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obama editing himself into presidential biographies

Posted: May 16, 2012

First of all, I am fed up with BOTH parties and have entered some scathing remarks about Republicans also, but I saw this and thought it was a joke, but it is true!!?? Please someone do more research than I could and tell me it is not true!!

at whitehouse.gov are presidential biographies. This is what has been reported at numerous sites: "Obama has added bullet points bragging about his own accomplishments to the biographical sketches of every single U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge (except, for some reason, Gerald Ford)."

What??? Good grief!!

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Please - DD

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First of all why dont you do your own research? You provided the website that this supposedly happened on so go there. In the time it took you to post this garbage you could have checked yourself. But you did get the rumor out there for people to spread..congrats, job well done.

Yeah, it's true. - Zville MT

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If you go to that website and scroll to the bottom of the biographies, there's a section called "Did you Know" that give snippets of something done by that president and then something done by Obama. Apparently a White House official stated this was a "promotion technique."

I don't think I need to make a comment about this - it speaks for itself.

obama and biographies - anon

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Here is 1 of the bio's, you can look at others, look at the very bottom, under "did you know" to find the edits:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan

I read through all of them, except, or course, Gerald Ford - Zville MT

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Poor guy - no respect - LOL!!

Not finding this - mbmt

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Where did you get this information from?

obama - anon

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go to whitehouse.Gov then presidents and there are presidential biographies. The comments are all made at the very bottom of the biograhies, under "did you know?"

This is a snippet of what was added to JFK:
Did you know?

President John F. Kennedy famously suggested the American people: “Ask what you can do for your country.” In 1961, the Peace Corps was created, facilitating service among citizens working toward peace in developing countries. In 2011, President Obama celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps with a Presidential Proclamation.

Examples for the research-impaired. - DD

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Apparently they added sections at the end of each biography (the bios themselves were not altered) with facts and links to things Obama has done related to Obama(example below), As long as they are removed after Obama is no longer President I dont see what is the matter with it. If they are left afterwards then I would admit it is tacky.

Did you know?

In 2002, President George W. Bush’s State of the Union was the first to be live broadcast on the Internet. In 2011 and 2012, President Obama’s State of the Union speeches were available in an enhanced live stream version that featured infographics, charts and data side-by-side in real time with the President’s speech.
In 2009, former President Bush partnered with 42nd President Clinton to help rebuild Haiti, after the country was devastated by an earthquake.

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Did you know?

On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. President Coolidge later helped create the Federal Radio Commission, which has now evolved to become the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Obama became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
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Did you know?

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter created the Department of Energy; today the DOE works with the Obama Administration to drive towards innovation in energy and reducing reliance on foreign oil with an “all of the above” approach.

Never mind - I found it - mbmt

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Does it really matter? I am not sure, but it is possible something is added with each new president.

No, this is the first time... - I'm pretty sure

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we would have heard about it had Bush done something like this.

I disagree - mbmt

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I don't see what the big deal is, and I don't think it would have been a big deal if Bush had done this.

There appear to be a lot of people that spend a great deal of time finding fault with President Obama. If there is not something based in reality to complain about or accuse him of, they will make something up or just make a big deal out of things like what was posted. I have been voting for 40 years and have truly never seen this happen with any other president.

I never said this was about Obama - It's obviously someone

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It's obviously someone on his staff that did this - he may not even have known about it. But I refuse to believe that had something like this happened with someone promoting Bush in such a way that the left wouldn't have had a tizzy - and rightfully so. There is a biography page for Obama - write accmoplishments on there.

whitehouse.gov is the bully pulpit for any president.. - sm

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in the White House and his (or her when the time comes) staff and administration to communicate with Americans. Much ado about nothing as usual.

Glad you think so because then there won't be - any griping

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when a republican president pulls this same kind of garbage someday. At least I know it'll be quiet from the left because it'll be "much ado about nothing, as usual." Good to know.

Good point and stops the Dems/Libs in - their tracks

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but then, WE ALL know what hypocrites the Dems/Libs are. As soon as a Repub does this, they'll be screaming like their hair is on fire.

Garbage? If facts and education equal garbage our country - is in serious trouble. nm

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Obama EGO knows no bounds - What a baffoon OBAMA is

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Hello, another drive-by with nothing intelligent to - contribute. nm

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This is not a drive by - Moderator

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The poster expressed his/her opinion in regards to the original post. This is not a drive by.

okay, - so...

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Someone recently called me a bike rack. (A rather disgusting reference derived from the slot that is created when one's head is in the sand). I reported this post, yet it remains.

It's certainly hard for me to understand what that particular remark had to do with the "original post". It's even harder to understand the rhyme or reason as to why some posts are allowed and some are deleted.

I am sorry, I have not gone through the whole board yet - Moderator - sm

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Don't worry, I am going to go through all the messages as soon as I can. If someone is called something that post will be removed. I don't know who posters are and it doesn't not matter. I will get rid of all inflammatory posts.

I saw a post with someone believing I was targeting only certain individuals. That is not the case. I have not had a chance to go through a lot of the posts. I will and i will be deleting ones with personal attacks and if they are going off topic I will try and steer posters back on track.

Please note I will go through all the posts. It's just taking me awhile. Sorry.

Moderator

Thanks for the response! - (nm)

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Hit-and-run or drive-by postings - sm

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often follow the principle of "throw enough in and some will stick" where the poster hopes that, even though he/she will not defend the post, it might at least persuade someone of its merits, although sometimes its motive is plain flamebaiting.

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