IBD: Obama’s Bio Grows Even Sketchier

Email

FB share

“The Obama Record: The discovery of the president’s false book bio claiming Kenyan birth fits an increasingly disturbing pattern. We’ve long described Obama as radical, but he’s also deceitful.

The mix of these two traits in the Oval Office is toxic. But the Washington media are anything but alarmed, still believing as they do the mythical savior figure they created in 2008.

The other night, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews argued on his “Hardball” show that Americans would be wise to re-elect Obama because he’s “the candidate we know.” He claimed he’s a trusted brand who “is who he seems to be.”

He went on to describe the president as “a fairly pragmatic progressive” and “tough defender of the country.” Therefore, he argued, he’s the safer choice vs. GOP foe Mitt Romney, whom Matthews warns is an unknown commodity — “Brand X” — who could turn out to be a nutty puppet of the “radical right.”

Of course, Obama isn’t at all who he seems to be. And judging from Obama’s sinking poll numbers, this is becoming more apparent to the electorate — thanks in part to the new media’s revetting of Obama after the old media’s half-hearted attempt in 2008.

Voters who don’t watch MSNBC are starting to see that the president’s public persona is merely a hologram created by media shills like Matthews, who define his identity and ideology and redefine it when facts disrupt the carefully constructed narrative.”

Read More