Earlier this year, CNSNews.com tried to attack President Obama by claiming that he issued “did not put out a formal proclamation for Easter–after putting out proclamations for Muslim holidays.” Just one little problem: Obama didn’t issue proclamations on those holidays, he issued statements, which is a distinctly separate thing.
Having taken three-plus months to figure out the difference between a proclamation and a statement, CNS decided to try again. Thus, we have an Aug. 2 article by Penny Starr claiming that Obama “issued a statement marking the start of Ramadan” but “did not issue a statement marking Easter this year.”
Starr does concede (albeit not until the ninth paragraph) that “Obama did host Easter prayer breakfasts at the White House in 2010 and again this year, but she fails to mention that Obama also hosted the White House’s annual Easter egg roll.
Why isn’t that enough for Starr? Is there genuine concern here, or is it just because CNS is grasping another silly wedge issue to beat Obama over the head with, as it’s been trying to do since he took office?
We’ll go with the latter, since such partisan attacking has become the direction of CNS under Terry Jeffrey.