Martin Bashir Flat Out Lies While Saying Mitt Romney Is Going to Hell for...Lying
Have the executives running MSNBC informed their employees that it's completely acceptable to lie on the air if it helps President Obama win reelection this November?
On Thursday, Martin Bashir flat out lied to make the case to his audience that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is going to hell for supposedly lying when he says the current White House resident promised unemployment would not rise above eight percent if his stimulus package was enacted (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MARTIN BASHIR: But his third lie yesterday appears to be his all-time favorite. This is his utterly false claim that the president promised to keep unemployment below a certain level.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MITT ROMNEY: He said if we let him borrow $787 billion, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BASHIR: Now Mitt the mendacious knows full well that the president never, ever said such a thing. In fact, that figure of 8 percent was a speculative projection written by two analysts with limited access to data and well before the president was even inaugerated. But much more to the point, it is something that the president has never written nor said. But that doesn't, so it doesn't matter how many times he hears the truth. Mitt Romney prefers to tell lies.
Which brings us to the moral codes of Mormonism that Mr. Romney claims to live by. In section 63 in verse 17 of the doctrine and covenants of the Mormon Church, we find this: “All liars, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie, and the whoremonger and the sorcerer, shall have their part in that lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death.”
And from the book of Mormon to Nephi chapter two verse 34 we find this: “Wo unto the liar for he shall be thrust down to hell.”
Given what the book of Mormon is clearly saying, Mr. Romney has but two choices: he can either keep lying and potentially win the White House but bring eternal damnation upon himself, or; he can start telling the truth. The question for him, I guess, is which is more important?
Let's take this one step at a time.
"That figure of 8 percent was a speculative projection written by two analysts with limited access to data and well before the president was even inaugerated."
Actually, no. On January 9, 2009, just eleven days before Obama was inaugurated, future administration officials Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein published a fourteen page report entitled "The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." On page five they offered the following chart:
This chart - created by the woman that shortly after would be named to chair Obama's Council of Economic Advisers and the man that currently serves as Vice President Joe Biden's Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser - specifically informed readers that if the new president's stimulus plan was enacted, unemployment would not rise above eight percent.
This was the official document from the incoming administration about its economic plan and what it would accomplish.
When your top economic advisers issue a projection about what a piece of legislation you're proposing will accomplish, it is coming directly from you and your office.
You can't claim after the fact that you had nothing to do with it and neither should members of the media regardless of how in the tank they are for you.
For Bashir to claim "that figure of 8 percent was a speculative projection written by two analysts with limited access to data and well before the president was even inaugerated. But much more to the point, it is something that the president has never written nor said" is a total falsehood.
As the perilously liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote at the time, "Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein have put out the official (?) Obama estimates of what the American Association of Retired Persons American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan would accomplish."
Maybe Bashir should do a segment about Krugman going to hell. Conservatives would quite like that.
This would be easy for Bashir who has a tendency to predict such a destination for people he doesn't agree with. The MSNBC anchor made such a despicable claim about Herman Cain in December.
As for this attack on Romney, even the liberal website Mediaite was disgusted by Bashir's lies Thursday:
[T]he 8 percent unemployment figure was part of the sales pitch by the Obama administration to persuade a friendly Congress to borrow billions from lenders at home and abroad in order to throw Keynesian pump-priming funds into the economy. When it failed, there is now a concerted effort to pretend that figure was something a kooky surrogate made up – the president himself had nothing to do with it.
Indeed. And shills like Bashir are only too happy to advance this lie.
Exactly how is MSNBC allowed to broadcast such falsehoods with total impunity while calling itself a news network?
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You are the liar Martin
Submitted by ohio granny on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:22am.
Just like Obama, the liar-in-chief you are a liar. Obama is a serial, compulsive liar. He lies because he can.
LIARS, LIARS, LIARS. All of you. Obama is the biggest liar, but you and MSNBC are a close second.
Gonna get real ugly!
Submitted by creekrat on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:23am.
We can hope that if the left keeps this up, folks will just give up listening to them.
"Bishop " Bashir -- how much more ridiculous can it get?
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 3:17pm.
