If you haven’t read Warner Todd Huston’s quick take on Obama denying the dictionary definition of “tax” it’s worth a visit.

That the president would imply something is a stretch because it has to be looked up in Merriam Webster defies any sense of logic (what because Merriam Webster is some obscure, partisan, slanted source?).

See for yourself:

Perhaps President Obama should have read the bill, which plainly calls the fees an “excise tax,” as Politico reported in Health bill says ‘tax’ when President Obama said ‘not’ by Chris Frates and Mike Allen.

“He could look it up — in the bill,” they write.

Page 29, sentence one of the bill introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont) says: “The consequence for not maintaining insurance would be an excise tax.”

Villainous Company’s Cassandra writes: “if your name is Barack Obama, you can not only make up your own definitions, but you’re entitled to make up the facts, too!”

And over at No Quarter, Larry Johnson glibly pointed out, “It Depends On What Your Definiton Of “Tax” Is.”

Johnson provides the link as well as a full transcript.

Um, aren’t these EXACTLY the same things OBAMA is planning on doing? Let’s see - he attacked Hillary Clinton during the Primaries by claiming she would fine people who didn’t have insurance. She never said that, but now Obama is. Obama claimed in the campaign that McCain was going to cut money from Medicare and tax people on their insurance, and now Obama is planning on doing both! WTF???