Posted on 12/12/2013 6:12:53 PM PST by hiho hiho
President Obama walked away with the dubious distinction today of having uttered PolitiFact's Lie of the Year for 2013.
And the claim that earned him this lack of honor? PolitiFact Oregon, relying on great writing and research by our national counterpart, presents it here:
"If you like your health care plan, you can keep it."
When PolitiFact examined the assertion last month, it gave Obama a Pants on Fire rating, not only for erroneously telling people that, under his Affordable Care Act, they could keep their health insurance plans if they liked them, but by then suggesting he and his team had been misunderstood all along.
Obama for the past year has repeatedly told live and television audiences they could keep their preferred methods of coverage under the new health-care law. "So this fall, as cancellation letters were going out to approximately 4 million Americans," wrote Angie Drobnic Holan, "the public realized Obama's breezy assurances were wrong."
Worsening matters was the fact that the president doubled down by insisting his message went more like this: "Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law, and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it hasn't changed since the law passed."
Even staunch Obama allies were forced to cry foul when a fact-check showed he had made the initial promise at least 37 times without ever adding the caveat of "if it hasn't changed since the law passed."
A rare presidential apology followed.
"We weren't as clear as we needed to be in terms of the changes that were taking place, and I want to do everything I can to make sure that people are finding themselves in a good position, a better position than they were before this law happened," Obama said during a Nov. 7 interview. "And I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me."
Any guesses about who will come up with the Lie of the Year for 2014? Well, we all have 12 long months, starting Jan. 1, to find out.
And the year before and the year before that.
biggest political lie running since 2008.
No way, others were much worse 5.13% (8 votes)
No, but he could have been clearer 12.18% (19 votes)
Yes, but just barely 1.28% (2 votes)
Absolutely the hands-down worst 80.13% (125 votes)
Give us your opinion 0% (0 votes)
Other: 1.28% (2 votes)
Lie of the century.
The several lies Obama told along with the; “If you like your plan...” lie, are the worst domestic policy lies told to the American people by any president in memory, maybe in all of American history.
“If you like you doctor...”
“$2,500 average savings per family policy”
Will they retract Palin’s “Lie of the Year” from 2009 for her death panel remark?
If anyone else had provided deliberately misleading material facts to sell something they would be in jail.
Receptionist : Hello, Welcome to ObamaFlowers, My name is Trina. How can I help you?
Customer: Hello. I received an email from Professional Flowers stating that my flower order has been canceled and I should go to your exchange to reorder it. I tried your website, but it seems like it is not working so I am calling the 800 number.
Receptionist: Yes! I am sorry about the website. It should be fixed by the end of February. But I can help you.
Customer: Thanks, I have been ordering the “Winter Bouquet” for our anniversary and wanted it delivered to my wife.
Receptionist: Sir, the “Winter Bouquet” does not meet our minimum standards, I will be happy to provide you with Red Roses.
Customer : But I have always ordered the “Winter Bouquet”, done it for many years and my wife likes them.
Receptionist: Roses are much better, sir, I am sure your wife will love them.
Customer: Well, how much are they?
Receptionist: It depends sir, do you want our Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum
package.
Customer: What’s the difference?
Receptionist: 6, 12,18 or 24 Red Roses.
Customer: The Silver package may be okay, how much is it?
Receptionist: It depends sir, what is your monthly income?
Customer: What does that have to do with anything?
Receptionist: I need that to determine your government flower subsidy, then I can determine how much your out-of-pocket cost will be. But if your income is below our minimums for a subsidy, then I can refer you to our FlowerAid department.
Customer: FlowerAid?
Receptionist: Yes, Flowers are a right. Everyone has a right to flowers. So, if you can’t afford them, then the government will supply them free of charge.
Customer: Who said flowers were a right?
Receptionist: Congress passed it, the President signed it and the Supreme Court found it constitutional.
Customer: Whoa! I don’t remember seeing anything in the Constitution regarding
flowers as a right .
Receptionist: It is not really a “Right in the Constitution,” but ObamaFlowers is Constitutional because the Supreme Court Ruled it a “Tax”. Taxes are Constitutional. But we feel it is a right.
Customer: I don’t believe this.
Receptionist: It’s the law of the land sir. Now, we anticipated most people would go for the Silver Package, so what is your monthly income sir?
Customer: Forget it, I think I will forgo the flowers this year.
Receptionist: In that case sir, I will still need your monthly income.
Customer: Why?
Receptionist: To determine what your ‘non-participation’ cost would be.
Customer: WHAT? You can’t charge me for NOT buying flowers!
Receptionist: It’s the law of the land, sir, approved by the Supreme Court. It’s $9.50 or 1% of your monthly income.
Customer interrupting: This is ridiculous, I’ll pay the $9.50.
Receptionist: Sir, it is $9.50 or 1% of your monthly income, whichever is greater.
Customer: YOU KIDDING ME? What a rip-off!
Receptionist: Actually sir, it is a good deal. Next year it will be 2% of your
monthly income.
Customer: Look, I’m going to call my Congressman to find out what’s going on here. This is ridiculous. I’m not going to pay it.
Receptionist: Sorry to hear that sir. That’s why I had the NSA track this call and obtain the make and model of the cell phone you are using.
Customer: Why does the NSA need to know what kind of CELL PHONE I AM USING?
Receptionist: So they can get your GPS coordinates sir.
Door Bell rings followed immediately by a loud knock on the door
Customer: I have to hang-up, there is someone at my door.
Receptionist:That would be the IRS sir. Thanks for calling ObamaFlowers. Have a nice day and God Bless America
Dear leader zero. Trying his best to join hitler, stalin, mao, pol pot, castro, chavez in the saints of lucifer.
The 'Rats love that stuff. They'll give him an Oscar, worship him as a god. "He was soooooo good on the issues!"
</Molly Ivins, cooing over Lyndon Baines "Lyin' Sumbitch" Johnson, 36th President of the United States>
Yes, waiting for that one. <tick, tick, tick ....>
Lanny Davis said he and Clinton both believed Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and so did Bush. Therefore they weren’t lying about it. I don’t remember Davis and Clinton defending Bush when he was being raked over the coals.
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