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In this rare honest moment, Gruber put a lie not only to the basics of Obamacare, but also to the very foundation of the Obama presidency. “Let me say it as simply as I can,” Obama had told his assembled staff on his first full day in office. “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.” This was pure smokescreen. Obama would package and sell his plan on more lies than Bernie Madoff sold his – and with more disastrous consequences.
Obama started lying early on. In his second debate with John McCain, Obama repeated the canard he had used to outfox Hillary Clinton and John Edwards during the primary campaign – namely, that “there’s no mandate involved.” This was, of course, just one deception out of many.
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Had C-SPAN actually televised the squalid negotiations needed to get the bill passed, Netflix could have halted production on House of Cards and shown the Obamacare highlight reel. President Underwood had nothing on President Obama or Senate Majority Leader Reid when it came to dirty dealing.
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The bill that the Senate sent to the House included no language to prevent the funding of abortion or to protect the conscience of believers.
As a solution, Obama proposed an executive order. Stupak bit at the apple. In January 2012, however, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) introduced the “HHS Mandate,” and Stupak realized he had been as much a fool to trust the president as Adam had been to trust the serpent.
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“Not only does the HHS mandate violate the executive order,” said a bitter Stupak, “but it also violates statutory law.” With the votes long since counted, no one was listening.
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On at least forty occasions, he promised, in one form or another, that “no matter how we reform health care,” no one would take anyone’s existing health plan away, “no matter what.” Obama would build his presidency on this promise. He would pass the Affordable Care Act on this promise. He would get re-elected on this promise. It would prove to be the most consequential lie in domestic political history.
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A man who was willing to lie about the death of his mother surely would have no trouble lying to voters about their health care plans. But then again, given their “stupidity,” there was no other way to get the bill passed.
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November 17, 2014
Joe Wilson Was Right
By Jack Cashill
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