Thread: WATCH Obama Lie 36 Times About Keeping Your Insurance

Published on Nov 5, 2013
Obama falsely reassured the American people at least 36 times that under ObamaCare, if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance.

Obama's 'If You Like Your Plan You Can Keep It' Promise Named 'Lie of the Year'

By Noel Sheppard | December 12, 2013 | 18:15

Conservatives across the fruited plain are likely going to be shocked by this - and liberals extremely angered! - but the fact-checking website PolitiFact on Thursday named President Obama's "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it" promise the Lie of the Year.

Such was announced on CNN's The Lead (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

With a drum roll going, host Jake Tapper said, “So here it is, by popular demand, the number one Lie of the Year, based on something the President first said in 2009, and then updated in 2013.”

A video clip of President Obama was then played with him saying, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.”

Another clip was aired with Obama saying more recently, “What we said was you could keep it if it hasn’t changed since the law's passed.”

“So this was a runaway favorite with readers,” Tapper said. “59 percent voted for this as Lie of the Year.”

“Yeah, the editors of PolitiFact selected this because it had the most impact on the national debate,” replied PolitiFact editor Angie Drobnic Holan. “It’s something we first flagged back in 2009. We said this is partly right. The health care law does leave in place the existing health care system.”

“But it’s partly wrong,” she continued, “because we knew back then not everybody would be able to keep their health care plan, and this was the year that it was proved false as these cancellation letters went out at the end of the year.”

“So that upgrades it from theoretically possibly true/possibly false to Pants on Fire, a lie, the fact that it was implemented, and if you like your health plan, you can’t necessarily keep your health plan?” asked Tapper.

“Well, what happened was the President came out later and said, ‘Oh, we never said that. We said that if your plan hadn’t changed since the law was passed,’” Drobnic Holan replied. “We found 37 separate instances where he said clearly, with no caveats, that you can keep your plan. And that got the Pants on Fire rating, that excuse.”

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Barabbus
• 5 days ago

As he approaches the microphone, clutching his award to his bosom, I would like to see him take a moment, like all the great Divas do, to look out over the audience and give his acceptance speech.:

"Let me be clear. I would like to thank all those people who made this night a reality for me. Without their support, none of this would have been possible. So I would like to thank my Pastor. Who originally inspired me to not get hung up on the immorality of telling whopper lies. I would like to thank my typical white Grandmother, who I disliked enough to change her own life's story in order to paint her as a racist which in turn, helped my career. I would like to thank Bill Ayers, my mentor. Who taught me that I could collect all my lies into a narrative that I could then put into a book, and which in turn would make me millions. And to my faithful staff. Who worked so tirelessly to prevent others from discovering my lies before the 2012 election was held.

Most of all, I want to give a heartfelt thanks to NBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post. And a grateful thanks to all those little news outlets here and there across this great country. The true unsung heroes. Who had their butts so far up my wazoo that although they may have suspected all along that I was lying from day 1, chose to give their allegiance to me, rather than do their jobs on behalf of the American people.

And I would be remiss if I didn't give a special thanks to Jay, and Valerie, my teleprompters (Where are you guys? There they are! Hi guys! I see you there!) And of course, to Hillary. My inspiration in so many ways. Thank you all! I look forward to standing before you next year as the recipient of the 2014 "Pants on Fire Liar of the Year!" With your help, we can make that happen. Night Sasha! Night-night Malia!"