User talk:Elvish1

In the Article on Rush Limbaugh under Entertainment props it says "During the Clinton administration, while filming his television program, Limbaugh referred to media coverage of Socks, the Clintons' cat. He then stated, "Did you know there's a White House dog?" and held up to the camera a picture of the then-teenaged Chelsea Clinton. Responding to the ensuing criticism, Limbaugh claimed he had been handed the photo by mistake.[82]"

the bracketed 82 refers to that wonder of historical accuracy "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell them" by Al Franken.

This took place on Rush Limbaugh's late night TV show. I was a regular watcher and I listened to the radio show regularly.

First, '''Rush held up no pictures. The pictures were placed on the TV screen by the chiron operator.''' Rush made a remark about Chelsea Clinton and the chiron operator threw up a picture of a poodle. Rush exclaimed "THAT'S NOT CHELSEA" and when the camera came back to him he was laughing, and apologizing for the problem. Later on that week, on the radio show, a caller brought it up, and Rush apologized AGAIN. He also stated on the radio show that his chiron operator had been suspended for two days without pay.

This story has been told by the left with different twists, and much relish, ever since. It is getting like the "telephone" game you hear at parties. In Al Frankens version he has Rush saying "Did you know there's a white house dog?" and holding up a picture of Chelsea. In reality he did not say any such thing. In Al Frankens version Rush has no access to electronic editing equipment and has to hold photographs up to the camera.

Of course, Al Franken believes a lot of things that aren't so.

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=101;t=000095;p=1 shows the confusion over what actually happened. In one of the remarks a Molly Ivins column is quoted which was several MONTHS after the fact.

Elvish1 (talk) 20:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)elvish1 (Peter Elfvin)