THE LIES CONTINUE

In the January issue of Forbes magazine Steve Forbes expressed his anger at what he describes as White House lies.  Forbes failure to express anger at Republican lies (which I prefer to describe as “untruths”)  brought to mind verse 3 Chapter 7 of Matthew: “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye.”

 

In order to SAVE $1.4 million a year and be in a SAFER location from terrorist attack  the U.S. State Department announced in November 2013 the Vatican Embassy was being MOVED to another location.

 

A few days after the MOVING of the Vatican announcement Republicans set up a web page of “untruths” claiming President Obama was CLOSING the Vatican embassy with a petition for people to sign asking President Obama not to close the Embassy.  http://yourvoice.nrs.org/landing/vatican-embassy

 

 

The Republican “untruth” that President Obama was closing the Vatican Embassy was repeated by various Republicans including former Republican Ambassadors, Republican Congressmen, and repeated in the National Catholic Reporter newspaper. 

 

Jeb Bush on November 27, 2013 tweetd Under the headline ‘OBAMA CLOSES VATICAN EMBASSY”  “Why would our President close our embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic Organizations opposing Obamacare.

 

When the Vatican and the U.S State Department exposed this Republican “untruth” the Republican web page disappeared without apology or correction of the “untruth.”

 

Other Republican “untruths” about President Obama from a very long list:

 

“Troubling aspects of the Obama presidency is the president’s persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat.”  Ted Cruz

 

“Obama espouses some phony theology.  Oh, not a theology based on the Bible.  A different theology.”  Rick Santorum

 

“Obama is pursuing an agenda of Christophobia that seeks the destruction of the family, Christian culture and Christian civilization.”  Mike Coffman

 

“Obama is the Food Stamp President.” Newt Gingrich

 

“Obama is anti American and gives aid to terrorists.”  Michele Bachmann

 

“Obama is a closeted Muslim deliberately trying to destroy America and the Department of Homeland Security is hoarding ammunition to kill Fischer and his allies.”  Bryan Fisher

 

 “Obama is an enemy of the church who is waging a war on Christians and is creating a Socialist empire to nationalize your body and create a nation of economic deadbeats and social parasites:  Jeffry Kuhner

 

“We’ve got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S. and we hate him.”  Hank Williams Jr.

 

President Obama and a Democrat controlled Congress passed The Patient Protection and Affordable Act in 2010 (ACA) which was approved as the law of the land by the U.S Supreme court on June 28, 2012

 

 Some Republican “untruths”  about  (ACA) which they refer to as Obamacare

 

“This law is going to destroy America and everything in America, and we need to stop it.” Paul Broun

 

“That’s why we are here:  Because we are saying let’s repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. Let’s not do that. Let’s love people. Let’s care about people. Let’s repeal it now.”  Michele Bachmann.

 

 “Obamacare is the most dangerous piece of legislation ever passed in Congress.”  John Fleming

 

“If Obamacare is ever implemented and enforced we will never recover from it.  It is an unconstitutional taking of God given liberty.”  Steve King

 

Facts about health care legislation in the U.S:

   

Massachusetts adopted a health care plan in 2006

    A Republican Governor, Mitt Romney, sponsored and signed the law.

    Jonathan Gruber a professor at MIT for over 30 years was the key architect of the Mass healthcare law.

     The same Jonathan Gruber in 2009-2010 helped craft ACA which President Obama and Congress modeled after the Mass healthcare law.

     The Massachusetts health care plan has been successful for 7 years

      98% of all adults in Mass have health insurance

      99% of all children in Mass have health insurance

      Health insurance premiums in Mass are 20% to 40% lower

      Taxes in Mass were not increased after 2006 to pay for healthcare

      

 

 “The men American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars, the men they detest most violently are those who tell them the truth.”  H.L. Mencken

 

Please take a few minutes to do the research necessary to know who is telling you the truth about President Obama, the truth about health care, and the truth about other political issues of the day and pray for the knowledge to recognize the daring liars.