I sat in Jeremiah Wright's church for years, he's my mentor and like a father to me. Jeremiah who?

My administration will be transparent -- if you have night vision.

It's un-American to raise the debt ceiling. However, the debt reached $16 trillion and is increasing under Obama's watch -- an increase of more than all past presidents combined.

Osama bin Laden is dead, but the Chevy Volt is alive.

Al-Qaida is on the run, we've decimated them. However, al-Qaida terrorists murdered four Americans in Benghazi. The attack was originally blamed on a movie trailer but the administration later abandoned that explanation for truth, weeks later.

I won't raise taxes on middle class Americans -- except for the 4 percent increase in payroll taxes.

I made universal health care the law of the land; insurance rates will drop significantly. News flash: Insurance rates increase significantly.

Under my green energy agenda, coal and other fossil fuels will be fazed out and electricity rates will necessarily rise.

If history proves any of the above statements untrue, disregard them as rhetorical lies propelled by bitter Republican Tea Party extremists, or better yet, blame it on former President Bush.

Dennis Rodenhofer

Swansea