Why Obama Fearlessly Lies

[Does this aphorism apply to Obama?]
Frank Leahy (1907-1973) "Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity."

[From article]
"But why does [Obama] -- and his supporters -- feel they can so blithely lie to us?
There are obvious reasons and one not very obvious reason.
First, the obvious reasons.
One obvious reason is to distract us from his poor record as president. He is so confident of his oratory that he, as is true of many con men, can feel confident that whatever message is being peddles will be believed.
[. . .]
However, there may be a more fundamental reason we are so consistently lied to by Barack Obama and his allies: they just do not respect most Americans and have very little regard for our intelligence.
[. . .]
A leader who has no respect for the people "below" him becomes emboldened to make all sorts of claims, confident that the dullards will not fathom they have been had."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/why_obama_lies.html

April 19, 2012
Why Obama Lies
By Ed Lasky
American Thinker