Back in September 2010 the Obama Administration revealed their updates to the Oval Office.
The administration announced that the new rug included quotes from Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King… Except that the quotes were from someone else.
A quote on the perimeter of the new presidential rug in the Oval Office is wrongly attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr. (PHOTO CREDIT: Shawna Shepherd/POOL)
This week President Obama justified his green energy failures at a campaign stop by comparing himself to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Speaking about the need to develop new sources of American energy in Largo, Md., Obama used our 19th president as a failure of forward-thinking leadership.
“One of my predecessors, President Rutherford B. Hayes, reportedly said about the telephone: ‘It’s a great invention but who would ever want to use one?'” Obama said. “That’s why he’s not on Mt. Rushmore.”
Too bad President Hayes never made those comments. The information was incorrect.
Unfortunately, Obama has a bad habit of citing fabricated quotes to bash his predecessors.
PJ Media reported on a few previous fabricated quotes:
January 13, Toledo, Ohio:
“When Bill Clinton first surfed the Internet, he said, ‘Golly, this’ll never be good for anything but porn and cyber-stalking,’” Obama announced. “That’s why he’s now nothing but a disgraced, impeached sex addict in a sham marriage to the worst Secretary of State in history.”
January 24, Panama City, Florida:“When Harry Truman first learned about the atom bomb, he thought it was a ‘senseless waste of uranium’ and tried to ship a couple to the Emperor of Japan as novelty gifts,” Obama said. “If they hadn’t fallen out of the plane, Japan would still be our ally today.”
February 3, Burbank, California:“When FDR was shown his first television, he deemed it ‘The Devil’s Toolbox’ and smashed it up with a sledgehammer, accidentally injuring his leg in the process,” Obama said. “He was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, and is now known as an elitist 1% er who bankrupted America with a Ponzi Scheme known as Social Security.”
February 17, Baltimore, Maryland:
“When Abraham Lincoln was shown the Gatling Gun, he laughed and said ‘Why would anyone want to shoot more than one bullet at a time?’” Obama scoffed. “That’s why he isn’t on Mount Rushmore.” [Aide hurriedly whispers in Obama’s ear.] “Oh, he is? Well, then, that’s why we’re going to replace his ugly face with my classic profile.”
February 28, San Antonio, Texas:
“When Thomas Jefferson first learned of the steam-powered locomotive, he insisted that ‘Nothing will ever replace the horse as mankind’s primary mode of transportation,’” Obama claimed. “That’s because he was a slave-owning rapist who declared an imperialist war on our Muslim brothers. More than any single person he is responsible for developing the supremacist philosophy underpinning this racist Amerikkka, and I have ordered all his portraits removed from the White House.”
Then again… As long as he continues to get away with it, why should he change?
More… Ben sent this in.
Interesting that none of you seem to be aware that President Hayes had the first phones installed in the White House. Made clear among other places in an older PBS documentary on Alex. Graham Bell (the American Experience?).
For bonus points, though the Clintons used to assert that the Federal Law forbiding raising campaign funds from the White House (details are getting fuzzy) phones and other govt offices predated the phones, in fact that law was passed after Hayes installed the phone.
We need better opposition research.
And more on Obama’s flubs here.
