Posted by
Katy Grimes on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:30:03 PM
Remember that old lawyer joke?
Q: How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?
A: His mouth is moving.
Barack Obama is quickly falling into "lawyer" category for telling lies. They just roll off his tongue.
There was Reverend Wright and the issue of his kooky, radical black liberation church.
Then the Bill Ayers issue.
And the Tony Rezko issue.
And Obama lied and claimed that he introduced and helped get passed legislation to make it mandatory for even small nuclear leaks to be reported quickly to state and local authorities. That legislation didn’t actually pass and become law. He lied about two things: his support for legislation to help police the nuclear power plant industry and his ability to pass legislation.
And then the Saddleback Church debate. Obama told a few juicy lies the other night leaving himself only one option: Lying his way out - again. It seems the candidate of change is only a chameleon who changes his colors when it helps him save his skin.
He lied about having to vote on the Iraq war.
He lied about being involved in Campaign Finance reform with John McCain. He instead quickly jumped back across the aisle and voted with his party... after getting out some harsh words at his "friend" McCain.
Obama lied about his vote while still in the Illinois State Senate against the “Born-Alive Infants Protection Act” (BAIPA) bill twice in committee and once on the Senate floor.
And he lied about the number of abortions taking place since President Bush has been in office... they have not gone up as he said, but have gone down.
Obama lies about not playing the race card - it's the only card he has and uses with regularity.
Obama lies about his willingness to debate McCain - anytime, anywhere. His campaign refuses all offers.
He lies about McCain making fun of his name and his race. McCain has never said a word about Obama's race or his name.
He lied about his Uncle being among one of the first American troops to liberate Auschwitz. The Soviets did.
Obama lied about how his mother and father met. He claimed they net during a march in Selma. Lie.
He lied about his grandfather: claimed he signed up for WWll the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed and fought in Patton's army. (He actually enlisted 6 months later).
Obama lied about his father being a poor goatherder... father came from an affluent, successful, educated family.
Obama lied about his father being connected to a "Kennedy airlift," for that all-important "Kennedy" connection.
He lied about having "foreign" experience. Living on foreign soil does not constitute "experience."
He lied about "not running" for President and instead fulfilling his full senate term. Onnly 143 days into his Senate term, he announced.
Obama has told so many lies and half-truths, that he obviously can't keep track of what's real and what is his fantasy.
Politicians don't exactly have a great track record for the truth. Most beef-up their experience and involvement in specific projects, often taking all of the credit. But Barack Obama is such an accomplished liar, that he told several whoppers on live television in a church last Saturday - all lies that were easily disputed.
It's a good thing Obama believes in himself and his vast "experience," because not many other people do. Why tell lies if the truth will do all of your speaking?