In the beginning of 2009 most of the main stream media couldn’t get enough of President Obama. They covered him 24/7, showering him with praise and commenting on how well he spoke to the people and to the press. Very little effort was given at dissecting what he said; instead the media focused on how Obama’s word made you feel (i.e. Chris Matthews: “I Felt This Thrill Going Up My Leg” As Obama Spoke). The honey-moon period has somewhat worn off now and the media is starting to see that Obama is one who avoids giving a clear direct answer; he is a typical Washington politician. He is our ‘Equivocator in Chief’.
The polls are showing growing disappointment and polarization over Obama’s performance during his first year in office and now many of those same media critiques that that were once supporting him are now labeling him as a compulsive liar. A compulsive liar is defined as someone who lies out of habit, whereas a pathological liar is often goal-oriented and is defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their way and does so with little concern for others. Obama is no compulsive liar. Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights and feelings of others. They often come across as being manipulative, cunning and self-centered. A pathological liar would lie on their resume to get a job, lie about their true past and class anyone who challenged them as paranoid. Does this sound familiar to you?
Let’s go through a short list of the big lies or untruths that President Obama and his administration have made during his first year as ‘Equivocator in Chief’. This is by no means a complete list.
He lied when he said he would go through the budget line by line and that he’d veto bills that included earmarks. On the campaign trail he specifically said he was against earmarks, now Obama defends pet projects and signs spending bills that include billions of dollars in earmark money.
He lied when he said that he wanted the American people to hold this administration and Congress accountable for their actions; yet he and his Senate Leadership restricted C-SPAN cameras from witnessing the deals on the Healthcare bill.
He lied when he said that his government would be open and transparent and that the American public will have 5 days to look online at every bill before he signs it. Yet the American people were not permitted to see the bill or the discussions revolving around the Healthcare Bill.
He lied about not having Lobbyists in his administration during the campaign. Yet days after his inauguration, President Obama decided to make an exception to his pledge by nominating lobbyist William Lynn as his Deputy Defense Secretary.
He lied when he said on the campaign trail that he wouldn’t raise taxes. Rather than cut taxes for 95 percent of working Americans, the Obama budget is proposed to increase taxes as a share of the economy in eight out of the next 10 years. And that would raise, not reduce the tax burden over the coming decade.
He lied when he said if the stimulus bill was passed that the nation’s unemployment rate would not go above 8%. The White House said the stimulus prevented a depression, yet eleven months after the nearly $800 billion stimulus bill was signed into law; the nation’s unemployment rate broke double digits at 10 percent. Some states are near bankrupt with nearly double the national figure. Since this was the key tag line to get this bill passed, we should be able to honestly state that the stimulus has failed.
He lied when he said he would end the war in Iraq. He refuses to say that we have won the war, but claims more success than G.W. Bush at killing terrorists: “And in the last year, hundreds of al-Qaida’s fighters and affiliates, including many senior leaders, have been captured or killed — far more than in 2008.” Yet we are still in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He lied when he said he would close Gitmo. Obama signed his very first Executive Order to Close Guantanamo in a Year. Obama has since realized that the task was going to be harder than he thought. Gitmo is still open.
He lied when he said he wanted an independent bipartisan fiscal commission with the power to force Congress to vote on major deficit reduction steps. This was at best a deceitful dodge of accountability, especially for Congressional Democrats. It can easily be said that the President was merely trying to real in Republicans to spread the blame around. A bipartisan commission like this would allow Democrats to push part of the blame for high unemployment rates and raising taxes in a recession on Republicans. The Senate defeated the President’s proposal by equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans.
He lied when he said there was ‘overwhelming scientific evidence of global warming’. With the recent “Climate Gate” happening the truth has been revealed that the data this administration and the United Nations IPCC has been using to support its ‘Green agenda’ is seriously flawed…and they knew it.
He lied when he said “…we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years…”. He is leaving the details out of this and simply cannot promise something that is out of his control. In order for this to be a true statement, he would have to be able to persuade Congress to go along. Which is something he seems to be having a lot of trouble doing. The anticipated savings from this proposal would amount to less than 1 percent of the deficit anyway.
He lied when he said the government’s Economic Recovery Plan would save or create 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011. Obama stated, “Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed. … And we are on track to add another one and a half million jobs to this total by the end of the year.” However the Congressional Budget Office has stated that “It is impossible to determine how many of the reported jobs would have existed in the absence of the stimulus package.”
During the State of the Union address and his visit to the GOP House Issues Conference, President Obama proven to us once again, that he is a pathological liar by being untruthful on just about everything he stated. Take some time to watch the two videos above and really listen to what he says, not how he is saying it. Then break it down and research it. You will see, unless you are blinded by ideology, that most of the things he says are deceitful or falsehearted in one way or another. You be the judge…
