These Men (and Women) They Call “Journalists” Part 2

Today I will continue with the feature that I started last week about the intense media bias that clearly favors Barack Obama and his campaign by touching on a few more topics in which the media would like you to think one way, but the reality is starkly different.

Obama/Media Claim: As president, Barack Obama personally brought an end to the war in Iraq.

Reality: Barack Obama did nothing to end the war in Iraq that a different president, i.e John McCain, wouldn’t have also done.  Obama ended the Iraq war on the exact timetable that his predecessor, George W. Bush, established before he left office.  The Bush Administration negotiated and signed a Status of American Forces (SOFA) with Iraq and signed it near the end of Bush’s tenure in 2008.  An article in The Daily Beast explains this, the link for which can be found below.

Yet Obama goes on TV, goes to fundraisers, runs all across the country spiking the football and claiming it was him who ended the war in Iraq.  That without him we would still be engaged in major combat operations in Iraq.  Mr. President, you are a liar, and a big one at that.  But asking him to tell the truth is next to impossible these days.

And what about Afghanistan, Mr. President?  You promised that war would be ended within 16 months of your assuming the presidency.  Now here were sit just over a month from the 2012 election and our troops won’t be leaving Afghanistan until 2014 at the earliest.  Now more troops have died in Afghanistan under your watch than during Bush’s entire Presidency!  Because of your inability to act, someone I consider to be one of my close friends was just recently sent over for a minimum 5 month tour of duty.  One would think since Obama “ended” the combat in Iraq so efficiently that he’d be able to do the same in Afghanistan.

Obama/Media Claim: Mitt Romney is out of touch.  He knows nothing about the problems of most Americans.

Reality: Yes, these people really say that and imply that on a nearly daily basis.  But last time I checked it was Barack Obama who is absolutely in love with Hollywood and it is Barack Obama who out raises Mitt Romney among people in Hollywood by an enormous margin.  It was Barack Obama who just recently held a massive fundraiser with Jay-Z and Beyoncé that pulled in millions.  It is Barack Obama who goes on talk show after talk show, avoiding hard hitting questions from the media at all costs.

Thanks to Obama’s policies, this country faces the massive “fiscal cliff” come January.  Barack Obama told all of us to “tighten our belts” and not take to go on vacations.  But he’s spent millions of dollars going on upscale vacations in Hawaii, Martha’s Vineyard, etc. all on the taxpayer’s dime!  Not to mention he’s gone golfing 104 times as of September 14^th!  As a side note, regardless of your opinion of George W. Bush, at least he owned his ranch, which kept his travel costs way down.

Mitt Romney is the one out of touch?  Really?  Mitt Romney has the plan to balance the budget, improve global trade and create 12 million new jobs in his first term.  And that’s 12 million real new jobs, not the job record Obama wrongly claims to have.  Mitt Romney isn’t the one who spends what seems like more time hanging with celebrities than he does running the country.

There may be one more part to this series depending on what develops this week, I’ll keep you all posted and thanks for reading!

Jimmy Williams

The Daily Beast Article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/24/obamas-war-crime-taking-credit-from-bush-adminsitration-for-ending-the-iraq-war.html