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.

Obama Citizenship Concerns Put to Rest
Once again, the anti-Obama forces have been thwarted in their efforts to prove that America’s first Black president lacks the U.S. citizenship required to hold the nation’s highest office. “I … have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen,” Hawaiian Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said in a brief statement. “I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago.” Fukino said that she hopes her latest comments will quash the linger concerns raised by so-called “birthers,” who have proffered the notion that Obama is not a natural-born American citizen and, thus, does not meet the constitutional requirement to be president. Such rumors first surfaced when it became apparent that he could win the Democratic nomination. Prominent conservative commentators, including shock jock Rush Limbaugh and immigrant-basher Lou Dobbs of CNN, have been among those raising questions over Obama’s citizenship. In recent weeks, the rumblings have grown more vociferous, resurfacing on blogs and throughout the Internet. Critics argue that Obama’s birth certificate is a fake, saying he was really born in Kenya, his father’s homeland, and some have even challenged his citizenship in court. “They just keep asking over and over and over again,” Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo said. Ten Republican members of Congress co-sponsored a bill that would require future presidential candidates to provide a copy of their original birth certificate. But on Monday, the U.S. House unanimously approved a resolution recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii becoming the 50th state. A clause was included that reads: “Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama , was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.”