Obama seems to forget his own words, that words matter!
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March 25, 2008
Obama Took Credit for Other Senators’ Work, Media Largely Ignores it
by D. Cupples | Understandably, many media are all over Hillary Clinton’s exaggerated claims about her trip to Bosnia in 1996 (e.g., NY Times)
At the same time, most media seem oddly unaware of a story in yesterday’s Washington Post about Barack Obama’s having falsely grabbed credit for other legislators’ work — not just in the Illinois legislature, but also while in the U.S. Senate.
In April 2006, according to the Washington Post, six senators ran into Obama while heading to a news conference to announce an immigration bill. Obama tagged along. When the microphone came his way, Obama said:
“‘I want to cite Lindsey Graham, Sam Brownback, Mel Martinez, Ken Salazar, myself, Dick Durbin, Joe Lieberman . . . who’ve actually had to wake up early to try to hammer this stuff out,’” (The Post)
Senate staff members found it a “galling moment,” because Obama had done little or no heavy lifting on that project.
