You're not crazy. The Obama Administration will just keep GASLIGHTING you until you think you are. Bill Whittle brings his breakout series FIREWALL, complete with a new look, to TruthRevolt Originals. 

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GASLIGHTING

Hi everybody – welcome to the Firewall; I’m Bill Whittle.

You ever look out at what’s happening in the country these days and think that you must be going crazy since you – or at the most, you and a couple of your crazy friends – seem to be the only ones who think the whole world has gone mad?

Well, first: you’re not alone. Second: you’re not crazy. And third: it’s not an accident.

This President and his entire administration are Gaslighting the American people, and so far they’ve done a hell of a job of it.

What does that mean – “Gaslighting?”

Well, here’s a definition that’s as good as any: “Gaslighting is a form of mental abuse in which false information is presented with the intent of making a victim doubt his or her own memory, perception and sanity.”

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It’s a great term. It comes from a movie called “Gaslight,” most notably the 1944 version starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. The plot centers around a man trying to drive his wife insane by insisting that the things she repeatedly sees and hears Simply. Didn’t. Happen. He removes paintings and tells her he saw her take them. He asks her why she doesn’t remember things he claims he has told her before.

Well, let’s hustle through a few examples.

March, 2012: President Obama was having what he thought was a private conversation with outgoing Russian President Dmitry Med-VEH-dev… But someone left the microphone on. President Obama said he’d basically be willing to hand over our missile defense system – developed over decades and at great expense to protect us and our NATO allies – so long as the Russians didn’t act up and give him any trouble before he could be safely re-elected.

((CLIP))

You’ve got to hand it to the Russians: Vladimir was as good as his word. They did wait until after his re-election to start their rampant military conquests. Vlad knows who his friends are.

Act two.

For ten days after the terrorist attack on Benghazi – an attack which within minutes was clearly a terrorist attack due to RPG fire, prepared firing positions for mortars not to mention taking place on September 11th  – Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Susan Rice and all the rest said the entire thing was a spontaneous protest against an unknown film that had been on YouTube for months. For over a week they kept up that lie, and this man, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula went to jail for a year for having the audacity to imagine that he had a First Amendment right to say whatever he damn well pleased. And when Mitt Romney had Obama literally speechless about it in the second debate, Candy Crowley stepped dutifully forward as the housemaid to corroborate the gaslighting lie and Mitt Romney and you and me – all of us – looked at each other as if we were loosing our minds.

A protest? About a Movie? Darling, are you all right? We said it was a terrorist attack from day one. Don’t you remember?

Gaslighting!

And finally: when attempting the government takeover of a sixth of our economy, Barack Obama said, on camera, no less than 36 times:

((MONTAGE))

But he knew, his staff knew, his advisors knew, his opponents knew, the insurance industry knew, doctors and hospitals knew and anyone with the brain of a squirrel knew that you could not mandate the implementation of the requirements of the Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – without voiding many, if not most, if not all of the existing health care plans in the country.

He knew! They all knew! And once that law was rammed down the throats of the American people, and the actual, unspinnable, real-world consequences showed up in the form of cancellation notices, he has the nerve to look us right in the eyes and say:

((CLIP))

What? No dear -- he never said if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. Darling, are you all right? You seem a little confused. Are you ill?

Gaslighting! It’s Gaslighting! You’re not going crazy – of course he said what you heard him say.

Oh, by the way: here’s one other thing the Wikipedia entry had to say about Gaslighting:

Psychologist Martha Stout states that sociopaths frequently use gaslighting tactics. Sociopaths consistently transgress social mores, break laws, and exploit others, but are also typically charming and convincing liars who consistently deny wrongdoing. Thus, some who have been victimized  by sociopaths may doubt their perceptions.

In the movie, Ingmar Bergman’s character is saved when a sympathetic detective notices the gaslights are being dimmed as well. That’s all it takes, you see: one other person to see and hear what you are being told you are crazy for claiming to see and hear. That’s why – as in the movie – the victim (that would be us) has to be isolated from other people with different perspectives because all it takes is ONE independent verification of the gaslights dimming and the entire evil, larcenous, cruel, murderous scam falls away to dust.

So here’s your verification, so go forth and spread the word. You’re not nuts.

He’s nuts.