By Jeffrey Lord,American spectator
Obama is building a credibility gap
The 1967 board game was called “Credibility Gap.”
Created by two academics,it was inspired by what now might be called LBJ Syndrome,the pattern of behavior exhibited in the 1960s by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. A pattern of behavior that gradually led Americans to the belief LBJ was a hopeless teller of untruths. “Credibility gap”was the much used political term of the day applied to Democrat LBJ whether talking about subjects major (Vietnam,the economy,health care) or minor (insisting an ancestor fought at the Alamo even though said ancestor was soon found to have never arrived in Texas until a decade afterwards.)
As Americans listen to the smooth assurances from President Obama that his health care plan would cost $634 billion over 10 years,a look back at how liberal assurances like these actually work out in practice is in order.