Matt Barber uses his Oct. 12 WorldNetDaily column to repeat an outright lie about President Obama:
Moreover, during the 2008 campaign, Obama lamented that the Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Earl Warren, failed to “break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution.”
Let that sink in a moment. In his own words, this man – a man solemnly sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution – has betrayed utter disdain for it. He has, in essence, admitted that he views our most sacred founding document as a “constraint” against his thinly veiled efforts to “fundamentally transform” America into Greece.
As we documented four years ago, Obama was not “lamenting” that the Warren Court didn’t “break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution” — he was making the accurate observation that because it didn’t, the Warren Court wasn’t as “radical” as people think it is.
Barber dishonestly took Obama’s quote out of context and lied about what Obama said. On top of that, Barber falsely claims that Obama said this in 2008; in fact, it comes from a 2001 interview that surfaced in the 2008 campaign.
Barber works for right-wing legal group Liberty Counsel. Surely he knows what happens when you deliberately tell a lie — some people call that perjury. Does Barber have the moral character to correct his lie and apologize for telling it? Doubtful.