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Everything this Administration does has the touch and feel of a street gang. The White House Blog,
for example, looks more like the Daily Kos than dialog from the
Executive Branch of the United States government. It is in fact
an extension of the Fact Check
spin machine Obama used during the campaign. It's also very
discomfiting that the Obama Administration takes on individual
critics like Glenn Beck, and FNC, the lone dissenting
television voice, with the full weight of the United States
government.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2009 AT 1:15 PM
Reality Check: Trying to Turn a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame
Posted by Jesse Lee
Last night Fox News continued its
disregard for the facts in an attempt to smear the Administration's
efforts to win the Olympics for the United States. In the past, hosting
the Olympics has been a source of pride and unity for the country, but
once again Fox News' Glenn Beck program has shown that nothing is
worthy of respect if it can be used as part of a partisan attack to
boost ratings.
RHETORIC: BECK SAID VANCOUVER LOST $1 BILLION WHEN IT "HAD THE OLYMPICS." Glenn Beck said, "Vancouver
lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the
Olympics." [Transcript, Glenn Beck Show, 9/29/09]
REALITY: VANCOUVER'S OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2010. Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games from February 12 – 28, 2010 and March 12-21, 2010, respectively. [ Vancouver2010.com, accessed 9/29/09]
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Beck may have meant to say Montreal's Olympics, but there he'd have been untruthful since " Montreal’s 1976 Olympics left the city with $2.7 billion of debt that it finally paid off in 2005." - New York Times . Even if he was referring to the Vancouver Olympics, a $1 billion projected loss is probably being conservative. Obama's a punk, and a street thug. It shows in everything he does.
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