Fundamental, Cynical Dishonesty
There's a reason I devoted two chapters of my book to Obama's tall tales: he lies -- any time it serves his purposes. We've recently read about the revelation via David Brooks and Peter Baker that Obama knew when he promised shovel-ready jobs that there were no such thing. The magnitude of this deception cannot be overstated.
Can we not see parallels in his repeated guarantees that people could keep their doctors or their insurers?
As Hugh Hewitt says, every day we see a new report of a major employer dropping its employer-provided insurance. Obamacare, says Hugh, represents a giant breach of trust by the president and a giant betrayal by every Democrat who voted for it.
One recent example: Flopping Aces blog reports that Boeing Co. is asking its employees to pay more for their medical benefits next year because of "cost pressures" from Obamacare. Boeing mailed its employees a letter last week saying deductibles and copayments are going up significantly for some 90,000 workers.
Obama claims voters are reacting irrationally to their fear born of tough economic times. But they are reacting rationally to his unbridled arrogance in cramming this infernal monstrosity down our throats.
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Sep '10
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I can hear the sound of Mrs. Clinton sharpening her steel for the night of the long knives upon us.
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The dishonesty is palpable, but I'm afraid that after seven years of liberals chanting "Bush lied, babies died," people won't take seriously the allegation of deceit. That is, until they are affected by the deception personally (which won't be long at the rate things are going).
Another good article about this topic in Monday's WSJ by Joe Rago:
Lies, Damn Lies and the ObamaCare Sales Pitch
Jul '10
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Have you noticed more people are beginning to wonder if Obama is all right in the head? Gaining the White House after accomplishing just about nothing that a person can put a finger on has to do a number on you. And then the pixie dust stops falling and all of a sudden you've got the biggest job in the world and don't know how to do it.
Jul '10
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"Fundamental, Cynical Dishonesty"?
Sounds like a perfect slogan for the Democratic Party.
May '10
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Take away universal coverage - a promise that was dropped even before the bill passed - and you're left with reduced cost and improved care as the stated justifications for Obamacare. Kill the promise of reduced cost, which is now laying dead in plain sight, and Democrats are left defending ground that's incredibly difficult to quantify.
For every horror story the left used to indict fat-cat insurers, something equally terrible will result from Obamacare. Trouble is, how to roll the whole mess back before we've reached that point?
To the president's credit, he'll tell you the truth about his single-payer goals if you're a member of a union audience. But if you repeat something President Obama was recorded saying, you're an extremist and, let's face it, probably a raging bigot.
Sep '10
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Kenneth: "Fundamental, Cynical Dishonesty"?
Sounds like a perfect slogan for the Democratic Party. · Oct 18 at 7:35pm
Fundamental Cynical Dishonesty you can believe in!
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When dealing with your local hospital, doctor, and even insurance company, you can expect to be treated as an individual. If you are dissatisfied, there are alternative options and avenues of appeal. However, under a government-run system individuality yields to "fairness," defined as equality of treatment for a class.
Once somebody in a given situation is denied care, everyone must be. After the budget is exhausted for a given condition or procedure, everyone is out of luck until the next fiscal year. Over time, injustice becomes institutionalized and mercy all but outlawed. And we finally have equality in misery.
Jul '10
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Yes. He has done nothing outside a classroom. He has never met opposition until now. It may be quite something to see a full fledged meltdown in front of the entire world, of the 'most powerful man' on the planet. And what does that man do in the midst of a meltdown?? Gracious, this is a ready made plot for a horror movie isn't it??
Jul '10
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heathermc
Yes. He has done nothing outside a classroom. He has never met opposition until now. It may be quite something to see a full fledged meltdown in front of the entire world, of the 'most powerful man' on the planet. And what does that man do in the midst of a meltdown?? Gracious, this is a ready made plot for a horror movie isn't it?? · Oct 18 at 8:33pm
Perhaps we end up with a situation like Woodrow Wilson after his stroke, where his wife acted as the de facto President.
Jun '10
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Kenneth
heathermc
Yes. He has done nothing outside a classroom. He has never met opposition until now. It may be quite something to see a full fledged meltdown in front of the entire world, of the 'most powerful man' on the planet. And what does that man do in the midst of a meltdown?? Gracious, this is a ready made plot for a horror movie isn't it?? · Oct 18 at 8:33pm
Perhaps we end up with a situation like Woodrow Wilson after his stroke, where his wife acted as the de facto President. · Oct 18 at 8:46pm
Wilson was incapacitated and sane. Obama is capacitated and nuts. Place your bets ladies and gentlemen, place your bets!
