Two weeks ago, I blogged about Ben Smith’s review of David Maraniss’s new biography of Barack Obama, Barack Obama: The Story. That left-of-center pundit found that the book punctures the falsehoods (AKA lies) Obama crafted in constructing his own autobiography.
Do wonder if our friends at the Washington Post and in the New York Times, the former journal which employs Mr. Maraniss as an associate editor, will devote as much consideration of Mr. Obama’s misrepresentations of his own life as they did to a haircut Mr. Romney supposedly gave a high school classmate and to the impressions of that presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s neighbors.
And do wonder if they’ve covered the numerous acts of kindness Mr. Romney since he married Ann.
ADDENDUM: Will editorialists at these papers ask what it says about a man who attempts to rewrite his life story? Will journalists consult psychiatrists/psychologists who have studied adults who misrepresent the details of their own childhood.
How do you think they would have reacted had they learned a Republican had created a false narrative about his own life?
Dan, your use of the term “hair-cut” is disappointing. If you’re going to question whether or not it even took place (your use of the word “supposed”), then call it for what it was its being purported as: hazing. You know very well that whatever was taking place was not a “hair-cut.” One goes to a salon and pays for a hair-cut. Not school, unless they have lice.
No, Cinesnatch, no, I won’t. The only sources for this story are high school classmates of Mr. Romney who hold different political views from him today.
If it happened, it was a horrible thing. But, you’re dodging the issue. Why is this 50-year-old incident, a story of adolescent behavior more newsworthy that lies Mr. Obama told as an adult? That’s the point here.
If you claim the legitimacy of the story, fine. But, to call the supposed occurrence by a euphemism is flippant and, as I’ve said, disappointing. To say that “if it happened, it was a horrible thing,” and then to call it a haircut? If it happened, it was a hazing. If it didn’t happen, there was no hazing.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THIS BOOK!
[If it’s an issue what Mitt Romney has alleged to have done as a high school student — behavior which he did not repeat after his marriage to Ann — then it is very noteworthy how Obama, as an adult, repeatedly misrepresented his own youthful behavior. I only mention this “haircut” to show the bias of the papers mentioned above. They focus on this one issue, an adolescent indiscretion and ignore Mr. Obama’s very real adult deceptions. That’s the issue here. Please address the issue of the Washington Post‘s decision not to follow up on this story. And that of the New York Times.
Mr. Obama chose to publish these deceptions. What does that say about him? — Dan]
#3: “If you claim the legitimacy of the story, fine. But, to call the supposed occurrence by a euphemism is flippant and, as I’ve said, disappointing.”
Dan, because Romney is a Republican, Snatch-Game is just very upset that you refuse to equate the alleged incident with the profound evil of child molestation, as he did several weeks ago. Thank you for putting him in his place and reminding him to stay on topic.
Thanks Sean! Are you going to read the book too? Hopefully, we can chat about it later. In fact, that’s a great idea.
Thanks for suggesting it.
Well, Romney is responsible for an isolated act of schoolyard shenanigans from his boyhood, though Obama is NOT responsible for his association with known enemies of the United States in his college years and never renouncing those associations. Ted Kennedy was not responsible for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, William Byrd was not responsible for his KKK associations, the impeached womanizer, Clinton, was targeted for political reasons and his personal affairs have nothing to do with his ability to lead the nation…the nice thing about being a Democrat is you are not responsible for ANYTHING. When you have no principles, no one has to adhere to any of them.
*Robert Byrd
And yet, leftists never fail to point out when conservatives fail to adhere to their supposed principles. That’s funny. It’s better to have principles and fail to live up to them (as long as an honest effort to live up to them is made) than to have none.
No worries, Az. That’s an easy mistake to make–it’s almost impossible to tell those white DEMOCRATS apart under those white hoods.
I’m not holding my breath.
Liberals=Democrats=Good=Perfect
Conservatives=Republicans=Bad=Bigots and Fascists
If you remember these simple words, it explains everything in the world.
Except for sellouts like Jon Huntsman and John Roberts who are useful tools because they attack conservatives, and good losers like John McCain and Bob Dole.
V the K
My comment was facetious.
V knew: he was joining the fun.
Dan,
You must be kidding! Do you really expect the Washington Post and the New York Times to write anything favorable about a Republican? That´s contrary to their small minded leftist agenda. Republicans are bad, Democrats are good and kind like OWS, Bill Maher, Whoopie Godberg , and airhead Joy Behar.
First to Vince:
I was “hazed” as a teen in a private school. We all passed through the “rat” line as part of the process of being “initiated.” Some of it got out of hand. I assure you that a “haircut” was mere fluff to what befell the poor lad who “invited” special treatment.
What amuses me is how outraged the left has forced itself to be over what amounts to jocks snapping each other with wet towels in the locker room.
A fellow went off to Cranbrook and was a bit counter-culture and he got his ears pinned back. Maybe his mommy should have been tethered to him for protection. Maybe he got a wake up call and figured out how to navigate at Cranbrook.
But, apparently, Romney is supposed to have been above being a teenager and is required to have known all along that any shenanigans or even misstep along the road leading beyond adolescence would be used to attempt to critically damage his reputation among the “perfection-is-minimal-for-a-virtue” set.
Your “concern” about that “haircut” is solidly addressed here.
My goodness but you liberals sure do want to set a high standard for societal perfection in your political correctness war against things that make you feel bad.
I was at a local crab shack on the Potomac with a mess of Maryland blue crab to be conquered. There was a fat family of seven near by. Even the four year old girl had Dunlop’s disease. (Her belly done lopped over her belt.) They were having a great old time chowing down on fried everything. They laughed, were friendly and really up for the 4th of July.
You know what? The first thought that entered my mind was how much I would have liked to see Moochelle come rolling in and cuss them out for not being her idea of perfect. To Hell with her and the mule she would have rode in on.
The nanny state you liberals praise and bow down to is doing what about illegal immigrants, crimes committed with guns, drug addicts being the magnet for the world of drug producers and sellers, pitiful public schools that are on a downward slide by all measures, rapidly increasing unemployment and an economy sliding deeper into recession, states that are bankrupt, manufacturing that is fleeing the country, etc.?
And you want to pile health care into the mix and promote the biggest tax increase in history as a solution to all our cares and woes.
But, first, there is the “haircut” to address.
Don’t you feel a bit puny?