Lying Through His Teeth About the Public Option

So, President Obama was lying through his teeth when he and his officials repeatedly claimed that Obama supported the public option and wanted it in the final healthcare bill.  Turns out they negotiated the public option away early on to obtain the support of the hospital association.

I don't like lying politicians.  Lying is necessary in some circumstances, but not in these types of circumstances.  Lying evidences a manifest disrespect for the citizens.  It is also corrosive - I think the fall of the modern conservative movement was mainly due to the fact that nothing conservatives wanted to accomplish was popular -which forced them to lie, constantly, about their goals and policies.  But here, Obama lied about having jettisoned a core desire of his base early in the negotiations - and later criticized his base for whining about his inability to pass the public option.

If the Democrats have that much disrespect for their base voters, I say its time to show them a little disrespect.

Joe H