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Why Does Nation Tolerate A Habitual Liar As President?
Investor's Business Daily ^ | 04/21/2014 | IBD Staff

Posted on 04/24/2014 2:32:46 PM PDT by IBD editorial writer

Public Trust: Sixty-one percent polled say President Obama lies "some of the time" or "most of the time" on matters of national importance. Americans have to ask: Why do we let him get away with it?

It's no surprise that a Fox News poll of 1,012 registered voters last week found immense distrust of a president whose main domestic initiative was based on a lie. The shock is that the same poll found his disapproval level down to its lowest since last fall.

Asked, "How often do you think Barack Obama lies to the country on important matters?" 37% replied "most of the time" while 24% answered "some of the time." Twenty percent said, "Only now and then." [snip]

But this latest Fox poll found that Obama's approval fell to 51% from the 53%-55% range of Fox's seven previous polls. You have to go back to early October 2013, when it was 49%, to find approval of Obama lower.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: liar; lies; nixon; obama; obamacare; obamalies; obamaliespoll
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1 posted on 04/24/2014 2:32:46 PM PDT by IBD editorial writer
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To: IBD editorial writer; cyn

Simple. It’s the mark (character) of the beast. Most accept it because they are of the same mind.


2 posted on 04/24/2014 2:35:35 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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Those who know he’s a liar fall in two categories, those who don’t tolerate that he’s a liar, and those who like his lies because it furthers their evil agenda. The other third of America don’t know he’s a liar because they’re too busy with selfies and video games.


3 posted on 04/24/2014 2:35:44 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: IBD editorial writer

A: Because he’s not worth impeaching.

For which Harry Reid’s Senate wouldn’t convict.

And, we don’t want to hand the Left a martyr.


4 posted on 04/24/2014 2:35:59 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Mohammed was a Child Rapist and Islam is a Totalitarian Death Cult.)
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To: IBD editorial writer; kristinn; Biggirl; All

GREAT QUESTION! Thanks!

Here are my two cents attempt to answer/comment on it:

B. Hussein Obama has faithfully carried out his pledge to “Fundamentally transform the United States of America,” while our sorry Doormat Republicans in the US Congress are STILL amazed, surprised, shocked or in Boehner’s case, ‘sad’ that B. Hussein is doing exactly what he promised to do AFTER >5 VERY LONG YEARS of Obamanation!

Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy, Ryan, Issa, Mike Rogers, King of NY are just a few of the US House members who have refused to hold the Democrat Obama Administration accountable for their destructive actions.

There has never been a more corrupt administration more deserving of US House Special Prosecutor Investigations than the Democrat Obama administration.

Thus, Speaker Boehner has been derelict in his duties to his office as Speaker of the US House of Representatives, PERIOD.

US House Speaker Boehner and right hand men Cantor and McCarthy need to be voted out of their Obama-friendly “leadership” positions ASAP by the US House Members.

2014 is our opportunity to rid Congress of as many Doormat Republicans as possible so that we Conservatives can take back our Nation instead of waiting for the “Doormat to Democrats” Republicans to behave as if they really wanted to work FOR our Republic.


5 posted on 04/24/2014 2:37:25 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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Why Does Nation Tolerate A Habitual Liar As President?

It speaks to the quality of character of a large number of citizens in said nation.

6 posted on 04/24/2014 2:38:19 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: IBD editorial writer

Most people believe all politicians lie. And they’re mostly right.


8 posted on 04/24/2014 2:41:58 PM PDT by Hugin
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To: Ezekiel
Most accept it because they are of the same mind.

Yup. And if they ever feel a twinge of guilt over their own wickedness, they can console themselves in the fact that "Obama is a liar" and "homos are perverts", and then go back to their own favorite sins and "hit it" some more.

But yeah, they're all of the same mind, just excusing themselves and each other as tacitly agreed. That's most of what goes on here at FreeRepublic.
9 posted on 04/24/2014 2:42:07 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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Let’s see now, don’t nearly all politicians lie? That’s how they get elected. Most people don’t want to know the truth. Look at Harry Reid, he lies over and over again and still gets elected. If a candidate for any office told the truth he could never get elected.
Obummer campaigned on many different slogans,-were any of them true? Yet he still won the second term.


10 posted on 04/24/2014 2:42:41 PM PDT by Vinylly (?)
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Why Does Nation Tolerate A Habitual Liar As President?

Because the TV tells them to.

11 posted on 04/24/2014 2:46:43 PM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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Because we are a nation of uninformed morons.


12 posted on 04/24/2014 2:48:10 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Why is Jon Corzine a free man?)
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Obama an Habitual liar?
A Continuous Liar is more appropriate.
He lies about anything and everything.
He even lies about the lies he tells.
He lies when it isn't even necessary to get what he wants.


13 posted on 04/24/2014 2:48:52 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Malaysia Flight MH370 Black Box signals reported in Bermuda Triangle)
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To: IBD editorial writer

Follow the free money! It buys loyal ignorant.


14 posted on 04/24/2014 2:49:32 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Navy Patriot

It speaks to the quality of character of a large number of citizens in said nation.

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It does. He does not really reflect the culture. He is too alien and alienated. A weirdo. But his embrace of sanctimonious deceit is very much in accord with the dominant culture.


15 posted on 04/24/2014 2:49:43 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: IBD editorial writer

The media and liberal Hollyweird does.


16 posted on 04/24/2014 2:52:26 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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17 posted on 04/24/2014 2:52:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: IBD editorial writer

Why, THAT would be racist.


18 posted on 04/24/2014 2:53:44 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: demshateGod

The other third of America don’t know he’s a liar
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We mustn’t forget the ‘FOURTH’ Third - those that are living off the freebies - the only thing that would get their attention is if the FREE cell phones were to be turned off, or the EBT card rejected when buying booze and steaks, or when the unemployment checks get cut off ‘they’ can’t go on SS Handicap.....

Which makes it all the harder as ‘they’ would be convinced it wasn’t the liars fault all the ‘bad things happened in their life’, it was ‘ours’.....Well, I guess they would be correct in that assumption.


19 posted on 04/24/2014 2:53:44 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98 --"I would agree with you BUT that would make both of us wrong".))
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That's the nature of politics.

People are used to it.

Also, they only have to believe one candidate is better than the other once every four years.

20 posted on 04/24/2014 2:54:33 PM PDT by x
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