Obama Calls Bill Clinton A Liar

In an interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts, Obama takes Bill Clinton to task over "statements that are not factually accurate":

"You know the former president, who I think all of us have a lot of regard for, has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling," Obama said. "He continues to make statements that are not supported by the facts -- whether it's about my record of opposition to the war in Iraq or our approach to organizing in Las Vegas."

"This has become a habit, and one of the things that we're going to have to do is to directly confront Bill Clinton when he's making statements that are not factually accurate," Obama said.

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Obama didn't actually say Bill Clinton is a liar. He was more polite saying Bill's statements aren't "factually accurate" and are "not supported by the facts."

According to Roberts, Obama was apparently referring to Clinton's "fairy tale" comment and Clinton's assertion that Nevada union officials backing Obama were strong-arming members into caucusing for Obama.

This is certainly not the first time Bill Clinton has been accused of failing to tell the truth. Even Clinton admitted that answers he gave about Ms. Lewinsky during a 1998 deposition were false and that he "knowingly gave misleading and evasive answers." Obama is making a mistake here. He should not be out front calling Bill Clinton a liar. Just as Hillary is having Bill do her dirty work, Obama should use surrogates to call the former president a liar.