The following letter-to-the-editor (The Columbus-Dispatch) was written by one Nancy Davis, entitled, "Fluke was merely a prop in liberal drama".
"Where is Sandra Fluke now? New national guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend cervical-cancer screening no more often than every three years, replacing the annual Pap smear, according to a March 15 Dispatch news brief. Indeed, it is apparent that Fluke does not care about women's health issues, or she would be speaking out against these new guidelines. Additionally, it seems that she is a pawn for the liberal agenda to take away our First Amendment right of freedom of religion.
In correcting David T. Dennison Jr.'s March 19 letter, Fluke did not testify before Congress. The Democrats attempted to replace their witness at the last minute with Fluke, and because Congress needs 72 hours to vet witnesses, she was not permitted to testify. Fluke had no medical background and did not qualify as a technical witness on women’s health as she is a law student, not a medical student. So the Democrats set her on stage before a group of congressional Democrats and made it appear as if she were testifying before Congress.
If Dennison were to get his information from any source other than the government-run media, he would have known this. And if he listened to Rush Limbaugh rather than take the word of bogus news stations, he would know that Limbaugh backs up what he says with sources. Before calling Limbaugh a liar, Dennison should give one example where Limbaugh lied. I don't believe he can.
Lastly, I and many others do not find vile rhetoric against women, mentally handicapped children and Christians to be comedy, and therefore Bill Maher and David Letterman and their like need to refrain. I don't believe they will. Conservatives are held to a higher standard, and this is where I gladly take my place.
NANCY DAVIS
Marysville"
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/03/27/fluke-was-merely-a-prop-in-liberal-drama.html
...and here is my lovely response:
This letter-to-the-editor is in response to Nancy Davis' March 27th letter entitled, "Fluke was merely a prop in liberal drama".
In this letter, Ms. Davis stated the following - "If Dennison were to get his information from any source other than the government-run media, he would have known this. And if he listened to Rush Limbaugh rather than take the word of bogus news stations, he would know that Limbaugh backs up what he says with sources. Before calling Limbaugh a liar, Dennison should give one example where Limbaugh lied. I don't believe he can."
One example? Really? That's it? Alrighty. First off, let's define the word "lie". According to the dictionary, a "lie" is "an inaccurate or false statement." Using that as my guide, allow me to run down a lovely list of such statements made by one Rush Limbaugh. I attempted to find all my information through fact-checking sites. If those are determined to be liberally-biased by Ms. Davis, then I'm thinking we may need to resort to the dictionary yet again to define and differentiate the terms "fact" and "opinion". Here we go...
1) In the Spring of 1993 on his radio show, Limbaugh stated, "The poorest people in America are better off than the mainstream families of Europe."
FACT - In a 1994 World Bank Report, it was found that residents of France, Germany, Italy and Britain can purchase $18,568 worth of goods with their average incomes, while the poorest 20% of Americans can purchase just $5,433 worth. $18,568? $5,433? He was close, about as close as if I said there are only 15 states in this country. The Report also stated that the poorest residents in most European countries, including Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary are better off than such residents in the United States.
2) On April 29th of 1994 on his radio show, Limbaugh stated that, "It has not been proven that nicotine is addictive, the same with cigarettes causing emphysema (and other diseases)."
FACT - In Encyclopedia Brittanica's 1987 "Medical and Health Annual," it's stated that, "Today the scientific base linking smoking to a number of chronic diseases is overwhelming, with a total of 50,000 studies from dozens of countries." Ah, if only Limbaugh were a dittohead when it came to science.
3) On his TV show on March 28th of 1994, Limbaugh declared that, "And it was only 4,000 votes that -- had they gone another way in Chicago--Richard Nixon would have been elected in 1960."
FACT - John F. Kennedy won said election with 303 electoral votes, compared to 219 for Nixon. If Illinois had gone Nixon's way, Kennedy still would have won by the final count of 276 to 246. With it being the time of March Madness in the world of college basketball, this reminds me of a game I just watched, where a team lost by 15 points. I remember thinking to myself at game's end, "If the losing team had just made that one free throw at the end, they would have won the game!"
4) On page 304 of Rush Limbaugh's 1993 book, "See, I Told You So," he claimed the following - "Now, here is my point. In 1990, George Bush was president and was enjoying a 90 percent plus approval rating on the strength of our victories in the Persian Gulf War and Cold War."
FACT - When the budget deal was made in October of 1990, the Gulf War had yet to be fought. It reminds me of a time I scored an "A" in a class largely due to a final which I had yet to take. It's amazing when things like that happen.
5) On his television show on April 18th of 1994, Mr. Limbaugh said, "Everybody in the world has aligned with the United States except who? The United States Congress (with regard to the Gulf War)."
FACT - Both the House and the Senate voted to authorize the United States to use force against Iraq. I was troubled enough by former President George W. Bush's use of the false dilemma informal fallacy, when he stated that, "You're either with us or against us." Here Limbaugh appears to be saying, "When you're with us, you're against us," and I'm even more perplexed by that. It reminds me of a story I just made up a second ago where on his wedding night, a man said "I do" to his new wife, which secretly meant, "I want to break up."
Those are just five lies. I've found over 50 such false statements made by Limbaugh and in just a matter of minutes. Of course, all sources outside of Rush Limbaugh are liberally-biased, so the "facts" I've presented countering Limbaugh's "lies" are simply opinions disguised as facts. They include convenient numbers, fancy language from experts in their respective fields and multiple such sources to back the claims, whereas Limbaugh's "facts" are disguised as "opinions," and aren't in need of such numbers, language, expert testimony or sources to back his. If Rush makes the statement, it's a fact. It's as simple as that. Who needs actual evidence when we have Rush Limbaugh to turn to with his infinite wisdom? You know, the guy that said, "We’re not sexists, we’re chauvinists — we’re male chauvinist pigs, and we’re happy to be because we think that’s what men were destined to be. We think that’s what women want.” Yeah, and he knows what women want. Hopefully marriage #4 works out for him.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lie?s=t
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1896
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/apr/10/rush-limbaugh/Rush-limbaugh-washington-religion/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/aug/27/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-circumcision-obama-cdc/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/20/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-claims-white-house-benefits-haiti-donatio/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/mar/17/rush-limbaugh/rush-limbaugh-says-because-obama-people-cant-go-fi/
http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/rushlimbaugh.htm
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