Sandy Clark, CGCS said: I just have to ask, why is it when Bush said anything not exactly accurate for whatever reason, he was called a liar. when Obama misleads for whatever reason, you give him a pass? I have a full proof solution to all this bickering. You take every last one of them including the Pres and the VP, lock them in the halls of congress with no cameras, no food, water or bathrooms and they cannot exit the building until a viable solution is reached. I would guess every negotiation would be over within two hours. This would be a great way to get things done. Without cameras, they are all useless and without necessities, they wouldn't argue long.
Sandy,
It depends on who you are talking too I suppose. I hear plenty of people call President Obama a liar as well, (plus a lot of worse things).
I gave the current president a pass on the ACA promises in part because for those that have insurance it pretty much is the same as if you were to go onto the exchanges and purchase insurance from the insurance companies on the exchange. If your employer switched companies it could be possible the doctor you had is not in your new network. Same thing goes with cost as well, although typically if your employer switches it's to keep the cost lower.
While I might have called President Bush a liar? I can't remember, I'm sure there was something I probably called him a liar about, but even on the weapons of mass destruction, I have to give Bush a pass on it, could some of those weapons have gone to Syria? Who knows? Were they ready to get nuclear weapons? That doesn't sound that credible, but there were plenty of people giving him a pass on a lot of what he said as well.
As how to fix the problem? We have to do a better job of educating ourselves and holding our elected officials accountable, engage them by contacting them, and not swing too far left or right, and learn to compromise. And get out and vote, with turnouts in primaries where most of these problems come from, to have 30% voting is pitiful, we only have ourselves to blame really. Just my opinion.
Mel