WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah admitted his opinion columnists put misinformation in their columns, and we see it yet again in a May 30 column by Barbara Simpson.
Simpson rehashes the hoary falsehood that returned a bust of Winston Churchill to England, but that’s just the start of her parade of misinformation. She goes on to write:
Even his condolences after natural disasters sound robotic. His words are predictable after the floods and the tornadoes. Expected words, yes, but he hasn’t said a word about Texans who are enduring fires which have blackened millions of acres destroying agriculture, burned thousands of homes, businesses and uncounted out-buildings and fences, killed thousands of farm animals and left at least two firefighters dead.
Gov. Rick Perry requested a disaster declaration but got no response at all.
Since Texas is a GOP state, it’s clear why Obama ignored Perry. But in doing that, he also ignored every Texan, regardless of party.
Then, Houston was ignored as a permanent location for a retired space shuttle. Since Houston has been the heart of the space program, Obama’s refusal to honor it is another act of petulant retribution more fitting for an adolescent who didn’t get his way rather than the president of the United States.
Simpson is lying when she claims that Texas “got no response at all” to the wildfires there. In fact, the federal government, through FEMA, has provided the state with Texas with 22 Fire Management Assistant Grant declarations, which reimburses much of the state’s costs in fighting the fires.
Simpson offers no evidence whatsoever that Houston was denied a space shuttle because Obama is engaging in “petulant retribution” against a “GOP state.” NASA, not the White House, was in charge of deciding who got space shuttles, and NASA officials have insisted that they “completely followed” congressional directives in awarding them.
Speaking of petulant retribution, Simpson engages in that herself with more than a little Obama derangement:
Some call Obama the “man-child” in the White House. They’re right. He’s in over his head. He’s so unequipped to do the job the presidency demands that the rest of the world laughs at him, and he’s an embarrassment for all Americans and certainly, those we honor on Memorial Day.
As we’ve noted, that’s the Obama-hating red meat Farah wants from his columnists — not facts.