Conservative bloggers are denouncing President Obama for his statement condemning a terrorist attack against a church in Egypt on New Year's Day. These bloggers are falsely claiming that, in the words of Jim Hoft, "Obama is making up Muslim victims" of the attack. In fact, there were reportedly Muslims wounded in the attack.
Ace of Spades' Gabriel Malor followed up on Hoft's attack, claiming that Obama "create[d] Muslim victims" of the bombing. And Pam Geller wrote today that the president's statement "was grotesque, misleading, and deceptive."
All three blogs quoted Obama's statement that "[t]he attack on a church in Alexandria, Egypt caused 21 reported deaths and dozens of injured from both the Christian and Muslim communities." Hoft explicitly drew the conclusion that Obama had falsely claimed that there were Muslims among the fatalities saying of Obama's statement: "Not true. All 21 of the victims in the attack were Christian. No Muslims died in the attack."
Of course, only people intentionally trying to gin up phony outrage would read that sentence and argue that Obama was trying to claim that there were Muslim fatalities and hoping that no one would fact-check the claim. Who knows? Maybe Hoft really believes what he wrote. But a rational person would see that Obama was saying that there the injured came from both the Christian and Muslim communities.
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So what else is new? We've been bogged down in more phony outrage, false/misleading claims, and downright slander concerning Obama than actual fact-based critiques of his record and policies. The outcome is that we now have a huge segment of the opposition that is based solely on irrational thinking that will further gum up the works and promote more disastrous decisions.
Are you telling me that right-wing bloggers do not like President Obama?
Wow. What a surprise.
Where was Obama born?
C'mon--- Obama went from worst to first in the blink of an eye...from a grant seeking community organizer for people with no jobs or education (and don't rant about "Senator"...he collected a princely Senators salary while campaigning for ANOTHER job...I have more time in the Senate chambers as a visitor than he did as a Senator) to leader of the biggest business and most powerful nation to have ever existed. He is in waaay over his head. He says and does a lot of stupid and inane stuff --- he doesn't need any "right-wing bloggers" to make him look bad. He accomplishes that task on his own.
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