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Did Fox News’ Chris Wallace lie on air or does he not “get” how the Senate works?

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TPM reports that Chris Wallace stated on air that President Obama had a 60 vote Senate majority for two years — so if he didn’t get anything done it’s his fault. This is another favorite fictional meme of the GOP:

“For the first 2 years he had a filibuster proof majority in the Senate,” Wallace told LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, making the case that Obama has only himself to blame for his poor economic record.

Sorry. NOPE.

“In fact, Democrats had a 60-vote majority for less than 5 months between Sept. 24, 2009 and Feb. 4, 2010. Before and after, Republicans had enough seats to mount filibusters, which they often did.”

— Chris Wallace: Obama Had A Filibuster Proof Senate Majority For 2 Years | TPM LiveWire

Let’s give Pres. Obama a Congress he can work with.

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FoxNews / RWNJ controversy fail: Obama’s 9/11 Proclamation doesn’t mention God!

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Charles Johnson | Wingnut Nontroversy of the Day: ‘Obama’s 9-11 Proclamation Does Not Mention God’

Today’s wingnut outrageous outrage of the day comes to you by way of the ever-confused Todd Starnes of Fox News. It involves the exclusion of the word “God” in “Presidential Proclamation — Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, 2012.” This was followed up by an even more hysterical pseudo-religious rant from the ever-seething Pat Dollard.

Behold the announcement from Todd Starnes:

 

How different from Bush’s Presidential Proclamations, right? 

[...] It turns out that George W. Bush did not mention God for his “Presidential Proclamation–Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance” for 5 of 8 such proclamations — meaning that the majority of these proclamations did not include the word “God.”

He mentioned it in the initial proclamation in 2001, and in the years 2004 and 2005.

George W. Bush does not mention God in 2002.

George W. Bush does not mention God in 2003.

George W. Bush does not mention God in 2006.

George W. Bush does not mention God in 2007.

George W. Bush does not mention God in 2008. 

[...] I offer the following alternative headline.

Lowering “the status of the Office” according to Fox News: presidents / candidates on late night tv

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ACCORDING TO FOX “NEWS,” Obama Lowered “The Status Of The Office” by appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

SO, THIS IS WRONG:



April 24, 2012 — Slow Jam the News with Barack Obama [x]

BUT, THIS IS OKAY:


Dec 19, 2011 — Romney on the Late Show with David Letterman: Top 10 things you don’t know about Mitt Romney

ALSO, OKAY: 


April 28, 2008 – Bush appears on Deal or No Deal.

AND ALSO OKAY:
John McCain Has Heard of ‘The Office’
May 8, 2008 — McCain on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

John McCain and David Letterman
April 1, 2008 – Senator John McCain flew to New York Tuesday for a return appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman,’’ where he formally announced that he was running for president last year.

VERY OKAY: September 24, 2008: David Letterman Lays into John McCain for Bailing on Late Night Appearance – Letterman went into a long routine against McCain, mocking McCain’s earlier claim that he needed to “rush to the airport.” Letterman then went on against McCain for not only canceling him, but for suspending his campaign in the first place. Letterman asked if McCain was “suspending it because there’s an economic crisis, or because the poll numbers are sliding?”… McCain passed up what would have been his 13th appearance on Late Night, the show where he first announced his campaign for President.
WATCH:

DON’T WORRY THOUGH, HE DID APPEAR EVENTUALLY: October 17, 2008:


Aug. 25, 2008 — McCain on Late Night with Jay Leno


November 8, 2008 — McCain on Tonight Show with Jay Leno

John McCain's Sarah Palin Diss: Not So Subtle
April 14, 2009 — where McCain snubbed Palin on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Bush, Leno Talk Obama's Dancing Skills

On and on and on…. oh, Hypocrisy! Thy name is Fox “News.”

WAR ON THE RICH OMGZ! they are so oppressed :(

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reallyfoxnews: Fox News Headline v. Real Headline of the Day: Fair and balanced journalistic integrity.


socialistexan: Show this to anyone who tries to deny that Fox isn’t a GOP political operation.

tigersmilk: hahahahahahahahahaha WAR ON THE RICH OMGZ! they are so oppressed : (

Palin’s legacy: the “death panels” lie

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We can all thank Sarah Palin for the “death-panels” lie that continues to scare and confuse the elderly. Probably the biggest favor you can do for seniors in your own family is to insist they watch any channel besides Fox News.

Andrew Sullivan:

HealthcareEmotions

A summary of Kaiser’s September health care tracking poll:

Six weeks from the contentious midterm elections, confusion over the new health law has risen to its highest point since April, with 53 percent of Americans saying they are confused about health reform, up 8 percentage points from August.  Misperceptions about the law also persist: for example, three in ten seniors believe the law will permit government panels to make decisions about end-of-life care for Medicare recipients (often referred to as “death panels”).