So, Bashir is resorting to LDS scripture to advise Romney of the fates that await him.
Imagine how many lies Bashir could find in Harry Reid's quotes -- if he wanted to find them.
To paraphrase an entry in an adverse Royal Navy officer fitness report, "Everytime you think he's hit rock bottom, he resumes digging."
Bashir is lying through his teeth?
Submitted by KyWriter on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:26am.
And somehow this is news?
Bashir should cleanse HIS inward vessel
Submitted by Slyrr on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:38am.
What we have here is yet another instance of a liberal leftist quoting scriptures they don't believe in, and hiding a savior they don't believe in, to try and score political points so they can get power and gain.
Obama DID say that if he were elected, unemployment would never go above 8%. Everyone knew Obama was lying and that he couldn't make that promise realistically, given the uncertainty and turmoil of the world, and the unpredictable nature of the economy. But he made the promise anyway, so he could sweet-talk the gullible and the ignorant into voting for him.
It was a crazy lie. But Obama said a whole lot of crazy lies to get elected. Promises about making a 'post racial' society, and 'ending partisanship', and 'lowering the levels of the sea'.
Bashir is flailing desperately to try and protect his failed 'sort of god', and he's doing it because Obama is paying MSNBC directly out of our tax dollars. Maybe Bashir should read something a little more basic, like 'thou shalt not bear false witness', before pretending he can even come close to understanding the full gospel of Jesus Christ.
Pot calling the kettle black?
Submitted by iamsaved on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:39am.
Don't you just love it when the immoral point fingers condemning others for the same things they do. He lied in order to accuse another of being a liar. That would make a believer out of me. Wouldn't it you?
I'd love for Martin Bashir to start condemning Muslims for following (and not following) their Satanic verses from the Quran and Hadith. He could quote each surah he's referencing. Maybe he could start by lecturing Obama and point out which "truths" he fails to follow from the books he studied as a child. Remember, it was Obama who said that the five prayer calls each day were music to his ears.
Mother Rape
Submitted by adamsmith on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:52am.
This guy would rape and murder his own mother if it advanced American Communism. He a treasonous, poisonous little toad who should hang for treason.
Why do you think Bashir had to leave the UK?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 2:21pm.
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Oh, the comment was about Bashir?
Submitted by jpwcpa on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 3:44pm.
That wasn't my first impression of adamsmith's post. But it applies to Bashir just as much, I would say.
Another liberal
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:51am.
taking text out of context to make it pretext. And I DONT go to MSNBC for my theology lessons.
bashir
Submitted by east tennessee john on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:58am.
Doesn't "bashir" translate into lying punk weasel? He seems to revel in being a controversial little c.s. and you wonder what his mother taught him (spit or swallow?)
'Culture of Corruption'
Submitted by Slyrr on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:00am.
And another thing - remember in 06, when every Democrat, leftist and their media slaves took every instance of GOP impropriety, no matter how small, and lumped it all together under the brand name 'Culture of Corruption'?
That's right - if a conservative, republican or GOP member so much as jaywalked, it was because Bush was a demon, the GOP were all devils, and because it was all a culture - of corruption.
And remember, the Demorats promised they would end ALL that. Yes, they, the Democrats, the liberals, the leftists, were all as pure as the wind-driven snow. They were untouched by greed, they never did anything perverted, never swore, did drugs or any of it (laugh). Listening to Pelosi, Obama, et. al., you would have thought that Democrats/liberals did nothing all day but meditate about how to help the poor, spend all day in orphanages reading stories to the kids, and dressing in chastity belts and petticoats.
Well, look at what the swamp is like now that Pelosi and the gang have 'drained' it (as they promised).
The Justice Department is giving guns to Mexican drug lords so people will be killed and they can destroy the 2nd amendment. Eric Holder is commanding the justice department to ignore any crime committed by a black man.
The President is playing footsie with the Russian KGB and selling out American defense.
Obama's secret service is consorting with harlots.
Obama's TSA is robbing airline customers blind and sexually assaulting them.
Obama is stealing our tax money to keep failed liberal news networks (like Bashir's) afloat in exchange for favorable coverage.
