It’s hard to get lower than concern trolling the literal accuracy of a eulogy. Maybe some ethics professor can chime in with a theory on the propriety of hyperbolic praise on the occasion of someone’s death. A few days ago, the president delivered a eulogy at the funeral of Sen. Daniel Inouye in which he said that he had first learned what a senator was while watching the Watergate hearings during a family vacation in the summer of 1973. He also said that he took special notice of Sen. Inouye because of his non-white appearance, the respect he commanded, and because his mother told him that he was their senator. He went on to say that Sen. Inouye was perhaps his earliest political inspiration.
In response, Patrick Brennan of National Review, decided to pore through Obama’s published writings to see if he had ever called Sen. Inouye an inspiration in the past. Maybe the president was exaggerating!!!
I know it’s the slow news season, but when you have to work this hard to criticize the president maybe you just don’t have any good criticisms to make.
