Documented Obama Lies

Obama: Liar In ChiefIt’s not pretty.

The following are considered to be dishonest statements made by Barack Obama. Verification is by:

  • One or more reliable news agencies or credible authorities.
  • Videos or transcripts.
  • Logic: An exclusion of fact that clearly changes the meaning or the intent of the original.

153 160 173 Documented Obama Lies

Stay tuned, it’s hard to keep up with them.

Some lies date back to the 2008 Presidential Campaign between Obama and McCain. Lying is nothing new for Barack Obama. We should all celebrate the occasion of our first Black president. Unfortunately, while we had countless well-qualified black men and women from which to choose, we chose the wrong one.

Another update (Added on February 19, 2014).

The truth is (You do remember what truth is?) I am tired of doing this so do not think this is a complete list of our President’s dishonesty. He lies so often that I choose not to spend more time on this topic. Mr. Obama is not only the most dishonest president in U.S. history, he is the most dishonest person I have ever witnessed. I have not an ounce of doubt that if President Barack Obama were white, he would have been impeached a long time ago. We will not be a truly non-racist society until we neither protect nor condemn a person based on the color of their skin.

NOTE: PolitiFact.com rates statements as True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False, Pants On Fire.

13 More Obama lies

4 are simply false and 9 are “Pants On Fire” lies. All are from PolitiFact.

(Some are from the 2012 Presidential Campaign that I failed to list back then.)

  1. “What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed.” – PANTS ON FIRE! (Of all the false statements documented by PolitiFact that were made by anyone in 2013, this one made by President Obama was chosen as the “Lie of The Year.” The Washington Post, a Liberal-leaning newspaper, also chose it as their Lie of The Year.)

    Watch President Obama make this false statement on almost 40 separate occasions.

  2. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court “is transparent.” – PANTS ON FIRE!
  3. Says Mitt Romney plans to “fire” Big Bird. PANTS ON FIRE!
  4. Says Mitt Romney “backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.” PANTS ON FIRE!
  5. “Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel — and every other country — to zero.” PANTS ON FIRE!
  6. “What I have done — and this is unprecedented … is I’ve said to each agency … ‘look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don’t make sense, let’s get rid of them.'” PANTS ON FIRE!
  7. “If you actually took the number of Muslims [sic] Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” PANTS ON FIRE!
  8. “And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative.” PANTS ON FIRE!
  9. Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh’s comments about immigration. PANTS ON FIRE!
  10. The “most realistic estimates” for jobs created by Keystone XL are “maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline.” FALSE
  11. “We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas.” FALSE
  12. “Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts” to create a legal framework on counterterrorism. FALSE
  13. “If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase.” FALSE

7 more Obama lies (Add to the original 153 below.)

  1. Mitt Romney “says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation.” He didn’t say it.
  2. Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children. Not so.
  3. “The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me.” Not on this planet.
  4. Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double.” In your dreams.
  5. If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it “would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” Whew! That’s a whopper.
  6. “For the first time since 1990, American manufacturers are creating new jobs.” Think again.
  7. “Preventive care … saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody.” Maybe by your math but you should go back to school.

The 153 Obama lies first posted:

