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Bill Maher: Obama Had to Lie to ‘Stupider’ Americans
Truth Revolt ^ | 10/30/2013 | Bradford Thomas

Posted on 10/30/2013 11:32:58 AM PDT by markomalley

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.



TOPICS: Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2012electionbias; baitandswitch; goebbelswouldbeproud; huaca; liedtodemocrats; lyingliar; obamacare; obamalied; obamalies; pravdamedia; stalinisttactics; thebiglie
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1 posted on 10/30/2013 11:32:58 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

And isn’t the exactly the attitude that white liberals have had?

In order to get the votes of “stupids” Which makes up the majority of the Democratic Party


2 posted on 10/30/2013 11:35:20 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("I was all for Obamacare until I found out I was paying for it,")
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To: markomalley

Two eggplants trying to make sense. Never happen.


3 posted on 10/30/2013 11:36:10 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Hello kettle............


4 posted on 10/30/2013 11:38:59 AM PDT by rktman (Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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To: markomalley

The wee fella is imbued with the supreme arrogance of the profoundly ignorant.


5 posted on 10/30/2013 11:39:03 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: markomalley
Typical Liberal/Socialist thinking. "I can't possibly be wrong, so that must mean the entire country is wrong!"
6 posted on 10/30/2013 11:39:43 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: markomalley
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.

There was "unified Republican opposition"?

7 posted on 10/30/2013 11:40:24 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

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.


8 posted on 10/30/2013 11:40:31 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: markomalley

Billy Boy just happens to be a low-information voter


9 posted on 10/30/2013 11:40:47 AM PDT by RatRipper (The political left are utterly evil and corrupt)
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To: markomalley

He is right in one regard. Americans are getting dumber. What he doesn’t realize is that he is king stupid.


10 posted on 10/30/2013 11:40:51 AM PDT by nonamer
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...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.

Well, yes. And rightfully so. So "I don't think he should have lied to people" really means "but I'm glad he did."

11 posted on 10/30/2013 11:41:05 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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“...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, Bill, we can’t have the stupid people deciding anything based on simple facts, like they’re going to be PAYING MORE for their health insurance?


12 posted on 10/30/2013 11:42:16 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist
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To: markomalley

This is the idiot Ann Coulter dated.


13 posted on 10/30/2013 11:42:18 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: markomalley

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.


14 posted on 10/30/2013 11:42:28 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: markomalley

Apparently he’s talking about liberals because conservatives still aren’t fooled.


15 posted on 10/30/2013 11:42:37 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: markomalley

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

Ghrammar FALE!!!

/sarc


16 posted on 10/30/2013 11:43:25 AM PDT by GraceG
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So in maher’s world, it is OK to lie during the debate, if your opponent holds a stronger position than yours. More proof that liberals and islamists are cut from the same bolt of cloth.


17 posted on 10/30/2013 11:43:29 AM PDT by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: markomalley

Now that’s the problem right there; where do you find an American stupider than Maher?


18 posted on 10/30/2013 11:43:48 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: markomalley

How does someone as stupid as Maher know when someone is stupider than him?

He is correct however.


19 posted on 10/30/2013 11:44:36 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: markomalley

So Maher is admitting that Obama supporters are idiots..Hey Billy, I already knew that


20 posted on 10/30/2013 11:44:46 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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