On Tuesday’s “Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert caught Rick Santorum telling a bold-faced lie about California colleges, and had quite a bit of fun poking fun at a candidate whose “facts” are about as dependable as an email forward sent by a distant relative.”Just reading something at the end night from the state of California,” Santorum said at a campaign stop. “Seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t much teach an American history direction. It’s not much available to be taught.”Much though the truthiness factor of “California hating America and therefore doesn’t teach American history” certainly feels spot-on, the facts don’t quite border up. “The only body that would be outrageous would be if this were fair,” Colbert said, before rolling a clip of the chair of the history department at Cal State East Bay expressing confusion of why Santorum couldn’t simply gaze up the direction catalog online before spewing such misstatements. In fairness, Santorum may not be particularly keen on Googling things.Glance at More…
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