In "Polling Helps Obama Frame Message in Health-Care Debate" in Friday's Washington Post, reporter Michael D. Shear writes, "Obama is known for his soaring speeches and his ready command of facts..."
Ready command of facts?
Is he talking about the same President who admitted he was unfamiliar with a critical provision in his own trillion+ dollar health care plan?
Who thinks one of the functions of a living will is to stop extraordinary measures if "brain waves are no longer functioning"?
Who believes carbon dioxide emissions "contaminate the water we drink"?
Who says 14,000 people "every single day" will lose their health insurance unless we follow his advice on health care policy?
Who believes pediatricians remove tonsils?
Who says the health care plan he is backing will "keep government out of health care decisions"?
Who was under the impression that Austrians speak "Austrian"?
Who says with a straight face that his health care plan "will be paid for"?
Who keeps saying the U.S. is importing more oil today than ever before?
Who thought Emperor Hirohito personally surrendered to General MacArthur?
Who says the $1 trillion price tag on his health care bill is less than what we have spent on the war in Iraq?
Who repeatedly asserts that if his health care plan passes, "if you like your health plan, you can keep it, the only thing that will change is that you’ll pay less."
The article in which this appeared is about how the White House staff uses polls to determine what to put in the President's teleprompter. As one "top advisor" (evidently, his name is top secret), told the Post: "I mean, I'm looking at polling, like, all the time."
Right, dude.
Cross-posted at the National Center for Public Policy Research blog.
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To liberals, the definition
August 1, 2009 - 15:26 ET by Chris NormanTo liberals, the definition of "facts", like our constitution, is a "living, changeable, and growing" thing. "Facts" now means any misinformation that supports Obama and his programs...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Facts? He don't need no
August 1, 2009 - 16:00 ET by motherbeltFacts? He don't need no stinking facts!
As he proved once again recently, he is capable of making profound pronouncements even when he [doesn't] have all the facts -PBO
It doesn't stop him from making judgements such as cops are stupid and racist, or that doctors base their treatments on which ones earn them the most money, and would rather see kids go to the ER with asthma than give them medicine and inhalers.
Who needs facts when you know everything?
But, if you redefine
August 1, 2009 - 16:08 ET by Chris NormanBut, if you redefine "facts" as meaning any pronouncement from Obama, then you get around that pesky part "facts" used to play.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Laughing and trying to say
August 1, 2009 - 15:26 ET by kangarooLaughing and trying to say FO at the same time is hard
I'd forgotten about that.........
August 2, 2009 - 04:29 ET by old croFO
I don't know if you mean the same thing......
August 2, 2009 - 04:39 ET by old crohttp://newsbusters.o...
FO
yep
August 2, 2009 - 09:08 ET by kangarooyep
They think they command the facts
August 1, 2009 - 15:33 ET by KC MulvilleConfidence isn't always based in reality.
Like in
August 1, 2009 - 15:45 ET by 10ksnookerThe Gates affair, the racist President showed he was right on top of things. Wasn't it a great teaching moment? Finally people saw what he did all those years sitting in Rev Wright's pews..
Poor ZERO, he can't act out facts.
My guess is the only
August 1, 2009 - 15:49 ET by BKeyserMy guess is the only "polling" this speechwriter is viewing is located within one of the many DC area gentleman's clubs.
However, the author of the Post piece, probably has a sincere belief in the so-called "facts" he extols Obama for presenting. Kool-aid will do that to a lesser-minded individual...
Washington Post
August 1, 2009 - 15:54 ET by lhbarnesThe Washington Post - what a waste!
don't forget
August 1, 2009 - 16:04 ET by ronthe 57 states that he has shared his command of the facts with
Amy... Great job with all
August 1, 2009 - 16:24 ET by bigtimerAmy...
Great job with all your links/facts...
...yet the SRM has the audacity to still go after Pres. Bush...let alone O constantly whining about the mess he was left in.
Nothing like agenda on a plate...with garnishes.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Obama displays masterful control
August 1, 2009 - 16:32 ET by SickofLibsJust another careless WaPo typo. Clearly, Shear meant "...ready control of farts", not facts.
