CNN attacked United States troops in Iraq who were away from their families on Christmas for potentially violating Department of Defense guidelines when they had President Donald Trump sign "Make America Great Again" hats and "Trump 2020" patches. Oddly, CNN never criticized troops when former President Barack Obama and his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, signed memorabilia back when Mr. Obama was campaigning to become president in 2008.

As noted by Joe Concha at The Hill, "The worst kind of bias is the bias of omission. And what's missing from this report is precedent as it pertains to President Obama who, as a candidate, signed memorabilia for U.S. service members overseas in July 2008. Not a hint of criticism followed."

SFGate reported on the Obama trip to Afghanistan at the time, though they never highlighted the signing of memorabilia by Mr. Obama.
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/39741/trump-amanda-prestigiacomo

Exactly five years earlier, during the Obama administration, border agents repelled a gang of rock and bottle throwing illegal immigrants using pepper spray. This was just one of 151 uses of pepper spray at the border that year alone, in addition to 27 uses of tear gas, and all without a peep about “war crimes” or the Holocaust.
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/28/tear-gas-use-illegal-migrant-caravan-border-crossing-trump-column/2126309002/

President Barack Obama separated parents from their children at the border.

Obama prosecuted mothers for coming to the United States illegally. He fast tracked deportations. And yes, he housed unaccompanied children in tent cities.
- https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article213525764.html

The images, which the Associated Press first published in 2014, resurfaced recently for reasons that remain unclear, and quickly prompted viral outrage on Twitter. One particularly disturbing image showed two children sleeping on mattresses on the floor inside what appeared to be a cage.

A number of prominent liberals — and even a former Obama administration official — shared the photos, mistakenly believing they depicted the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents.
- https://www.businessinsider.com/migrant-children-in-cages-2014-photos-explained-2018-5

(Dec 28, 2018 10:44 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: Obama doesn't come even close to all the shit Trump has pulled. Here's just one recent example by President Douchebag:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-pay-raise-increase-iraq-troops-visit-al-asad-air-base-a8701101.html?fbclid=IwAR2WLSbG1gLjnH5fywKogpYX6ZIcUJRBHKW9_sVUx7Nhx6AqilpYSXGTbf8

(Dec 29, 2018 12:38 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: He said: “They had plenty of people that came up, they said, ‘You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3 per cent, we could make it 2 per cent, we could make it 4 per cent’.”

He continued: “I said, ‘No. Make it 10 per cent. Make it more than 10 per cent’. Cause it’s been a long time, it’s been more than 10 years. Been more than 10 years, that’s a long time.”

Military pay has increased each year for more than three decades, with a 2.4 per cent increase in 2018. The 2019 National Defence Authorisation Act brought a 2.6 per cent increase.

(Dec 29, 2018 12:41 AM)Syne Wrote:

(Dec 29, 2018 12:38 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: He said: “They had plenty of people that came up, they said, ‘You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3 per cent, we could make it 2 per cent, we could make it 4 per cent’.”

He continued: “I said, ‘No. Make it 10 per cent. Make it more than 10 per cent’. Cause it’s been a long time, it’s been more than 10 years. Been more than 10 years, that’s a long time.”

Military pay has increased each year for more than three decades, with a 2.4 per cent increase in 2018. The 2019 National Defence Authorisation Act brought a 2.6 per cent increase.

So you think exaggeration is worse than lying about people coming home? What a twisted little world you live in.

(Dec 29, 2018 12:42 AM)Magical Realist Wrote:

(Dec 29, 2018 12:41 AM)Syne Wrote: So you think exaggeration is worse than lying about people coming home? What a twisted little world you live in.

He lied you idiot. He lies all the time. Obama is no comparison to him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/13/president-trump-has-made-more-than-false-or-misleading-claims/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.40061ef85949

(Dec 29, 2018 01:27 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: Lie #1. He said it would be more than 10%.

Lie #2. He said it's the first raise they got in 10 years.

Double lie. While smiling and looking right in their eyes. Pure unadulterated scumbag.

Quote:Yeah, what a scumbag. Rolleyes