He's a human being and a politician. It's nothing new. We all have, and do lie everyday pretty much.

Because he's half white?

Started? I thought he'd been doing that since he was an Illinois senator.

He hasn't. Have you perhaps been listening to the lies of Rush O'Reinnity again? (sigh)

How so?

He just now started?

Yawn

The government has finally got him trained. That is how they operate.

ALL SUCCESSFUL POLITICIANS LIE sorry, just had to use caps :P

Apparently because the truth is shouted down by the Republicans?

Not sure exactly what areas you are referring to re. Obama's lies, but all politicians have to lie because the public at large are too stupid to understand the truth and the harsh practicalities it brings. You have to sugar-coat a lot of things, omit details here and there and so on, in order to move forward and get the best results. Before anyone says the B word, I would counter that Bush just wasn't very good at it and went overboard because he was as thick as his public.

again an accusation with no facts to back it up, if your talking about election promises ..yes he has had to put some on the back burner but thats only because the Republicans lied through their back teeth about how really bad they had screwed things up ... so lay the blame where it belongs ..at the Republicans feet and not Obama

About what, genius?

He may be in over his head a little bit, being elected prematurely and all.

He didn't just start, but in fairness to him, he is not the only politician to lie. They all lie. I didn't vote for him, but don't think it's fair to single him out.

He's started? You do know that he's a Chicago politician, don't you?

Maybe he has realized the error of his ways, and is now practicing to become a republican ;-)) PS: What lies are you referring to ? I havent noticed any.

You'd have to be more specific. This sounds like nothing more that idiotic, far right alarmist propaganda without any details. BTW - I read your profile. Do you know what "empirical" means? It don't look like it from your usage, "...constitution of the United States is a perfect guideline to avoid the pitfalls of being an empirical nation..."

dont say that! he is not lying to american people , he is the best prisdent . and has alot of responsibilities , he has to look after the country and make decisions, give him a break ! being a president is not an easy job , its hard u know .

