From MediaMatters: Like O’Reilly, Hannity misrepresented Obama remark to falsely claim he made a “campaign promise” to allow “no earmarks“
On the March 6 edition of his Fox News program, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that President Obama made a “campaign promise” to allow “no earmarks.” As purported evidence, Hannity aired several clips of Obama referring to earmarks, including a January 6 clip of Obama stating his desire to “ban all earmarks” from the economic recovery package, which Hannity, like Fox News colleague Bill O’Reilly, misrepresented to claim Obama was breaking his word by signing the omnibus appropriations bill.
After purporting to “go to the videotape” and “show the audience at home” Obama’s “campaign promise” of “no earmarks,” Hannity aired a number of clips from the 2008 presidential campaign in order to claim that Obama was breaking his promise of “no earmarks,” when, in fact, in three of the clips, Obama was referring to reforming the earmark process, and in a fourth, he was asserting that an opponent was being hypocritical for taking earmarks and then advocating against them. In the fifth clip, which was actually taken from a January 6 media availability — not during the presidential campaign as Hannity suggested — Obama stated: “We are gonna ban all earmarks — the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review.” However, Obama was referring to his desire to “ban all earmarks” from his “recovery and reinvestment plan,” which he specifically distinguished from “the overall budget process.” — [ MORE ]
….meanwhile FAT Limbaugh wished Sir Edward Kennedy Death. Said Limbaugh on health care legislation: “Before it’s all over, it’ll be called the Ted Kennedy memorial health care bill”
Limbaugh should know that at “400 pounds” — he is a walking heart-attack, waiting to happen! But, I bet NAZI hate-mongers do think they are immortal!
Rush’s fellow ReTHUGlican David Frum, a former special assistant to WAR CRIMINAL Bush — describes Limbaugh current JUMBO DANCE: “…..A man who is aggressive and bombastic, cutting and sarcastic, who dismisses the concerned citizens in network news focus groups as “losers.” With his private plane and his cigars, his history of drug dependency and his personal bulk, not to mention his tangled marital history, Rush is a walking stereotype of self-indulgence — exactly the image that Barack Obama most wants to affix to our philosophy and our party. And we’re cooperating! Those images of crowds of CPACers cheering Rush’s every rancorous word — we’ll be seeing them rebroadcast for a long time.” — [ READ MORE ]
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