Obama vandalizes WH presidential biographies

May 15, 2012 11:28am 130 Comments
by Philip Klein Senior Editorial Writer



Conservatives are having a laugh after it surfaced that the official presidential biographies on the White House website have been updated to inject President Obama into history. But kidding aside, this is a truly disgraceful behavior. In the most egregious example, noted by the Heritage Foundation's Rory Cooper, the official Ronald Reagan biography is appended with the note: "In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffet Rule." (Over at Commentary, Seth Mandel has a roundup of more examples.) Put aside the fact that what Reagan was proposing in 1985 had nothing to do with the Buffett Rule. Obama should not vandalize his predecessors' biographies to promote his own agenda.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/obama-vandalizes-wh-presidential-biographies/543386

I saw this earlier today and assumed it was from the onion.

If it is true it is a commentary on how stupid the Obama team think their voters are. It also speaks volumes on how stuck on stupid they are to think it is the majority mindset.

You can get back to me on that after the next election.

In the mean time insert the standard deflection, distraction or they did it to here ____________________.

otisptoadwater wrote: May 15, 2012 11:28am 130 Comments
by Philip Klein Senior Editorial Writer

Conservatives are having a laugh after it surfaced that the official presidential biographies on the White House website have been updated to inject President Obama into history. But kidding aside, this is a truly disgraceful behavior. In the most egregious example, noted by the Heritage Foundation's Rory Cooper, the official Ronald Reagan biography is appended with the note: "In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffet Rule." (Over at Commentary, Seth Mandel has a roundup of more examples.) Put aside the fact that what Reagan was proposing in 1985 had nothing to do with the Buffett Rule. Obama should not vandalize his predecessors' biographies to promote his own agenda.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/obama-vandalizes-wh-presidential-biographies/543386

Quite a few of the bibliographies have a "Did you know?" section tagged on them, pointing out something that Obama is claiming as a victory.

I think it sucks. His staff should have left the bibliographies alone rather than try to turn them into campaign tools.

Obama, the Wikipedia presidency where anyone can come along and edit the past?

It's not truly vandalism, since it's just a commentary added to some of the biographies.

Kate wrote: It's not truly vandalism, since it's just a commentary added to some of the biographies.

Couldn't they have waited until he's dead?

This has to be a joke...even Obama can't be that fkn arrogant. Next he'll be injecting his greatness into a Lincoln biography.

And fred, I found an avatar for you...
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Kate wrote: It's not truly vandalism, since it's just a commentary added to some of the biographies.

Ok, it's not vandalism.

Shameless campaigning, and an incredible show of disrespect to those that held the office before him.

How's that?

Nobody that matters wrote:

Kate wrote: It's not truly vandalism, since it's just a commentary added to some of the biographies.

Ok, it's not vandalism.

Shameless campaigning, and an incredible show of disrespect to those that held the office before him.

How's that?

It is campaigning, but I don't think it's disrespectful.

Kate wrote:

Nobody that matters wrote:

Kate wrote: It's not truly vandalism, since it's just a commentary added to some of the biographies.

Ok, it's not vandalism.

Shameless campaigning, and an incredible show of disrespect to those that held the office before him.

How's that?

It is campaigning, but I don't think it's disrespectful.

Of course not. Obama did it. He's got a 'D' behind his name.

If someone with an 'R' had done it you'd be all up in arms about the disgrace.