"Competency, Berry. DO YOU SPEAK IT?"

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Among his other talents, Obama is not just a terrible liar... but he's also a pathetic liar.

Many might say, "well, ALL politicians lie."

Perhaps. Should they?

THAT Obama lies so much and so horrifically is a large part of his problem with the American people. He's going around now, shilling his programs... and the trouble he has is simple: No one believes him.

And here's a large part of the reason why no one believes the Clown Prince: (HT from hotair.com)

Obama babbled: Remember when that bridge in Minnesota collapsed with all those people on it? And there was a big hue and cry, “How can this happen in America?” Well, the National Society of Engineers — they looked around and they give us a D when it comes to infrastructure.

The bridge collapse occurred because of a design defect, a conclusion reached by the National Transportation Safety Board. The bridge was designed and built in an era when engineers thought that redundant systems were both unnecessary and inefficient. Gusset plates installed at the time of the bridge’s building were too thin, and without any redundancy to account for a major failure on a single point, it was a tragedy waiting to happen from day 1. It had nothing to do with any lack of maintenance, and in fact collapsed because of scheduled maintenance to the deck that inadvertently destabilized it to the point of collapse.

It’s dishonest in the extreme to use this tragedy as an argument that we neglected our infrastructure, and ghoulish to use the dead for a false political point. Obama should be ashamed of himself.

Update: Give CBS credit for blowing a whistle on Obama’s dishonesty (via Jim Geraghty):

Mr. Obama noted that the United States has been given a “D” grade for its infrastructure and said U.S. roads and bridges are “deteriorating.” He added: “We cut transportation by another third and what’s going to happen to America? We’re just going to have potholes everywhere? We’re just gonna have bridges collapsing everywhere?”
While experts say America’s aging infrastructure is a significant problem, the bridge collapse in Minnesota, which killed 13 people, was found to have been caused primarily by a design flaw.

Update II: I wrote earlier that “architects” designed the bridge, but engineers design and build bridges. I’ve corrected it above.

Update III: Peter Wehner says to expect more of these kinds of dishonest arguments in the future from Obama. Hope and change, baby!