The GSA is throwing wild parties in Vegas and laughing about how they're living the high life while taxpayers starve.
Obama is gearing up to use the IRS as a terrorist organization to frighten the people into submitting to his unconstitutional 'Obamacare' law.
Obama and Mooch-elle are jetting all over the world on lavish vacations, using OUR money, not theirs. And Democrat senators are spending millions of dollars to 'commute', while the people are struggling to just find jobs.
And you can go on, and on and ON. 'Culture of Corruption'? We all know who the REAL crooks are, Bashir. You're just bearing false witness to cover it up, and you're doing it for money. Here's another verse from LDS scriptures you may want to take note of: "...It is to get again, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity."
Which party is it that's taken 5 TRILLION dollars in 3 years, Bashir? And no lying, now - you don't want to go to hell, after all.
I remember when Bashier was
Submitted by inquiringmind on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:10am.
I remember when Bashir was lying to Michael Jackson just to get an interview with the entertainer. Martin has simply taken it up a notch.
The liberals don't care.
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:19am.
You can cal them liars and theives and all the epithets you can think of. They don't care, as long as their plan works.
They control 75% of the media (maybe more). They can propagate their lies to more people than can be made aware that they are being lied to. And some of the people don't care that they are being lied to, because it is what they want to hear anyway.
Their goal is to get Obama re-elected. Longer-term they want to complete the transformation of America into the largest socialist economy on the planet. They have always believed that socialism failed in the past because the scale was too small and there was always an escape. Well, if America falls into the socialist pit, there will be no escape. Socialism is based on re-distribution of previously acquired wealth. Once that is gone, there is nothing to sustain it and complete collapse is the result.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
As I say frequently, the lesson of the USSR was...
Submitted by acaiguana on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:25pm.
The only true lesson from the USSR was that you can only steal everything once.
ACA
...
Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
If being truthful was a requirement at MSNBC, then...
Submitted by Conservator on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:22am.
Martin Bashir and all of the far left loons at the network wouldn't have a job. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly referred to as the Stimulus or The Recovery Act, is the economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009 and signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama. During this time, White House officials including Christina Romer who was sworn in on January 28, 2009, and Jared Bernstein who assumed office on January 20, 2009, where actively pushing for passage of this bill and where interviewed on numerous occasions in all forms of media including radio, TV and print.
During this period, they were members of the Obama Administration and spoke for the president. The key for passage of the legislation in a Democratically controlled Congress was the promise of keeping unemployment under 8%. Whether Obama actual said it is immaterial. If I recall correctly, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs also used that figure in his daily briefings. Anyone in the Administration speaks for the President and thus, is akin to Obama having stated it.
He didn't say "8 percent."
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:24am.
Obama didn't actually say he'd keep unemployment below 8 percent, he said that his policies would "save or create at least 3 million jobs over the next few years," which, of course, would keep the unemployment figures below 8 percent. So he didn't lie about the 8 percent, per say; he lied, several times, about the "saved or created" jobs that were nether saved nor created.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
WHO DOES AMERICA TRUST - ROMNEY OR BASHIR?
Submitted by Sgthulka on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:26am.
Because there is no one on the face of the earth more qualified to discuss the Book of Mormon in America than a British Muslim in America on a green card.
There are many reason for
Submitted by John21 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:45am.
There are many reason for making such a statement of so little value, intelligence or truth;
Propaganda value
Lack of even basic research
No knowledge of the subject matter
No knowledge of integrety or honesty
Working for the administrations Public Relations Firm (MSDNC)
Being a devote Obamabot
Overdosing on the Kool-aid
Martin Bashir has accomplished all of them.
Liberals lie; where's the
Submitted by clancie on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:08pm.
Liberals lie; where's the surprise. And being Liberals, no one holds them accountable.
MSNBC...
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:20pm.
Lean Forward
(and lie through your teeth)
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
"If we do not act swiftly and
Submitted by lotr on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:25pm.
