McClatchy reports on Obama the fibber:
Throw the flag against: Barack Obama.Obama really is a Chicago style politician.What better proof than this? Maybe the youthful Obama forgot what committee he's on? Maybe the youthful Obama is on medication? You'll notice Obama hasn't released his medical records yet.
Call: Intentional grounding.
What happened: Obama on Wednesday was speaking to reporters in Israel when he tried to boast about what he'd done to protect Israel.
"Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee — which is my committee — a bill to call for divestment from Iran as a way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon," Obama said.
Why that's wrong: Obama is not a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
Ironically, a man who traveled with Obama to the Mideast this week, Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., is a member of the committee. He was one of the "no" votes when the committee passed the bill July 17 on a vote of 19-2.
