All is now explained. When President Obama said, “”If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period” he actually meant to say “periods,” plural. As in “…”, otherwise known as the ellipsis: … Continue reading →
It’s clear: It’s not easy to get a lie into a presidential speech. Every draft address is circulated to the White House senior staff and key Cabinet officials in something called the “staffing process.” Every line is reviewed by dozens … Continue reading →
David Cutler wrote this memo on health reform implementation in May of 2010, about six weeks after Obamacare was passed. I suggest you read the whole thing, and remember as you read it that Cutler was a supporter of the … Continue reading →
The inspiration is Bob Dylan’s “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (you can find Dylan’s original lyrics here). The singer for this version is Obama, of course. And I didn’t even have to change the lyrics all … Continue reading →
An excellent article by Megan McArdle: It’s absolutely true that every policy wonk who was writing or speaking about the law in 2009 and 2010 understood that it would mean premiums going up for at least some people, many of … Continue reading →
It came to me last night—Obama’s perfect defense: They had to pass the bill so that I could find out what was in it. Who knew that Nancy Pelosi was actually talking to President Obama?
Continue reading →Here’s a great piece by Ace describing how NBC’s story exposing Obama’s complicity in the re-writing of the Obamacare grandfathering regulations for health insurance proves that he knew he lied to the American people in his oft-repeated promises about keeping … Continue reading →
…saith the Democrats. Much better than “fake but accurate,” don’t you think? If there were a prize for creativity in making excuses for boldfaced lying, I believe the current crop of explanations for Obama’s oft-repeated “If you like your [fill … Continue reading →
Let me say first that anyone who believed Obama was telling the truth when he promised “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan” was naive. And that’s an understatement. Not just naive; gullible. … Continue reading →
[UPDATE: I’m adding this link as an update rather than an addendum, in order to spotlight it.] Obama lied, millions lost their health care. A defense is shaping up, though, from Democrats like New Jersey’s Joe Vitale: Critics, however, say … Continue reading →
The headline reads: “President Obama Unaware of Spying”: President Barack Obama didn’t know about the NSA spying on foreign leaders for years, and he put an end to it when the administration found out about the program, according to a … Continue reading →
Here’s a comment I found at the WaPo that I thought worth highlighting [typos corrected]: One of the strangest things about the President is his inability to back down even when he’s dead wrong. No one is getting fired and … Continue reading →