Is there no effrontery to which Barack Obama will stoop? Foolish question. The man who has assailed whole belief systems with a single slur, bent the facts repeatedly with his bare hands, and invented doublespeak neologisms to justify unpopular acts wants you to join his “Truth Team.” What is the Truth Team? A message at the official website provides an answer:
The Truth Team is a network of supporters of President Obama who are committed to responding to unfounded attacks and defending the President’s record. When you’re faced with someone who misrepresents the truth, you can find all the facts you need right here—along with ways to share the message with whoever needs to hear it.
Every time a baseless attack comes to light, we’ll arm you with the truth so you can spread the word. [Emphases in the original]
Armed with the truth (along presumably with justice and the American way), you can help the Truth Team expose lies like this one, identified at the site: “Romney’s tax plan helps millionaires and hurts the middle class.”
Whoops, sorry, that’s supposed to be the truth. (The site design is a little confusing.) When you click on that statement, you are taken to a page that quotes a campaign pledge by Mitt Romney “to eliminate the tax on interest, dividends and capital gains” on “anyone making under $200,000 a year.” Quoth the Truth Team: “Closer scrutiny of Romney’s actual proposal reveals that it’s very good for the wealthy—and very bad for everyone else.”
But only one of the five bullet points that follow addresses the subject at hand, “tax on interest, dividends and capital gains,” and that one is misleading at best:
Looks like a mirror site on Twitter will be needed.
Only Obama, his WH staff and campaign peeps can post to the twitter feed linked.
But I can already imagine the humor this latest propaganda ploy from Obama will generate.
Here’s something to attack:
Obongo’s new budget is like they found Brittany Houston- underwater.
Crude but true. BTW, I really loved her singing. Sad demise for a true talent.
@oil guy from Alberta:
I saw the photos of her on Thursday and downloaded a few of her songs.
I said to my husband that I didn’t think she had long to live….this was also on Thursday.
He turned on the TV on Sat and said, “Guess you were right about Whitney.”
Very sad.
CURT hi,
so the TRUTH TEAM HAS BECOME THE LIARS TEAM, NOT TO BE BELIEVED,
THEY ARE LYING TO THEIR TEETHS
BYE
Someone will have to find for me the last instance of truth telling by King Putt.
He excels at propaganda. Pravda, yes. Izvestia, yes. Truth, not so much.
I am tempted to put up good hard cash as a reward.
As was the case for Clinton the Rapist, truth is whatever is appropriate to say at any given moment.
As was the case for not-a-crook-Nixon, statements become inoperative a few seconds after they are uttered.
Zippy believes what he says when he is saying it. Once the statement is uttered, it no longer exists.
That worked in 1932. Let us hope it does not work this time.
Cheer up, folks. Things will get a lot worse. Seen pictures of Athens burning this morning?
mathman
hi,
why would he borough money from CHINA TO SEND TO GREECE? IS IN HE THE ULTIMATE FAILURE,
even the worse accountant would not do it
bye