I wrote this post originally back in July, but thought that an update to my list of Obama’s denials might be amusing. They sure do accumulate quickly – in fact they’re piling up faster than ever. Here goes (the old denials are in the faded font):
- Obama Team Denies Report He will Engage Hamas (1/10/08)
- Obama Denies Blagojevich Contact, Promises More Info (12/11/08)
- Obama denies vicious Zune-usage attacks (12/5/08)
- Obama denies claim he is to buy rare £20,000 rhodium ring for his wife to say ‘thanks for your support’ (12/1/08)
- Obama Denies Abandoning his Promise of “Change” (11/26/08)
- Obama team denies it will delay ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal (11/25/08)
- Obama Denies Celebrity Inauguration Line Up (11/14/08)
- Obama denies Poland missile vow (11/8/08)
- Obama denies knowing his aunt lives illegally in the US (11/2/08)
- Obama denies he’s a socialist (10/30/08)
- Obama denies having inaugural address (10/25/08)
- Obama denies ACORN ties; Cleveland paper produces evidence (10/10/08)
- Obama denies sexism as US election race tightens (10/9/08)
- Obama Denies Being Behind Anti-Palin Video (9/23/08)
- Obama denies Raines ties, accuses McCain of throwing stones from his “seven glass houses” (9/18/08)
- Obama denies Iraq double-speak (9/16/08)
- Obama denies forcefeeding ‘poison pill’ to immigration bill (9/14/08)
- Obama Denies Saudi Connection (9/5/08)
- Obama Denies Rift with Clinton; Says Unification has Been “Seamless” (8/7/08)
- Obama denies trying to play race card (8/2/08)
- Obama Denies Backtracking on ‘Undivided’ Jerusalem (7/22/08)
- Obama denies flip-flopping on guns (7/16/08)
- Obama Denies Shifting to Reach Political Center (7/8/08)
- Obama Denies Shift on Iraq Position (7/3/08)
- Obama Denies Rebuking Clark (7/1/08)
- Obama Denies Charge he Peddles ‘White Guilt’ (6/26/08)
- Obama Denies E-mail Relationship with Scarlett Johansson (6/25/08)
- Obama Denies Filling Out Questionnaire That Bears His Handwriting (6/17/08)
- Obama Denies ‘Whitey’ Rumor (6/13/08)
- Obama Denies ‘Silence’ On Gay Issues (4/10/08)
- Obama Denies Pledge to Teamsters to End Federal Oversight (5/5/08)
- Obama Denies Assuring Canada on NAFTA (3/3/08)
- Obama Denies Stock Conflict (3/8/08)
- Obama Denies Plagiarism (2/18/08)
- Barack Obama Denies Snubbing Hillary Clinton (1/29/08)
Denial. It’s not just a small island named “Den” anymore.
January 20, 2009 at 10:02 am
I’m not sure what your point is, but I’d say no. of denials is mostly a function of the number of things the denier has been accused of, and in the case of Obama, maybe a reflection of the exasperation felt by his enemies.
Just as an exercise, I tried a quick google search on what Bush has denied and came up with the following: that the economy is in recession, global warming, that he overstressed the case for war, that the image of the US has been damaged during his presidency, torture claims, that war incites terrorists, knowing about Abramoff video…and that was page one.
January 21, 2009 at 9:55 am
Thanks for cataloging his denials, Geoff. I’m sure he’ll keep you busy updating, too, for the foreseeable future.
January 23, 2009 at 10:25 am
I’m not sure what your point is,
Mostly amusement value, but also to underscore how many times Obama has said one thing to one group of people, and then had to turn around and deny the meaning of what he said to another group of people.
I tried a quick google search on what Bush has denied
Everybody denies, but while Bush’s denials were spread over 8 years, all of these are over 1 year. And they aren’t denials about policies like recessions or global warming – these are all denials about things Obama (or his closest associates) has done or said.