John Kerry said he voted for the Iraq war before he voted against it. This was known as the Kerry “flip-flop” by the “Winter Soldier” who claims to have served in Vietnam.

Barack Hussein Obama went on the Sunday talk show circuit with the exception of FoxNews Sunday with Chris Wallace where he might face tough questioning. Tonight the boot licking and butt kissing continues on David Letterman. Does Obama spend anytime working in the Oval Office?

Obama thinks a health-care tax is not a tax if he thinks the tax is for your own good. Any intelligent mind should tell Obama we don’t care what he thinks is good for us because we’re sure it’s not.

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Mr. Obama was asked by host George Stephanopoulos about the “individual mandate.” Under Max Baucus’s Senate bill that Mr. Obama supports, everyone would be required to buy health insurance or else pay a penalty as high as $3,800 a year. Mr. Stephanopoulos posed the obvious question about this kind of coercion when “the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don’t [buy insurance]. . . . How is that not a tax?”

“Well, hold on a second, George,” Mr. Obama replied. “Here’s what’s happening. You and I are both paying $900, on average—our families—in higher premiums because of uncompensated care. Now what I’ve said is that if you can’t afford health insurance, you certainly shouldn’t be punished for that. That’s just piling on. If, on the other hand, we’re giving tax credits, we’ve set up an exchange, you are now part of a big pool, we’ve driven down the costs, we’ve done everything we can and you actually can afford health insurance, but you’ve just decided, you know what, I want to take my chances.  And then you get hit by a bus and you and I have to pay for the emergency room care, that’s . . .”

“That may be,” Mr. Stephanopoulos responded, “but it’s still a tax increase.” (In fact, uncompensated care accounts for about only 2.2% of national health spending today.)

Mr. Obama: “No. That’s not true, George. The—for us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. What it’s saying is, is that we’re not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore . . .” In other words, like parents talking to their children, this levy—don’t call it a tax—is for your own good. In Obamaland you’re told to take your medicine and shut up!

Mr. Stephanopoulos tried again: “But it may be fair, it may be good public policy—”

Mr. Obama: “No, but—but, George, you—you can’t just make up that language and decide that that’s called a tax increase.”

“I don’t think I’m making it up,” Mr. Stephanopoulos said. He then had the temerity to challenge the Philologist in Chief, with an assist from Merriam-Webster. He cited that dictionary’s definition of “tax”—”a charge, usually of money, imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes.”

Mr. Obama: “George, the fact that you looked up Merriam’s Dictionary, the definition of tax increase, indicates to me that you’re stretching a little bit right now. . . .”

Mr. Stephanopoulos: ”I wanted to check for myself. But your critics say it is a tax increase.”

Mr. Obama: ”My critics say everything is a tax increase. My critics say that I’m taking over every sector of the economy. You know that. Look, we can have a legitimate debate about whether or not we’re going to have an individual mandate or not, but . . .”

Where is the debate? Threats are rampant the process of debate are over and Democrats will pass what they want, when the want it and don’t need the Republicans. That is true but if they wish to remain in power the Liberal ilk better think twice.

Mr. Stephanopoulos: “But you reject that it’s a tax increase?”

Mr. Obama: “I absolutely reject that notion.”

I wish someone would take a count how many times Obama uses the word “notion” when he speaks. Puke bag please!

Obama, Liar-in-Chief, most certainly rejects the truth because the truth will set American’s free and crush Obama Socialism.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Senate’s individual mandate will result in new revenues of some $20 billion over 10 years because some people will choose to opt out of ObamaCare—or because they can’t afford to buy in, given that other taxes and regulation will make health care more expensive. If that $20 billion doesn’t count as tax revenue, then what is it?

The individual mandate is a tax, always was a tax, and will remain a tax if this government takeover of healthcare becomes law. Obama always settles the argument with denial and then blaming his critics.

“My critics say everything is a tax increase,” spouts Obama.

Only because the critics are correct. Indeed!