got us here...

In 2007, Obama right after he became a candidate announced a health plan to SEIU union health care seminar and when asked for details he had none....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbJCBP_2RvI&t=380]Health Care Forum: Barack Obama (1 of 3) - YouTube[/ame]

He said he had a principal but for sure everybody will be in.

Two months later he brings out his plan, and claims everyone is in. He had focused on price in this plan. Everybody listened to his claims and debunked them all

In the fall of 2007, Hillary Clinton introduces her plan that DID put everybody in

Clinton Health Plan Outlined

Now it was Clinton and Edwards against Obama on getting everyone in the plans.

In 2008 during a debate he is asked about not having everyone in and he says...

""A mandate means that in some fashion, everybody will be forced to buy health insurance." Instead of going that route, his plan, he said, "emphasizes lowering costs."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dYrscErXdI]Universal Health Care Democratic Debate 01-21-08 - YouTube[/ame]

The entire campaign he kept saying..if you elect Hilarry you will be required to have insurance..if you elect me, I will give you your freedom and lower your costs.

PolitiFact | Her mandate doesn't mention garnishment

His strong objection to a mandate lasted a few months into his presidency and then he changed. We had elected a President who was either grandly persuaded that huge government power was necessary OR he only told us during the campaign because it would help get him elected.

When the bill came out, Republicans immediately called it a tax and Obama strongly objected....

""For us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance, is absolutely not a tax increase. What's it's saying is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you."

Obama: Mandate is Not a Tax - ABC News

From a White House memo..

"what President Obama is proposing is not a tax, but a requirement to comply with the law."

Word from the White House: Common Ground on Health Insurance Reform & The Real Health Care Tax | The White House

During arguments in SCOTUS, the government (Obama) actually argued BOTH..they said it was a mandate and a tax. Again, not what is best...what ever gets my way.

I post this because this is and has been Obama...he does not tell the truth...he flat out lies for his own accomodation and does it over and over and over.

This is the man that some adore.....cannot figure it out. These are not innuendos, they are out and out lies.

I have posted many of his lies on here and what bothers me a lot about this one is that I got sucked in with his phoney baloney on this one from the beginning. I wanted so much of what is in this bill but it is bad bad policy and I am offended that is was begat with and by lies.