RUSH LIMBAUGH IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT when it comes to skewering the left and has a grasp of political reality that is second to none. His innate talent in this regard has catapulted him to being the de facto spokesperson for the conservative movement in this country.

A Man’s Gotta Know His Limitations

He is, however, out of his element when it comes to talking about science. Unfortunately for conservatives though, the man does not know his limitations.

On May 19 he opened his show with a commentary on an article dealing with evolution. In the first five minutes of his show he referred to evolution as “gobbledygook” and made the following egregious errors:

• Scientists claim humans are descended from chimpanzees.

• Chimpanzees are not great apes.

Finally, he wrapped up his diatribe with, “if we came from chimpanzees, why are there still chimpanzees?”

Limbaugh spends hours analyzing the minutia of the political scene, but he blithely accepts creationist canards without a second thought. Even worse, he evidences an inherent distrust and dislike of science and scientists. To him, science is as political as, well, politics, and all scientists are natural leftists and therefore nothing they say can be believed. You see this attitude in his commentaries on psychology, global warming and just about any other scientific subject that crosses his “stack of stuff.”In many ways, Limbaugh is just like any other anti-evolution type we run across in our day-to-day operations. Unfortunately however, he is the face of the conservative movement in the public eye. Not only will many people blindly accept his views on this subject as the final words on the matter, but he gives ammunition to the liberals when they make their claims that all conservatives are scientifically-illiterate bohunks reveling in their ignorance.

Limbaugh should stick with politics. When he opens his mouth on matters scientific, he makes all of us look bad.