A social skill the VP has not yet mastered, as was proven when he shamelessly "interrupted" the heady dialogue multiple times at the Beer Summit.
Michael D. Shear is a pandering nitwit.
August 1, 2009 - 16:35 ET by ThalpyMichael D. Shear is a pandering nitwit, pure and simple, heavy on the simple. Is it any wonder that many of our people continue to be misinformed about the world in which they live? Of course, that's Obama and Company's aim.
No. of uninsured rose under Clinton
August 1, 2009 - 17:03 ET by Gary HallDuring recessions, the number of uninsured indeed climbs rather abruptly. This occurred during the 2000-2002 economic recession and it is occurring presently.
On the other hand, the country has been making considerable progress in this front - and without Obamacare.
In 1990, the number of uninsured stood at 34.7 million persons. In 1998 it had risen sharply to almost 45 million (blame it on Bush, I suspect). The dot.com boom produced massive temporary employment, dropping the number of uninsured back down to around 40 million. When the dot.com bubble crashed, most of those folks lost their jobs and thier health insurance. Currently the number in the news is 45.6 million uninsured - slightly more than it was in 1998.
(;~/ gary
Thanks, Amy
August 1, 2009 - 17:05 ET by DoktorFrankenThanks for providing the bursting pin for this crapburger balloon.
When I hear people that I know repeat this crapulance that is gleaned from our 'Watchdog Press' I gaze in astonishment. Aren't these the people I once knew to be intelligent? Level headed? Sane?
Brainwashing comes in many forms. This particular one is useful as bird cage lining or fish wrapping.
WaPoop...
August 1, 2009 - 17:14 ET by wnaegeleSigh!
Soaring speeches and facts ??.............Nah
August 1, 2009 - 17:43 ET by AndanteShear was not paying attention whenever the POTUS broke his TOTUS.
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Yes this article is correct
August 1, 2009 - 17:31 ET by VinncyGFor a moron and the dumbest man on the planet he has his facts as good as he possible can.
How dare you call Duh1 the.........
August 2, 2009 - 04:47 ET by old cro"dumbest man on the planet", "He is the Most Irritating Man in the World."
http://www.dummiefun...
They just forgot the air quotes...
August 1, 2009 - 17:39 ET by cjbreischObama is known for his soaring speeches and his ready command of "facts".
Command of Facts
August 1, 2009 - 18:10 ET by justbob223Obama has a ready command of facts? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Yeah, but George Bush was
August 1, 2009 - 19:55 ET by Roger the ShrubberYeah, but George Bush was so stupid, blah blah blah blah...
Sorry.
I was channeling some of NB's more left-tarded denizens.
He can't BS either
August 2, 2009 - 11:00 ET by slickwillie2001Not only does the Bamster not have a ready command of facts, he doesn't have a ready command of BS. Let's admit that for a politician, being able to BS and dissemble is a real and necessary skill. Bill Clinton was pretty good at it. When the Bamster goes off teleprompter like the times that the teleprompter failed, he fails miserably. On the Gates questions he could not rely on prepared material and he failed miserably.
Imagine Bill Clinton during a teleprompter failure; we might not even know about it.
August 2, 2009 - 11:29 ET by jessieHYou forgot one. Who thinks the people are cattle?
Soaring speeches my butt
August 2, 2009 - 13:05 ET by boomerconThe man cannot string two sentences together without a stupid teleprompter for chrissakes.
Makes me wonder how in the world he ever "organized" any communities at all.
Probably another SRM propaganda story. He's a S. Chicago street thug. Period.
Amy, this list is
August 2, 2009 - 13:11 ET by Free StinkerAmy,
this list is fantastic ! :-)
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
Re fantastic
August 2, 2009 - 14:52 ET by slickwillie2001It is. We need someone to start an internet collection point for Obamanisms. A couple of classifications maybe; outright lies, made-up terms like Profit and Earnings, teleprompter screwup videos, etc. Maybe it already exists?