dude, the only time a politician isn't lying is when his mouth is closed

He lies because of the way his mentors taught him and to assist in a massive power grab by the government. Some people claim that he hasn't lied at all yet. This list from http://obamawtf.blogspot.com/2008/05/documented-lie-50-obama-claimed-he-had.html disagrees: 158 Obama claims he wrote letter to US Treasurer to try to prevent the housing crisis; but he acted only AFTER he had caused it by blocking McCain's bill 157 Obama claims he is bipartisan ; Congressional Quarterly shows he voted with his party 97% of the time 156 Obama's dirty lie scares seniors: falsely claims McCain plans to cut $880 billion from Medicare: liar liar liar says Annenberg Factcheck 155 Obama lies about his mother turning to food stamps AND still sending him to top schools; his grandmother paid for education 154 Obama lied about being asked to wear dead soldier's bracelet: family had asked Obama to stop wearing it 153 Obama claimed all new spending is economic plan was self-funding; short by $3.5 Trillion says nonpartisan Tax Policy Center 152 Obama denied Admiral Mike Mullen had called Obama's Iraqi troop plan "dangerous"; Mullen made comment on Fox in July 2008 according to WaPo 151 Obama lied about Kissinger's views of diplomacy during first debate; Kissinger confirms the lie 150 During Debate 1 Obama denied voting to tax some people making $42000 a year: Annenburg Factcheck,org confirms Obama is lying 149 After Debate 1, Team Obama denied Obama ever said, "Iran's not a threat": Video proves Obama DID say "Iran is NOT a threat." 148 Obama claims under McCain employers would be taxed on the health care benefits it grants to workers; he's lying 147 Obama refers to an Iraqi surplus of $79 billion and says US should have it; its $60 billion and dwindling 146 Obama claims only 5% of Americans would see tax increase; he's grossly understating the number of people effected 145 Obama accuses McCain of lying about Biden being against clean coal; video proves Obama is lying 144 Obama claims McCain is opposed to abortion in cases of rape or incest; McCain has never held that position. 143 Obama accuses McCain of making an ad about Obama's vote to approve leaving babies who survive abortion procedures to die; McCain did not make the ad 142 Obama's ad on abortion claims BHO always supported medical care to protect infants; text of the Bill he supported shows he wanted babies born alive after abortions to be left to die 141 Obama's ad on abortion uses quotes by journalists who made negative comments about a McCain ad; but Obama is misleading because both journalists have been proven to be incorrect 140 Obama's lying when he says McCain's ad misstated BHO's Sex Ed for Kindergartners Bill: McCain's ad was accurate; here's the Sex Ed Bill text 139 Obama and Biden both truncate McCain's comments on the strength of the economy's fundamentals: deliberate distortion 138 Biden claims McCain tried to hurt our veterans by denying them educational benefits; NewsWeek confirms Biden is lying 137 Obama claims under McCain, Elderly would have had Social Security tied up in the Stock market; Newsweek cries BS 136 Obama claims his opponent will cut social security in half: NOT true; Obama guilty of scare-mongering aimed at Seniors 135 Biden claims McCain wouldn't help small borrowers hurt by housing crisis; this is untrue according to Newsweek 134 Obama claimed during the primary he had more Ex President Clinton Foreign Policy advisers than Sen. Clinton; she had 70% more 133 Obama claimed his father served in World War 2: his Kenyan-born father never served 132 Obama grossly misquoted Sen.Clinton about her vote on a banking bill; BHO used the false quote to show why voters don't trust Government 131 Obama claimed employers are more likely to be struck by lightning than be prosecuted for employing illegals; Gov stats prove he's lying 130 Pushing his Green agenda Obama claimed Japanese Car average 45 mpg fuel efficiency; its actually around 29 mph 129 Obama disparaged the President saying he hadn't met with auto makers until the sixth year of his presidency; GWB met automakers in April 2003 128 Obama disparaged the efficiency of our healthcare system saying the U.S. spends twice per capita than other countries: WaPo proves he's lying 127 Obama claims President Clinton's Labor Secretary said BHO's healthcare plan, "Does more than anybody to reduce costs"; Robert Reich did NOT say it 126 Obama falsely claimed he won the Michigan Democrat primary: he was not on the ballot 125 Obama's Spanish language ad lies about McCain's position on immigration; tries to stir race-war: lies debunked by ABC 124 Obama lies about his interference in Iraqi negotiations; but his campaign admits his treachery 123 Obama took credit for the economic stimulus package passed in Feb 08; BHO's colleagues on Capitol Hill cry BS 122 Obama claims Big Oil is ignoring 68 million acres of oil fields they could be drilling; most fields are being worked 121 Obama claims never questions his opponent's patriotism; asks of McCain "WHICH country first?": ABC says he's questioning McCain's patriotism 120 Obama claims personal savings rates are lowest since the Great Depression; currently higher than under President Clinton 119 Obama claims on this video that he doesn't switch positions; list of 31 flip flops show he's lying 118 In the Primaries Obama puffed his resume claiming he was a "Professor"; State Senate bio shows he was not ; he now agrees 117 When Obama ran for US Senate his web site claimed "5 years as a community organizer"; he admits it was only 3 years 116 Obama's attack ad in Michigan claims McCain doesn't support loan guarantees for auto-industry. McCain DOES support them 115 Obama says "if we're STILL in recession when he takes office...etc"; the economy is NOT in recession 114 Obama claims he signed up for Selective Service when he graduated from High School; records show he did NOT until he'd been at college 1 year 113 Attacking Palin, Obama has the audacity to claim,"Words mean something; you can't just make things up "; BHO makes stuff up 112 Biden claims McCain will increase taxes for