  1. Obama claims he wrote a letter to the U.S. Treasurer to try to prevent the housing crisis but he acted only AFTER he had caused it by blocking McCain’s bill.
  2. Obama claims he is bipartisan — Congressional Quarterly shows he voted with his party 97% of the time.
  3. Obama’s dirty lie scares seniors — Falsely claims McCain plans to cut $880 billion from Medicare: False says Annenberg Factcheck
  4. Obama lies about his mother turning to food stamps AND still sending him to top schools; his grandmother paid for education
  5. Obama lied about being asked to wear dead soldier’s bracelet — Family had asked Obama to stop wearing it.
  6. Obama claimed all new spending in economic plan was self-funding; short by $3.5 Trillion says nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
  7. Obama denied Admiral Mike Mullen had called Obama’s Iraqi troop plan “dangerous”; Mullen made comment on Fox in July 2008 according to WaPo
  8. Obama lied about Kissinger’s views of diplomacy during first debate; Kissinger confirms the lie
  9. During Debate 1 Obama denied voting to tax some people making $42,000 a year: Annenburg Factcheck,org confirms Obama is lying
  10. After Debate 1, Team Obama denied Obama ever said, “Iran’s not a threat”: Video proves Obama DID say “Iran is NOT a threat.”
  11. Obama claims under McCain employers would be taxed on the health care benefits it grants to workers — It’s a lie.
  12. Obama refers to an Iraqi surplus of $79 billion and says U.S. should have it. — It was actually $60 billion and dwindling
  13. Obama claims only 5% of Americans would see tax increase; he’s grossly understating the number of people effected
  14. Obama accuses McCain of lying about Biden being against clean coal; video proves Obama is lying
  15. Obama claims McCain is opposed to abortion in cases of rape or incest; McCain has never held that position.
  16. Obama accuses McCain of making an ad about Obama’s vote to approve leaving babies who survive abortion procedures to die; McCain did not make the ad
  17. Obama’s ad on abortion claims Obama always supported medical care to protect infants; text of the Bill he supported shows he wanted babies born alive after abortions to be left to die
  18. Obama’s ad on abortion uses quotes by journalists who made negative comments about a McCain ad; but Obama is misleading because both journalists have been proven to be incorrect
  19. Obama’s lying when he says McCain’s ad misstated Obama’s Sex Ed for Kindergartners Bill: McCain’s ad was accurate.
  20. Obama and Biden both truncate McCain’s comments on the strength of the economy’s fundamentals: deliberate distortion.
  21. Obama claims under McCain, Elderly would have had Social Security tied up in the Stock market; Newsweek cries BS
  22. Obama claims his opponent will cut social security in half: NOT true; Obama guilty of scare-mongering aimed at Seniors.
  23. Obama claimed during the primary he had more former President Clinton’s Foreign Policy advisers than Sen. Clinton; she had 70% more
  24. Obama claimed his father served in World War II: his Kenyan-born father never served
  25. Obama grossly misquoted Senator Clinton about her vote on a banking bill; Obama used the false quote to show why voters don’t trust government
  26. Obama claimed employers are more likely to be struck by lightning than be prosecuted for employing illegals; Gov stats prove he’s lying
  27. Pushing his Green agenda Obama claimed Japanese Cars average 45 mpg fuel efficiency; its actually around 29 mph
  28. Obama disparaged the President saying he hadn’t met with auto makers until the sixth year of his presidency; GWB met automakers in April 2003
  29. Obama disparaged the efficiency of our healthcare system saying the U.S. spends twice per capita than other countries: WaPo proves he’s lying
  30. Obama claims President Clinton’s Labor Secretary said Obama’s healthcare plan, “Does more than anybody to reduce costs”; Robert Reich did NOT say it
  31. Obama falsely claimed he won the Michigan Democrat primary: He was not on the ballot
  32. Obama’s Spanish language ad lies about McCain’s position on immigration, tries to stir race-war: Lies debunked by ABC
  33. Obama lies about his interference in Iraqi negotiations; but his campaign admits his treachery
  34. Obama took credit for the economic stimulus package passed in Feb 08; Obama’s colleagues on Capitol Hill cry BS
