Far Right’s New Talking Point: Obama’s Remarks In Europe Prove He Hates America

Such unhappy people, those wacky conservatives. :cry:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/06/onservatives-obama-europe/

Far Right’s New Talking Point: Obama’s Remarks In Europe Prove He Hates America


Speaking in Strasbourg, France, last Friday, President Obama sought to turn the page on the American-Europe relationship. He admitted that in the past, America had “shown arrogance” and had “been dismissive, even derisive” of Europe. He also said that Europe’s rampant anti-Americanism was “insidious.” Neither attitude, he said, was “wise,” nor do they “represent the truth.”

Apparently, maturity and nuance from a U.S. President gets interpreted as anti-American hatred to the radical right. On Friday night, Fox News’ Sean Hannity said Obama’s speech was evidence that “he harbors deep resentment” of America. The right wing continued its hysteria over the weekend and today:



Watch a compilation at link~

Not surprisingly, Hannity tied Obama’s comments back to his favorite topic: Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “Where did he get these ideas?” Hannity asked on Fox & Friends this morning. “Could it be that he sat in Rev. Wright’s church for 20 years? Could it be that he hung out with Father Pfleger? Could it be that he was hanging out with his buddy Tony Rezko?”

For moths, the far right has sought to peg Obama as some sort of anti-American “Manchurian candidate.” In October, Michael Goldfarb said that “Obama has a long track record of being around…anti-American rhetoric.” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) warned that an Obama presidency would turn America into a “totalitarian dictatorship,” while Tom Delay prided himself on being among the first to declare Obama a Marxist. Dispensing with nuance, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) proclaimed flatly last fall, “Barack Obama’s views are against America.”

... are visible in Gitmo, Iraq, Afghanistan and all the other places were we torture cats.

Or should I say the worst instinct of those who hate are country are more readily available by just tuning into FauxNews?

Projection

What's with Hannity reference at the end to Tony Rezko. He harbors "anti-American" feelings too?! I guess we just needed to throw him in there.

Nicole Wallace was spreading this garbage on Morning Joe today too. Of course, instead of correcting or challenging her, Mika proclaimed "That's why we LOVE you, Nicole Wallace!"



http://mediamatters.org/items/200904060016?f=h_latest

During the April 6 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, Daily Beast contributor Nicolle Wallace falsely suggested that President Obama did not praise the United States and did not criticize Europe during remarks he made on April 3 in France. Wallace stated, "hy not go to Europe and brag on your country instead of standing there in his professorial way and saying sometimes we suck, sometimes we're OK. You rock, Europe. Please. ... He called us arrogant, dismissive, and derisive on French soil." In fact, in his April 3 remarks, Obama criticized both American and European attitudes toward each other, while also referring to "the good that America so often does in the world."

Maybe that's why he's liked and respected?