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Limbaugh on "bogus statistic that 1 of 50 American children are homeless": "Would somebody tell me the last time you saw a kid sleeping under a bridge?"

March 25, 2009 1:14 pm ET

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National Center on Family Homelessness report: In a year, "one out of 50 American children ... experience[s] homelessness"

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    • Author by jmh (March 25, 2009 1:20 pm ET)
         
      Well, considering that some of us _are_ more fortunate that many...

      I generally only see the kids later in the day while being carted around by their moms with their shopping carts.

      You effing misanthrope.
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    • Author by bwither012965 (March 25, 2009 1:32 pm ET)
         
      From Limbaugh to O' Reilly, the standard operating procedure of conservatives for addressing homelessness is to pretend it doesn't exist.
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    • Author by mk3872 (March 25, 2009 1:32 pm ET)
         

      It comes from here: http://www.familyhomelessness.org/

      Of course, Boss Limbaugh can't see any homeless people from the sofa in his living room hiding behind his golden microphone.

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    • Author by harley (March 25, 2009 1:34 pm ET)
         

       

      And Drugbaugh first refused to accept the fact of dubyah's approval rating when it hit 30%.

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    • Author by Max Credits (March 25, 2009 1:38 pm ET)
         
      *This Is Conservatism*
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      • Author by snoopy (March 25, 2009 1:53 pm ET)
           
        Christian conservatism at it's finest. Deny homeless children exist, deny homeless veterans exist, claim if a woman is raped it's her fault, yada yada yada.
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    • Author by RABBITLUVR (March 25, 2009 1:39 pm ET)
         
      When was the last time Rush even went under a bridge, aside from scoring drugs perhaps?
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    • Author by all your eyes (March 25, 2009 2:35 pm ET)
         
      i do think 1 in 50 is at least an order of magnitude off..
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      • Author by Disputed Zone (March 25, 2009 3:55 pm ET)
           
        I think anyone suggests your IQ is in the three digit range is off by at least one digit.
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    • Author by truthseeker77 (March 25, 2009 6:57 pm ET)
         
      What's wrong with Limbaugh's question implying that not many children live under a bridge? The homelessness statistics cited by MM includes "children whose families are staying with friends or family members, in hotels and motels, in trailer parks or in "substandard" housing."

      http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/pdf/rc_full_report.pdf

      But Media Matters suggests, by featuring Limbaugh in this story, that he was way off:
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      • Author by Disputed Zone (March 25, 2009 9:56 pm ET)
           
        I think that's the point. Limbaugh equates homelessness with living under a bridge in order to discredit the "bogus" statistic.
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