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Did U.S. President Barack Obama lie to U.S. Citizens on CNN
U.S. President Barack Obama, the darling of the media, talking about the importance of Veterans,seems to have pulled a Hillary Clinton who is known for misspeaking. A trait Hillary Clinton is known for, and President Barack Obama's handlers during the U.S. Presidential election took full advantage of at every opportunity to discredit Hillary as Presidential material.
On the podium talking to the American public on CNN, U.S. President Barack Obama mentions his father served in the U.S. Military during World War II and when his father returned after the war, his father was grateful for the veterans services which were accorded a war veteran like his father.
While admirable to say this about his father, his father was not American, so what veteran service in which country is he referring to? Another small problem being is it seems the liberal media like so many sheep took his word as gospel and without question.
Another small issue is when U.S. President Barack Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Senior was born, it was April 04, 1936, thus his father was just 5 years old at the beginning of World War II and was just over 9 years old when World War II ended.
Barack OBama's biological father died in 1982.
Now some may say U.S. President Obama may be referring to his stepfather, another problem arises, though his stepfather Lolo Soetoro was born before World War II, the fact is his stepfather was born in 1935 and was 5 years old at the beginning of World War II and was all of 10 years old at the end of World War II.
His stepfather died in 1987.
Both fathers would be in the Guinness World Book of Records to accomplish such a feat of bravery. The fact is, neither fathers ever served in any Armed Services in any country.
Now many in the media chastise the public over Obama's country of birth, his Islamic roots and not being born in America. Though he may not have been born in the USA, his biological mother Ann Dunhan is American.
The puzzler is, if President Obama still insists his father served in World War II, perhaps he is referring to a biological father that the public, the media and including his own biological mother does not even know about?
Yet when Former U.S. President George W Bush talked of his military service the media dug deep, leaving no stone unturned to find out everything about former President Bush's military record to look for untruths.
In ending, when is stated by the public, politicians that the media is bias, one wonders about truth in news, when it is clear many in the media have their own agenda, preferring to hear what they want to hear, and ignore the rest, thus doing a disservice to both the public and their news organization at large.
Now that this story on the examiner is public, what else is U.S. President Barack Obama misspeaking on? Certainly distressing considering the New York debacle in which President Obama sides with a religious group over the wishes of the American public who put him in office.
Somehow Hillary's misspeaking of dodging Bosnian sniper fire on an official visit seems more plausible than U.S. President Barack Obama and his tall tales.
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at 14:19 on September 12th, 2010
a lot of people lied about their age to get into the war. :-)
at 14:23 on September 12th, 2010
Yeah, but I am sure Mummsy and Daddums wouldn't allow their preschooler to hold a pair or scissors, much less a machine gun
at 15:57 on September 12th, 2010
Some think that Barack Obama's slip up was that his GrandFather, Stanley Dunham, who was a "father like" figure and was indeed in World War II (Source: Snopes)
at 17:40 on September 12th, 2010
Thanks, I was referring to his paternal grandfather, though I can see why he may have misspoken, without clarification.
Course the Lou Dobbs interview over his fathers scholarship by the US during the Kennedys when his dad came over from Africa as a sponsor turned out to be another misspeak, as his Dad was already studying in the states long before the scholarship fund was established. Like I said Hillarys sniper tall tale sounds more entertaining and believable.
at 05:11 on September 13th, 2010
I am pretty sure that was what the President was wangling at.
at 16:06 on September 12th, 2010
A lot of people lied to wage a war.Brainless guys stood by these liars,as they do it even today,spoke more lies to prove that lies were truth,and those who exposed lies were called conspiracy-theorists.
Every politician,whichever country,race,religion,he/she belongs to,is always a compulsive liar.Politics is nothing but presenting lies,designed by wordsmiths,as final truth.We know the liars,but never wordsmiths.Obama is not an exception.People always get a liar they deserve.
at 20:52 on September 12th, 2010
I completely agree with Mr. ORegan that people (in this case the liberals) hear what they want to hear. I've been very frustrated with dealing with people who seem to think that any criticism of President Obama is ridiculous. It's true that they seem to think that every criticism of him was fabricated or downright false. Interesting though now that many of those who voted for him are beginning to get disgusted with him for not following up on his campaign promises.
at 05:12 on September 13th, 2010
I am a liberal, but I detest political lying.
at 18:25 on September 13th, 2010
So when was it exactly he said his dad was a veteran? I'm looking all over CNN and can't find anything about it. If you had posted a link, a date, or some type of way to see the source, there would be a lot more credibility to the story. Not that you would lie, or anything. It's just that there are so many psycho people out there that will make up pretty much anything about the president to discredit him. You'd think you'd want your source material to be made readily available so nobody would accidentally mistake you for such a person. I'd love to read the original story so I can see this dastardly lie myself, first hand. Maybe my search-fu is rusty, but I'd appreciate some type of reference or link to the original dastardly lie. Maybe I haven't been getting the right emails or wasn't paying attention, but I didn't see him say his father was a veteran and I just can't your word for it when it's something like the integrity of my president. When you don't cite your accusations... it's kind of like libel.
at 19:08 on September 13th, 2010
Found it. Telling easily refuted lies like that is a real boneheaded move in politics. I'm not sure how he thought that would be a good move. Talking about his country of birth, Islamic roots, and your being vexed at the observance of the Constitution to not declare Muslim free zones in New York at the tail end of your article sure didn't make your article easy to accept as reasonable. If you've got a good point, a credible source, and a leg to stand on, you shouldn't have to resort to tired rhetoric like that.
at 21:47 on September 13th, 2010
You fooled me. This explains the rhetoric. Obama's maternal grandfather, Stanely Dunham, acting as father in Obama's formative years, served in the US military shortly after Pearl Harbor. He did serve and did get VA benefits after his service. You took somebody either calling their grandfather "father" because that's how they thought of them or misspeaking themselves into something sinister. Obama should have been more careful with his language. You yellow journalists can twist careless words around into things their not.
at 00:00 on September 14th, 2010
This is old news, he meant his grandfather anyone with common sense knew that...And he said that over 2 years ago, but you try and make it sound like he said it yesterday...You are slow...
at 05:24 on September 14th, 2010
No, it's just that midterm elections are coming up. He was trying to catch people like me that didn't pay attention to it the first time. Just yellow journalism is all.
at 20:46 on October 9th, 2010
There are countless interviews out there where Obama referred to his Grandfather as Dad and his Father. So why not take one more thing out of context and lie about it, Tea Party idiots? You only look MORE foolish, if you possibly can...
at 06:22 on September 14th, 2010
Democrat Barack Hussein Obama - ILLEGAL ALIEN
at 20:44 on October 9th, 2010
Has anyone forgotten that the President has explained time and again (before the date of this video) that his Grandfather was the most significant person in his life as a boy and that he always referred to him as "Dad" or "Father" because that was the role he played? Look up THOSE interviews. He had more sense than to blatantly lie about something like that. He knew all eyes were watching him. He was referring to his Grandfather.Even his sister refers to the Grandfather as, "Dad" or "Father."www.snopes.com/politics/obama/serivce.asp