#obamainhistory
Once people start laughing at you, it's awfully hard to come back.
In an act of hubris that's stunning even for our most ego-maniacal president, it seems that he's inserted himself into the short biographies of other presidents in the White House website. From Commentary:
The Heritage Foundation’s Rory Cooper tweeted that Obama had casually dropped his own name into Ronald Reagan’s official biography onwww.whitehouse.gov, claiming credit for taking up the mantle of Reagan’s tax reform advocacy with his “Buffett Rule” gimmick. My first thought was, he must be joking. But he wasn’t—it turns out Obama has added bullet points bragging about his own accomplishments to the biographical sketches of every single U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge (except, for some reason, Gerald Ford). Here are a few examples:
- On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. President Coolidge later helped create the Federal Radio Commission, which has now evolved to become the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Obama became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
- In a 1946 letter to the National Urban League, President Truman wrote that the government has “an obligation to see that the civil rights of every citizen are fully and equally protected.” He ended racial segregation in civil service and the armed forces in 1948. Today the Obama administration continues to strive toward upholding the civil rights of its citizens, repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, allowing people of all sexual orientations to serve openly in our armed forces.
- President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare signed (sic) into law in 1965—providing millions of elderly healthcare stability. President Obama’s historic health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, strengthens Medicare, offers eligible seniors a range of preventive services with no cost-sharing, and provides discounts on drugs when in the coverage gap known as the “donut hole.”
- On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Today the Obama administration continues to protect seniors and ensure Social Security will be there for future generations.
- In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.
Hilarious. And now the subject of a fast-growing Twitter hashtag -- #obamainhistory -- that's worth following.
President Obama is now, officially, a joke.
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Dec '10
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Funny or nauseating? I'm having trouble with the distinction.
May '10
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Obama is nuts--or at least, his followers are. We saw it first (first I noticed, anyway) in that insanely embarrassing Great Seal of the Office of the President-Elect that showed up on his podium after the 2008 election. Obviously, the Obama campaign had in it a whole army of graphic designers (and managers) with way too much time on their hands and way too little sense of proportion.
The voters have noticed Obama's feet of clay, but there are true believers within the campaign who still believe the man has world-historical significance. For them, he is The God Who Has Not Yet Failed and watching their missteps is going to be very entertaining.
Dec '10
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I'm really getting a Jim Jones vibe off him lately.
Jun '11
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How long before he claims that he waa FDR.and LBJ in past lives?
Sep '10
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Quick: someone update Emperor Nero's entry on Wikipedia.
Apr '12
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This can only happen in an office of yes men...I hate to paraphrase Peggy Nooman but where are the adults.
Mar '11
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I'm only surprised Obama hasn't hijacked the Sermon on the Mount yet.
May '10
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Funny you should mention that: Jim Jones was a far-left extremist--which is why liberal politicians in San Francisco and elsewhere supported him for so many years.
Jun '11
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Who knew @Pseudo was such an optimist? Obama-as-Nero means we have at least a few hundred years left.
Edited on May 15, 2012 at 7:59pmRe: #obamainhistory
This is just plain weird. It goes so far beyond aggrandizement. This reaches into L. Ron (Obama) Hubbard territory. Beyond being blatantly partisan, election year shenanigans...it is just freakish. Ick!
Oct '11
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Unless you are a comedian it is a hell of area to be "official in". The sad point it is not funny but is very illustrative of the character of our THIRST for first President
May '12
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Jim Treacher and Iowahawk: Have at it!
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Rob, thanks for sharing this. I am only surprised that the White House didn't add this bullet under George Washington's biography: "Did you know that President Obama ranks his legislative and foreign policy accomplishments above Washington's?"
Mar '11
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Zelig?
Jun '10
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Obama's mistake is believing the cult of personality will function properly without the full coercive power of the state to enforce it.
Sep '10
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Elizabeth I think you're being a tad racist and I may have to report you to Attaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack Waaaaaaaaaaaatch.
Jan '11
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For years, we've been told that late night comedians serve society by afflicting the comfortable; by popping ball0ons and egos with their sharp-edged wit; bringing the high and mighty down to earth.
How much you wanna bet that they mention this news item only as a setup for a Romney joke?
Dec '10
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Obama's theme song?
May '10
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President Obama continued George Washington's warning against entangling alliances by leading from behind. President Obama continued Teddy Roosevelt's tradition of giving speeches in Osawatomie by giving a speech in Osawatomie
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Rob, here is a photo to go with your post. Originally, it, too, appeared from the White House website. To call the man self-regarding would be an understatement.