The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson had a simultaneous orgasm on Fox News last night when reporting on a video which showcased then Senator Obama criticizing the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina. As Obama is currently the president, it's safe to say this video is over four years old - in fact, it's over five years old, as it took place in June of 2007. The full transcript has been available for multiple years. The far-right is claiming that Obama's speech was divisive and racially-charged, as he said the following: “Down in New Orleans, where they still have not rebuilt twenty months later. There’s a law, federal law — when you get reconstruction money from the federal government — called the Stafford Act. And basically it says, when you get federal money, you gotta give a ten percent match. The local government’s gotta come up with ten percent. Every ten dollars the federal government comes up with, local government’s gotta give a dollar. Now here’s ...

An article entitled "Obama Caves to Romney Embraces Free Speech for Critics of Islam" was recently published on the conservative website The Daily Caller .  During his speech with CBS's Steve Kroft, Obama said, “We believe in the First Amendment. It is one of the hallmarks of our Constitution that I’m sworn to uphold, and so we are always going to uphold the rights for individuals to speak their mind." The Daily Caller makes the claim that Obama caved to Romney and free speech due the message the U.S. Embassy in Cairo released before the attacks two days ago. The message read: “The United States Embassy in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions." For the record, President Obama didn't say that and didn't even give the approval to say that. So, first of all - how and when was it that he was critical of First Amendment rig...