If only the mainstream media could recognize its own behavior.
Amid the intense scrutiny he has experienced over several incidents he wrote about in his best-selling autobiography, “Gifted Hands,” Republican presidential contender Ben Carson turned the tables on the media by reminding them of their treatment of President Obama.
“I do not remember this level of scrutiny for one President Barack Obama when he was running,” Carson said in a news conference over the weekend. “In fact I remember just the opposite.”
But it’s even worse than Carson speaks of — there truly are different standards for Republicans and Democrats.
As seen in the following video from 2007, Obama talked about how the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March led to his parents meeting and to his ultimate birth, even though he was born in 1961 — four years before the march.
And the distortion of reality was readily dismissed as Obama “speaking metaphorically about the civil rights movement as a whole,” as noted by Twitchy.com.
Conservative firebrand Michele Malkin took to social media earlier this year on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march to remind folks of Obama’s fabrication.
Here’s Malkin’s tweet, along with a sampling of other responses from Twitter:
That time Obama lied & said 1965 Selma march inspired his parents to conceive him…even though he was born in 1961. http://t.co/RTgqRfwN9Z
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 7, 2015
No media lynch mob then. https://t.co/icOsBdtr3r
— Iggy (@thedarthiggy) November 9, 2015
@larryelder @BabyGirlHarlow @joanwalsh If he was a Republican there would not be a hole deep enough to hide in to flee from this video.
— Lori Lee (@simplylorilee) November 8, 2015
@larryelder @joanwalsh maybe his parents were psychic and foresaw the march?
— Bob (@bobincorona) November 8, 2015
@larryelder @joanwalsh Dems in general have trouble with exactly what conception involves, when life starts or what a baby is.
— This is ponderous (@Thisisponderous) November 9, 2015
It takes a special mix of stupidity, dishonesty, and corruption to say that Obama faced the same scrutiny the GOP candidates are facing.
— L (@OrwellForks) November 7, 2015
@conservative72 @conservateach Obama obviously confused the 1965 Selma march with a1960 bottle of Thunderbird. https://t.co/045AwlpK7X
— CoolCzech (@CoolCzech1) November 9, 2015
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