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To me, David, that's been the most striking feature of the campaign: the unwillingness--the inability--of the President and the mainstream press to admit that ordinary Americans...might just have a point. But no. We hear instead that they're all on the Koch's payroll, or racist, or simply shuddering and fearful, like whipped puppies. At this point, it's beyond condescending. It's disgusting.
Jul '10
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Peter Robinson
To me, David, that's been the most striking feature of the campaign: the unwillingness--the inability--of the President and the mainstream press to admit that ordinary Americans...might just have a point. But no. We hear instead that they're all on the Koch's payroll, or racist, or simply shuddering and fearful, like whipped puppies. At this point, it's beyond condescending. It's disgusting. · Oct 18 at 9:06pm
actually, it is beyond weird.
Aug '10
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I have an HSA which means my insurer doesn't pay a dime until we have spent ten thousand bucks in health care. Last year, my premium and that of the other HSA user in my firm increased by the greatest percentage of all the premiums for our firm. The insurance company spent nothing on my family or his for health care costs. Just took in premiums.
Recently, we received notice our insurer is getting out of health care insurance altogether. No surprises and I really shouldn't be angry since this is what is expected under a colossal mess like National Healthcare. But, technically, we are good risks. Our premiums should go down as with automobile insurers, when over time, no claims are made.
There seems to be something fundamentally flawed in the way we approach health care and insurance. Is it that we expect equality of outcome in health care (i.e. long active lives) rather than simply equality of access?
Jun '10
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From me to David and hopefully on to brother Rush: How about a musical parody of Warren Zevon's Money, Guns, and Lawyers to Bibles, Guns, and Teabags?
Aug '10
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This is very good; a chorus of wide-awake Americans standing up to declare the truth: that the Ruling Class is bankrupt, amoral, unpatriotic, and parasitic.
I think we're looking at a second revolution.
Aug '10
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I have a favor to ask of Ricochet. Is it, or is it not, too crazy an idea to impeach Obama on these three legal charges: 1) Reckless endangerment 2) Implied malice 3) Depraved indifference.
I await the judgment of my peers.
May '10
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I sometimes feel it in the air and it scares the heck out of me. I can't visualize what it would even look like and I don't want to ever find out. But Patrick Henry had it right. I hope the Conservative states protect us before that would happen.
You are the first person I have heard (read) say that. I have been asking that same question for months. If you read David's book "Crimes Against Liberty" it will send a chill down your spine worse than you have ever had.
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You know, months and months ago, when I was stuck for a subject for my NR column, I invented what I thought at the time was a sort of lame conceit: I wrote up a mock memo from a campaign consultancy to the Obama administration recommending a strategy for the upcoming midterms. "Go negative," they suggested, "on your opponents. Really tear them down. Get nasty if you have to." And who are the opponents? "The American people," the memo said. "Go negative on the voters."
I was aiming for parody. I was trying to be outrageous. What does it say about an administration or a president when it's almost impossible to mock them? They keep outpacing me!
Aug '10
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Rob Long: ....months ago... I invented what I thought... was a sort of lame conceit: I wrote up a mock memo from a campaign consultancy to the Obama administration recommending a strategy for the upcoming midterms. "Go negative,... Get nasty if you have to." And who are the opponents? "The American people,"... "Go negative on the voters."
I was aiming for parody. I was trying to be outrageous. What does it say about an administration or a president when it's almost impossible to mock them? They keep outpacing me! · Oct 19 at 11:51am
There's a palpable air of unreality to this whole period we're living in, very reminiscent of 1968.
I used to occasionally hear people say, "Do you ever get the feeling you're living in someone else's dream?" It sounded really lame to me, and even stupid, way back when. Not so now.
Oct '10
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River
Rob Long: ....months ago... I invented what I thought... was a sort of lame conceit: I wrote up a mock memo from a campaign consultancy to the Obama administration recommending a strategy for the upcoming midterms. "Go negative,... Get nasty if you have to." And who are the opponents? "The American people,"... "Go negative on the voters."
I was aiming for parody. I was trying to be outrageous. What does it say about an administration or a president when it's almost impossible to mock them? They keep outpacing me! · Oct 19 at 11:51am
There's a palpable air of unreality to this whole period we're living in, very reminiscent of 1968.
I used to occasionally hear people say, "Do you ever get the feeling you're living in someone else's dream?" It sounded really lame to me, and even stupid, way back when. Not so now. · Oct 19 at 1:35pm
Yes, River. Well put. I too feel the same way. I just have this overall creepy feeling that something's brewing.......we're on the brink. And my feelings have nothing to do with the upcoming election. It's bigger and more ominous.