Richard Belzer defines The Big Lie, in his book UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Believe, this way: "If you tell a lie that's big enough, and you tell it often enough, people will believe you are telling the truth, even when what you are saying is total crap."
Whoa! Wait just a damn minute. I know that I saw Elvis in Vegas just last week. In fact, I saw him many times.
Obama could never have won the presidency and governed these last 3 years without the Big Lie technique.
It is the central governing tenant of his political strategy.
Jarrett's particular Big Lie is a recycled lie from last summer, propagated by members of the Goebbels Propaganda Machine---Nancy Pelosi, NPR, Media Matters. (No doubt there were more...a virtual chorus of liars always stand ready to do the bidding of the Party.)
How Unemployment Benefits Stimulate Economy---NPR, July 2010