For years, Rush Limbaugh has been singing the praises of Republican union busting Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, but PolitFact caught Limbaugh in a giant lie about Walker’s record of creating jobs.
A few weeks ago Limbaugh uncorked this whopper, “No matter how you look at this, A, let’s look at Wisconsin. One of the bluest of blue states. One of the bluest of the blue universities. One of the headquarter states for malcontent state unions. One of the headquarter states for malcontent Democrat Party union activism. They did everything they could not just to destroy Walker’s political career; they tried to destroy his reputation and his political life. They attempted to recall him a couple of times. The Democrats in the Senate walked out. He persevered. He overcame. He dominated, and he won. And in the bluest of blue states unemployment is around 3.5%.”
PolitiFact examined Limbaugh’s claims, and concluded, “Although Wisconsin has voted for the Democratic nominee in the last seven presidential contests, as a frequent battleground state, it is far from being an automatic in the Democratic column. At the state level, meanwhile, Wisconsin is currently Republican red but was recently Democratic blue, and by other measures it is somewhere between the two. As for unemployment under Walker, it has dropped to near 6 percent, but nowhere near 3.5 percent.”
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Limbaugh packs so many untrue statements into such a short period of time that Politifact failed to catch Rush’s completely false statement that Democrats have tried to recall Walker a couple of times. Walker has faced just one recall election.
It is clear who conservative talk radio is drawn to as their 2016 favorite. Limbaugh is never going to champion Chris Christie or Rand Paul. Rush is naturally drawn to his fellow clueless college dropout Scott Walker. While much of the nation has experienced some degree of economic recovery, Scott Walker has wrecked the state of Wisconsin.
The fact that right wing media is already lying about Walker’s record is a sign that they are trying to build him up for 2016, but even they aren’t capable of telling enough lies to make Scott Walker electable. It was nice to see Limbaugh get busted, but his lies about Walker demonstrate why he is one of the most dangerous right wing propagandists on the air today.
The best way to counter the lies of Rush Limbaugh is with a sanitizer of truth.
Scott Walker has trashed Wisconsin, and his Koch fueled plague can not be allowed to occupy the White House.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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