Posted on 01/21/2010 2:09:19 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
When politicians are caught out in lies, their supporters often resort to the old cliché: all politicians lie. But that is itself a lie: most don’t. Even among those who do, there are enormous differences in the importance and frequency of the lies. And it is surely now clear that this nation has a far from routine problem in the scale and regularity of President Obama’s lying.
When politicians lie they are usually trying to avoid political damage, or to make themselves look good. Bill Clinton lied (and got himself impeached) to save himself from embarrassment about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Hillary Clinton lied about being under fire in Bosnia to enhance her non-existent foreign affairs profile. Richard Nixon was forced from office because he lied to cover up his involvement in a political dirty trick. John Kerry lied about his Vietnam combat experience to blunt his anti-military reputation. But Barack Obama’s lies are far more corrosive and destructive, because they go the heart of legislation and governance, and so seriously undermine trust in government. His lies generally take a specific form: they attempt to persuade people to vote for him or his policies by categorically assuring them that they need not have the anxieties that they have been expressing. The lies say, essentially: trust me, support what I want, and I promise that what you fear will never happen. But in every case it soon becomes clear either that he knew perfectly well that what the public feared would in fact happen, or that he was giving a firm assurance that he was in no position to give, or that he had no intention of following through on his promise.
The accumulated weight of Obama’s deceit is overwhelming:
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
The lies of Rats in the collective.
Barry is a pathological liar in the extreme! It really is with no hyperbole, a form of dementedness.
Later
Lies? Certainly.....but more than that; often, I think this clown actually believes what he is saying. He clearly believes his own press.
In other words, he’s an arrogant idiot.
Excellent, excellent, excellent article - summary.
Don’t know how it could be done - but translating this article into a Youtube video should be done - simply because a picture is worth a thousand words - and I believe it would go “viral” in hours....
And, who knows, lead to the impeachment of Zobama???
He really does need to be removed from office as quickly as possible - for the safety of this country.
But not holding breath.
Best we can hope for, I Imagine, is the Tsunami in November....
Between now and then IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TIME FOR OUR NATION!
Heavey prayer is required as well as constant vigilance.
What is really scary is the dims still believe them.
bttt
So Joe Wilson was right.
” most don’t” LIe?
Horse crap.
I beleive ALL politicians LIE.
"President Obama evidently believes that he can solve any problem with a speech."
he's quadrupled the deficit...in a year.
He is arrogant, vain, self-righteous, egocentric, intolerant, mediocre, greedy, and duplicitious...just to name a few.
And he is lazy, lazy, lazy. Too lazy to really DO anything besides have a meeting or give a speech. shameful.
I agree he is lazy. But, thankfully so. His laziness may be what, ultimately, saves us from him.
I'm waiting for him to fill the next Chairman, Joints Chief's slot either with the Surgeon General, or a Salvation Army General. He really is that stupid.
Lazier than that! He can't be bothered to give his speeches a dry run. That's why when the teleprompter shuts down during a speech, he has no idea whats on them.
This is the legacy of affirmative action.
[In other words, he’s an arrogant idiot.]
Heck, we are putting thousands of these type people on the street at the end of every school year! Dumb as rocks (because they weren’t taught anything useful), but they LOTS of self-confidence and self-respect (because that is what they were taught in ABUNDANCE)!
Then they go to college, where they are given extra heavy doses of the same crap they were fed in High School. Then they come out into the real world and don’t understand why they fail or why people are so “mean”!
Wash, rinse, repeat!
Great read: 29 bullet points of Obama’s lies................
Now that’s hope and change I don’t need.
Scott Brown is the beginning of the change coming to give us hope!
“YOU LIE!”, Rep. Joe Wilson explained.
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