Obama’s 158 Documented Lies
Jul 8, 2009 Political
This comes from Vincent Gioia’s Blog. It is a list of 158 lies Barack Obama has told. Here are the a few of them:
- 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
Each is linked to the source and Vincent includes this at the end:
Obama WTF defines “DOCUMENTED LIE ” as :
1) a statement by one or more reliable news agencies or credible authorities citing supporting verifiable facts which rebut a reported statement by Obama.2) observable video/transcript contradictions3) the omission of an important fact the exclusion of which defies common sense unless the intent is to deceive.This therefore EXCLUDES unintentional gaffes e.g. the Auschwitz Memorial Day blip; the 57 States etc which can be found at New Gaffe City This also excludes Flip Flops unless
a) Obama is seen to be holding multiple positions depending on the audience, e.g. The Jerusalem flip flop…where his position was altered with 18 hours, talking to different audiences, or b) Obama lies about holding a different position e.g denying he favored gun control.Credit to each of the following news outlets who are some of the most cited in the List of Documented Lies:
1. Annenberg Factcheck.org; at U Penn
2. At the St Petersberg Times; www.politifact.com
3. Washington Post Fact Checker …Michael Dobbs
4. Top of the Ticket Blog at the LA Times;
5. Political Punch at ABC News.com.
6. Dozens of other major news orgs are quoted to provide support for one or more lies
Please visit his site to see them all and to follow the links documenting them.
Thanks for compiling this Vincent.
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