Obama’s (Fake) July 4th in Paris

[Sallow]

In their pursuit to put down President Obama, the GOP has made themselves look like fools.

Republicans Lie About Obama's Fourth of July Plans | The Philly Post


Here’s a fun question to ask about the Republicans who spent the weekend spreading lies that Barack Obama was going to spend Independence Day raising campaign cash in Paris: Are they dumb, or evil?

Me, I’m betting on both.

The case for “dumb” starts with Andrew McCarthy, a lawyer and writer for National Review magazine. On Saturday morning, he posted a one-sentence item to the magazine’s blog saying that President Obama would spend July 4th in France on a fund-raising trip.

That was flatly untrue: AP had already reported on Friday that the President would spend the holiday at the White House at a barbecue for military families. The real story sounds really patriotic; the false story sounds really unpatriotic. So of course, McCarthy believed the false story.

In fairness to McCarthy, it was easy to understand his confusion. His blog post linked to an ambiguously worded item at Breitbart.com that noted Obama’s campaign would be raising cash from American expatriates in France—”that may be the only place where Obama can still find cheering throngs.” It’s not difficult to see how that could be misread—others did so—but McCarthy had National Review’s megaphone to make his mistake more loudly.

So why do I think McCarthy was dumb to publish the blog post?

Because he was far too willing to assume the worst about President Obama. He didn’t stop and apply a political Occam’s razor to the situation: “There’s no president—not even this one—whose political instincts are so awful that he’d spend the country’s No. 1 holiday in France, grubbing for money.” You don’t have to be an Obama fan to realize the president isn’t that stupid.

If McCarthy had given the matter five seconds’ thought, he might’ve done a quick Google search to verify the Breitbart report. Instead, he published the falsehood.
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Yup. That's bad "reporting".

And, it's too bad folks don't call out bad reporting when it happens to their "team", too.

No.

It's a lie.

It was a complete fabrication.

There was nothing true about it.

 

[edthecynic]

But first, he spent some portion of the day swearing in new citizens.

Obama urges immigration reform at July 4 citizen ceremony | Reuters

"What a perfect way to celebrate America's birthday - the world's oldest democracy - with some of our newest citizens," Obama told the group of military members and their families, who came from countries including Mexico, Ghana, the Philippines, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Russia.

"You put on the uniform of a country that was not yet fully your own. In a time of war, some of you deployed into harm's way. You displayed the values that we celebrate every Fourth of July - duty, responsibility, and patriotism," Obama said.

That's right, obama is honoring the military with TWO different events at the White house today, while Romney is honoring himself by interrupting his New Hampshire vacation with campaigning in a New Hampshire parade after which he will return to his vacationing.

 

[tererun]

I do not now which is more pathetic. Is it that fake news reporters on a comedy network are better at reporting than all of the right wing pundits, or that some people actually believe the right win lie machine?

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Most of us assume the worst about Obama.
And most of us are correct.

Why let facts get in the way of your hatred.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Excellent find, and it goes to show how the right wing propaganda machine works at spreading their trash.

Lemme guess, the left wing NEVER participates in propaganda.

And, if they do, you would not hold them accountable for it.

"But they do it to! BWAAHHHH!"

 

[Conservative]

So, one guy goes with a bogus story, and suddenly it's 'the Republicans are lying'?

Please

 

[blastoff]

Lemme guess, the left wing NEVER participates in propaganda.

And, if they do, you would not hold them accountable for it.

Other outlets factcheck their sources before posting and if some reason they slip up, immediately apologize and correct the mistake.
The right wing media doesn't care and just starts frothing at the mouth to post anything they can to bash Obama without care if it is factual or not, nor will they ever apologize for spreading flat out lies.

You keep telling yourself that.

Hey, it's easy when you live on a one-way street in Generalizationville.

 

[Stephanie]

Obama urges immigration reform at July 4 citizen ceremony | Reuters

Obama can't do a damn thing without inserting POLITICS into it. Even at swearing in new citizens to our country

THE GREAT UNITER

be glad when he's GONE

 

[BDBoop]

So, one guy goes with a bogus story, and suddenly it's 'the Republicans are lying'?

Please

No, actually. This story is just

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[konradv]

Obama urges immigration reform at July 4 citizen ceremony | Reuters

Obama can't do a damn thing without inserting POLITICS into it. Even at swearing in new citizens to our country

THE GREAT UNITER

be glad when he's GONE

Don't worry 2016 isn't that far off, but then you'll be all in a tizzy over President Clinton.

 

[Stephanie]

Obama urges immigration reform at July 4 citizen ceremony | Reuters

Obama can't do a damn thing without inserting POLITICS into it. Even at swearing in new citizens to our country

THE GREAT UNITER

be glad when he's GONE

Don't worry 2016 isn't that far off, but then you'll be all in a tizzy over President Clinton.

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[BDBoop]

Obama urges immigration reform at July 4 citizen ceremony | Reuters

Obama can't do a damn thing without inserting POLITICS into it. Even at swearing in new citizens to our country

THE GREAT UNITER

be glad when he's GONE

Don't worry 2016 isn't that far off, but then you'll be all in a tizzy over President Clinton.

How long can they maintain this state of high anxiety?

 

[Stephanie]

lol, a state of anxiety

anyone count all the Romney threads we are getting every day?

anxiety...

 

[BDBoop]

lol, a state of anxiety

anyone count all the Romney threads we are getting every day?

anxiety...

Honey? Romney is running for President. Strange as it may seem, he will be closely examined. You know. Like you believe never happened to Obama.

I know he's your Messiah, and Romney can do no wrong, but turns out most Americans aren't amused by him stockpiling his money offshore.

 

[Stephanie]

lol, a state of anxiety

anyone count all the Romney threads we are getting every day?

anxiety...

Honey? Romney is running for President. Strange as it may seem, he will be closely examined. You know. Like you believe never happened to Obama.

I know he's your Messiah, and Romney can do no wrong, but turns out most Americans aren't amused by him stockpiling his money offshore.

 

[edthecynic]

lol, a state of anxiety

anyone count all the Romney threads we are getting every day?

anxiety...

Honey? Romney is running for President. Strange as it may seem, he will be closely examined. You know. Like you believe never happened to Obama.

I know he's your Messiah, and Romney can do no wrong, but turns out most Americans aren't amused by him stockpiling his money offshore.