Quick Fact: On CNN, Matalin falsely claims "Bush inherited" 9-11 attacks and recession
On the December 27 edition of CNN's State of the Union, Mary Matalin falsely claimed that President George W. Bush "inherited a recession from President Clinton, and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation's history." In fact the 9-11 attacks occurred eight months into Bush's presidency and more than a month after he had received a Presidential Daily Briefing titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.," and the recession began in March 2001.One of the running themes in comic movies over the years about older high school students and college kids is the slacker who start out not taking responsibility for anything. Then over the course of the story they have an epiphany of sorts and start acting like adults. Matalin and most modern conservatives are the slackers that never have an epiphany and thus never learn to take responsibility. Yet they still, straight faced, look into TV cameras and claim they should be the party running the country. Mad Matalin wants to return to the good old days 2000-2008 when Republicans drove the country off a cliff into a war based on lies and the largest deficit in our history.
Obama condemns Iran’s ‘violent and unjust suppression’ of citizens
Obama condemns Irans violent and unjust suppression of citizensPresident Barack Obama on Monday strongly condemned Iran's crackdown on protesters and called on the Islamic regime to immediately free those "unjustly detained."
"The United States joins with the international community in strongly condemning the violent and unjust suppression of innocent Iranian citizens," Obama said in Hawaii where he is on vacation.
"We call for the immediate release of all who have been unjustly detained within Iran," Obama said.
Obama promised to stand behind Iranians during the "extraordinary events," saying that he was "confident that history will be on the side of those who seek justice."
But he said that the events were "not about the United States," which is vilified by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or "any other country."
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"It's about the Iranian people and their aspirations for justice and a better life for themselves," Obama said.
