October 26, 2009
Hooked on phonics?
Ron Burgandy in chief.
August 15, 2009
Repeating health care whoppers in weekly address
President Obama read from the same, misleading script during his Weekly Radio Address, repeating lies he told at town hall meetings earlier this week.
August 14, 2009
Gaffe in Montana: ‘We were losing about 700 jobs each month’
President Obama misspoke today during his town hall meeting in Montana, accidentally downplaying the size and scope of the recession.
August 12, 2009
Flubbing the facts on a Medal of Freedom recipient
While awarding tennis player Billie Jean King with the Medal of Freedom, President Obama misquoted her stats — “not even in the ballpark,” King said.
Hillary: 2000 U.S. election like Nigeria’s rigged elections
Continuing her tour of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared the 2000 Florida recounts to the rigged elections in Nigeria.
August 11, 2009
Gaffe in Portsmouth: Government-option will work like the Post Office!
Not really sure what’s worse here, that the president dissed the Postal Service, or that he committed the ultimate Washington gaffe by telling the truth.
Gaffe and lie in Portsmouth: Got a toothache? Get a colonoscopy
How can the president think the American people are going to follow him toward health care reform when he exhibits such ignorance about medicine?
August 10, 2009
Hillary snaps in Africa
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton snapped at a university student in the Congo when he asked her husband’s thoughts.
August 4, 2009
White House walks back statement that Ahmadinejad is the ‘elected leader’ of Iran
Aboard Air Force One today, Robert Gibbs retracted his statement that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the “elected leader” of Iran.
July 24, 2009
Obama: U.S. forced Hirohito to surrender to MacArthur
President Obama told ABC News’ ‘Nightline’ that Emperor Hirohito surrendered to Gen. MacArthur — the emperor wasn’t even on the boat.
July 23, 2009
Biden claims sounds of artillery disrupted 2008 trip to Georgia
Veep Joe Biden told the Georgian Parliament he remembered hearing artillery fire and fighter jets during his 2008 visit to the country, but Biden wasn’t any where near the fighting, which has subsided by the time he arrived.
July 22, 2009
Health care presser lies, Pt. 8: Saying police acted ‘stupidly’ without knowing the facts
At the end of President Obama’s health care press conference, he was asked about the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Gates, to which he said the police in Cambrige, Mass., “acted stupidly.”
July 21, 2009
Biden: Ukrainian women are hot!
While on an overseas trip to the Ukraine, Veep Joe Biden told the country’s president that Ukrainian women are “the most beautiful women in the world.”
July 20, 2009
Obama on health care: seeking greater inefficiencies
President Obama today said his administration is seeking ‘greater inefficiencies’ in its push for health care reform.
July 16, 2009
Biden: We must spend money to avoid bankruptcy
While speaking about health care reform, Medicaid and Medicare, Vice President Joe Biden said the country must spend money to avoid going bankrupt.