Democrat: Obama Lied About Supporting Traditional Marriage in 2008
President Barack Obama intentionally misled voters when he stated that he supported traditional marriage during his 2008 presidential election campaign, former Obama advisor David Axelrod claims in his new book.
Obama supported same-sex marriage when he was an Illinois state senate candidate in 1996, but claimed he opposed same-sex marriage when he ran for president in 2008.
By his own admission, Axelrod, along with campaign manager Jim Messina, advised Obama to lie about his position because it could cost him the state of North Carolina (which he won in 2008)....