Sadly, this was not from the Onion, but from taxpayer-funded NPR:
(Screenshot courtesy Weasel Zippers)
As reported by the Weekly Standard,
Here’s the excerpt on NPR’s website:
President Obama has studied the life of President Lincoln. In his second inaugural address in 1865, Lincoln spoke of the Civil War, then nearing its end: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.” A section of Obama’s speech had a similar rhythm.
The comparable text in Obama’s remarks?
With confidence in our cause; with faith in our fellow citizens; and with hope in our hearts, let us go about the work of extending the promise of America…
From here, NPR tries to draw a parallel between Obama’s Afghanistan decision and the Civil War. “President Obama’s speech brought Lincoln to mind and also highlights an advantage that Lincoln had in 1865,” the female radio host says. “Lincoln was speaking near the end of a four-year war. Victory for the Union side was not quite won, but was in sight.”
The male host continues: “President Obama spoke last night of a war that has lasted almost a decade. He faces a far more ambiguous task: starting to disengage American troops, while acknowledging that fighting in Afghanistan will continue for years.”
So one leader (Lincoln) urged the nation to “strive on to finish the work we are in,” shortly before winning the war the nation was fighting. And the other leader (Obama) says, “let us go about the work of extending the promise of America,” immediately after calling for America to cut and run from the war the nation is currently fighting. See the parallel? Apparently it’s visible only to NPR hosts.
Not even Pravda, in all of its glory, could dish up propaganda so ridiculous. Soon, we will start hearing about how Obama freed the slaves after the Civil War and the official White House portrait of Lincoln will be changed to this:
Is this a little over the top? Maybe, but it makes about as much sense as the story on NPR.
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You know, it is scary how far they will go to try and make this man look good! You have to wonder if there is anything that they would stop at!
I am not sure that there is. They are really stretching here. I suspect that next NPR will try to compare him to Jesus Christ.
A narcissist like Obama needs no help from NPR but they need help from him.
No, he doesn’t need any help to be a complete narcissist, but they are working overtime all the same to puff him up.
Isn’t that the truth.