Greg,
Because of the explosion of news outlets, blogs and chain emails, we have to learn to separate the wheat from the chaff ourselves. Like the old saying, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Consequently, when you read a news story/email that reinforces your opinion on a subject, you would be well served to get out your BS meter and determine where that story sits on the scale, and who's agenda it is serving.
While you said you read this on a legitimate news source, sometimes the "legitimate" news sources leave out information. If you questioned the story, all you had to do was google "Obama snubs medal of honor". When the first 10 entries were from "conservative" blogs, well that just got my BS meter up. If it was from 10 "progessive" blogs, the meter just would have pointed the other way for me. Either way I search out other positions in order to get a better handle on the subject, and then try to form my own opinion.
The way you worded your poll question, it is clear to me you don't think much of Obama. That's OK. But, before you or anyone pushes the Limbaugh (or Olberman) agenda around the electronic ether, it is good (and easy) to do a little reality check with our friend google.
It's like your Jefferson quote. It was sent to me by a friend who often likes to fill my inbox with "information". I just typed it into google and found it to be a spurious quote. Now when he sends things my way, he notes that he hasn't checked out if it is accurate, just that he finds it interesting. As I tell my kids, don't believe everything some one tells you.
Mark