Can you imagine the media frenzy if it was Bush or McCain that said this? (h/t Sister Toldjah)
(CBS News) Obama also spoke about his uncle, who was part of the American brigade that helped to liberate Auschwitz. He said the family legend is that, upon returning from war, his uncle spent six months in an attic. “Now obviously, something had really affected him deeply, but at that time there just weren’t the kinds of facilities to help somebody work through that kind of pain,†Obama said. “That’s why this idea of making sure that every single veteran, when they are discharged, are screened for post-traumatic stress disorder and given the mental health services that they need – that’s why it’s so important.â€
So veteran’s are all nuts, Obama?
Following the link to Michelle Malkin’s we get to Ace Of Spades HQ
Auschwitz of course is in Poland. It was liberated by the Red Army on Jan 27 1945. Poland, on most maps is usually placed to the east of Germany, although we may need to investigate the geography textbooks the Messiah used as a child…
The Allies were wrapping up the battle of the bulge in late January of 1945 — the Rhine crossings were still well into the future when Auschwitz was liberated.
Michelle writes: Either Obama’s uncle served in the Red Army, or he’s spinning Clintonesque lies about Auschwitz to sell his government programs. Based on what Barack NMN Obama is attempting to do to the United States, I’d go with that Red Army thang!
Only in Liberal World can Obama pulling stories out of his ass be the fault of the Right. Come to the light, Excitable MattY, join us in Reality.
The Nitpicker can only throw out ad hominum attacks and a strange defense that has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
Others: Hot Air, Flopping Aces, Newsbusters, Confederate Yankee, Jules Crittenden, plus more at Memeorandum
Wednesday Update: Over at Transterrestrial Musings, one of the commentors found this gem
My grandfather signed up for a war the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton’s army. He saw the dead and dying across the fields of Europe; he heard the stories of fellow troops who first entered Auschwitz and Treblinka.
So, his grandfather was having lots of contacts with soldiers in the Red Army? Because that is the military force which first entered both of those death camps.
My guess? He’s just making this stuff up. Because it sounds good to the ignorant rubes, and he’s a good speechifier. It’s all part of that “new politics” we’ve heard so much about.
Bet the media won’t challenge him on it, either.
BTW, from Right Pundits:
Actually, his great-uncle was in the American Army and helped liberate one of the hundreds of subcamps of Buchenwald Concentration camp which apparently really is in Germany. I kinda think Obama might shoulda googled that before he told that story ….
I kinda think that Obama is either unable to remember important details, or he is purposefully changing the story to make it sound better.
