Aides Debated the “You Can Keep Your Insurance” Line Before Deciding to Lie to American Public

Gateway Pundit ^ | November 2,2013 | Jim Hoft

[Hojczyk]

Team Obama reportedly debated the “you can keep your health insurance” line before they decided to lie to the American public.

President Obama’s aides debated his now infamous “if you like your insurance plan you can keep it” line, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Advisers discussed whether it was a promise that could be kept and even considered having the president add some nuance in media interviews. But they decided that the president should be sweeping and emphatic, or, as one former official put it, talk “in broad, intelligible points that cut through.” But aides were divided:

One former senior administration official said that as the law was being crafted by the White House and lawmakers, some White House policy advisers objected to the breadth of Mr. Obama’s “keep your plan” promise. They were overruled by political aides, the former official said. The White House said it was unaware of the objections.

Some aides believed that the (inadequate) grandfather clause was enough to make Obama’s assurance true enough, but the White House clearly didn’t want to confuse people with the full story of the disruptions that would occur under the law. “Simplification and ease of explanation were a premium, and that was true throughout the process,” former speechwriter Jon Favreau told the paper.

[Mr. Jeeves]

...the White House clearly didn’t want to confuse people with the full story of the disruptions that would occur under the law...

...because otherwise, it would never have passed.

Leftists: Please now begin to eat your own words regarding George W. Bush/Iraq/WMD/Niger/yellowcake...and Bush wasn't even deliberately lying.

[NormsRevenge]

Gushing how much the majority will swallow and lying to fit their agenda.. How DemonCRATic of them. Business as usual for the PROGRE$$ives..

[FlingWingFlyer]

I wonder which super extremist Marxist decided to go ahead with the lie. The Iranian, Valerie Jarrett?

[FoxInSocks]

“Simplification and ease of explanation were a premium, and that was true throughout the process"

Can I remit "simplification and ease of explanation" to pay my new higher insurance premiums?

[YHAOS]

“Team Obama reportedly debated the “you can keep your health insurance” line before they decided to lie to the American public.”

Oh, I see. 0bama had nothing to do with the lie(s). 0bama didn’t know.

[Travis McGee]

Next week's press conference, with no irony.

[bray]

Bush was telling the truth as he and the entire world understood it. He would have been negligent to do anything else.

Pray America will Wake Up

[GoldenPup]

Team Obama reportedly debated the “you can keep your health insurance” line before they decided to lie to the American public.

I wonder what else these rat bastards are lying about?
Answer: EVERYTHING!!!

[stanne]

Who ever really believed this?

And where are our representatives in preventing this takeover?

They are not representing the American citizens.

[Kid Shelleen]

The ends justify the means has always been a communist doctrine.

[null and void]

I wonder what else these rat bastards are lying about?
Answer: EVERYTHING!!!

Even when the truth would serve them better.

[okie01]

So, now the story has morphed into "It was a lie, we knew it was a lie, but we told the President to lie anyway."

Presumably, though, the President didn't know that it was a lie...because his advisors never tell him the truth of the matter.

I kinda doubt this spin is going to work...

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Some of us understand the nature of this administration and never bought it for a minute.

Have to vote on it before you can know what's in it. That was a dead give away.

Most people these days have to be told what to think.

[Mouton]

Sound to me this fits the criterion for a high crime:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both. If the matter relates to an offense under chapter 109A, 109B, 110, or 117, or section 1591, then the term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be not more than 8 years.

Sorry Mr. asshat, knowingly has been expanded to include SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

[R_Kangel]

Question: "How do you know when the Democrats are lying?"

...... Simple ....... when their lips are moving.

[tumblindice]

They should run this message across the screen following any BO speeches, messages, addresses, etc.:
“I’m Barack Obama and I don’t approve this message, but reserve the option of plausible deniability.”

[Mouton]

“0bama didn’t know.
Patent BULLSHIT!!”

and even more so because the false statement element of knowledge has been expanded to SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.