Conservatives Accuse Obama Of Lying About Giffords Opening Eyes; Her Doctors Disagree

[spanone]

In one of the most cynical displays in recent memory, following the lead of Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft, several conservative websites - including Fox Nation and MRC arm CNS News - suggested that President Obama lied last night when he said that Rep. Giffords had opened her eyes for the first time shortly after his Wednesday night visit to the hospital.

In a recently-completed press conference, Giffords' doctor Peter Rhee explained that what Obama said last night about Giffords opening her eyes was "true."

In response to a question from a reporter about previous statements that Giffords could open her eyes, Rhee and Dr. B Michael Lemole, Section Chief of Neurosurgery at University Medical Center in Tuscon, explained the important distinction. Namely, Giffords previously opened her eyes in response to "stimulus," and yesterday she opened them spontaneously, which represented a "major milestone" in her recovery.

While it's depressing to have to parse this -- rather than simply be happy about the good news -- such is the state of the conservative media, where absolutely everything Obama says is fodder for their attacks. Instead of chalking up any potential discrepancy between what Obama said and previous statements by doctors to the complex nature of medicine, conservatives went ahead and accused the president of lying. It's as despicable as it is predictable.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201101130018

[Drale]

1. What a surprise

republicans not believing experts? Whats next are birds going to fall out of the sky, o wait.

[Jamastiene]

6. True. You nailed it. n/t

[elleng]

2. Despicable and ridiculous. D Wasserman Schulz described the scene

played on PBS NewsHour and Lawrence Show.

[MindandSoul]

3. And we're suppose to play nice with that crowd???

[Historic NY]

4. They ought to look like schmucks today....after the Dr's briefing.

[MannyGoldstein]

5. These are people we can do business with

Great stuff, great stuff.

[applegrove]

7. They just can't let any success (Obama's speech) stand. They always attack. Especially if the

president has done good.

[rucky]

9. The President gave them nothing to attack him on...

and that pisses them off even more.

[rucky]

8. What does the President and those doctors know anyway?

I would much rather trust someone from a conservative message board to tell me what's what.

[progressivebydesign]

10. See what happens when Obama takes over our healthcare??

guess they were right about the dangers of letting Obama control our health care. :sarcasm:

[somone]

11. Well known test - Glasgow Coma Scale:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Coma_Scale

[Crunchy Frog]

12. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

[NuclearDem]

13. Can I file a civil suit against these repugs for stealing all my straws?

Dammit, I was using those too.

[tblue37]

14. Well, Sarah Palin called Michelle Obama's campaign to help kids

eat healthy and get healthy an attack on personal freedom. If being "conserative" means one must support obesity and sugar gluttony for kids if the Obama's support health for children, then it is not surprising that they would try to find soemthing to complain about in Obama's offering that bit of good news.