Hannity misquoted Obama to falsely accuse him of breaking promise

On his Fox News program, Sean Hannity misquoted President Obama in falsely claiming that Obama, "in the [presidential] debate with [Sen.] John McCain, said, 'I'm going to go line by line. I'm going to eliminate all the earmarks.' " In fact, during the second presidential debate, Obama said that he wanted "to go line by line through every item in the federal budget and eliminate programs that don't work and make sure that those that do work, work better and cheaper." Indeed, during his presidential campaign, Obama actually promised to reform the earmark process and cut wasteful spending, not eliminate earmarks altogether.

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[CMartin030]

@squizzoo couldn't have said it any better myself man if you listen to muthafuckas like that your are stupid.

[squizzoo]

C'mon folks, anyone with half a brain knows that Hannity, Limbaugh, and Beck are nothing but liars lying to their brainless listeners.

[tracer740]

umm scarface, ... you forgot or just left out one other denigrating fact... he also has a little peepee.

[BillOsBFFF]

really? You are an idiot.

[coolroski]

he did not say he would end all earmarks. what do we have members in congress representing us for? some of the things the congress asks for are worthy causes in their districts....some of the things may be pork but i dont think all of it is. more truthful, in-depth reporting from sean insanity hannity

[GTRbumblebee]

true that

[000IIINATIONIII000]

Obamas breaking alot of promises.

"Lies we can believe in."

[lbjandai]

if you're serious, you're an idiot.

[scarface19832]

Look obama is a nazi, he killed jesus, john lennon, JFK, the crash of 1929 was all on obama. He also is responsible for 9/11 and the fall of the roman empire. He put the salmonella in the peanut butter. AND HE IS JEWISH!

[NuBN247]

It will be something like Obama is a: Communist, Socialist, Terrorist, Tree Hugging Racist ... with whatever additional adjectives or lies that they can think of at the moment. : D