A fireside talk debunking the more outrageous myths. Pass it on.
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I think it was Jon Stewart that pointed it out, but I can just imagine the President heaving a huge sigh as he's preparing for this. He must be looking at his aides and saying, "Seriously? People actually believe this $h!t? *SIGH*"
Thanks for the video, and I'll do what I can to pass it on.
Glad that someone else is debunking the myths. It might even be effective, if that someone had the least bit of credibility anymore.
Unfortunately, thus far Obama has shown he has moderately more credibility than Bush - maybe. I know that everything he just said isn't a lie and yet even watching that I get the same flash I get whenever he opens his mouth...
"Mission accomplished."