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uponit7771

(93,532 posts) Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:01 PM Mar 2019

I don't see were Omar mentioned Obama in the Newsweek article [View all]

I don't see were Omar mentioned Obama in the Newsweek article...

https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-barack-obama-cages-drones-1356997

Is this more crap stirring by the M$M?!?

thx in advance

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I don't see were Omar mentioned Obama in the Newsweek article [View all] uponit7771 Mar 2019 OP

It's in the Politico article they are referencing. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #1

Hmmmmm, poltico isn't quoting her mention of Obama either ... uponit7771 Mar 2019 #2

"Omar says the "hope and change" offered by Barack Obama was a mirage." TwilightZone Mar 2019 #3

It's a long article, so easy to miss. kcr Mar 2019 #5

It's there: in quotation marks frazzled Mar 2019 #6

Actually Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #13

The reporter stated she was talking about Obama. n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #14

So we take the reporter's word for it Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #15

Obama was the "hope and change" candidate, as you know. And that part was a direct quote. pnwmom Mar 2019 #16

Was it? Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #17

Because reporters paraphrase, in order to write more concisely. If you've ever read a newspaper, pnwmom Mar 2019 #18

I have read newspapers Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #19

They don't provide direct quotes of every word out of every person's mouth. They selectively pnwmom Mar 2019 #20

When it is the main thrust of your article Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #21

Many of us thought it was an attack. She was saying Obama followed bad policies but hid it pnwmom Mar 2019 #22

Tapes that she provided Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #23

She not only compared Obama to Trump, as you finally admit, she said that Obama pnwmom Mar 2019 #24

That is not what she said Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #25

It is EXACTLY what she said. pnwmom Mar 2019 #26

Thank You for trying to explain that to Cha Mar 2019 #28

So we are not allowed Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #31

It is FALSE to say that their policies were similar. Trump with great fanfare announced pnwmom Mar 2019 #33

We're Not saying he can't "be criticized".. but Cha Mar 2019 #27

Thanks for the link, Cha! We don't need Dems mindlessly repeating Trump talking points. n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #30

You're Welcome, pnwmom.. Cha Mar 2019 #36

It depends on how you define constructive Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #40

No one is saying Obama can't be criticized. I am saying you shouldn't be saying false things pnwmom Mar 2019 #34

It was not false Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #39

It was FALSE to say those are children separated from their parents, like under Trump. pnwmom Mar 2019 #43

If you reread her comment Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #44

If you read her subject line, she said children were being separated at the border pnwmom Mar 2019 #45

You sure about that? Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #48

when Obama's Pentagon increased drones attack to target terrorists many here complained Demonaut Mar 2019 #37

I know Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #38

You keep putting up straw man arguments in order to defend Omar's falsehoods... LuvLoogie Mar 2019 #54

Not a strawman Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #57

No thats not true.. its easy to take things out of context. Be Careful. lancelyons Mar 2019 #55

How's Vanity Fair, uponit? Cha Mar 2019 #35

Correct me if I'm wrong but the drones kept falling and there were kids separated at the border Autumn Mar 2019 #4

So, you agree that Trump's policy on family separations and Obama's were similar? TwilightZone Mar 2019 #8

Wow. That's quite the twisting of what I said and completely wrong. Autumn Mar 2019 #11

Followed by an oft-debunked, right-wing talking point. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #56

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2019 #12

Why are you minimizing the differences between Trump's and Obama's policies? pnwmom Mar 2019 #32

Minimizing the differences? Was this sentence in my post invisible? Autumn Mar 2019 #41

You seem to have overlooked some of the other things you wrote. pnwmom Mar 2019 #42

What I posted are facts. Autumn Mar 2019 #46

And you chose to post facts (like separated children of a tiny fraction of refugee seekers) pnwmom Mar 2019 #47

And that is exactly what I posted. Autumn Mar 2019 #49

Is there a reason you haven't fixed your misleading subject line? n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #50

I see no reason to change any of my posts. I think they are fine. Autumn Mar 2019 #58

HERE IS THE AUDIO. kstewart33 Mar 2019 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2019 #7

Imagine the response if Omar was referred to as "a pretty face and a smile." Hassler Mar 2019 #9

Wow.. I know right! Damn! WTH! Cha Mar 2019 #29

No kidding LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #52

She alluded to him. maxsolomon Mar 2019 #10

The congresswoman helpfully provided a recording of what she told the reporter. lapucelle Mar 2019 #53