"Red line? Nah, I never said that." MSM nods in agreement.

A few days ago, as our wunnerful Emperor was in St. Petersburg for a meeting of a bunch of heads of state, he made some remarks regarding his desire to order an attack on Syria.

In those remarks he said "I didn't set a red line--the world set a red line."

How...interesting.  Cuz, y'know, I could have sworn I saw a video clip of Obozo saying

We have been very clear to the Assad regime...that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation.

Obie said that on August 20th of last year.

Now we all know it's hard to remember what you said a year ago, and if you made an off-the-cuff comment about something trivial, it's not unreasonable to forget you said it.  But in this case, after Obozo made his "red line" comment, White House officials--presumably after consulting with all Obie's handlers--affirmed it.  And in April of this year the White House legislative affairs director wrote this to congress:

We...reaffirm that the President has set a clear red line as it relates to the United States that the use of chemical weapons or the transfer of chemical weapons to terrorist groups is a red line that is not acceptable to us, nor should it be to the international community. It’s precisely because we take this red line so seriously that we believe there is an obligation to fully investigate any and all evidence of chemical weapons use within Syria.

Now, as every adult should know, the top priority of political appointees is, Don't say or do anything that your boss doesn't approve.  So it's a safe bet Obama or his handlers approved the "red line" references.

But much to his surprise, for the first time ever, Americans, congress and the rest of the world didn't fall all over themselves to do his bidding.  Oooh, whadda we do now, Sparky?  Unless we can convince people to attack, gotta make those repeated "red line" remarks vanish.

But under what possible theory can Obama claim that he didn't set a red line?  Simple:  Just deny you said it.  More specifically, claim that everyone in the world misunderstood him.  Cuz, you know, he's so dreamy-brilliant and everyone else is so stooopid.

No Republican could get away with that.  Hell, the media wouldn't let most Democrat presidents get away with it.  But Obozo gets away with brazen lying because the Dem-loving media will either ignore Barky's misleading statement altogether or will give it just enough--buried on page E-24--coverage to be able to claim "Of course we reported it, cuz we're totally unbiased!"

Of course it would be a far different matter if a Republican did the same thing Obozo has done.

Think I'm exaggerating?  Click the link above:  It goes to the Washington Post's so-called "fact checker," who gives all the quotes above but then simply gives Obozo a pass by saying

But the president apparently was never comfortable with his own words. So when new talking points were crafted to make this line seem less like an “Obama red line” and more like a world-backed red line, the president bungled the language again. He made it appear as if he was denying he had called it a red line, when that was obviously not the case.

Didja get that, citizens?  The WaPo concludes that not only did Obie NOT set a red line, that fact was (or should have been) obvious.

And note the Post's line about "new talking points were crafted to make this line seem less like an 'Obama red line" and more like a world-backed red line...."  If you have to "craft" talking points to make Obama's remarks "seem less like an Obama red line," it's pretty clear that the author understands that Obozo did indeed make that statement, and all else is PR to fool the gullible into thinking the opposite.

When do words not mean what they've always meant in the past?  When Democrats use them.

Amazingly, Obama managed to top even his "I didn't set a red line" comment in St. Petersburg by adding  "It's not my credibility that's at stake, but the credibility of the international community."

Ah.  Yes, certainly--it's not your credibility at stake.  Couldn't possibly be.

Again, the Obama solution is to simply say whatever you wish, even if not consistent with reality, and count on everyone to simply nod and believe you.

Cuz that's exactly how Obama has advanced in life at every juncture.