Factcheckers Say No Obama Apologies!

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From Factcheck: (referring to Romney)

“Well, he’s even written a book, ‘No Apologies,’ and he makes the repeated assertion that Barack Obama has gone around the world ‘apologizing for America’ quote unquote or ‘apologizing for American values’ and we’ve looked at the speeches, as have other fact checkers that Romney refers to, and we don’t see an apology there,” Jackson said.

[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/fact-checkers-say-no-to-romney-apology-claims/2012/09/13/7d88a03e-fd3a-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_blog.html"]Romney has falsely accused Obama[/URL] of “apologizing for America” many times before. The line has been a dependable applause-getter with conservative audiences. But we found no basis for this claim in Obama’s previous speeches and remarks. And other fact-checkers came to similar conclusions.

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.

PolitiFact asked four apology experts whether those words constituted the sort of regretful statement that qualifies as an apology. The three who responded delivered an unequivocal negative — sort of a “no apology” tour of their own!

 

[Lakhota]

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[Seawytch]

Remember, Romney's campaign will not be dictated by fact checkers. Damn the facts, full speed ahead.