THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED, BALD-FACED LIAR I HAVE EVER SEEN...

...and he knows it, so it's understandable that he just can not believe that the "stupid" public still doesn't buy it. Of course, realizing that the public is not stupid is not an option. That would take some shine off his halo and may make him feel that he is perhaps 2 or 3 steps down from the summit of Mount Olympus.

Allahpundit, quoting his weekly address:

"We’ve all heard the charge that reform will somehow bring about a government takeover of health care. I know that sounds scary to many folks. It sounds scary to me, too. But here’s the thing: it’s not true. I no sooner want government to get between you and your doctor than I want insurance companies to make arbitrary decisions about what medical care is best for you, as they do today. As I’ve said from the beginning, under the reform we seek, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan. Period."

Totally true. And if that private plan you like so much ends up going under because it can’t compete with Uncle Sam’s bottomless pit of taxpayer funding, hey.

Exit question: Does he really think running through the same stale talking points week after week is finally going to change the public’s attitude about this? As Fred Barnes notes, this day-in day-out garbage about keeping your plan, etc, has practically devolved into shtick at this point. It’s almost as if he can’t quite believe people might disagree with him, and that if only he keeps repeating himself, eventually his shining logic will seep into their brains. Hmmmm.

It's like having an armed friend inside of a house with his gun trained on the door. You tell someone to go ahead and walk in. You tell them that you won't shoot them. They walk in the door and blammo!

But it wasn't you. They're still dead.

This is what used to be called "being a deceitful snake," back in the old days, before it was called a "moral imperitive" by our Glorious Leader.