glass houses
Obama is being soundly mocked for claiming on Monday that his great uncle helped to liberate Auschwitz; here's how the RNC attacked him:
Barack Obama's dubious claim is inconsistent with world history and demands an explanation. It was Soviet troops that liberated Auschwitz, so unless his uncle was serving in the Red Army, there's no way Obama's statement yesterday can be true. Obama's frequent exaggerations and outright distortions raise questions about his judgment and his readiness to lead as commander in chief.
(Actually, Obama's great uncle was in the 89th Infantry Division that freed the Buchenwald camps, not Auschwitz...oops!)
I find it comical that conservatives are upset over a gaffe this insignificant. Their buddy W has made dozens (if not hundreds: see Bushisms, The Truth about George, and DubyaSpeak for examples) of far worse verbal errors, and their idol Ronnie Reagan repeatedly claimed (to none other than Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir) to have liberated Auschwitz. (Reagan was, of course, lying; he never left the US during World War II.)
Big lies (from Republicans) are fine; slips of the tongue from Democrats are inexcusable.