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Of course. there is no person on earth who has not told a lie at one time or other. if you are asking whether Mr. Obama lies more than other presidents, there is no evidence that he is inherently dishonest, nor that he lies more than others have. His supporters would say he is actually much more truthful than President Bush was, and that he tells the truth the vast majority of the time; obviously, his opponents would disagree with that assertion.

But this brings us to a larger point: politicians from all political parties throughout history have distorted the facts or exaggerated them or even misled the public in order to make themselves look more favorable to the voters and make their opponents look bad. It is part of politics, and sadly, it makes a certain amount of dishonesty a normal part of political rhetoric.

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  • History has proved the best liars in the world are politicians... Obama is a politician.
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This question is based on myths and political rhetoric. The fact is that President Obama does tell the truth and is generally considered a trustworthy person by his supporters (and based on the fact that he won two elections, a majority of the American people also seem to agree). It is generally the "conservative" media and his Republican political opponents that accuse him of lying (just as progressive/liberal commentators made similar accusations about President Bush when he was in office). But there is no objective evidence to support the partisan assertion that President Obama is untruthful. It should be noted, however, that all presidents (Mr. Obama included) will be selective about the truth sometimes, omitting certain facts or exaggerating facts that make themselves look more favorable to the voters.

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11y ago

This is a partisan political question, and as a result, it is impossible to answer. It seems to presuppose that President Obama is always a liar, although that is quite a sweeping generality. It should be pointed out that nearly every president has been accused of lying at one time or another, and each president's opponents were quick to point it out. Whether the president is a Republican like President Bush or a Democrat like President Obama, their opponents have often said they were lying. Some of this is political rhetoric. But the fact is that Mr. Obama has often told the truth, and has done many of the things he said he would do. However, for his opponents, whatever he says is a lie. Thus, if you are not a fan of President Obama, you will generally assume he is dishonest; this is similar to what those who were anti-Bush thought of him during his presidency.

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This is a complicated question to answer. Politics can be a brutal sport, and the participants become like combatants in a war. During a very bitter campaign to get the nomination for president in 2007-2008, many harsh words were spoken between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as they competed to become the Democratic nominee. It is a fact that they both said some very unflattering (some might say dishonest) things about each other. This, unfortunately, is part of campaigning. Mr. Obama would say he was not lying: he was merely focusing on Hillary's negatives. Hillary, on the other hand, spread some rather exaggerated stories about Obama, and at the time, she would have said every word was true. None of it was very pleasant, and both were probably glad when the campaign finally ended.

But it should be noted that once President Obama won the nomination, the attacks ceased. And after he was inaugurated, he chose Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state, because the campaign was over and he had great respect for her ability as a diplomat. Thus, if you look at newspaper and magazine articles from 2007-2008, you will see the two trading some very harsh insults, and criticizing each other; but if you look at the period from 2009-2012, their relationship has been very cordial and the president has frequently praised her work.

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It is difficult to answer questions like this one. (Actually, we've been asked it many times, and not just about President Obama-- we've been asked it about Presidents Bush, Clinton, Reagan, and others.) The problem is that it contains an assumption that this particular president "lies." Usually, although not always, the person asking is a partisan who dislikes that president and believes his every word is dishonest. So, in this case, I would say no, it's not accurate to call President Obama a liar. However, like most politicians throughout history, he has stretched the truth to his own political advantage on some occasions. That is different from being "a liar," since I don't have any evidence that he intentionally and constantly lies, nor do I have any evidence that he lies/exaggerates/distorts the facts any more than other presidents have.

But in fairness, it would also be incorrect to say that every word he utters is 100% truthful, just as we cannot say that about his predecessors. Political communication is rarely 100% truthful, since its goal is to make the politician look good. Again, I do not believe that President Obama is "a liar"-- one who intentionally and willfully lies. I do however believe that he uses political techniques like distortion and exaggeration, and that he sometimes cherry-picks facts in order to make his case. In that, he is one of a long line of presidents who have done exactly the same thing.

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On some things, probably. But he does stretch the truth quite a bit, a new poll indicates that 81% of us think he's a liar, including 66% of Democrats.

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i really dont think so

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