Saturday, September 22, 2012

That's Odd - I'm Not Seeing Much On Obama's Gaffes

Here are three pairs of stories.  Pick which one you've heard being covered more.  The media bias is appalling.  I don't know if it's worse this time around or if I've just noticed it.


Statements on the Libya Attack and Ambassador Assassination
Romney was blasted by the media for his comments the night of the Sept. 11th attacks on the Egyptian and Libyan embassies that included that assassination of our ambassador in Libya.  His statement criticizing the Obama administration for apologizing to the rioters for the misuse of our First Amendment Right because of an offensive youtube clip was resoundingly declared a gaffe, although it was applauded by many on the right.

On the other hand, this week, the administration finally caved on their insistence that the attacks in Egypt and Libya were spontaneous riots sparked by a youtube clip.  They now acknowledge that the assassination in Libya was a coordinated terrorist attack.  I'm not sure if they've admitted the obvious that it was timed for Sept 11th or not.  The media must figure that since everyone pretty well knew the administration was lying from the beginning, it wasn't really a story once it was confirmed...  It's a sad state of affairs when the version put forth by the Libyan government is more credible than what this administration would have you believe.


Hidden Videos
A hidden video of a Mitt Romney Fundraiser is released that shows him making insensitive statements about the 47% of tax return filers that owe no federal income taxes.  Obviously, many of those 47% have legitimate reasons for not owing and I hope some of them do come out for Romney.  The real frustration lies with the (I'm guessing double-digit) percentage of filers who are freeloading the system.  These are the SSDI frauds, the "single mothers" living with their working "boyfriends" (i.e. fathers), and the unemployment filers working under the table.

The Romney campaign counters with (unhidden) video of Obama as an Illinois State Senator declaring that he is for wealth redistribution.  He wants to take all your stuff and pass it around as he and his party see fit.  Of course, some of that ends up in their own pockets, kind of like the Politburo.  How else did Harry Reid become a multi-millionaire as a legislator?  Interesting, too, is that the media coverage of Romney "writing off" the 47% that don't pay federal income taxes failed to contrast that with the Obama campaign's admission of writing off the white working class.  Anyway, here's the redistribution video:

A Real Obama Gaffe
Whereas Romney's media-declared gaffe after the attacks on Egypt and Libya practically derailed mainstream coverage of the growing crisis in the Middle East, I'm sure they won't put themselves out too much reporting every angle of Obama's recent interview on Spanish TV where he was mercilessly attacked for not keeping his campaign promises to the Hispanic community (i.e. amnesty) and for the bungled Fast and Furious operation.  In particular, Obama said he's learned in his first term that "you can't change Washington from the inside."  Oops.



1 comment:

  1. Another good one Obama's "cling to guns and religion" quote. I'm sure there were at least 47% of people offended by that one.

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