A Sign of the Times

The Buzz Log on Yahoo last week reported on how Rush Limbaugh got punk'd by a satirical blog post. I gather the post reported digging up a supposed thesis from Obama in college that disdained the constitution. It got to Rush Limbaugh where it was reported as true. According to The Buzz he discovered about half-way through his show that it wasn't true. He then defended himself by saying that is "basically felt true." (Emphasis mine.)

The writer of The Buzz commented that it was quite a feat for a lowly out-of-nowhere blog to make it all the way to a major media outlet.

Yes, that's true (and I am still waiting for that to happen.)

But more to the point, it says a great deal about

1. Rush Limbaugh's style when he reports on something that felt true. I guess that means you don't report on what doesn't feel true. Like what really is in the health reform bill.
2. The lengths Mr. Obama's detractors will go to find something to use against him- and take it as true because it is what they want to believe.

But then why bother with facts when my beliefs feel so much better.