For pity's sake, just own it, already.

Gabriel Malor at Ace of Spades HQ follows up on today’s Presidential Presser.  The condensed version – contrary to what President Obama claims

1. Cap and trade will raise everyone’s energy prices.
2. Healthcare is NOT the primary driver of all deficits, or even the Obama budget deficit.
3. He’s weaseled around several positions on Iran, for the most part hanging the protesters out to dry.
4. Being a “former smoker” requires one to, you know, actually stop smoking entirely.

I mean, really, all politicians lie and we certainly expect that.  Which is a sad statement in and of itself.  And lies 1 and 2 make perfect sense in that he wants those laws passed so he’s telling the lies he needs to tell in order to make that happen.  #3 makes sense in that he doesn’t want to support the protesters but he knows how bad that looks (hence his current position change) so he’s engaging in the usual revisionist history.  Fair enough; nothing to see here, move along, people.  But lying about being a former smoker?  That’s just juvenile.  And I mean juvenile.  I literally did that when I was 16.  For pity’s sake, just own it, man.   Just say something like, “I smoke, I like to smoke, and I intend to carry on smoking,” or “It’s a filthy habit and I need to quit, but quitting is hard and I’m not ready to do it yet.”