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Whopper of the Week: Chip Limehouse

Timothy Noah
Posted Friday, April 20, 2001, at 12:56 PM ET

"The legislation is not specifically aimed at U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, who is 98, said Rep. Chip Limehouse. "

--April 19 Associated Press story reporting that a subcommittee of the South Carolina legislature approved a bill requiring the governor to replace a U.S. senator who doesn't complete his term with a person from the same party. Limehouse is chief sponsor of the bill.

"Legis. Aide to U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond"

--Resume entry on the South Carolina legislature's Web page for Charleston Republican Harry Bancroft "Chip" Limehouse III.

(Thanks to Jess Bravin.)

Got a whopper? Send it to chatterbox@slate.com. To be considered, an entry must be an unambiguously false statement paired with an unambiguous refutation, and both must be derived from some appropriately reliable public source. Preference will be given to newspapers and other documents that Chatterbox can link to online.

Whopper Archive:

April 13, 2001: Gray Davis
April 6, 2001: Sumner Redstone
March 30, 2001: Spencer Abraham
March 23, 2001: George W. Bush, Rep. Jennifer Dunn, and/or the Treasury Department
March 16, 2001: George W. Bush
March 9, 2001: Russ Freyman, spokesman, National Association of Manufacturers
March 2, 2001: Paul O'Neill
Feb. 23, 2001: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Feb. 16, 2001: Oscar spokesman John Pavlik
Feb. 9, 2001: Lynne Cheney
Feb. 2, 2001: Bobby Thomson

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Chip Limehouse? I thought that was the Whopper of the Week. This can't be the guy's real name. Have things gotten to the point where politicians are taking stage names like rap musicians and pro wrestlers?

--Joseph Britt

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