workers & Obama will only increase taxes on those making $435k: he's lying 111 Biden claims Obama drew the Nation's attention to problems at Walter Reed Army Hospital; it was two WaPo reporters that reported the issues to the Nation 110 to make Obama seems more American/less exotic, Biden tells Scranton crowd Obama grew up in Kansas; BHO grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia 109 Obama lies yet again to disparage Gov. Palin; ignores her executive experience as Governor of Alaska 108 Obama says the US economy has failed under Bush; World Bank stats proves Obama's been lying; US a world leader in growth, employment, incomes 107 Obama claims if you are born into poverty in America you are on your own: there are many government programs 106 Obama claims he's bi-partisan: voting records prove Obama is #11 most partisan 105 Claimed Hillary would be on anyone's short-list; Hillary wasn't on Obama's short-list 104 Obama claims abortion rates have not gone down under the Bush Administration; stats show they have gone down 103 Obama dismissed Bomber Bill Ayers as "some guy who lives in the neighborhood";they had a close working relationship 102 Obama claims there's no charge to attend his acceptance speech: CBS 4 in Denver proves he's lying; some tickets cost $1000 101 Obama used being a first-time-buyer to justify consulting with Rezko before he bought his house; BHO had already purchased a residence 100 Obama lies about his support for infanticide; campaign concedes in 03 he opposed a bill stopping the killing of kids born alive after abortions 99 Obama overstates Oil Industry's contributions to McCain; ignores cash the Oil industry gave BHO; Newsweek debunks 98 To belittle America,Obama exaggerated the growth in Debt under the current Administration; debunked by WaPo 97 Obama claims President George W Bush had not left the country before he became President; WaPo confirms he's lying 96 To promote "green", Obama claimed he drove a vehicle that uses ethanol; GM confirmed the model was NOT ethanol-ready 95 Obama claims he's taking his family for a week's rest in Hawaii with no campaigning; schedules a rally for first day 94: Obama claims "properly inflating tires" will save as much energy as we could drill offshore; analysis shows not even close 93 Obama denies accusing McCain of using race against him; ABC, NYT confirm Obama did accuse McCain of making racial attacks 92 Obama claims he's not being political when he's flip-flopping; timing & direction of major flip-flops show he's lying 91: Obama INVENTS a wall between Christians and Jews; deceptively omits the major religious wall is caused by a "fatwah" to kill American Christians and Jews 90 Obama claims he made a substantive call for Germany to help in Iraq; Berlin speech transcript proves he's lying 89: Obama admits he underestimated the decline in violence from the Surge; falsely claims McCain made same mistake 88 Obama turned a disappointing crowd of 20,000 into media reports of 200,000 87 Obama lied about his father's religious upbringing! half-brother confirms Obama's father was "RAISED Muslim" 86 Obama claimed we only made one fundraising trip to Florida during the Primary; Florida papers proved he lied 85 Claims reducing obesity to 80's levels would save Medicaid ONE TRILLION DOLLARS; not even close 84 To make Iraq/Afghan Wars look bad, Obama claimed demands on Nat Guard personnel hurt flood relief; Guards prove lying 83 Claimed due to overseas commitments, too few helecopters were available to help with Midwest flood relief; now concedes not true 82 Starting in Iowa, Obama claimed Clinton's healthcare plan would "punish families that couldn't afford healthcare"; NYT calls BS 81 Obama claims McCain's tax plan will do nothing to help the middle-class: The Tax Policy Center proves he's lying 80 claims the use of an Email with a big red DONATE button is NOT a fundraising solicitation 79 Obama claims his trip to Europe was non-political: uses video of Berlin speech to raise money within hours 78 Tells NBC that during the debate on the Surge he said the Surge would work in Baghdad; video proves during the debate he said the opposite 77 Obama's "Changing World" ad claims he'll fast-track alternatives to oil to stop us buying from hostile nations; "fast track" is totally misleading 76 Obama tells Israeli media that he's a member of the Senate Banking Committee; CNN confirms he's delusional 75 Obama claims Lou Dobbs caused hate crimes against Latinos to double; the FBI and CNN confirm Obama is lying 74 Obama claims the military brass think like he does; top US commanders say his plan for Iraq is unworkable 73: Obama promised to filibust FISA; later Obama voted for FISA and now denies changing his position 72 Obama belittles Americans claiming we can't speak European languages; he's talking merde; mierda; Scheiße 71 Obama denied he accused President Bush of starting the War for political reasons; Russert transcript proves Obama made that false claim 70 Obama claims there has been substantial job losses from NAFTA; Independent studies show its at least" job neutral" 69 Claimed in Feb 08 he got 90% of funds from donors giving $25, $50; fed filings show he got only about a third from donors below $200 68 Obama rewrites history about what specifically he had said during his October 2002 anti-war speech 67 Obama claimed in 04 that he had never supported bringing troops out of Iraq; rare video of 03 Teamsters rally shows he's lying 66 Obama lied about the softness of the Stock Market to support his false claim the War was being used to distract the public 65 To justify move to private funds, Obama claims McCain's campaign is" fuelled" by PACs and Lobbyists; its less than 2% of McCain's money 64 Obama's "Dignity" ad claims he "worked his way" thru college and law school; campaign admits only two summer jobs 63 Obama's "Dignity" ad gives him credit for reducing Welfare rolls by 80%: he's deceptive as he was opposed to Fed Welfare Reform in '96 62 In Obama's The Country I love ad, he takes credit for passing a healthcare bill he did NOT vote for 61 Claims he first ran in Chicago as an unendorsed candidate; his '96 election