Beyonce obviously hates President Obama. If she liked him she'd have put a sing on it.
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Tommy (@FirstTeamTommy) January 22, 2013If something seems to be too good to be true, it probably is. That’s certainly turned out to be the case for Beyoncé’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at President Obama’s re-coronation ceremony yesterday:
CNN has confirmed Times of London report that Beyonce lip-synched the National Anthem during #inaug2013—
Jim Acosta (@jimacostacnn) January 22, 2013
Nooooooooo! Some Twitterers are indeed disappointed at the news that Sasha may not be as fierce as she wants us to believe:
Well, Beyonce's a great lip-syncher. Still. I'm disappointed. thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world…—
Greg Hobbs (@GPHobbs73) January 22, 2013
Beyonce fans care to explain why y’all queen was lip synching? Fraud—
Nicole (@NicoleNicee) January 22, 2013
As a huge @Beyonce fan, I'm disappointed to learn she missed a chance to nod at Marian Anderson by lip syncing the the National Anthem. 1/2—
(@assouthall) January 22, 2013
extremely disappointed in Beyonce. Very, very let down. wow.—
Gauri Kuwadekar (@Gauri_Kuwadekar) January 22, 2013
A disgrace. "@BuzzFeed: Beyoncé lip-synched Star Spangled Banner at inauguration thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world… =("—
Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) January 22, 2013
Sorry, but expecting a singer who earns millions for her voice to sing live and not lip-sync isn't asking too much.—
Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) January 22, 2013
Others aren’t nearly so scandalized:
why is everyone so surprised that Beyonce was lip synching?—
Duncan McFadyen (@wfaeDuncan) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip syncing. I am shocked and appalled that a pop "singer" would ever do such a terrible thing #MilliVanilli—
Dean Kerr (@epic_dean) January 22, 2013
People are shocked that Beyonce lip-synched the National Anthem? She's as phony as everything else that passes for popular music today.—
Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) January 22, 2013
I'm trying figure out why everyone thought Beyonce was actually singing live. (I assumed, you knew)—
(@BiasedGirl) January 22, 2013
An FYI on the Beyonce lip-syncing speculation: a lot of singers do not like to sing live when it's that cold. Really hard on the throat.—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 22, 2013
berman for the win RT @johnsberman: remember, the actual swearing-in was Sunday. Maybe that's when Beyonce's actual singing was too?—
Emily Friedman (@EmilyABC) January 22, 2013
I feel like I'd be more outraged about Beyonce lip syncing if she hadn't done such a mediocre job.—
Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 22, 2013
We all know Beyonce has a stellar voice. The fact that she lap-synced the anthem doesn't matter.—
Heba (@ClumsyHibz) January 22, 2013
Seriously. It could have been so much worse:
But when you stop and think about it, what’s the big deal, really? We should be used to this sort of thing by now:
So Beyonce did lip-sync at the inaugural. No surprise, Obama has lip-synced through his presidency. thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world…—
Steven Ertelt (@StevenErtelt) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip sync is a metaphor for the Obama presidency.—
(@4chunat1) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip-synching the National Anthem seems like the perfect metaphor for the beginning of Obama's 2nd Term to me—
(@AACONS) January 22, 2013
It's more troubling that politicians in DC lip sync leadership than it is that Beyonce lip synced the national anthem. #millivanillipolitics—
Whitney Pitcher (@whitneypitcher) January 22, 2013
So what if Beyonce lip-synced the Anthem? The President just lip-synched his oath.—
Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip-synched herself doing the National Anthem. Obama lip-synched Saul Alinsky.—
Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 22, 2013
People are upset that Beyoncé was lip syncing at the Inauguration. WTH, Obama's been lip syncing for 4 years. #SelectiveOutrage—
(@Rschrim) January 22, 2013
Ain’t that the truth.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of bigger fish to fry:
Beyonce lip-synched? ZOMG! uhh… debt? deficits? Dodd-Frank? Student loan bubble? Amnesty? Gun control? Obamacare? Unemployment?—
Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) January 22, 2013
All that deserves a bit more of our outrage, don’t you think?
Update:
Sadly, some Twitter users are upset about Beyoncé’s ”lip singing.” Yes, lip singing.
