As has been widely reported, Obama and the Democrats are legislating the trillion dollar health insurance bill in secret. As un-American and anathema to democracy as that is, it’s even objectionable to President Barack Obama.
I suppose that makes our President a liar (again).
The CEO of C-SPAN sent a written invitation to Obama to broadcast the negotations (at C-SPAN’s expense), consistent with Obama’s pledge. Does Obama’s rejection of that invitation make him a liar twice?
The point is NOT that Obama is a liar. The point is this:
1) Obama knew that the country would catch him in a lie.
2) Obama also knew that being caught in the lie would have a cost.
3) Knowing those facts, Obama still deliberately directed Pelosi and Reid to bypass Congressional conference and to legislate in secret.
4) The only conclusion is that calculating Obama knows the cost of televising Pelosi’s hideous deal making will far outweigh the cost of him being outed (again) as a liar.
5) So the question is, just what considerable costs are Pelosi, Reid, Obama secretly scheming for Americans to bear? More bribery deals similar to what Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu got, or worse?
Even though our government is quaintly for, by, and of “the people”, in this case, our leaders have decided to suspend our rights. What is freedom if it’s contingent upon the wilful whims of others?
Tags: deceit and politics, Obama, obamacare