No Runny Eggs

I pointed out yesterday the video in which President Obama states that he fully believes private insurance will be eliminated, in time, by the public insurance he is advocating.  Apparently this video caught the White House’s attention.

Later yesterday, the White House released a video intended to counteract the earlier video.  In this video, Linda Douglass tells us that the previous video was put together by people who are “trying to scare us” about health care reform.  She also tells us that because President Obama talks to sooooooo many people about health care it is easy to take a snippet here or a snippet there and present them “out of context.”

Hmmmm, “out of context.”

Would that be “out of context” like the President who told us that he didn’t agree with the positions of Jeremiah Wright’s black theology but when presented with a case in which he knew none of the facts he said that the white Cambridge police sergeant acted “stupidly?”

Or, would that be “out of context” like the President who told us that all important legislation would be posted on the Internet for several days before his signature so that everyone could read it.  Except that none of the important legislation has been posted before signature because everything in this administration is an emergency.

Or, would that be “out of context” like the President who told us he would not have any lobbyists in his administration and now the fastest growing segment of job growth seems to be back filling positions for lobbyists that have been hired into his administration?

Or, would that be “out of context” like Summers and Geithner increasing taxes even though Obama says no one under $250K will get an increase?  Oh, wait, that one hasn’t happened……YET

Or, would that be “out of context” like members of Congress and the President himself, telling us that many of the things that we read in the health care reform bill aren’t really in there but when those items are specifically addressed with amendments they are wholly rejected.

Folks, we went through an entire campaign with Obama telling us that what he said in his past is not who he was today.  Many people bought into that theory.  Some bought into it to the point of deluding themselves to believe that Obama would govern as a centrist rather than the far left ideologue he had always been.

If the video was really cherry picked and out of context, wouldn’t it be pretty easy for the White House to get the original video and release.  America has tired of Obama’s takeover attempt but still remains a country that understands a set up when it sees one.  Don’t hold your breath, the video won’t be coming.

I guess when it comes to what Obama really believes about private health insurance in comes down to that old saying:

Who are you going to believe, Linda Douglass or your lying eyes?

Update:  8/4 2:10 PM by Shoebox – So, out of context huh?  They can make him say anything they want if they just take snippets huh?  How about a full uncut version?

H/T Drudge