Midknight Review -- new and revised: Politico calls it a "bogus claim," and then goes on to admit that Barack did, in fact, gave away 1.5 billion dollars in free phones.

FCC overhauls the Lifeline program
The bogus claim that former President Barack Obama was giving out free cellphones to the poor — derisively called “Obamaphones” in conservative media — was one of the most persistent fake-news stories of his presidency. The story was a distortion of the Lifeline program, which subsidizes phone and broadband service, and the person who expanded it from landlines to cell carriers was President George W. Bush. Lifeline’s budget did grow under Obama, nearly tripling from 2008 to 2012; last year, it cost $1.5 billion and served 12.3 million people.

Editor: Who cares who started the program. Nothing surprises me with regard to GW Bush. He really was a progressive. He increased the size of government, fought for the expansion of "Affordable Housing," got the abortion pill, RU 486 approves, and, now we learn that he was the one who started the free phone program. Let's not forget that he was all for "sanctuary cities," as well.

But to the point of this post, it is a bit humorous that Politico would challenge the free phone claim attributed to Barack, but, before the article is finished, admit that Barack had tripled the expense of this program to 1.5 billion dollars. Incredible. But "they" get away with such rhetorical crap because their readers have lost the ability to think critically. Oh well . . . . . . and now you know.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Politico calls it a "bogus claim," and then goes on to admit that Barack did, in fact, gave away 1.5 billion dollars in free phones.

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