Posted on 01/27/2010 5:37:51 PM PST by kristinn
Hours before his embattled boss gives his first State of the Union address, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has exposed as a bald-faced lie Barack Obama's claim made just two days ago that he had nothing to do with the much maligned deal to get the vote of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) for the Senate's healthcare bill before Christmas.
Speaking to ABC News' World News Tonight anchor Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview on Monday, Obama denied being involved in what has come to be known as the "Cornhusker Kickback"
SAWYER: A lot of people think you must say at the end of the day, this is not who I was in 2008, these deals with Nebraska, with Florida...
OBAMA: Let's hold on a second, Diane. I mean, I think that this gets into a big mush. So let's just clarify. I didn't make a bunch of deals. There is a legislative process that is taking place in Congress and I am happy to own up to the fact that I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked. So that's point number one.
In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric today, Emanuel flatly stated that he and the Obama administration were heavily involved in the Cornhusker Kickback as well as the other deals that provoked outrage from the public and helped Republican Scott Brown win the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Couric: As you know, people were pretty disgusted by deals that were made up on Capitol Hill like the one given to Ben Nelson to win his support. If the White House was so involved, was this done with your blessing? But -
Emanuel: Look, we were involved in the legislation all the way through.
Couric: Were you involved in that?
Emanuel: Yeah. I'm not gonna go through all of it -
Couric: But in the Ben Nelson deal?
Emanuel: We were helpful in getting the bill off the Senate floor. And in retrospect the things - as I said to you just earlier, things you woulda done different.
To repeat what Obama told Diane Sawyer about the Cornhusker Kickback:
So let's just clarify. I didn't make a bunch of deals. There is a legislative process that is taking place in Congress and I am happy to own up to the fact that I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked.
Barack Obama lied to the American people on national television. And he's been busted by his own Chief of Staff.
Thanks, Ian. adm5 suggested splicing the two interview segments. I agree, if you’re up for it.
on it
Thanks kristinn. POS liars ALERT!
Here's the link again with the contradictory statements of Obama and Emanuel on video.
Good job, Ian!
Plausible Lieability!
Oh, I thought you meant making two different clips.
You have to be kidding me. This man had the nerve to show up at the SOTU show after this? Talk about brass!
That's right. One, two, or three is not a bunch. He can always say that if confronted. So what if they add up to a half-billion or so?
No, your video is great the way it is.
This needs the Joe Wilson; “You lie” picture.
It’s fun to watch liberals turn on each other rather than assume responsiblity for anything.
PURSE FIGHT!
Great, thanks! I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but lets try to get this video go viral.
Twinkle Toes makes very generic comments in the quotes above. He does not specifically take responsibility for the Cornhusker Kickback. IMHO, that was nobama’s doing.
I love FR. WTG, Kristinn & Ian.
Toot your horn. You did a good job getting the video done quickly and accurately. The clips should be featured on the cable news and talk radio shows all day tomorrow. I hope Robert Gibbs has a ‘Baghdad Bob’ moment over this. I also hope someone at the townhall in Tampa tomorrow calls out Obama on his lies to his face.
BUMP! You are a brilliant ray of sunshine!
Are we sure the mafia isn’t running the govt?
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