I do not like the term LIAR....dont think I have used that word since maybe grade school and especially in regards to politics because politicians are pretty smart with their presentations and those on both sides of the aisle practice this "art".

During the campaign and in the last few months, many folks have actually said to me...."are you calling the President a liar" ? I hestitate and always stutter "no" because that term should be reserved for extreme circumstances.
However, I have always searched as to how to describe what this President has been doing since he began his candidacy, since I am challanged quite a bit with communicating in this medium.

This morning I read an editorial by Charles Krauthammer and he came up with the words I need to use...

"Obama doesn't lie. He implies, he misdirects, he misleads -- so fluidly and incessantly that he risks transmuting eloquence into mere slickness."

"Does He Lie?
By Charles Krauthammer

WASHINGTON -- You lie? No. Barack Obama doesn't lie. He's too subtle for that. He ... well, you judge."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...lie_98363.html

He is surely not the first, but maybe it is because he is so good at it !