The low down on the Rush Limbaugh-inspired CheckAmerican.org movement…
A few days ago, we wrote about CheckAmerican.org, the most recent waves from Conservatives in regards to the 2010 Census. This movement was the brainchild of Rush Limbaugh, the de-facto spiritual head and chief demagogue of the GOP. One Joseph Weathers took Limbaugh’s gospel to heart (click HERE to listen to Limbaugh announcing his “Check American” policy on the air) and promptly created the CheckAmerican.org site. I had the opportunity to ask him a few questions via e-mail, and this was Mr. Weathers’ response:
We launched our website 4 days ago on Saturday evening, March 13th. Right now we have about 300 fans on our Facebook page, 100 followers on our Twitter page, and about 540+ visits to the site.
I got the idea when listening to Rush Limbaugh’s show on Thursday afternoon, and as soon as I got home I registered the domain name. It took about 2 days to get the site designed and developed and ready to launch.
We are also talking to some other political figures and media outlets, but nothing concrete at the moment.
Our goal is to send the message that we as Americans are tired of being classified by racial and ethnic groups, and we just want to be considered as Americans. I think this post on our Facebook wall sums up well how our supporters feel:
“Invited every single one of my friends. As a mixed family, we will be happy to check “American” and stop being labeled by our color!”
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March 18th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
This isn’t exactly novel. 20,625,093 people self-identified as “United States” or “American” in 2000, and you can learn a bit more about them here.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Nice find, Avi! Much ado about nothing much.
March 19th, 2010 at 5:35 am
Avi, I have inquired with the Census Bureau to see what precisely that means. 20 million sounds like an awful lot of people, so I’m not certain it means the same thing as what you have suggested. – SRM
March 19th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Demagogue? What does that make Keith Olberman?
March 20th, 2010 at 6:55 am
There can be multiple demagogues.
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:53 pm
[...] MyTwoCensus suspected, 20 million people did NOT check “American” as their race on the 2000 Census form. The folks who claimed this were mistaken. In 2000, 20 [...]
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Avi, CL and others: Please see our new post that clarified that 20 million people checked “American” as their ancestry in 2000 — not as their race. SRM
http://www.mytwocensus.com/2010/03/22/fact-checking-20-million-people-checked-american-on-the-2000-census/