Abortion and Health Care: Who are the real Liars? « NewsReal Blog

Abortion and Health Care: Who are the real Liars? « NewsReal Blog: "The favorite tactic of Obamacare advocates is to simply call their opponents names. We’ve heard, for instance, that we’re racists, bigots, anti-American, and much worse. One of the more popular things to call us is “liars.” Any problem we see in the government plan, they respond with a thundering and profound: “Liar, Liar pants on fire.”

While people like Nancy Pelosi and Robert Gibbs are transparent, name-calling hacks, President Obama loves to use their tactic himself, but in more nuanced ways. In an August 19 webcast put together by leftist religious organizations, Obama declared that abortion most certainly would not be paid for by the government under health care reform. His opponents, he charged, were engaging in “distortion.” ”You’ve heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion,” said Obama. “Not true. These are all fabrications….”

The President really makes calling someone a liar almost sound nice. However, his followers, including those in the media, have taken on his charge. They depict anyone who says abortion will be covered in the new health care plan as a dirty, low-down prevaricator. Chris Matthews especially likes to talk about the so-called “lies�"