"If we do not act swiftly and boldly, we could see a much deeper economic downturn, that could lead to double-digit unemployment.... that's why we need an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nohPlJXPw6A&feature=relmfu
"If nothing is done, this recession could linger for years. The unemployment rate can reach double-digits."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPcR6QjaFQ&feature=relmfu
True, the words "eight percent" may not have come from his mouth, but by the same token, one cannot deny that the "spirit" of his speeches was to make promises about a positive Stimulus impact on the absolute unemployment rate that did not come to pass. My point being that none of this means Romney is intenionally "lying," which is conjecture and an inflamatory judgment call on the part of this ideologue passing himself off as a "journalist."
Just like Hilary Rosen, a
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:47pm.
Just like Hilary Rosen, a media consultant employed by the DNC suddenly became just a "paid CNN contributor" Obama's senior WH advisor (Romer) and VP Biden's chief economist (Bernstein) suddenly become just a couple of analysts with limited access to data!
Marty the Basher truly has no shame.
But give him points for trying...it took him weeks to work in that "Mitt the Mendacious" quip that he thought was soooo clever!
Bashir
Submitted by I hate marxists on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:43pm.
He's a low life nothing intelligent comes of this clowns mouth. His head is so far up Obama's (I) that if Obama passes wind he'll blow Bashir away. Maybe not a bad thing:)
No Surprise, has he ever told
Submitted by John21 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:45pm.
No Surprise, has he ever told the truth?
Obama owns the report
Submitted by burnadams on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 1:57pm.
As the New York Times reported:
"In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama sought to inject a positive note into the economic outlook by RELEASING A REPORT from his advisers that estimated the number of jobs that could be created with his plan by the end of 2010."
Sorry Bashir, Obama used the report to sell his plan. Case closed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/worldbusiness/11iht-jobs.1.19...
I still think the purpose of
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 2:11pm.
I still think the purpose of MSNBC is the Left's attempt to LEGITIMIZE leftwing bias. I believe MSNBC has been intentionally positioned on the edge of the far Left so that it causes the other, and far more numerous, leftwing media outlets to appear balanced.
MSNBC is everything the Left claims Fox News to be. Therefore in the little minds of the Left, by creating a hardleft news network there is now a media spectrum where Fox News can be labeled the hard right, MSNBC can be the hard left, and everything else becomes? That's right! Centrist! Unbiased and neutral! It doesn't matter if the news outlet is still on the hard left: since it's not MSNBC and not Fox then it must be a reasonable and unbiased source of news.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Marty lies, Obama lies, what
Submitted by texasborngranny on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 2:58pm.
Marty lies, Obama lies, what else is new?
“In January of 2009, the Obama Administration promised its spending stimulus would keep the unemployment rate under 8%."
http://budget.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=257993
Martin, there is only one thing that sends you to hell...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 3:44pm.
...and that is believing in the father of lies instead of the Son of Light.
Which are you?
v
“I didn’t see no ’tissue’; I just saw a child.” - October Baby
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
vrwc
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 3:50pm.
Sadly, he's one who believes BO is the Son of Light.
If only people could be loyal to God the way they are to him.
How can you tell the campaign is on?
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 4:24pm.
The messianic references start up.
Michelle says he led us "out of the darkness, into the light."
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. -1 Peter
So I guess we're supposed to "declare [his] praises."
Sickening.
mb the messianic first family is just following manbearpig...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 4:36pm.
...John 16:3
v
“I didn’t see no ’tissue’; I just saw a child.” - October Baby
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Who did Romer and Bernstein work for?
Submitted by jpwcpa on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 3:58pm.
I suppose technically there was no Obama administration on the date the report was released. But let's not forget the absurdly egotistical act instigated by Obama shortly after the election, when he created the never-before-seen "Office of the President Elect". If memory serves, he even had some sort of "Office of the President Elect" seal to put on the front of a podium for his press briefings.
My first thought was to make
Submitted by Pewah on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 3:57pm.
