Tipsheet The Meaning of "Lie" Carol Platt Liebau | September 14, 2009 10:09 AM Lanny Davis helpfully informs us that President Obama couldn't be considered to be "lying" about illegal alien health care unless he was being intentionally deceptive.Where, oh where, were the Democrat etymologists like Lanny when other members of his party were accusing President Bush of "lying" about Iraq?