Fibber in Chief : The Great Forked Tongue of President Obama

Fibber McGee and Molly was a great radio show. Having President Obama waggle his forked tongue constantly at the American People is not so great.

Over your head? Okay, let's try this:

Fibber as a comedy show: Good!

Fibber as Commander in Chief: Bad!

Still not clear enough? You're sure he's never lied, this saintly leper--excuse me, leader of ours? You want specific examples if the wacko right wingnut is going to badmouth the big dog?

(*Sigh*)

Okay, Homer. You only get three examples, though. If that's not enough for ya, a hundred wouldn't be, either. Besides, I need to finish this Hub in time to watch American Idol.

That Scotty McCreery kin sang!

By contrast, Barack Hussein Obama does not seem able to stick to one story. Check it out:

He Said vs. He said:

1a. “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation,” (Dec. 2007)

1b. "I have authorized [without consulting Congress] ...military action in Libya." (March 2011)

Some will argue that's not an example of a true falsehood (remember the movie True Lies?) but merely a case of finding out your perspective changes drastically when it's your ox that's getting gored, when it's your freedom of action and right to place our warriors in harm's way that's being circumscribed by those irrelevant flunkies in Congress.

Not to worry. Libya's on the nation's mind right now, but there are plenty of other examples available, more than enough to make our case here.

2a. "I will set a clear goal as President: In ten years we will finally end our dependence on [foreign] oil...." (August 2008)

2b. "I have told her [President Dilma Roussef of Brazil] that the United States wants to be a major customer [for Brazilian oil] ...." (March 2011)

What? You say even this is not of the Pinocchio Pattern? Why, it's no worse than the fellow who swears he'll end his dependence on gambling or alcohol or sex or high-limit credit cards? Hm. If that's so, then the Fibber in Chief is at the very least fibbing to himself. Eh?

3a. "...to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance [via the Obamacare individual mandate] is absolutely not a tax increase." (March 2010)

3b. Obama administration attempts to defend Obamacare in court on the basis that the individual mandate penalty is indeed a tax.... (July 2010)

Well, duh, Buford. Every conservative in the country knew that from the get-go; now it's time for I-told-ya-so. To tax or not to tax; in the minds of the Obamanation, there is no question.

Which brings to mind one of the most horrible games ever conceived by the mind of mortal children: Truth or Consequences. I've seen young kids ruin their lives, playing the darker aspects of that game, engaging in all sorts of problematic behavior after they chose Consequences over Truth. The Great Forked Tongue of President Obama, unfortunately, wouldn't know Truth if it bit him in the bum.

Kind of hard to avoid consequences--like, say, going down in our country's history as the worst President ever--when Truth is mutable in your ideology.

Pinocchio--I mean, pinochle, anyone?

Remember in November 2012.