The Obama Reagan Economic Comparison
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 66,000 likes and 38,000 shares. This meme is a bit older, (published on January 15, 2016) but it’s still worth examining the economic record of Obama compared to Reagan,…
Candidates
Did Bernie Sanders Bailout Wall Street?
Courtesy of Being Libertarian, with over 1,300 likes and 680 shares. This meme attempts to portray Bernie Sanders as a hypocrite for condemning Wall Street, while also voting for bailouts. Specifically, it relates to the…
Fake Benghazi Picture
Courtesy of The Three Percenter’s Club, although it’s been widely circulated and appears to have originated from Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children. This meme shows a man being tortured, presumably Ambassador Christopher Stevens, during the Benghazi…
What is Democratic Socialism?
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats. The idea of democratic socialism has become quite popular recently, as presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is a proud, self-described “democratic socialist”. Sanders and his supporters are quick to point out that…
Obama and Executive Orders
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 48,000 likes and 46,000 shares. This meme manages to be false, misleading and snarky in its assessment, but we’ll focus only on the first two. Wrong Numbers As of…
Was Gas Cheaper Under Obama or Bush?
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 60,000 likes and 48,000 shares. Whatever one thinks of these two presidents (the MP dislikes both), this is pure propaganda. It takes a snapshot of gas at an inexpensive…
Climate Change and the “97% of Scientists”
Courtesy of Barack Obama, where it has been echoed throughout the administration, including this John Kerry speech in Indonesia: 97 percent of climate scientists have confirmed that climate change is happening and that human activity…