Thursday, January 13, 2011

Great Speech! Too Bad About the Lie

By all accounts, the President delivered a great speech.

But his run-up included a falsehood: that 'Rep. Giffords opened her eyes for the first time' when Obama visited her.

Nope.

Giffords can open her eyes, but because she is on a ventilator she can’t speak, said Rhee.

That was on Sunday.

Frankly, when I saw the clip of the President making that statement--which he repeated for emphasis--I thought he was lying. There was a 'tell' in his delivery of the line.

HT: Gateway

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Way to kick 'em when they're down!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you'd better consult Snopes on this one too.

Jim said...

"...he was lying. There was a 'tell' in his delivery of the line."

Schmuck! Obama was told that Giffords opened her eyes for the first time by her husband. Not only that, according to her doctor, it was the first time she had opened her eyes on her own.