First we had Time's Michael Scherer with his the-Democrats-made-Rush-do-it nonsense (click here for a chuckle), and now Times' David Von Drehle tops that with his painfully dumb take on the Limbaugh story.

Headline:

Criticizing Rush Limbaugh: Over the Line?

That's right, Rush is now the victim.

Read, if you must:

Sooner or later, most presidential administrations make some version of the Sun King's mistake. “L'etat c'est moi,” Louis XIV of France is said to have declared - “I am the state.” To criticize the man becomes downright unpatriotic. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs crept up to that line - even put his toe over - as he tried to capitalize on the anti-Obama declarations of talk-show behemoth Rush Limbaugh.

Got that? Reporters asked Gibbs about Limbaugh. Gibbs answered, and now Gibbs is at fault because, according to Von Drehle, the arrogant White House is trying to silence dissent.

Von Drehle, completely making stuff up, claims the White House has dubbed criticism “unpatriotic.”