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How many is this? Twenty? More? From THE most liberal rag in the Galaxy, the WaPo?
Wow!
He just can't help it. Dogs bark, cats meow, babies cry, and obama lies.
It's an autonomic function with this guy.
WaPo Fact Checker Gives Obama’s Claim GOP Has “Filibustered About 500 Pieces of Legislation” Their Worst Rating, “Four Pinocchios”…
Ouch.
Via WaPo:
Skipping to the conclusion:
'Danger' pheromone released. Attack drones will be set upon us to obfuscate, lie, deny, attack, defend, lie some more and then, when all is lost.... Accuse us of being too critical. Or racist. Or both.
Afterall, what difference does it make?
Wow!
He just can't help it. Dogs bark, cats meow, babies cry, and obama lies.
It's an autonomic function with this guy.
WaPo Fact Checker Gives Obama’s Claim GOP Has “Filibustered About 500 Pieces of Legislation” Their Worst Rating, “Four Pinocchios”…
Ouch.
Via WaPo:
“Here’s what’s more disconcerting. Their [Republicans] willingness to say no to everything — the fact that since 2007, they have filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation that would help the middle class just gives you a sense of how opposed they are to any progress — has actually led to an increase in cynicism and discouragement among the people who were counting on us to fight for them.”
– President Obama, remarks at a DCCC dinner, May 7, 2014
In addressing a dinner of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Los Angeles, President Obama made a rather striking claim—that Senate Republicans have filibustered “500 pieces of legislation that would help the middle class.”
Regular readers knows that The Fact Checker has objected to the way that Senate Democrats tally these figures, but the president’s claim makes little sense no matter how you do the numbers.
Skipping to the conclusion:
The Pinocchio Test
On just about every level, this claim is ridiculous.
We realize that Senate rules are complex and difficult to understand, but the president did serve in the Senate and should be familiar with its terms and procedures. Looking at the numbers, he might have been able to make a case that Republicans have blocked about 50 bills that he had wanted passed, such as an increase in the minimum wage. But instead he inflated the numbers to such an extent that he even included votes in which he, as senator, supported a filibuster.
'Danger' pheromone released. Attack drones will be set upon us to obfuscate, lie, deny, attack, defend, lie some more and then, when all is lost.... Accuse us of being too critical. Or racist. Or both.
Afterall, what difference does it make?