# Rush Limbaugh provides rock solid proof President Obama was an academic failure **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700 "2012-08-16T19:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/1 "2012-08-16T19:42:30Z")
Wow.. until I saw this I thought all those Republican accusations were BS, but with [this rock solid evidence it looks like the game is up.](http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2012/08/02/limbaugh-obama-got-worst-grades-harvard-history#ixzz23jvFFT00) > [@](#): > > RUSH: It took all of a minute. I’m corroborating it now. I’m telling you now. So I am calling on Barack Obama to release his Harvard transcripts, based this call. I got a call from a guy at Harvard who claimed that Obama’s got the lowest grades anybody who went there and didn’t even go to class sometimes, and the professor’s covered for him. It’s up to Obama to prove it. The allegation’s out there. It’s up to Obama to prove it. \*\* I got this call from Harvard, and the guy — he sounded smart — said he went to Harvard. He knew enough to call a phone number that would get to me. This guy found a way to get to me.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/2 "2012-08-16T19:44:06Z")
You do understand he’s spoofing Reid’s allegations about Romney, right? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/3 "2012-08-16T19:45:36Z")
If I were [**Leo Bloom**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=660816), I’d sue. Limbaugh is filching his schtick. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/4 "2012-08-16T19:46:47Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Wow.. until I saw this I thought all those Republican accusations were BS, but with [this rock solid evidence it looks like the game is up.](http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2012/08/02/limbaugh-obama-got-worst-grades-harvard-history#ixzz23jvFFT00) Well as much as I hate Rush, he’s lampooning Reid and his Romney-paid-no-taxes story, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/5 "2012-08-16T19:47:12Z")
He only skipped class _sometimes?_ Sounds like a model student to me. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/6 "2012-08-16T20:05:28Z")
I wonder if Rush knows the difference between Harvard Law School and Harvard College. I say we nuke his Florida dacha from orbit. It’s the only way. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/7 "2012-08-16T20:10:11Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I say we nuke his Florida dacha from orbit. It’s the only way. No. Over too quickly. Let me duel him leftist-handed. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/8 "2012-08-16T20:14:57Z")
Didn’t he [del]promise[/del] threaten to move out of the country at one point? Does he need more packing boxes or something? ETA: Yup ( [http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/03/09/85683/limbaugh-exile-health-care/](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/03/09/85683/limbaugh-exile-health-care/) ) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/9 "2012-08-16T20:20:06Z")
I’m lost. Wouldn’t Limbaugh listeners be glad Obama didn’t go to classes at Harvard? I mean, it’s _Harvard_. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/10 "2012-08-16T20:24:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m lost. Wouldn’t Limbaugh listeners be glad Obama didn’t go to classes at Harvard? I mean, it’s _Harvard_. Heh. good point. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/11 "2012-08-16T20:24:59Z")
I have little to say about Mr. Limbaugh, except perhaps, “bless his heart.” However, this is pretty dang funny in an absurd way. I have to remind myself occasionally that he is only an entertainer, regardless of his stature as a wise and powerful pundit in the minds of many if not most. This little piece helps my recall immensely. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/12 "2012-08-16T20:29:18Z")
Does the OP understand that this appears to be a parody of Reid’s Romney attack, and not a legitimate claim from Limbaugh? (Admittedly, it’s not like Limbaugh has such a high journalistic standard that this conclusion is obvious.) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/13 "2012-08-16T20:29:52Z")
Whooshed by Limbaugh? If I wasn’t bald already my hair would be mussed! ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/14 "2012-08-16T20:32:14Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Whooshed by Limbaugh? Wow… I think that’s one of the saddest things that could ever happen to a person. If it were me, I might be almost suicidal over having typed something like that in public. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/15 "2012-08-16T23:15:21Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Does the OP understand that this appears to be a parody of Reid’s Romney attack, and not a legitimate claim from Limbaugh? And Reid’s attack on Romney is itself a “spoof” of the whole Obama birth certificate meme. See how it works? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/16 "2012-08-17T16:58:04Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > And Reid’s attack on Romney is itself a “spoof” of the whole Obama birth certificate meme. See how it works? Likewise, when it was a popular Repub pass-time to mock Al Gore for allegedly claiming he had invented the Internet (which was a grotesque Repub exaggeration in the first place, to say the least), Trent Lott made a speech in the Senate, claiming to have created the paper clip. (This was in 1999 I think.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/17 "2012-08-17T17:00:41Z")
Someone told me Rush Limbaugh is a moron. And look at that, it’s Rush himself. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/18 "2012-08-17T17:31:44Z")
Another case of Rush to judgement. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/19 "2012-08-19T13:57:09Z")
I fervently dislike Rush and all he stands for, but if it is a parody, good on him. The whole Romney tax thing is ridiculous and I’m embarrassed some liberals have latched on to it. At least he’s criticizing something real for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700/20 "2012-08-19T14:35:26Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > And Reid’s attack on Romney is itself a “spoof” of the whole Obama birth certificate meme. See how it works? That’s not as clear to me. If you were to say that Reid’s attack on Romney was _inspired_ by the birth certificate meme, I’d be more inclined to agree, but a spoof means, IMO, that the spoofiness – the non-seriousness – be obvious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-provides-rock-solid-proof-president-obama-was-an-academic-failure/631700.md?page=2)