  35. Obama claims Big Oil is ignoring 68 million acres of oil fields they could be drilling; Most fields are being worked
  36. Obama claims he never questions his opponent’s patriotism; asks of McCain “WHICH country first?”: ABC says he’s questioning McCain’s patriotism
  37. Obama claims personal savings rates are lowest since the Great Depression; currently higher than under President Clinton
  38. Obama claims on this video that he doesn’t switch positions; list of 31 flip flops show he’s lying
  39. In the Primaries Obama puffed up his resume claiming he was a “Professor”; State Senate bio shows he was not ; he now agrees
  40. When Obama ran for U.S. Senate his web site claimed “5 years as a community organizer” — He admits it was only 3 years.
  41. Obama’s attack ad in Michigan claims McCain doesn’t support loan guarantees for auto-industry. McCain DOES support them.
  42. Obama says “If we’re STILL in recession when he takes office…etc”; the economy was NOT in recession
  43. Obama claims he signed up for Selective Service when he graduated from High School; records show he did NOT until he’d been at college 1 year
  44. Attacking Palin, Obama has the audacity to claim,”Words mean something; you can’t just make things up “; Obama creates fiction like a veritable fiction machine.
  45. Obama lies yet again to disparage Gov. Palin — ignores her executive experience as Governor of Alaska.
  46. Obama says the U.S. economy has failed under Bush; World Bank stats proves Obama’s been lying; U.S. a world leader in growth, employment, incomes
  47. Obama claims if you are born into poverty in America you are on your own — There are so many government programs, the government has trouble managing them all. Trillions have been spent on poverty programs.
  48. Obama claims he’s bi-partisan: voting records prove Obama is #11 most partisan
  49. Claimed Hillary would be on anyone’s short-list; Hillary wasn’t on Obama’s short-list
  50. Obama claims abortion rates have not gone down under the Bush Administration; stats show they have gone down
  51. Obama dismissed Bomber Bill Ayers as “… some guy who lives in the neighborhood” — They had a close working relationship.
  52. Obama claims there’s no charge to attend his acceptance speech: CBS 4 in Denver proves he’s lying; some tickets cost $1000
  53. Obama used being a first-time-buyer to justify consulting with Rezko before he bought his house; Obama had already purchased a residence
  54. Obama lies about his support for infanticide; campaign concedes in 03 he opposed a bill stopping the killing of kids born alive after abortions
  55. Obama overstates Oil Industry’s contributions to McCain; ignores cash the Oil industry gave to him — Newsweek debunks
  56. To belittle America,Obama exaggerated the growth in Debt under the current Administration; debunked by WaPo
  57. Obama claims President George W Bush had not left the country before he became President; WaPo confirms he’s lying
  58. To promote “green”, Obama claimed he drove a vehicle that uses ethanol; GM confirmed the model was NOT ethanol-ready
  59. Obama claims he’s taking his family for a week’s rest in Hawaii with no campaigning; schedules a rally for first day
  60. Obama claims “properly inflating tires” will save as much energy as we could drill offshore; analysis shows not even close
  61. Obama denies accusing McCain of using race against him; ABC, NYT confirm Obama did accuse McCain of making racial attacks
  62. Obama claims he’s not being political when he’s flip-flopping; timing & direction of major flip-flops show he’s lying
  63. Obama INVENTS a wall between Christians and Jews; deceptively omits the major religious wall is caused by a “fatwah” to kill American Christians and Jews
  64. Obama claims he made a substantive call for Germany to help in Iraq; Berlin speech transcript proves he’s lying
  65. Obama admits he underestimated the decline in violence from the Surge; falsely claims McCain made same mistake
  66. Obama turned a disappointing crowd of 20,000 into media reports of 200,000
  67. Obama lied about his father’s religious upbringing! half-brother confirms Obama’s father was “RAISED Muslim”
  68. Obama claimed we only made one fundraising trip to Florida during the Primary; Florida papers proved he lied
  69. Claims reducing obesity to 80’s levels would save Medicaid ONE TRILLION DOLLARS; not even close
  70. To make Iraq/Afghan Wars look bad, Obama claimed demands on Nat Guard personnel hurt flood relief; Guards prove lying
