Obama is hardly the first politician or President to have lied about something. That being said, I think this is a major lie and I think people are going to be furious about it. This was about a topic that has a direct effect on practically every American. He promised everyone that they could keep their insurance and keep their doctors. This is a total lie and he knew it was a lie.
Now millions of people are realizing that they can't keep their present insurance or doctor. This is not the kind of lie that people are going to forgive. This is not like the "I didn't have sex with that woman" lie. The Clinton lie didn't affect people's lives.
Obama is a pretty smooth talker and he can usually talk his way out of most things. But I don't see any way he can talk his way out of this lie. I think you will see his popularity numbers plummet over the next few weeks.
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