CNSNews.com serves up a particularly odious bit of Obama derangement in the form of a Sept. 19 article by Susan Jones portraying Obama as, at best, callous and insensitive to the detonation of a bomb in New York and other violent incidents over the weekend and, at worst, celebrating them.
Jones’ article has the out-of-context headline “Obama Tells Black Lawmakers, ‘There’s an Extra Spring in My Step Tonight’,” which — precisely because it’s placed there devoid of context — suggests that Obama is saying the spring in his step is because of the weekend’s incidents.
Jones then maliciously frames Obama’s speech to the Congressional Black Caucus as insensitive to the weekend’s events:
As of early Monday morning, President Obama had made no public comment on a series of weekend bombings, attempted bombings and stabbings in three states, but he did make time to address a Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner Saturday night and a Democrat fundraiser Sunday night.
At Saturday’s event, Obama thanked the assembled guests, then joked: “There’s an extra spring in my step tonight. I don’t know about you guys, but I am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over.
“I mean, ISIL, North Korea, poverty, climate change — none of those things weighed on my mind — (laughter) — like the validity of my birth certificate. (Laughter.)
Jones then complained that “all three attacks had happened by the time Obama attended a Democrat fundraiser in New York on Sunday night, and a transcript shows he made no comment on the attacks at that event. A fourth attempted attack, on a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was discovered after Obama had left the fundraiser.”
Indeed, portraying Obama as deliberately ignoring the weekend’s events was Jones’ directive and obsession this morning. She quickly followed up two hours later with an article whining that White House spokesman Josh Earnest didn’t commit to a time that Obama would speak on the events of the weekend, emphasizing that “As of Monday morning, Obama has made no public comment on the series of bombings and stabbings in three states — Minnesota, New York and New Jersey — that took place on Saturday and Sunday.”
In neither article does explain when Obama should have spoken on the weekend’s events, given that few details were available immediately after they happened.
This is just sleazy Obama derangement at its worst, from a right-wing “news” outlet trying to score cheap political points after a potentially tragic event. Jones and her bosses Terry Jeffrey and Michael W. Chapman, should be ashamed.
UPDATE: Obama spoke about the weekend incidents later in the morning. Jones did not consider this newsworthy enough to write about story about, despite the fact that she wrote two articles complaining that Obama was too slow to speak out. And even though CNS considered Jones’ articles worthy of the front page, Obama’s statement did not appear there in any form.