  71. Claimed due to overseas commitments, too few helicopters were available to help with Midwest flood relief; now concedes not true
  72. Starting in Iowa, Obama claimed Clinton’s healthcare plan would “punish families that couldn’t afford healthcare”; NYT calls BS
  73. Obama claims McCain’s tax plan will do nothing to help the middle-class: The Tax Policy Center proves he’s lying
  74. Obama claims the use of an Email with a big red DONATE button is NOT a fund raising solicitation
  75. Obama claims his trip to Europe was non-political: uses video of Berlin speech to raise money within hours
  76. Tells NBC that during the debate on the Surge he said the Surge would work in Baghdad; video proves during the debate he said the opposite
  77. Obama’s “Changing World” ad claims he’ll fast-track alternatives to oil to stop us buying from hostile nations; “fast track” is totally misleading
  78. Obama tells Israeli media that he’s a member of the Senate Banking Committee; CNN confirms he’s delusional
  79. Obama claims Lou Dobbs caused hate crimes against Latinos to double; the FBI and CNN confirm Obama is lying
  80. Obama claims the military brass think like he does; top U.S. commanders say his plan for Iraq is unworkable
  81. Obama promised to filibuster FISA; later Obama voted for FISA and now denies changing his position
  82. Obama belittles Americans claiming we can’t speak European languages.
  83. Obama denied he accused President Bush of starting the War for political reasons; Russert transcript proves Obama made that false claim
  84. Obama claims there has been substantial job losses from NAFTA; Independent studies show its at least” job neutral”
  85. Claimed in Feb 08 he got 90% of funds from donors giving $25, $50; fed filings show he got only about a third from donors below $200
  86. Obama rewrites history about what specifically he had said during his October 2002 anti-war speech
  87. Obama claimed in 04 that he had never supported bringing troops out of Iraq; rare video of 03 Teamsters rally shows he’s lying
  88. Obama lied about the softness of the Stock Market to support his false claim the War was being used to distract the public
  89. To justify move to private funds, Obama claims McCain’s campaign is” fuelled” by PACs and Lobbyists; its less than 2% of McCain’s money
  90. Obama’s “Dignity” ad claims he “worked his way” thru college and law school; campaign admits only two summer jobs
  91. Obama’s “Dignity” ad gives him credit for reducing Welfare rolls by 80%: he’s deceptive as he was opposed to Fed Welfare Reform in ’96
  92. In Obama’s “The Country I Love” ad, he takes credit for passing a healthcare bill he did NOT vote for
  93. Claims he first ran in Chicago as an un-endorsed candidate; his ’96 election questionnaire proves he had several
  94. Obama claims he wants a vigorous and open debate on the issues: then goes out of his way to avoid it
  95. Obama omits key details about a false rumor re video of Michelle’s “whitey” rant to justify breaking his public funding promise
  96. Obama tries to deceive about why he voted “present” more than 100 times in the Illinois Senate; Chicago paper reveals the truth
  97. Trying to claim patriotism Obama says his grandad signed up the day after Pearl Harbor; army records disagree
  98. Claims race and party not important to how people vote as they put America first; 93% black vote disproves
  99. On June 5, Obama stated that Israel must remain undivided; June 6 on CNN he reversed his position, but denied he had done so.
  100. To further his own agenda, Obama grossly overstates the number of potential African- American votes in MS, GA, SC
  101. Promise of $2500 reduction in Healthcare premiums needs billions in Admin cost savings by 2012: not possible
  102. Obama omits to mention his 3 week trip to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan until it slips out trying to out-do Clinton
  103. Obama claims McCain wants to wage a lengthy war in Iraq: Video proves Obama’s lying
  104. Obama claimed he never prayed in a mosque; his campaign had to retract that statement
  105. Obama dishonestly used endorsements in ads to pump up his healthcare plan
  106. Claims he never discussed politics with Pastor; rebutted by photo of Obama with team of lobbyists led by Wright
  107. Obama, an expert at parsing words, claimed he wasn’t familiar with the word “Clintonian”; then changed his story
