CALCULATED DECEPTION

President's rhetoric = 'calculated deception'
Russ Jones - OneNewsNow - 7/20/2010 6:00:00 AMA former White House policy advisor is accusing President Obama of what he calls "playing" the American public.


Peter Ferrara, director of entitlement and budget policy at the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), has written an article in The American Spectator, claiming Barack Obama does not give Americans credit for understanding the true nature of his policy agenda.

"He engages in rhetoric, which can be described as 'calculated deception,'" Ferrara observes. "Or basically, he's playing us."

The former policy advisor recalls stump speeches like one Obama gave in Nevada: "He goes out to Las Vegas and gives this speech, and he says, 'You know, when we were trying to pass the healthcare reform bill, everybody talked about all these scary results that were going to come out of the health bill. And now look; we passed it three, four months ago, and where are all these scary results they were talking about?'"

Ferrara points out that healthcare reform legislation will not go into effect until 2014, and since the effects of those changes will not be recognized for several years, he wonders, "Just how stupid does [Obama] think we are."

He further adds that manipulation is a problematic leadership trait Obama uses to get his way. "So once again, this was another shameful manipulation of the American people in what needs to be called 'calculated deception,' or basically, he's playing you because he thinks that you're too stupid to pay attention," Ferrara concludes.

The IPI budget policy and entitlement director goes on to call the president's recent domestic travels "Obama's Socialism Victory Tour" for Democratic candidates this fall.