questionnaire proves he had several 60 Obama claims he wants a vigorous and open debate on the issues: then goes out of his way to avoid it 59 Obama omits key details about a false rumor re video of Michelle's "whitey" rant to justify breaking his public funding promise 58 Obama tries to deceive about why he voted "present" more than 100 times in the Illinois Senate; Chicago paper reveals the truth 57 Trying to claim patriotism Obama says his grandad signed up the day after Pearl Harbor; army records disagree 56 Claims race and party not important to how people vote as they put America first; 93% block vote disproves 55 On June 5, Obama stated that Israel must remain undivided; June 6 on CNN he reversed his position, but denied he had done so 54 To further his own agenda, Obama grossly overstates the number of potential African-American votes in MS, GA, SC 53 Promise of $2500 reduction in Healthcare premiums needs billions in Admin cost savings by 2012: not possible 52 Obama omits to mention his 3 week trip to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan until it slips out trying to out-do Clinton 51 Obama claims McCain wants to wage a lengthy war in Iraq: Video proves Obama's lying 50 Obama claimed he never prayed in a mosque; his campaign had to retract that statement 49 Obama dishonestly used endorsements in ads to pump up his healthcare plan 48 Claims he never discussed politics with Pastor; rebutted by photo of Obama with team of lobbyists led by Wright 47 Obama, an expert at parsing words, claimed he wasn't familiar with the word "Clintonian"; then changed his story 46 Despite reeking of cigarettes, Obama denied smoking to ABC; now admits smoking on MSNBC 45 Obama said he'd meet unconditionally with Leader of Iran: now claims he "didn't have Ahmadinejad in mind" 44 Obama claims he is using public financing to avoid special interests: WSJ nails his switcheroo 43 Obama's rhetoric claims more young black men in jail than college: BoJ Stats disprove 42 Claims he never said he was a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare; Video proves he did 41 Obama claims remarks to industrialists were greeted with silence, shows he can deliver tough message: video of ovation 40 Obamas claim you dont rip opponents & leave on roadside:he did to Alice Palmer 39 Obama denies saying Indiana could be tie-breaker: he did 38 Obama omits that Pastor Wright led divestiture campaign from Israel 37 Obama claims Church not controversial; he knew it was controversial since 86 36 Lied about intention of taking US out of NAFTA 35 Obamas claim poverty growing up: both distort reality 34 Obama denies meeting Saddam's Auchi; sworn Fed. witness places Obama at undisclosed party for Auchi at Rezkos 33 Obama lies about not attacking Clinton over her Bosnia lies 32 Obama claims he passed ethics reform; ABC News shows he lied 31 Obama says he's consistently opposed NAFTA; in October 2007 he supported expansion to Peru 30 Obama claims he's above dirty political tricks; Clinton proves he lies 29 Obama claims his "bitter" remarks were mangled; then repeats attacks on guns religion and angry people 28 Obama claims never said he wouldn't wear US flag-pin; video shows he did 27 Obama says he did no favors for Rezko;untrue; he lobbied for him 26 Changes story repeatedly re Rezko's help in buying mansion 25 Obama claims he never supported a ban on handguns; he has twice 24 Obama claims stays at UCC as Pastor acknowledged comments were inappropriate; Wright never made this statement 23 Campaign is beholden to "only the people" as unlike McCain/Clinton he does not take lobbyist /PAC money; LIES! 22 Claims campaign never called Canada to say Obama not truthful re wanting leave NAFTA; smoking gun memo proves lied 21 Mrs Obama admits she's never been proud of America; Video disproves Sen. Obama's later claim she was misquoted 20 Claimed would not run for President, as he would not be qualified by 2008: confirmed 3 times to Tim Russert in one 2006 interview 19 Claims famous in Il. for not letting lobbyists even buy him lunch; took from teachers, trial lawyers, hospital admins 18 Claims his parents met at Selma civil rights march; Washington Post noted it occurred 4 yrs after Obama's birth 17 BO claims courageously opposed war in 2002 during US Senate campaign; He did not announce his senate bid until 2003 16 Claims he passes tough Nuclear Law; NYT uncovers he took Nuclear Industry pay-off and watered down the bill 15 Claimed he didn't know Rezko was corrupt when did a real estate deal with him; Chicago papers prove he lied 14 Claims does not accept money from Big Oil: Real Clear Politics proves he lied 13 Denies using his Hopefund PAC to influence endorsers; but the Washington Post reviewed the record and disagreed 12 Claims his State Chair is not a drug company lobbyist; Time magazine cries Bullshit 11 Lies about how much he received in campaign funds from Rezko; forced to significantly increase the amount twice 10 Claims he did not fill out the 1996 candidate questionaire; Politico proves he lied 9 Took credit for achievement of others in Chicago; resume puffing exposed by LA Times 8 Claims he kept no State Senate records; now he changes his story 7 Denies doubling wife's salary was due to becoming US Senator; omits within months he earmarked $1 million for hospital 6 Denied meeting Saddam bagman Auchi; now admits he was at his dinner but does not remember talking to him 5 Denies using his church for politics: IRS disagree 4 Claims he was unaware of Pastor Wrights 911 comments: NYT proves he lied 3 Claims his father was a goat-herd; actually he was a man of privilige 2 Claims not an active muslim as child; Indonesian paper proves he lied 1 Claims father linked to Kennedys; Washington Post proves he lied I gave him the benefit of the doubt, more or less, until he showed that he approves of Al Gore. I've never seen such an out and out liar anywhere in politics as Al Gore. "There is a consensus"~Al Gore. Despite 31,000 Scientists disagreeing with him, he continues to say it. Remarkable. If Obama endorses him when he is so plainly a liar--I can't trust Obama.

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