The Declaration of the Constitution? Huh?

Perennial nutjob Rush Limbaugh quoted, as he put it, the "preamble to the Constitution," at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday: "Life, liberty, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness."

Only, as the Daily Kos notes, that's, um, not the Constitution. That's the Declaration of Independence. I understand Rush dropped out of college after two semesters and "flunked everything," but, c'mon, a high school history class could have taught you the difference. (And, ponder that for a minute: the heart and soul of the Republican Party is someone who possesses not even an undergraduate degree.)

The video of Rush is fantastic. Tons of conservative politicos cheering and hanging on to Rush's every word... despite the fact that he completely screwed up source of those timeless words.

Then again, what should we expect from people who walk on the Constitution with the same level of disdain that hippies or radical Muslims use to burn the American flag?

Hey, Rush: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Great ideas! So you're in favor of equal rights for gays so they can likewise find fulfillment in life and liberty as well as pursue their inalienable right to happiness, right? Oh... perhaps you mean only for certain people. Like fat, white men who cut deals with the prosecutor when they're addicted to prescription pain killers...