Originally posted by KunsooDid you object when Bush was blamed for Katrina?
Seriously!
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/boehners-office-says-president-avoiding-personal-responsibility-for?ref=fpb
Is Boehner sure it isn't gay marriage?
The headline isn't exactly what the article says either.
Obama, “continues to blame anyone and everyone for the drought but himself,” reads a release from Boehner’s office posted online and distributed to reporters Monday.
Sounds as if his press release writer needs a brain transplant, but they were at least quick to produce another version which made sense...
The new version reads, “the president continues to blame anyone and everyone for failing to respond to the drought but himself.”
Originally posted by KewpieThe new version reads better, and exposes the real truth, that Obama and crew are desperately attacking and making unsubstantiated accusations from tax evasion to murder.
Obama, “continues to blame anyone and everyone for the drought but himself,” reads a release from Boehner’s office posted online and distributed to reporters Monday.
Sounds as if his press release writer needs a brain transplant, but they were at least quick to produce another version which made sense...
The new version reads, “the president continues to blame anyone and everyone for failing to respond to the drought but himself.”
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Originally posted by normbenignSee, Bush wasn't blamed for Katrina. He was blamed for a poor federal response to it. There's nothing in Boehner's statement about Obama's response to the drought.
Did you object when Bush was blamed for Katrina?
The headline isn't exactly what the article says either.
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Originally posted by KewpieHis boss also needs one.
Obama, “continues to blame anyone and everyone for the drought but himself,” reads a release from Boehner’s office posted online and distributed to reporters Monday.
Sounds as if his press release writer needs a brain transplant, but they were at least quick to produce another version which made sense...
The new version reads, “the president continues to blame anyone and everyone for failing to respond to the drought but himself.”
So what is wrong with Obama's response to the drought?
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Here is part of the TPM follow-up.
President Obama urged members of Congress Monday to pass a farm bill intended to relieve farmers struggling in the midst of a debilitating drought. He also signed off on $170 million in drought aid.
That might all be a product of Obama’s guilty conscience, suggested an aide to House Speaker John Boehner, who wrote on the official speaker’s website Monday that not only should Obama do more – he should take personal responsibility for the natural disaster: “The president continues to blame anyone and everyone for the drought but himself.”
Following a round of Internet mockery: The post now includes changed language, and an update.
Pounding away at an obvious mistake in wording is pretty absurd. The Republicans did it this year with their assertions that Obama didn't know the Supreme Court could void unconstitutional legislation and with the brouhaha over his statements regarding businesses and infrastructure, but I see no reason to mimic that reprehensible behavior. We all know what the guy meant.
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Originally posted by no1marauderThe difference is that in this case it's mostly for humor. The right wing is still pushing the "you didn't build that" out-of-context lie. Fortunately, people don't seem to be falling for it.
Pounding away at an obvious mistake in wording is pretty absurd. The Republicans did it this year with their assertions that Obama didn't know the Supreme Court could void unconstitutional legislation and with the brouhaha over his statements regarding businesses and infrastructure, but I see no reason to mimic that reprehensible behavior. We all know what the guy meant.