Rush Limbaugh and Lou Dobbs owe the President and their listeners/viewers an apology.

Limbaugh and Dobbs thought they had the story of the year as Time reporter Joe Klein discovered Barack Obama’s college thesis paper in which the then 20-something Columbia University student insulted the ‘Founding Fathers” and said the Constitution oppresses poor Americans.

Too bad the whole thing was made up.

The satirical blog was posted on Jumping In Pools and was meant to be a joke. But when another blogger for conservative blog network Pajamas Media picked up the story it reached as high up as CNN and Limbaugh.

When the real Joe Klein said that he has never seen the President’s thesis,bloggers from all over the country apologized for running with an unsubstantiated story. As for Limbaugh, he said this–even after realizing the story is bogus.

Al Sharpton wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in an effort to block talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s bid to buy the St. Louis Rams, according to the St.Louis Disptach.

Sharpton said Limbaugh has been divisive and “anti-NFL” in some of his comments, referring to incident in 2003 when Limbaugh, who at the time was a commentator on ESPN called Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb “overrated” because the media wanted a black quarterback to succeed.

ESPN.com reports that the leader of the NFL Player’s Union is also against Limbaugh owning a team.

In an email to the NFL Union Executive Committee, DeMaurice Smith said “But sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends. Our sport does exactly that when it overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred.”

A video of Scoop Jackson, a writer/columnist for ESPN discussing the matter is below.

If Rush Limbaugh becomes an NFL owner, he will have a hard time finding black players to work for him.

From the New York Daily News:

Mathias Kiwanuka (New York Giants) and the Jets’ Bart Scott made it clear Thursday that they would never play for the Rams or any team owned by the controversial conservative radio host.

“All I know is from the last comment I heard, he said in (President) Obama’s America, white kids are getting beat up on the bus while black kids are chanting ‘right on,’” Kiwanuka told The Daily News. “I mean, I don’t want anything to do with a team that he has any part of. He can do whatever he wants, it is a free country. But if it goes through, I can tell you where I am not going to play.”

Read more about it here.

Speaking of Limbaugh, listen to his comments about Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.