Posted on 05/09/2014 6:06:51 PM PDT by lbryce
Original Title:The Obama Lie That Was So Bad the Washington Post Said, ‘On Just About Every Level, This Claim is Ridiculous’
President Barack Obama earned “four Pinocchios” from the Washington Post Fact Checker, the highest ranking for a political lie, for asserting that Republicans filibustered 500 pieces of legislation, an exaggeration of nearly five times the reality.
Obama spoke at a fundraising event for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Los Angeles Wednesday, and made the charge against Republican lawmakers.
“Here’s what’s more disconcerting; their willingness to say no to everything — the fact that since 2007, they have filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation that would help the middle class just gives you a sense of how opposed they are to any progress — has actually led to an increase in cynicism and discouragement among the people who were counting on us to fight for them,” Obama said.
The Post unsparingly said of the president’s assertion, “On just about every level, this claim is ridiculous.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
0bunghole is the worst lying demagogue I can think of in my lifetime. He will lie about anything and everything and do a half-assed job of it to boot.
Progressive Bloggers Are Doing the White House’s Job
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3154320/posts
What? obammy lied?
Now a real story would be that the poser told a truth, lying piece of crap that he is.
A fool and his money...
> earned “four Pinocchios” from the Washington Post Fact Checker, the highest ranking for a political lie, for asserting that Republicans filibustered 500 pieces of legislation, an exaggeration of nearly five times the reality.
Thanks lbryce.
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