anything. But his disdain for Democrats, as well as his intentional exaggerations of black voting preferences, show a trend for hasty generalizations and prejudicial stereotyping that are the hallmark of his personal core beliefs.
Limbaugh has a bit of fun suggesting that Kerry pick Donovan McNabb as his VP candidate. So here's my in kind retort:
Q: What is the only reason Colin Powell isn't a vice-presidential candidate for the 2004 election?
A: John Kerry didn't ask him.
The sad truth about this joke is that even Republicans are laughing at it, for all the wrong reasons.
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