The President Lied to Us

Truth is a powerful weapon. http://www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com - Our Lady of Guadeloupe, Thursday, December 12, 2013

This article by Senior Catholic Writer Phyllis Schalfly*

 

"If you like your health insurance you can keep it period." Those words will haunt Barack Obama through the remainder of his term and probably achieve eternal life in books of memorable quotations.

 

Obama's words will levy even more contemporary embarrassment and political immortality than George H. W. Bush's "Read my lips. No new taxes," or Bill Clinton's "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." ...

 

Obama's famous line is worse than the others because it was a gross lie about something that matters to millions of Americans and costs them lots of money. His line is also unforgettable  because he repeated it so many times(37 times according to PolitiFact) and because his staff knew it was a lie when they put it on the TelePrompTer and notepad for Obama to read.

 

To compound his contempt for the American people, Obama's so-called apology was not an apology at all. It was a bunch of soft-cell words to enable his media sycophants to pretend it was an apology.

 

Now Obama is trying to cover his tracks by revising what he said. His revision of this promise is that you can keep your health insurance, but it must be a better plan.

 

"Better"of course, means it must cover more medical conditions and services that you don't want or need, such as pregnancy for men and women over age 50, anti-addiction therapies, and the new mandate to give equal coverage to mental problems.

 

Contrary to reports by the media, Obama did not apologize for lying to the American people. He did not say he is sorry for lying to us. He said he is "sorry" that some people find themselves in "situation" based on his "assurances" that were "not a clear as we needed to be." ...

 

The American public is left with an Obamacare website that does not work and has become fodder for late-night comedy routines. The District of Columbia signed up only five Obamacare enrollees for the month of October, at an average cost to the taxpayer of $26.7 million apiece. For the 26.7 million, an individual could receive a valuable amount of medical care. Instead, under Obamacare, the American public is receiving little more than frustration bureaucracy and broken promises...

 

Now we find that a doctor shortage is threatening to make the rollout of Obamacare even more difficult. Obama added another very "clear" statement when he spoke to the American Medical Association on June 15, 2009. "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, Period. No one will take it away, no matter what. "Obama's lie about medical insurance nestles firmly in his administration's pattern of deception about other issues. His push for annesty is also encrusted with lies.

 

Start with the repeated promise that any annesty deal will include closing the border to future illegals. Those promises have been repeated for years, and the administration obviously has no intention of closing the border to illegal entrants.

 

Congress passed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by 283 to 138 in the House and 80 to 19 in the Senate Knowing of the bill's overwhelming popularity, President George W. Bush invited the press to photograph him signing the bill, and we cheered the photo-up. The most interesting part of the Secure Fence Act is that this overwhelmingly popular law was never funded. So, therefore, why is it so difficult to refuse funding the most unpopular law in our time, Obamacare?"

 

GEORGE H. KUBECK

*ARTICLE FROM THE WESTMINSTER HERALD, NOVEMBER 21, 2013 - PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY IS A LAWYER, CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ANALYST AND AUTHOR OF 20 BOOKS. SHE C0-AUTHORED WITH GEORGE NEUMAYR  THE BEST SELLER TITLED, "OBAMA'S WAR ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM." SHE CAN BE CONTACTED BY E-MAIL PHYLLIS@EAGLEFORUM.ORG