My first thought was to make fun of this guy for not referencing the pronunciation guide found in all BofM's. The more critical issue here though is that Obama had the color of his skin...his ethnicity, which was off limits to comment on during the last election cycle if you were from the right-wing media, unless you were praising him for being the first of his kind to run for POTUS. True to form, the MSM has no problem, no mores, no taboos against attacking a conservative on something just as personal, their religion. MSNBC mocks Romney's faith in a way that does not resemble legitimate journalistic pursuit in the least. He will continue to get away with it because he is granted a pass from the left, MSNBC, NBC, the DNC, democratic pundits, etc. All those who would self-righteously clamor to proclaim themselves as being the guardians of civility and individual rights in our society are in fact vile bigots.
Namaste-Curry flavor reporting...
Submitted by RedWhtBlu_USA on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 4:20pm.
Martin Bashir.............christian name and a muslim name........hmmmmmmm..
Who got screwed here?..........christian mom, muslim father? or muslim mom, christian father??...............And you know more about Mormonism...........Really?
The bible says...you have to be an offspring of the same yolk. IF not this is the result...........TOTAL screw up, just like the guy who is occupying the WH.
Go figure.........Muhammed Bashir aka martin bashir or barry whatever flavor you are for the day
Just because you have a british accent, the curry smell still lingers!......
Namaste!
The Mormons, the Romneys, and the Left
Submitted by berlet98 on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 1:53am.
The Mormons, the Romneys, and the Left
A Roman Catholic, I freely admit I don’t know much about the Mormon religion aside from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Christmas and that Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney professes the Mormon faith.
My wife and I toured Salt Lake City, Utah a few years ago and had the opportunity to visit the majestic, 119 year old Salt Lake Temple, a exalted tribute to a church dedicated to helping the poor at the same time it requires its membership to remain celibate until marriage, avoid alcohol, caffeine and drugs, and engage in worldwide humanitarian missions.
Although the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has long been a holiday favorite in America, the 15 million members of Mitt Romney’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have long been held in a suspicion borne of an ignorance of the church’s precepts and teachings.
I would refer the reader to the church’s website, http://mormon.org/, for more information on who Mormons are, what they believe, and what they have accomplished in their unorthodox but very Christian ministry, almost all of which is antithetical to what Leftists believe, think and practice.
It is precisely Mormonism’s strict beliefs that grate most on the Left, although they cloak their religious disdain by objecting to secular matters. Thus, Mitt Romney has been subjected to greater criticism than any presidential candidate since JFK.
Romney has been castigated, ridiculed, sometimes clandestinely, sometimes publicly, by President Barack Obama’s ultra-liberal mainstream media despite claims that they are ultra-tolerant of virtually everything and everyone–except for Republicans and conservatives–principally because he represents all that liberals are not.
Reflecting the extent of Leftist sick venom, liberals haven’t been content with attacking the candidate; they have violated their hero’s injunction against involving families in political campaigns by abusing Romney’s former teenage sweetheart and wife of 33 years, Ann Lois Davies Romney.
Mrs. Romney was recently attacked with the same Democrat talking point applied to her husband–being out of touch with the real world due to the family’s success and wealth–and for having the temerity to be a stay-at-home mom for their five sons instead of pursuing a carreer.
That perceived crime was almost as grave to liberals as her opposition to abortion and support for other conservative positions.
The president ran for cover following that misogynistic charge which ran counter to the administration’s contention that Republicans are the people waging a war on women. Hilary Rosen soon retracted her idiotic statement, almost as quickly as Obama flack Jay Carney denied Rosen was an Obama lackey even though she has been to the White House dozens of times in the past three years.
Compared to other vile insults hurled at Ann Romney by liberals, calling her out of touch was a compliment.
Mrs. Romney has been labeled by Obama supporters as a ”c*nt,” “bitch,” and “whore,” among other disgusting characterizations, and all because the Left considers a decent mother who chose not to work outside her home as beneath their concept of dignity. And, of course, because she is Mr. Romney’s wife.
Romney’s unforgivable sin? . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=21969.)
Martin Bashir
Submitted by SweetOlBob on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 8:17am.
Just like the rest of the line up at MessNBC, Bashir has his own audience of idiots. I cant understand why ANYONE would watch or listen to this lying muslim apologist.
It seems like he is in a race with the SLL* in the white house to see who can spout the most Bee Ess.
*Slimey Little Liar