  108. Despite reeking of cigarettes, Obama denied smoking to ABC; now admits smoking on MSNBC
  109. Obama said he’d meet unconditionally with Leader of Iran: now claims he “didn’t have Ahmadinejad in mind”
  110. Obama claims he is using public financing to avoid special interests: WSJ nails his switcheroo
  111. Obama’s rhetoric claims more young black men in jail than college: BoJ Stats disprove
  112. Claims he never said he was a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare; Video proves he did
  113. Obama claims remarks to industrialists were greeted with silence, shows he can deliver tough message: video of ovation
  114. Obama claims you don’t rip opponents & leave on roadside: he did to Alice Palmer
  115. Obama denies saying Indiana could be tie-breaker: he did
  116. Obama omits that Pastor Wright led divestiture campaign from Israel
  117. Obama claims Church not controversial; he knew it was controversial since 86
  118. Lied about intention of taking U.S. out of NAFTA
  119. Obama claims poverty growing up: both distort reality
  120. Obama denies meeting Saddam’s Auchi; sworn Fed. witness places Obama at undisclosed party for Auchi at Rezko’s
  121. Obama lies about not attacking Clinton over her Bosnia lies
  122. Obama claims he passed ethics reform; ABC News shows he lied
  123. Obama says he’s consistently opposed NAFTA; in October 2007 he supported expansion to Peru
  124. Obama claims he’s above dirty political tricks; Clinton proves he lies
  125. Obama claims his “bitter” remarks were mangled; then repeats attacks on guns religion and angry people
  126. Obama claims never said he wouldn’t wear U.S. flag-pin; video shows he did
  127. Obama says he did no favors for Rezko; untrue; he lobbied for him
  128. Changes story repeatedly re: Rezko’s help in buying mansion
  129. Obama claims he never supported a ban on handguns; he has twice
  130. Obama claims stays at UCC as Pastor acknowledged comments were inappropriate; Wright never made this statement
  131. Campaign is beholden to “only the people” as unlike McCain/Clinton he does not take lobbyist /PAC money; LIES!
  132. Claims campaign never called Canada to say Obama not truthful re wanting leave NAFTA; smoking gun memo proves lied
  133. Mrs. Obama admits she’s never been proud of America; Video disproves Sen. Obama’s later claim she was misquoted
  134. Claimed would not run for President, as he would not be qualified by 2008: confirmed 3 times to Tim Russert in one 2006 interview
  135. Claims famous in Il. for not letting lobbyists even buy him lunch; took from teachers, trial lawyers, hospital admins
  136. Claims his parents met at Selma civil rights march; Washington Post noted it occurred 4 yrs after Obama’s birth
  137. BO claims courageously opposed war in 2002 during U.S. Senate campaign; He did not announce his senate bid until 2003
  138. Claims he passes tough Nuclear Law; NYT uncovers he took Nuclear Industry pay-off and watered down the bill
  139. Claimed he didn’t know Rezko was corrupt when did a real estate deal with him; Chicago papers prove he lied
  140. Claims does not accept money from Big Oil: Real Clear Politics proves he lied
  141. Denies using his Hopefund PAC to influence endorsers; but the Washington Post reviewed the record and disagreed
  142. Claims his State Chair is not a drug company lobbyist; Time magazine cries BS
  143. Lies about how much he received in campaign funds from Rezko; forced to significantly increase the amount twice
  144. Claims he did not fill out the 1996 candidate questionaire; Politico proves he lied
  145. Took credit for achievement of others in Chicago; resume puffing exposed by LA Times
  146. Claims he kept no State Senate records; now he changes his story
  147. Denies doubling wife’s salary was due to becoming U.S. Senator; omits within months he earmarked $1 million for hospital
  148. Denied meeting Saddam bagman Auchi; now admits he was at his dinner but does not remember talking to him
  149. Denies using his church for politics: IRS disagree
  150. Claims he was unaware of Pastor Wrights 911 comments: NYT proves he lied
  151. Claims his father was a goat-herd; actually he was a man of privilege
  152. Claims not an active Muslim as child; Indonesian paper proves he lied
  153. Claims father linked to Kennedys; Washington Post proves he lied

If you think any are incorrect or if you have any that you think should be added, let me know in the Comment section, below. Please include documentation.