Drudge falsely suggests that paper reported that Obama inaugural "could bankrupt" D.C.
SUMMARY: The Drudge Report linked to a Washington Examiner article under the headline, "Obama Inaugural Could Bankrupt DC," but in the article, the Examiner did not report that the inauguration "could bankrupt" the city.
On November 19, the Drudge Report linked to a Washington Examiner article about possible inauguration costs for Washington, D.C., under the headline, "Obama Inaugural Could Bankrupt DC." However, the article to which Drudge linked did not report that the inauguration "could bankrupt" the city. The November 18 Examiner article reported: "Soaring costs expected to accompany huge crowds in town for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama could stick cash-strapped Washington, D.C., with a record-breaking bill for services." The article also reported that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said security and capacity measures recommended by her and others for the inauguration "will almost certainly surpass the $15 million the federal government gives to the District each year to defray the cost of events." The Examiner did not report any estimates of how much the inauguration might cost the city in total.
The article also reported that President Bush's 2005 inauguration "cost the city more than $17 million, some of which was reimbursed with federal funds."
Drudge's headline as of 7:50 a.m. ET read:
By 8:55 a.m. ET on November 19, Drudge changed the headline to say, "Obama Inaugural Could Break the Bank in DC..." which echoes the Examiner article headline: "Soaring costs for inauguration could break the bank for D.C."
After Drudge posted his "Obama Inaugural Could Bankrupt DC" headline, other websites similarly cited the Examiner headline to assert that the inauguration would "bankrupt" the city.
Big events that bring thousands of people to a city are usually good for the economy. I don't quite see how it's Obama's fault either way though.
That was my first thought, Shaggles. When figuring the "cost" of events like this to a city, do they figure in the extra money coming into the local economy?
I'm confused.
I thought big events with thousands of people = Nazi Germany?
Whats Obama supposed to do? Just have a B-B-Q in the rose garden so as not to spend too much? This is another right wing tactic. Act all outraged over something that is completely normal or is standard operating procedure. Something even the right does (but don't bring that up). Make like its outrageous (sp?) and never been done before, and hope your base is too uninformed to figure it out. Sadly, this is the case much of the time.
Drudge could have just taken The Onion's headline:
Black Man Asks Nation for Change
Kyle,I'm a huge fan of The Onion's wingnut editorial cartoonist. MM poster Craig tipped me off to another site, Right Wing cartoon Watch, and it's hard to tell the real things from The Onion's. They're still using slovenly hippies right along with the commies.
you are kidding me. Just last night it was repoorted people are renting out their houses for the party. Nobody is going bankrupt. there is one report here on local tv a package is 8000 dollars for four days ( the cheapest package ) and they just about sold out. Drudge is just Sludge now.
Obama's campaign re-imbursed the city of Cleveland for his rally the Sunday before the election. I was there (along with 50,000 or so other people) and Bruce was pretty darn good.
Yeah, he does have a good band and voice. he is like John Foggerty ,of my more formative years, with the guys from Credence Clearwater Revival.
After Bush's "re-election" l remember the story that he made sure that the city of Washington D.C paid for the entire thing in retribution for the fact that they voted for Kerry 90% - 10%.
Can't remember too many headlines from this slimebag showing outrage about that.
Betcha Obama's limo doesn't get pelted with eggs, either.
Drudge, another has been who's fifteen minutes ended november 4th.
November 4th, 2001, that is.
Now i see what he's been hiding under that hat.
It looks like he's got either vestigial horns above his eyes or maybe a pair of heat vision eyes. Or possibly he's in the cross hairs of two terrorists using laser scopes.
Good eye, WK. They may be his truth detector led's, as they seem to burning at about 1/4 watt each.
FU Drudge
"I'm relevant! Even when I pull things out of my @$$, I'm relevant! Pay attention to me! This stuff I'm making up is true!"
Item 1: The Washington Examiner is worthy of nothing but bird-cage lining--it doesn't even rise to the level of The Moonie Times! Which makes Drudge sound more than a little desperate for anti-Obama sludge (as if he isn't naturally desperate!)...
Item 2: As has been pointed out below by peebs, this is the same old double-standard crud teh right has always specialized in. Funny that wretched excess in Presidential inaugurations was perfectly fine with them when it was a Repugnantcon getting inaugurated...
I could be wrong (although I don't think that I am) but isn't The Drudge Report rather irrelevent now (if it ever was)?
Other than FoxNoise and a few of the hard core rightwing radio shrills... who really accepts the garbage coming from this guy?