John Boehner lied. A bunch

[ProSense]

John Boehner lied. A bunch

by Meteor Blades

I suppose you’ll be wanting some details. Steven Benen has a few. Noting that Speaker John Boehner’s response to President Obama’s Monday night speech was characterized by its “breathtaking dishonesty,” Benen wrote:

9. “President Obama came to Congress in January and requested business as usual — yet another routine increase in the national debt limit — we in the House said ‘not so fast.’”

Making it seem as if Obama is the one requesting a debt-ceiling increase is fundamentally dishonest. Worse, in January, Boehner wanted a routine increase, too. <…>

4. “The president has often said we need a ‘balanced’ approach — which in Washington means: we spend more, you pay more.”

Actually, Obama has called for trillions in spending cuts. <…>

1. “If the President signs (the House Republican plan), the ‘crisis’ atmosphere he has created will simply disappear.”

Obama created the crisis environment? The Speaker’s speechwriters really should stop using Orwell as an instruction manual.

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[gateley]

1. I heard (read on DU, probably) that Boehner taped his statement

before Obama even gave his, so he just trotted out the same 'ol lies that they love keeping afloat.

Kind of OT, but Tweety had an interesting observation about Boehner's appearance. That the set was looking as though they were attempting to "match" the President's, that he probably would have fared better had he done it a la Nixon/Checkers speech. Kind of sitting on the edge of a desk, "I'm just like you" type of feeling. Don't know if he's right and don't really care, but I thought that was interesting -- the backdrop they chose for Boehner (once Tweety pointed it out, natch).

[hedgehog]

2. Jonathan Alter agrees:

Speeches by politicians are usually full of spin, biased use of facts and appeals to emotion. President Barack Obama’s address to the nation last night on the debt ceiling was no exception.

House Speaker John Boehner’s response was in a different league. It was chock full of statements that simply aren’t true.





http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-26/boehner-s-response-is-work-of-political-fiction-jonathan-alter.html

[medialeansright]

3. Yep.

NT