Bill Maher: Obama Had to Lie to ‘Stupider’ Americans

On Piers Morgan Live Tuesday, guest Bill Maher openly admitted Obama “lied” about Americans keeping their insurance plans, but insisted that he had to because of unified Republican opposition—and the increasingly “stupider” American public.

Morgan trotted Maher on for a number of political issues, including the Obamacare meltdown and the most recent episode in the NSA scandal saga. Morgan opened by asking Maher if the scandal-failure-filled week was “any worse than it’s always been?” Maher said, in essence, yes:

Well, I think the country in general is on a decline.

Rather than citing the failure of the administration though, Maher’s explained he believes the decline is a result of Americans getting “stupider.” In Maher’s universe, this “stupider” population must be misled by politicians for its own good:

It sure is hard if you’re a politician—not that I’m really that sympathetic to them—to try to get information into people’s heads.
I don’t think Obama should’ve lied to people-

To which Morgan interjected, “It was a lie, wasn't it?” But Maher continued, quickly parroting the “insurance companies are always dropping people” talking point, then returning to his original argument:

But, yeah, he probably should’ve not been so blatant about saying you ... iron clad guarantee. On the other hand, since he got no Republican votes and no Republican help. And since three years after it’s a law, they’re still fighting it, can you imagine what it would be like if he said, “Yeah, some people, your rates are going to go up.” I mean the thing passed by this much. If they had said that, they might’ve lost the whole thing.

So, yeah, Obama lied, but the “stupider” Americans deserve to be lied to. Standard elitist governing tactics: manipulate and deceive in order to force onto the public what you know is best for them.

This whole episode reminds me how right Ronald Reagan was about elites and central government planning.

To paraphrase, Reagan had said that there is a group of elites in Washington, DC, who think that they can plan and run our lives better than we can run our own lives.

And this Obamacare debacle and the Obama apologists such as Maher are making this point. So it’s ok to blatantly lie about what will happen with this law because it’s for our own good. We are too stupid to know what is good for us. We are too stupid to have an opinion on whether we think socialized medicine/Obamacare is a good idea. Only elites such as Obama and Nancy Pelosi know what is good for us.

This is the attitude of these liberals. They know best, and they will run our lives for us.

It’s good to get this out in the open.

It needs to be explained, though, in very clear terms.

The left’s attitude is that the elite should rule regardless of the people’s will.

Conservatives believe that there is no authority in the USA without the consent of the governed.

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