Posted by Tina
Obama’s shaky claims before Congress (updated), by Thomas Lifson – American Thinker
** If I were president I’d make damn sure every claim I made in an address before a joint session of Congress was verifiable. Last night, President Obama made two very dubious claims. **
** The automobile was invented in America *** Yes, Henry Ford made the automobile affordable for the masses, but the actual grunt work of inventing the automobile was done mostly in Germany. Sorry. Any machinery as complex as the automobile has many people contributing to the “invention” of the product. The heart of the auto is the engine, and most of the innovations came from Germans. If any single individual is credited with the first car, it is usually Karl Benz (as in Mercedes-Benz). Even the Library of Congress says so. They are conveniently located across the street from Congress, where Obama delivered his speech. An American, Charles Edgar Duryea, played a role in perfecting the invention. *** Health care costs now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds *** Dan Riehl crunches the numbers and calls the foul: That could be called a gross exaggeration … well actually, more like a lie. *** Putting aside that it now seems impossible to lose your home in Oba-land, a bankruptcy every 30 seconds equals 2 a minute, = 120 an hour = 2889 a day = 1,051,200 a year. *** According to the WaPo on January 4, 08 and CNN Money for 08 and 09 projected, while it likely justifies his annual number, health care isn’t even listed in the items. **
Maybe this is why they said Bobb Jindal’s rebuttal was…what was it, Libby? Oh yeah, cheesy…which is nothing more than a nasty slur.
Sure beats being thought of as a careless fibber.