By Frank Sesno
(CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama deserves extra credit for looking back even as he looks ahead. Knowing that he’s about to take the helm of this floundering ship of state, he’s sought some inspiration from captains who’ve navigated these waters before.
“I’ve been spending a lot of time reading [Abraham] Lincoln,” Obama told CBS’ [...]
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- Rush Limbaugh: A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Limbaugh says unemployment drop was skewed by Thanksgiving holiday On his Dec. 8, 2009, radio show, conservative host Rush Limbaugh mocked President Barack Obama's claim that the job market is stabilizing.Limbaugh played a tape of Obama giving a speech on the economy and jobs earlier that morning at the Brookings Institut […]
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- Glenn Beck: Labor union president Andy Stern is "the most frequent visitor" at the White House.The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Beck says labor leader is most frequent White House visitor Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck recently found another rhetorical weapon to use against President Barack Obama: White House visitor logs.In a Dec. 3, 2009, broadcast, Beck decried that Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, appears more times […]
- Barack Obama: When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Obama said reporters didn't ask questions on the issues, but they did At a jobs summit at the White House on Dec. 3, President Barack Obama closed his remarks with criticism of the media and the political culture in Washington, D.C. Obama was responding to comments from the chairman and CEO of Ethan Allen, a furniture com […]
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- Union chief visits Obama more than Hillary? Nope.In a Dec. 3, 2009, broadcast, Glenn Beck decried that Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, appears more times in a White House visitor log release than anyone else."You've got to ask yourself what the hell happened to this country," Beck said. "If I would have told you instead that the most frequent visitor of th […]
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