At Tuesday’s town hall meeting on health insurance reform at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, President Obama falsely claimed the AARP endorsed Obamacare. That is another Obama falsehood, one the AARP denies.
In his opening remarks Obama said, “We have the AARP on board because they know this is a good deal for our seniors.” In response to a question from a women concerned about losing her Medicare supplement if something happens to her husband, Obama said, “AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare, okay?”:
You can watch the video here.
Well, first of all, another myth that we’ve been hearing about is this notion that somehow we’re going to be cutting your Medicare benefits. We are not. AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare, okay? So I just want seniors to be clear about this, because if you look at the polling, it turns out seniors are the ones who are most worried about health care reform. And that’s understandable, because they use a lot of care, they’ve got Medicare, and it’s already hard for a lot of people even on Medicare because of the supplements and all the other costs out of pocket that they’re still paying.
The AARP has not endorsed any health care plan that is currently being considered by Congress.
Obama’s false claim of an AARP endorsement caused the AARP issue a denial:
“While the President was correct that AARP will not endorse a health care reform bill that would reduce Medicare benefits, indications that we have endorsed any of the major health care reform bills currently under consideration in Congress are inaccurate.”
Counting his whopper that he has not said he was a “single payer supporter,” that’s two lies in one town hall meeting. What else is Obama lying about? Obama cannot expect the American people to believe anything he says about Obamacare when the record shows he is not telling the truth.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
The rats are fleeing the sinking ship
SG_Lominac (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 6:50AM EST (link)Not that Camille is a rat, I like reading her but she exorciates Obama’s non-plan and Pelosi’s “leadership”. http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2009/08/12/town_halls/
Also noted on Salon’s pages is Robert Reich’s denouncement of Obama’s deal with big Pharma. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/10/pharma/index.html
Ouch.
From the movie “Hard Times”
Jill Ireland: “What does it feel like to knock somebody down?”
Charles Bronson: “It makes me feel a hell of a lot better than it does him.”
Notice that Reich is only worried that some private group will have a say so
kyle8 (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 7:04AM EST (link)If government takes over an entire industry that is progress, but if the members of that industry have a problem with that, then it is extortion.
Reich is that form of 1960’s style lefty who is even more irrational than most. They are extremely anti- “big” corporation, but pro government because they supposedly care about the “little guy”.
But while corporations can sometimes be meddlesome, stupid, or abusive, they cannot tax me, conscript me, imprison me, or execute me. Government can do all of the above.
Corporations are also directly responsive to the will of the people since they need money given willingly to operate. Government, not so much.
In short, (a little joke there) Reich is an idiot.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
I've made it a habit to read Paglia's stuff since
janis (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 10:50AM EST (link)O’s inauguration. Her take on the health care “reform” is really stout, as is her opinion of Nancy Pelosi. The only thing I can quibble with her about is O’s foreign policy behavior. Paglia is quite enamored of it compared to George Bush’s. That was a tough few sentences to read in the beginning of the article, but the rest of it was quite good.
The rats are fleeing the sinking ship
SG_Lominac (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 6:50AM EST (link)Not that Camille is a rat, I like reading her but she exorciates Obama’s non-plan and Pelosi’s “leadership”. http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2009/08/12/town_halls/
Also noted on Salon’s pages is Robert Reich’s denouncement of Obama’s deal with big Pharma. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/10/pharma/index.html
Ouch.
From the movie “Hard Times”
Jill Ireland: “What does it feel like to knock somebody down?”
Charles Bronson: “It makes me feel a hell of a lot better than it does him.”
But they eventually will, so it doesn't really matter,
kyle8 (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 7:01AM EST (link)They are a hopeless bunch of leftists.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
I'll bet they're getting pushback though Kyle
SG_Lominac (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 7:41AM EST (link)My aunt is extremely worried about this bill and she is the yellowest of yellow dogs. I am trying to convince all my elderly relatives to drop AARP like a bad habit.
P.S. Darn double posts.
From the movie “Hard Times”
Jill Ireland: “What does it feel like to knock somebody down?”
Charles Bronson: “It makes me feel a hell of a lot better than it does him.”
And Obama didn't even get a tough question.
SoFiMil (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 7:02AM EST (link)Imagine if he did. Maybe we should just shut up and let him talk?
www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com
How do we know?
smitch61 Wednesday, August 12th at 7:18AM EST (link)He has lied about quite a few things. We have no knowledge that there was not some kind of a deal.
I agree with post above, no tough questions.
They may not have "officially endorsed" the plan
wayneinnh (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 7:31AM EST (link)but they are in the tank for it. They have set up a web site for their members to dispel “… some of the most common myths being spread about health care reform and the facts that prove them wrong”.
Heres a video from them.
Maybe they’re seeing their non-profit status being threatened.
Jon 14:6 –
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
It’s not intellectual to believe we evolved from hydrogen gas.
If AARP has not endorsed a specific plan
Cargosquid (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 8:39AM EST (link)then, what is this? It comes from the Office of the Speaker of the House. Would Nancy Pelosi lie? Oh, wait…..
H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health
Choices Act
Statements of Support
AARP
Families USA
Consumers Union
AFL-CIO
Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi
H-232 The Capitol
July 14, 2009
How un-American of AARP
Greg (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 9:08AM EST (link)After all Obama czar’s believe old folks are draining need health care resources from the the productive citizens
CY: I appreciate the reasoning behind writing this, i.e. Obama is an incorrigible liar ...
Martin Knight (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 10:17AM EST (link)… but I’m not so sure that it is a good idea to make it seem as if the AARP’s endorsement is some sort of yardstick. I know that’s not your intention, but it’s easy for someone to take it that way.
Because, as sure as night follows day, the AARP is going to formally come out in support of this – as the commenters above have pointed out they’re already all in on selling this to the American people. This withholding of a formal endorsement is all just nudge-wink kabuki to maintain the illusion of non-partisan neutrality.
I could have sworn they did
clement Wednesday, August 12th at 11:56AM EST (link)I could have sworn both the AARP and the AMA came out and backed them (both being shills for the democrat party). Did they rescind that backing? I remember there was a lot of outrage over this a few weeks ago.
Obama thrown under the bus
banzaibob (Diary) Wednesday, August 12th at 2:19PM EST (link)How’s that chasis looking Mr. Prez.
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