# Stupid Liberal idea of the day, part duh

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 8, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day-part-duh/621310 "2012-05-08T19:17:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day-part-duh/621310/41 "2012-05-10T13:02:20Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> The headline reads:  
> “President Obama Sees First Budget Surplus Of Presidency”

I never clicked OP’s link. This is what all the fuss was about?

I’d respectfully ask OP whether his political heroes have ever also misled so egregiously.

The Jon Stewart show I watched most recently had a segment about Romney _who has taken credit for Obama’s successful bailout of auto companies_ even though Romney’s plan was to “help” the auto companies via his own Bain Capital, and that plan was turned down as too detrimental to the companies and to the taxpayer. :smack:

American politics have really turned into a _Through the Looking Glass_ farce, and it does seem to be true that [vampires can’t see their own reflections.](http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/dpa/lowres/dpan1708l.jpg)

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