White House under fire for adding Obama policy plugs to past presidents' bios

foxnews.com ^ | 5/16/12

[Justaham]

The Obama White House is drawing ridicule for appending the official online biographies of nearly every president over the last century in order to link President Obama's accomplishments to the former commanders in chief.

The Obama team went into the pages of U.S. presidents dating back to Calvin Coolidge to add friendly looking "Did you know?" fact boxes to the end of their bios. Those additions were used to plug a host of Obama administration initiatives, ranging from the health care overhaul to the so-called "Buffett Rule" to his green-energy policies.

For instance, the following line was added to the official bio of the late President Ronald Reagan: "In a June 28, 1985, speech, Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multimillionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule."

The White House is coming under heavy criticism from conservatives for the changes, and not just to Reagan's page.

Late Tuesday, the White House defended itself, claiming the staff was merely adding links to other pages.

[Chode]

[eyedigress]

Nobama looking to his rational base to get the facts out, and burn down a local depository. FUBO you bunch of MoonBat derelicts. Nobama is nothing more than butthurt.

[Cicero]

Says the Malignant Narcissist:

“It’s all about me.”

[smokingfrog]

That’s inexcusable. These people have no shame.

[RightOnline]

Sorry, but..........what the hell did you just say?

[MtnClimber]

Drop the turd in the Jimmy Communist Carter punch bowl, Mayby the gay Johnson unit. Maybe even FDR or the other communist believers. But, don’t mention the Marxist Zerobama in the same sentence with any past presidents who valued freedom for US CITIZENS!

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Those bios are all evolving.

[Cyber Liberty]

I went to whitehouse.gov to see for myself, and I found something interesting about the entries in question. The "Did you know?" bullet points were between the actual bio and the author's credits at the very end, giving the impression the biographers wrote the bullet points. My 10th Grade English teacher would have flunked me, for the term, if I did that in ONE term paper for false attribution.

[Cyber Liberty]

The last six words will do....

[Jedidah]

Check this:

https://twitter.com/#!/search/obamainhistory?q=obamainhistory

[Red_Devil 232]

You gotta love Michelle Malkin's ‏@michellemalkin Triplegigglesnort.

[GeronL]

Obama created the Earth and the heavens

Obama said let there be light

Obama won the revolutionary war

Obama freed the slaves

Obama completed the transcontinental railroad

Obama invented radio

...

never ends

[Norm Lenhart]

In an effort to assist in community organizing, President Barack Obama invented the internet.

Oh wait...

[reg45]

Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes . You know that's why the Good Lord made your eyes. So, plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize!

Tom Lehrer - "Lobachevski"

[kearnyirish2]

The affirmative action token knows that his reign will be viewed as a non-period between presidents that mattered; he has nothing to distinguish himself (especially if the disastrous ObamaCare is tossed - bad publicity is better than no publicity for this fake).

[freedomfiter2]

At least he hasn’t put his head on all the busts of past Presidents yet.

[reg45]

OMG! He’s a bigger narcissist than Al Gore!

[Norm Lenhart]

In a successful environmental marketing campaign, Barack Obama hand painted the spots on a limited number of owls in the Pacific Northwest. Larger owls immediately collected the entire set.

[Norm Lenhart]

President Barack Obama has an unknown writing credit for “Love Story” starring Al and Tipper Gore.