one lies, the other one doesn’t

Barack Obama is already making excuses—and blaming Fox News, among others—for his expected massive loss in Kentucky:

Obama conceded that he has a steep challenge to get his message and background to voters in states such as Kentucky — where he trails Sen. Hillary Clinton by 27 points, according to a poll published earlier this week — and West Virginia, where voters chose Clinton over Obama by 40 points on Tuesday. …

“Part of it is because there have been these e-mails that have been sent out very systematically, presumably by various political opponents, although I don’t know who,” he said. “And there are a lot of voters who get their news from Fox News. Fox has been pumping up rumors about my religious beliefs or my patriotism or what have you since the beginning of the campaign.”

Barack Obama refuses to face—and to speak—the truth: that he has limited appeal as a general election candidate, and that a whole lot of Democrats don’t like him.

Meanwhile, our president, who is constantly accused of lying, tells some very inconvenient truths to the backward regimes of the Middle East:

Too often in the Middle East, politics has consisted of one leader in power and the opposition in jail. America is deeply concerned about the plight of political prisoners in this region, as well as democratic activists who are intimidated or repressed, newspapers and civil society organizations that are shut down, and dissidents whose voices are stifled. The time has come for nations across the Middle East to abandon these practices, and treat their people with dignity and the respect they deserve. I call on all nations to release their prisoners of conscience, open up their political debate, and trust their people to chart their future. (Applause.)

For his trouble, Bush gets blasted, while Obama is, as usual, lavished with glowing coverage.

The people’s urgent and powerful need to believe in the myth of Barack Obama isn’t surprising, but it is frightening.