No, Really. The Obama White House/Re-Election Campaign Has Inserted Obama Into The Biographies Of His Predecessors

Words fail. Really.

OS picked up on this article from an acquaintance, and his first thought was 'Nawwww! Somebody's pulling my leg. This is a prank. Not even Obama would be that shameless and completely stupid.'


Actually, the article's author had had that same reaction himself...only to discover multiple re-edits of the biographies to include Himself in the great narrative of the past.

Here are just a few examples, and the readers dug up even more--including a few about Michelle!

• 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.

Another great reader contribution was this joke:

"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning-the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. President Obama saw this and said "I was totally going to do it in 5 days and get in two days of golf, but whatever."

Here's Calvin Coolidge's bio on the White House Website, just as an example. It's one of the milder examples.

Words. Fail.