Monday, November 17, 2014

Obama Is Now Lying About His Lies

“Some adviser who never worked on our staff.” - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion
While in Australia this weekend, Ed Henry of FOX News asked President Obama about his connection with Jonathan Gruber. In typical Obama fashion, he claimed to have just heard about the controversy.

In the same way that Bill Ayers was “just a guy” from Obama’s neighborhood, Jonathan Gruber was “just an advisor” from Obama’s campaign.
‘Well briefed’ Obama tells Ed Henry ‘I just heard about’ Gruber [video] - Twitchy, Who Said What On Twitter
In Brisbane Australia, President Obama clumsily told Fox News’ Ed Henry that he ‘just heard about’ the controversy over Jonathan Gruber whom he described as ‘some adviser who never worked on our staff.’ He then went on to say that there was ‘not a provision of the healthcare law that was not extensively debated and it was fully transparent.’




Obama’s answer to Ed Henry’s question is sufficient evidence that his administration really does bank on ‘the stupidity of the American voter.’

Guy ‘who never worked on’ Obama’s staff worked on Obama’s staff - Twitchy, Who Said What On Twitter



For a guy who never worked on Obama’s staff, he sure did a lot of work on Obama’s staff. American Commitment president Phil Kerpen and others on Twitter spent much of the day compiling evidence suggesting Obama is bucking for another four Pinocchios. ◼ See it all HERE



Obama on Gruber: I Just Heard About This Today - Breitbart TV

Obama Is Now Lying About His Lies - Peter Wehner/Commentary Magazine

This is getting pathological. According to this story in Politico, President Obama, when asked whether he had intentionally misled the public in order to get the law passed, he replied: “No. I did not.” He actually did, repeatedly. Here’s just one example–on the president’s pledge that “If you like your health-care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health-care plan, period” –that comes to us courtesy of Glenn Kessler, who works for that well-known right-wing outlet the Washington Post.

Mr. Obama added this: “I would just advise every press outlet here: Pull up every clip and every story. I think it’s fair to say there was not a provision in the health care law that was not extensively debated and was fully transparent. It was a tough debate.”

Mr. Obama is confusing some things. The issue isn’t whether there was an extensive and tough debate. There was. The issue is whether the president and his White House, during that debate, intentionally misled us. He and they did, all the time, on all sorts of matters related to the ACA. The conservative criticisms of the president were entirely on the mark. They were the truth-tellers; the president was not.